Fandom won't give me my life back... even though I ask so nicely. :(

Sep 01, 2010 19:00

Bonsoir, mon ami(e)! French class has been grueling and fun and all kinds of hilarious, and our teacher is very gay and very awesome. 8D I feel very accomplished now that my Friends page is a bit more manageable - and very, very ~free~ and ~un-awkward~ too.

Anyhow~! I was drowning myself in worry unhealthy amounts of coffee over June and July, and ( Read more... )

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Re: ,,, so that comment was too long araine September 3 2010, 22:32:07 UTC
ever since the movie, I've been insanely skeptical about starting this

I cannot emphasize it enough: don't let the movie scare you off of this series! There is a reason it is near-universally hated by fandom.

And hell yeah, it has strong FEMALE characters
THE SHEER AMOUNT OF AWESOME LADIES IN AVATAR MAKES ME EYEHEART.

Zuko/Katara seems to be the most popular pairing in fandom - apparently, because of great chemistry and all... Who exactly is Zuko, anyway? Something tells me this pairing is not canon...
Zuko is the prince of the fire nation who is sort of one of the main antagonists. And yeah it's not canon.
Funny story about that pairing, I went into watching Avatar thinking that I was going to ship it, considering it seemed to be the preferred pairing among other SasuSaku fans, and I though that they would have that same chemistry. I... did not see the chemistry at all, tbh - and while I could see it as a viable fanon pairing, I just could not get behind it with as much fervor as I love SasuSaku. Trufax.

Aang is... not exactly loltastic, but he isn't exactly the zero to hero-type either. He is kind of the epitome of a good-hearted, carefree hero. I love him a lot. And I think he'll grow on you.

And yes, I'd love to watch with you! :D Let me know if you find a good place to watch this! I'm searching for good torrents myself, so expect a PM from me anytime!
DEFINITELY! Tell me if you find one!

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Re: ,,, so that comment was too long indira14 September 4 2010, 15:23:57 UTC
Okay, okay! You've convinced me - I'll watch ATLA after I finish catching up on sn_exchange. "Universally hated by fandom" -- wow. The movie must've been super!fail to garner so much hate. DX

I went into watching Avatar thinking that I was going to ship it, considering it seemed to be the preferred pairing among other SasuSaku fans, and I though that they would have that same chemistry - Well, to be completely honest, I really don't see chemistry between... any of characters in Naruto. All I see is a sea of angst. I guess it's up to fandom to expand on Kishi's rather bleak allusions.

I'm puzzled as to why Zuko/Katara is so popular as well given I knew he was one of the antagonists - I've been hearing rumours that the anime's leaning more towards Aang/Katara.

just could not get behind it with as much fervor as I love SasuSaku. Trufax. - lol! Same here - I haven't been able to either. Maybe it's because I used to hate SasuSaku at first, and then I grew to love it - the process was so gradual that I never noticed. I haven't seen any other pairing done as beautifully as SasuSaku in fandom. SasuSaku has always been special, and always will be, to me. :)

Aang... sounds a bit like the typical male protagonist. But then again, Naruto also was that typical in the beginning, and he still is so typical, but he grew on me. So there's a good chance Aang will grow on me too. ♥

Um, I actually did find a site that lets you watch high quality Wolf's Rain episodes for free - It has a timeout though, and you can only watch as per your bandwidth limit, so the download speed has to be fat. Here's the link. If it's to your taste, then we can start watching together! ♥ Otherwise, we can always resort to Youtube (the quality will be much lower, though).

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Re: ,,, so that comment was too long araine September 4 2010, 17:40:18 UTC
My download speed is pretty good, so hopefully it will work. Do you have Skype or MSN or something (or any messenger program), so that we can coordinate this? Or should we just watch the first episode and blog about it?

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Re: ,,, so that comment was too long indira14 September 4 2010, 18:07:05 UTC
Yup! I have both Skype and MSN, so it's not a problem. I'd prefer going with MSN if that's okay with you? I don't know whether I'd be up to blogging (I usually read/watch something first and then present an overall) - but I'm fine with whatever okay for you! :D (just PM me your e-mail address and I'll add you! ♥)

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Re: ,,, so that comment was too long indira14 September 7 2010, 17:18:50 UTC
Hello again! Just wondering how much progress you've made with the episodes, araine! I'm currently going through episodes 3 and 4 and loving them!

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Re: ,,, so that comment was too long araine September 8 2010, 19:21:25 UTC
I'm only on episode three, but I know that I'll fall further behind over the weekend since there is a con coming up. I'm hoping to blog about it once I get to episode 5 or so, though!

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