Avatar: TLA - Book 2 (and more winter crap)

[ladyaeryn]

Made some progress today thanks to being snowed/iced in. :) As expected, the sun going down led to the refreezing of the roads, making them far nastier than they were earlier. Good thing I didn't head out; wherever I was, I'd be stuck. And it looks like I'm stuck tomorrow, too - little sister doesn't get off work until late afternoon, right

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The snow

[rainbowskye7777]

Yes, I got a whole lot done today. I still have some more to do though. I hope tomorrow is better.

AND NOW I CAN USE THIS ICON

[peri_peteia]

So far I really enjoy the mythical/symbolic connotations of both Katara/Aang and Katara/Zuko, so it's definitely good I missed the wars!

It is always a good thing to miss, but thaaaat's not what the wars were about. Like people talked about it a lot (ad nauseum; insanely; forever), but the actual narrative roles of the various relationships and interactions were never the point. The point was trying to pretend that the over-arcing narrative about elemental unity and clashes had something to do with the very down and dirty, adolescent and earthy question of who ~likes~ whom and thus who will make out with whom. Which was a thing always based on characters themselves as people, not slotting them into elemental roles and them being some sort of SYMBOLIC REPRESENTATION OF WAR AND PEACE. Just boys and girls, meeting each other or knowing each other, and having some feelings.

But. SEASON THREE OMG. So much shit gets so real.

There's a lot of stuff I think you'll find super interesting with Zuko and Azula.

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[peri_peteia]

OH ALSO. There are a few short comics that were released prior to season three to ~bridge the gap~ because there's a time lapse between the end of season two and the beginning of season three. I would highly, highly recommend checking those out. They're canon, plotted by the show's head writer, and written in conjunct with staff writers.

Some of it is vaguely referenced in the show itself and for some of it the general idea can be inferred from the show), but the comics themselves give more detail to the specifics.

The Gaang one is, fittingly, "The Bridge" and can be read in full here. And the Firebrats one is "Going Home Again."

Re: AND NOW I CAN USE THIS ICON

[ladyaeryn]

Sweet - thanks!

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[ladyaeryn]

Aww, that icon wasn't THAT spoilery. ;)

trying to pretend that the over-arcing narrative about elemental unity and clashes had something to do with the very down and dirty, adolescent and earthy question of who ~likes~ whom and thus who will make out with whom.

Making it strictly about "characters/ships = elements" would be missing the point, yeah. But when I talk about the dynamics of, say, Z/K or A/K, I'm not even talking about the relationships in a specifically romantic sense. I could really care less who Katara ends up snogging at the end. When I talk about Z/K being mirrors or Katara being Aang's anchor, to me that's got nothing to do with whether they hook up or not

[miana_dude]

Nor does she have the issue of her father's acceptance occupying her thoughts/conscience.

Or does she? :-P

And dude, Book 3 is so badass. I can't wait to start pulling you into the crack!ship.

And how did you like my Nomads? :p