Avatar: TLAB, post-ep fanfic
Dec. 3rd, 2006 02:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockNow that the season finale has aired, I want to dip my toe into some Z/K shipper fanfic. Oh, the potential! So much potential to make of these new events. So much dark stuff in the finale; I'm dying to read some good reaction fic. From a ship POV, especially.
However, I'm kind of afraid. I'm afraid because most of my ship fandom doesn't seem to be reacting to the episode the same way that I am. I fear the reaction fic as much as I desire it.
I kind of want someone of like mind to go find all the good fic and point me to it. Unfortunately I am usually that person. ::sigh::
I'll just have to wait and see. Pay a lot of attention to summaries and author's notes before reading, that sort of thing.
However, I'm kind of afraid. I'm afraid because most of my ship fandom doesn't seem to be reacting to the episode the same way that I am. I fear the reaction fic as much as I desire it.
I kind of want someone of like mind to go find all the good fic and point me to it. Unfortunately I am usually that person. ::sigh::
I'll just have to wait and see. Pay a lot of attention to summaries and author's notes before reading, that sort of thing.
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Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 02:35 am (UTC)And can't you just imagine her being all dry and reserved, and he's so sweet that he goes way over the top to impress her? Like, "Look at this maginicent bridge I built and named after you!" and she'd be all "It's nice."
And then in the bedroom she'd be all assertive and the end result is she has him wrapped around her finger.
Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 03:19 am (UTC)My sister was completely weirded out when I said MaixEarth King. Which is crazy, because she usually jumps on crack pairings like that.
He would so go over the top to impress her. Mai would have like, the fanciest doors in town. And probably her very own bear, too.
And I dunno why, but I still think the Earth King is a little younger than that-- 23 would be my ideal guess. Mostly because of how controlled he is. If he was older, I don't think...I dunno, I guess I think he wouldn't be quite as naive, I guess? Not sure. Hmm.
And yeah, she'd have to be at least seventeen. Maybe nineteen. It would depend on how it's written. I've liked pairings with big age gaps before (Remus/Tonks from Harry Potter, pre HBP, baby), but it usually depends on the characters before I ship them.
(I became an Avatar'd because of zutara, if you must know. I watched the show casually, not really caring much about it, and then I saw the preview for the "Waterbending Scroll" and my brain went: "Well, huh. This show has potentiel to be a lot darker and deeper than they've shown so far--they're even minorly hinting at a romance between this evil prince dude and that chick.
...
I bet they have great fanfiction. I'm gonna check it out."
Then I found my first capture fic and have been a fangirl since. True story, true story)
ALSO: Long FengxAzula. Because Zhao is dead. And Azula needs another evil love slave to boss around.
Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 04:42 am (UTC)Dude, we totally created this ship. You and me, right here! First EarthKing/Mei shippers on livejournal! ::high five!::
Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 06:16 am (UTC)damn you all.
Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 06:20 am (UTC)Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 12:26 pm (UTC)THEN WE CAN RULE THE WORLD WITH THE AWESOMENESS OF EARTHKINGXMAI!
Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 06:10 pm (UTC)EVERY FANDOM NEEDS A CAPSLOCK COMMUNITY. THEY ARE JUST FUN.
Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 12:24 pm (UTC)Until they stand next to an actual adult. And the the creators feel the need to remind us (or maybe themselves) that, hey, they're just kids! (the only exception being Iroh)
Because 15 year old Sokka is probably just a few inches shorter than his dad, barely--if it were real life. However, because it's a cartoon--ZOMG we must make him a lot shorter!
(Another example--look at Katara and the pirates. She's like...less that their shoulders. Yet in other situations, she's really, really tall. Strange.)
And--YES! Feel the love of EarthKing/Mei! Now we need to get a posse going or something...
Re: damn this is long.
Date: 2006-12-04 06:16 pm (UTC)EarthKing/Mai is totally going into all my futurefic from now on. It may be just an obscure reference, but it will be there.