Goodbye... space sword
After sitting through hours and hours of Neopets and PetPet advertisements on Nickelodeon, I have completed my Avatar Book 3 marathon. I will be purchasing the DVD as soon as my card has money on it again, as Suncoast sucks and is all out. Some things I picked up upon rewatch:
- Zuko's transformation to the side of good wasn't as abrupt as I thought and actually had decent set-up.
- Seriously, Zuko and Mai is my favorite Avatar pairing ever, with the exception of Jun and Iroh.
- I still really hate Katara in this season. I think the only episode I somewhat tolerated her in was The Painted Lady and even that was iffy. I'm annoyed by her godmode, annoyed by her backstory, annoyed by the emphasis on how beautiful she is, annoyed by her self-righteousness, annoyed by her mothering and pretty much annoyed every time she opens her mouth. I loved Katara in Season 2 and liked her decently in Season 1. But Katara is everything I despise about girl characters in Season 3.
- And number one champion reason why I hate Katara in Season 3: SHE STEALS ZUKO'S FIGHT. I don't care what anyone else thinks. This infuriates me to this day because it was Zuko's fight and while I understand the significance of him protecting her and getting injured and all that, IT WAS HIS FIGHT. I'm iffy about how she wins too since I think Azula could just burn her way out of that as she has done before. Maybe she was too shocked? ZUKO'S FIGHT. Ahem.
- I am no longer as upset about Azula's going crazy. I think it makes perfect sense and I actually really like the idea of Azula as a very complex young woman who has built a world for herself and can't function without it, despite how powerful she is. I think it makes her a really intriguing character. And the pain in her final scene and in her visions of her mother is just so very real. It sucks for Azula, but it's damn good writing. Also, I think the creators said she's getting psychiatric treatment or something so that's nice. |D;;
- I do like that the lightning misdirection comes back thrice in this season. Nice touch.
- I love Zuko and his fail. I want the spin-off to have his and Mai's kid too.
- Still moody that blood-bending was only ever used for ONE scene after its introduction.
- I am sad there is no resolution between Toph and her parents.
I also caught RuPaul's DragU this week. Normally, I would have no problem with this show and I would like to emphasize that I only saw one episode so I have no idea whether the rest of the episodes follow a similar pattern. But I was severely squicked at the idea of taking women with extreme self-esteem issues (one was afraid to dress feminine because she had been raped) and then grading them on how well they demonstrate their feminine qualities at a mock-graduation. Especially giving them a C! That's just twisted. I like the idea of drag queens helping women from various walks pretty up, but I think it would work much better if it were more "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" than another competition show. I had some problem finding humor in one drag queen stealing another queen's wig for her protege when said protege was the former rape victim. Yeah.
And to conclude we shall have our whacky news of the week:
Man sprays semen on women at store. What is the world coming to?
Robbery victim uses feet to text for help. A much better version than what happened to another women in July.
Obama is against Prop 8 but has also said he's against gay marriage. Where do you go with this?
I will return with the final part of my writing meme tomorrow.
- Zuko's transformation to the side of good wasn't as abrupt as I thought and actually had decent set-up.
- Seriously, Zuko and Mai is my favorite Avatar pairing ever, with the exception of Jun and Iroh.
- I still really hate Katara in this season. I think the only episode I somewhat tolerated her in was The Painted Lady and even that was iffy. I'm annoyed by her godmode, annoyed by her backstory, annoyed by the emphasis on how beautiful she is, annoyed by her self-righteousness, annoyed by her mothering and pretty much annoyed every time she opens her mouth. I loved Katara in Season 2 and liked her decently in Season 1. But Katara is everything I despise about girl characters in Season 3.
- And number one champion reason why I hate Katara in Season 3: SHE STEALS ZUKO'S FIGHT. I don't care what anyone else thinks. This infuriates me to this day because it was Zuko's fight and while I understand the significance of him protecting her and getting injured and all that, IT WAS HIS FIGHT. I'm iffy about how she wins too since I think Azula could just burn her way out of that as she has done before. Maybe she was too shocked? ZUKO'S FIGHT. Ahem.
- I am no longer as upset about Azula's going crazy. I think it makes perfect sense and I actually really like the idea of Azula as a very complex young woman who has built a world for herself and can't function without it, despite how powerful she is. I think it makes her a really intriguing character. And the pain in her final scene and in her visions of her mother is just so very real. It sucks for Azula, but it's damn good writing. Also, I think the creators said she's getting psychiatric treatment or something so that's nice. |D;;
- I do like that the lightning misdirection comes back thrice in this season. Nice touch.
- I love Zuko and his fail. I want the spin-off to have his and Mai's kid too.
- Still moody that blood-bending was only ever used for ONE scene after its introduction.
- I am sad there is no resolution between Toph and her parents.
I also caught RuPaul's DragU this week. Normally, I would have no problem with this show and I would like to emphasize that I only saw one episode so I have no idea whether the rest of the episodes follow a similar pattern. But I was severely squicked at the idea of taking women with extreme self-esteem issues (one was afraid to dress feminine because she had been raped) and then grading them on how well they demonstrate their feminine qualities at a mock-graduation. Especially giving them a C! That's just twisted. I like the idea of drag queens helping women from various walks pretty up, but I think it would work much better if it were more "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" than another competition show. I had some problem finding humor in one drag queen stealing another queen's wig for her protege when said protege was the former rape victim. Yeah.
And to conclude we shall have our whacky news of the week:
Man sprays semen on women at store. What is the world coming to?
Robbery victim uses feet to text for help. A much better version than what happened to another women in July.
Obama is against Prop 8 but has also said he's against gay marriage. Where do you go with this?
I will return with the final part of my writing meme tomorrow.