I have a niece.

She’s two, almost three, and like all American girls in that age group she’s interested in precisely two things: princesses and babies. I daresay if asked what she wanted to be when she grew up, she’d say a princess or a mommy--or, even better-Princess Mommy. And as I am the Greatest Aunt Ever™, I got to spend the whole afternoon ( Read more... )

I think the most accurate description of the shipwars in Avatar can be related to if you make them all one happy family.

There's the Dads, Mike and Bryan.

Then there's Zutara, which is the rebellious older daughter who does drugs and hijacks cars, who M&B love very much but have a much harder time showing it.

There's Kataang, too, which is the geeky ( Read more... )

Personally, I'm not all that butthurt by the thing at SDCC.  I've seen the video, though, and honestly?  Not surprised that some people are.  Then again, I'm a seasoned H/Hr shipper, I know good and well what it's like to have the creators hate your ship.  It's just one of those things, you know?  You can love the show, you can love the characters ( Read more... )

Most realistic Maiko-breakup I can think up (that doesn't involve them cheating on each other, which is what would really happen):

It's a year after the war--I'll give them a year, even though in RL they would have never gotten back together in the first place.  A plague strikes the Fire Nation, destroying a large chunk of their food supply.  For ( Read more... )

Dear Interwebs,

Please stop tagging your Maiko/Kataang crap with Zutara.  Please.

Especially when, in the description of your Maiko crap, you describe Maiko as "Epic Emo-Teen My Chemical Romance Love".

It...It kinda makes me want to vomit.

A lot.

Yours truly,

Jak

In other news, MY MOTHER ALMOST KILLED ME!  YOU KNOW WHAT SHE WANTED TO DO?

TAKE A SPONTANEOUS ( Read more... )

Man, I hope the Boiling Rock isn't a big letdown.  I've heard mixed reviews so far, so I'm kinda unsure whether I should be super excited about it or not.

86% done!  Come on, file, download!

*comments to be added after I've watched both parts