fanfic rants

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My first post at fanficrants. About Zutara fic, of course. It's what I rant about when I have nothing else to do.

Edit: thinking about the subject further, I kind of wish that when I read a fic about Zuko running around as the Blue Spirit, that someone would actually be injured with those swords of his. I mean, that will never really happen on the show because of the network, but come on. Sword fights are scary, bloody affairs. People lose arms and legs and heads. People get disemboweled and impaled. People get their hamstrings cut. How come I read this fics where Zuko gets into a swordfight and miraculously no one loses any body parts, even when the swordfighter wins? Did we not remember our lessons from Kill Bill? Especially if Zuko ever got into a fight with Ty Lee or Mei, who use neither bending nor long-reach weapons. As sad as it is, if Zuko were fighting them for real (such as defending Iroh from them) then all it would take is one moment where Ty Lee dodges right when she should have dodged left and oops, pressure-point contortionist girl is no longer a problem for our heroes.

Comments

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I just have to roll my eyes when Zuko gets knocked full-on in the stomach with a rock that's a foot across, and he's still able to get up afterward. Instead of lying on the grown moaning because his rib bones have been shattered and the pieces have punctured his internal organs to cause internal bleeding and certain death.

[loveroftheflame.livejournal.com]

Can I get an amen? The logistics of that fight....*sigh* Anyway nice point once again...

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

And breaking rocks or chains with *swords*. @.@