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[heather]

+ Sigh. Not really getting comment notifications at all, so I'm really sorry for failing to reply to things. I've got to remember to manually check posts I've made/been in

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Re: I still want you to make Avatar icons

[heather]

UGH, yes, I remember reading this and wanting to throw up. :/

[heather]

I'm not excusing any of the stuff he's said or done -- it's still infuriating and he invites a lot of the criticism because he's been so openly and COMPLETELY dismissive of the protests, but I mean he's being scapegoated in the sense that it's being framed in the media as his problem, rather than a problem that permeates our entire society and makes Hollywood so ripe for this kind of whitewashing to begin with. This is hardly the first movie where this has happened.

I think generally when something high-profile happens and it's faily, whether that's in Hollywood or in fandom, there's a tendency to isolate it and hold it apart from everything and everyone else, as if that fail isn't a direct consequence of the type of society we live in, you know? These problems aren't individual, they're institutional.

But I agree that Shyamalan is 32 different kinds of WRONG, and has been involved in almost every step of this film getting made.

[heather]

that Avatar Kyoshi's statue was of a man
that Avatar Kyoshi's statue was of a man
that Avatar Kyoshi's statue was of a man

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHAT NO

I'm going to hope that those multiple sources are wrong and that they did not actually cut out the actual Kyoshi warriors, but leave Kyoshi... as a dude. Just... no. The fact there was a female Avatar was so important. :/

[lunylucy]

I started watching the TV series :3 (talking about Avatar obviously)

[otempora42]

I'm marathoning AtLA right now! It is so delightful. :D

[germli]

I read Avatar and thought last year's Avatar. Thought my mind did some kind of time traveling for a minute.