Random Avatar thoughts: ships and episodes

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Rewatched bits and clips of ATLA's "Crossroads of Destiny" episode, the season 2 finale. And it still delights me. Delights me! My reaction, after numerous repeats?

OMG.

SHIPPIEST. THING. EVER.

For both popular ships, in completely different but equally interesting ways.

Why did fandom go so crazy when this came out? With prophecies of doom or victory, with declarations of what is the death/birth of one pairing or another? BAH! SILLY CREATURES! It's easy to look at season 3 and make judgments about who belongs with who or all that nonsense, or who's going to make out with who next/again/ever, but if you forget all that and just look back on the season 2 finale, you have to admit it: SHIPPIEST THING EVER.

And that's my random Avatar squeal for today. I'll update later this week with something witty about the elections, or a poem, or something. But right now, I'm just enjoying a heady rush of fannishness. Why? No idea. Just am.

EDIT: When is the next episode coming out? CANADA DON'T FAIL ME NOW. I need my magical-boy pseudo-Asian mythical fantasy epic world war cartoon.

Everyone needs a magical-boy pseudo-Asian mythical fantasy epic world war cartoon!

With revenge! And regicide! And brainwashing! And flying buffalo! And murder most foul! And orphans! And pyromaniacs! And genocide! And hydromaniacs! And megalomaniacs! And duels! And tea!

Comments

[faoiltiamatani.livejournal.com]

The Season 2 finale is what got me watching Avatar.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

It was your first episode?

Oh man, your ship-radar must be SCREWED. I can only imagine how that would make relationships look if you hadn't seen everything leading up to it. Heh. That's like what I did with Buffy: started from the season 6 premier, and as a result never really understood the Angel love.

[faoiltiamatani.livejournal.com]

Actually, my first episode was the one where Katara fights with Pakku, which made me blink and go "....maybe I should be watching this."

The Season 2 finale was the second episode I watched, because the f-list was all anticipation for it, so I watched it that night.

And oooh yes, my radar definitely required some adjusting after that. On the upside, I've now loved Zuko throughout my watching experience, while if I had watched from the beginning I probably would have disliked him until around Ba Sing Se.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I suspected Zuko's redeemability since about episode 3, so I've had annoyance/affection for him over the whole show. I kind of adored him after two things:

1) he revealed he was secretly a ninja. Whee!
2) he changed from black armor to white clothes in the season 1 finale. That's pretty much a dead give-away, and I'm a sucker for redemptive or transformative costume changes. Avatar has a lot of transformative costume changes, for all characers.

[faoiltiamatani.livejournal.com]

Haha, I like to think I would have seen it, and I probably would have. Still, I feel I was probably less annoyed with him overall because I saw his late-season-2 self first.

The thing about the white clothes hadn't pinged me before, but you're right. Not to mention he acts pretty redeemable in that finale!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I remember watching it and Zuko came on in white/gray bodysuit and I about DIED. I was like "OMG. He's wearing white. The boy has worn black with bits of red trim in EVERY SINGLE SCENE ALL SEASON and now he's wearing WHITE." Then of course he did all that crazy stuff and ended up floating on a raft amongst the icebergs... I figured it was a done deal. The process had officially begun, and all because he wanted to blend in with the snow. Little did he know.

I've enjoyed seeing his development leading up to season 2. I've been able to predict his character path, but it's taken about 15 episodes longer than I ever suspected it would to get him to see the light. That was the frustrating part, I have to say.

I like your Fakir icon, but I don't recognize the image. Is that from the anime? Maybe its from the tree scene...

[faoiltiamatani.livejournal.com]

He was wearing white and he looked so sad. No truly irredeemable character looks that sad!

Yeah, that's why I didn't end up watching several of the early season three episodes, because I was frustrated with Zuko. I felt like shaking my fist and going "Stop sliding backwards!"

Oh goodness, I don't know. I never finished Tutu (although I plan to! I just haven't brought any of my DVDs to Japan) and it's been a while since I watched it, so I don't remember well enough.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Not finished?

Not FINISHED?

It's a crime. A crime. If I didn't want to pay overseas shipping I'd mail you, a complete stranger, a DVD of subbed avi files. Not finished...What a travesty! You don't know what you're missing. Tutu is great to go through but it finishes with such a bang, and the whole that results is so beautiful.

You're obviously victim to a story without an ending. :sigh:

[faoiltiamatani.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry! I'm sorry!

[hangs head in shame]

I truly did intend to finish! I just... never did.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

The process had officially begun, and all because he wanted to blend in with the snow. Little did he know.

*snickers* I can just see it now...
Zuko: Hm, what should I wear to kidnap the Avatar? White would make sense, with all the snow and everything, but then I like black a--
Mike and Bryan: GO WITH THE WHITE.
Zuko: What was--huh, wearing this makes me feel--wait, is this a character develop--
Mike and Bryan: SHUT UP AND GO REDEEM YOURSELF KIDNAP THE AVATAR.
Zuko: ...I hate it when they do that. *shuffles away, feeling particularly emo now that he can't wear black anymore*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

word.

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I OWE YOU KAKASAKU COMMENTARY I WILL GET ON THAT TOMORROW *SCURRIES*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Oh.

Hey.... YEAH! You do! Chop chop!