Okay, the Pema scene. My first reaction was definitely "I've been waiting how long to see more Pema and what I get is a scene of people being fed up with her uselessness"? Oh, I guess moms really are just good for breeding kids and that's all! Toph, a hero, can't be a good mom, Pema, a good mom, can't be a hero. (Sorry, I have Portrayals Of Moms issues). BUT, then I decided I was going to read it as her doing the whole thing deliberately, getting everybody focused on being annoyed with her instead of freaked out about the situation, because there really wasn't much else she or anyone could do there other than sit tight, and she really just does have no ego about looking like an idiot if it gets the job done.
You both make some very good points about this scene, to which I have no insights to add.
But part of me really hopes they release the complete lyrics of ‘the hungry little lemur’ in illustrated children's book format. I mean, ‘hungry little lemur’ just sounds great.
Between me and Ben, we really should have the skillset to write this song if they don't do it already.
If she had to be Overly-Sweet-Mom-Figure, I wanted to have her declare that We Are Singing the Lemur Song Now, Darnit and have the terrified populace actually join in because there was something resembling an authority figure giving them something concrete to do. And it would have been funny and have given her a moment of actual agency. She could even then have lead them in backup-singing for the badger song.
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But part of me really hopes they release the complete lyrics of ‘the hungry little lemur’ in illustrated children's book format. I mean, ‘hungry little lemur’ just sounds great.
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Between me and Ben, we really should have the skillset to write this song if they don't do it already.
If she had to be Overly-Sweet-Mom-Figure, I wanted to have her declare that We Are Singing the Lemur Song Now, Darnit and have the terrified populace actually join in because there was something resembling an authority figure giving them something concrete to do. And it would have been funny and have given her a moment of actual agency. She could even then have lead them in backup-singing for the badger song.
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