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Dec. 4th, 2005 03:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
timepiececlockJust rewatched the Avatar season finale off bitorrent. Some more thoughts:
-At first I thought Aang killed Zhao. But Aang separated from the ocean spirit after the moon was revived-- the ocean spirit swallowed Zhao on its own. Which is so totally fitting an end.
-Zuko's shift from antagonist to protagonist is complete, as we can tell by the fact that he now wears white instead of black. Symbolic clothing color change, wheee! He's wearing white in his first battle with Katara, he's wearing white when he finally captures Aang (neither of which work out), he's wearing white during the heart-to-heart confession with Iroh, and he's wearing white during his final battle with antagonist Zhao-- culminating in the heroic act of offering his hand to a dying countryman.
-Aang's got more control over his facial expressions than I'd have when staring at a giant mix of Shelob and No-Face.
-I really like the way they've all grown up somehow-- Aang toward his duty, Katara in her self-confidence, and Sokka in his first relationship.
-Iroh's last minute advice to "remember your breath of fire" and "put your hood up, cover your ears!" breaks my heart every time I watch it.
-I liked the way the Yue subplot felt like a little fairy tale in the center of this much larger story. It felt like a first-hand look at how legends of a culture like the Water Tribe begin: this is the story of the girl who became the moon spirit, and the boy who loved her.
-At first I thought Aang killed Zhao. But Aang separated from the ocean spirit after the moon was revived-- the ocean spirit swallowed Zhao on its own. Which is so totally fitting an end.
-Zuko's shift from antagonist to protagonist is complete, as we can tell by the fact that he now wears white instead of black. Symbolic clothing color change, wheee! He's wearing white in his first battle with Katara, he's wearing white when he finally captures Aang (neither of which work out), he's wearing white during the heart-to-heart confession with Iroh, and he's wearing white during his final battle with antagonist Zhao-- culminating in the heroic act of offering his hand to a dying countryman.
-Aang's got more control over his facial expressions than I'd have when staring at a giant mix of Shelob and No-Face.
-I really like the way they've all grown up somehow-- Aang toward his duty, Katara in her self-confidence, and Sokka in his first relationship.
-Iroh's last minute advice to "remember your breath of fire" and "put your hood up, cover your ears!" breaks my heart every time I watch it.
-I liked the way the Yue subplot felt like a little fairy tale in the center of this much larger story. It felt like a first-hand look at how legends of a culture like the Water Tribe begin: this is the story of the girl who became the moon spirit, and the boy who loved her.
