Avatar 3x08-3x11
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oyceterWhoa! 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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Thu, Dec. 6th, 2007 10:17 pm (UTC)sorry for the splurge of replies
Tue, Jan. 15th, 2008 05:24 am (UTC)For me, I didn't think of it ever until episode 1x14, with fortune teller's prediction that Katara would marry a powerful bender. Even though there was no logical reason why that couldn't mean Aang or Random WaterTriber #27, for some reason my brain jumped to the only other significant male bending character of similar age-group. Then I forgot about the notion until the season 1 finale, when they fought in the ice. Then for me it was the "unpopular enemies = hot" trope. I went into it with the sense of fun that comes from shipping an unconventional and unlikely pairing, but given Zuko's gradual arc toward goodness (saw that coming from the beginning) it makes the AU ideas easier, because we the audience know He's Not All That Bad. Just very foolish.
Actually, I thought the season 2 finale made the pairing idea more interesting, but a lot of the fans of the ship thought it was a bad thing. I was more like, "What? Now they hate each other again and they have unresolved issues! This is awesome! I can totally fic this!"
Re: sorry for the splurge of replies
Tue, Jan. 15th, 2008 05:35 am (UTC)Coincidentally, Katara's gradual steps toward being darker as a warrior (season 2 finale, Puppetmaster) make the idea of shipping them even easier. Not because she's any less good, but because it makes me think that after the bloodbending she could have a better understanding of the personal moral cost of war, and what lengths people will go to. It's sad because Katara is such a compassionate person, but it's something she has to learn to accept about herself. Her determination means she'll use all the weapons at her disposal but her compassion means she'll punish herself for it. I think that although she'll be really angry at Zuko for the stuff in the catacombs after her attempt at reaching out, but when she eventually forgives him after they join up, she'd ultimately understand him better this season than she would have last season.
I like their dynamic on a purely camaraderie/companion-in-war/friendship level as well as a fanon potential romantic one. If you see episodes 12 or 13, you get to see some fo their interaction and its pretty cool whether you ship them or not. I just love both the characters, and after Aang, Katara is the person in the gang that Zuko has had the most encounters with.
Zuko + Toph = OTFriendship. It will be so, I believe it.