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Avatar 3x08-3x11
Whoa! That was much plot!
Anyway, I loved the puppetmaster episode, which was truly creepy. I wish the show had done more with the medical stuff you could do with bloodbending (strokes! heart attacks! clots! gah!) and less with the puppetry, but I guess that's what fic is for ;).
I'm a bit amused by both Aang and Sokka's crises of confidence; do Toph and Katara get any later?
I was also wondering how they were going to wrap up the eclipse storyline; I couldn't really see the show going into peacebuilding and treaty-making, alas. I sort of wish they had... Oh well! I loved all the action, even though I didn't pay as much attention during the big fight scenes. Am less enthusiastic about Katara/Aang, but oh well.
The Sokka and Toph show continues to be awesome, though I think of them in a non-shippy way. It's the age differences! Two years aren't very big later on, but when you're teenagers, it feels pretty big! Maybe it is less big to them because they travel together and aren't in school. But yes, every time Sokka was like, "Toph! What would we do without you?" I cheered in agreement.
I also loved Azula's manipulation and the fact that she had the foresight to bring earth benders from Ba Sing Se. It was also really cool seeing old one-offs from previous episodes, even though I didn't remember most of them. I especially liked seeing the swamp benders again, given![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kintail's commentary.
Speaking of which, how exactly is the bending distributed? Via nationality? Race? And if so, what do they do with expats, or multiracial people? My pet idea is that the Avatar must be multiracial; I doubt it's supported on the show, but that would be cool.
And! OMG! Iroh breaks out of prison! Awesome! Zuko SWITCHES SIDES! Zuko, I mock your emo at times, but you have earned a lot more respect from me now. If only you developed a sense of humor...
On a totally shallow level, I am going to miss everyone's red outfits.
But anyway! Zuko! Switches sides! And goes off in an airship to find Aang! This is going to be soooo interesting!
Anyway, I loved the puppetmaster episode, which was truly creepy. I wish the show had done more with the medical stuff you could do with bloodbending (strokes! heart attacks! clots! gah!) and less with the puppetry, but I guess that's what fic is for ;).
I'm a bit amused by both Aang and Sokka's crises of confidence; do Toph and Katara get any later?
I was also wondering how they were going to wrap up the eclipse storyline; I couldn't really see the show going into peacebuilding and treaty-making, alas. I sort of wish they had... Oh well! I loved all the action, even though I didn't pay as much attention during the big fight scenes. Am less enthusiastic about Katara/Aang, but oh well.
The Sokka and Toph show continues to be awesome, though I think of them in a non-shippy way. It's the age differences! Two years aren't very big later on, but when you're teenagers, it feels pretty big! Maybe it is less big to them because they travel together and aren't in school. But yes, every time Sokka was like, "Toph! What would we do without you?" I cheered in agreement.
I also loved Azula's manipulation and the fact that she had the foresight to bring earth benders from Ba Sing Se. It was also really cool seeing old one-offs from previous episodes, even though I didn't remember most of them. I especially liked seeing the swamp benders again, given
kintail's commentary. Speaking of which, how exactly is the bending distributed? Via nationality? Race? And if so, what do they do with expats, or multiracial people? My pet idea is that the Avatar must be multiracial; I doubt it's supported on the show, but that would be cool.
And! OMG! Iroh breaks out of prison! Awesome! Zuko SWITCHES SIDES! Zuko, I mock your emo at times, but you have earned a lot more respect from me now. If only you developed a sense of humor...
On a totally shallow level, I am going to miss everyone's red outfits.
But anyway! Zuko! Switches sides! And goes off in an airship to find Aang! This is going to be soooo interesting!
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As for the bloodbending, I suspect they didn't go into too much detail about all the gruesome stuff you could do with that because it IS still a Nick show for the 7-to-12 demographic. It's really amazing that they get away with as much stuff about genocide and refugees and prejudice against colonials and all the rest of the stuff about life-in-wartime they've done already; I can't blame them too much for being relatively discreet about showing actual injuries and deaths on-screen. (They still get points in my book for Bato or all the Earth Kingdom soldiers in bandages, or showing Song's scarred leg -- even if they're trying not to let the violence get too bloody and scary onscreen, they've still very consistently shown that this is a world where violence has lasting effects, and even magical waterbending healers can't fix everything.)
And I was not surprised Azula brought the Dai Li along, as my personal fanon is that after taking over Ba Sing Se she made them into her personal man-harem. *chuckles*
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Doesn't everyone think that? ;)
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Yeah, good point about the demographic. I don't know that much about the restrictions for Nick; I'm really used to anime now, and I forget stuff like Naruto is on CN, not Nick.
Azula love!
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