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[rionaleonhart]

I have now seen up to 'The Serpent's Pass' in Avatar!

I really like how uncomfortable Toph is when she's in situations where she can't see properly: her frustration in the desert (and her joy when they get back onto solid ground), her reluctance to step out onto the ice. And I like that, although she's more restricted than the other characters in some ways (she can't see flying things), she's less restricted in others (she can see things below the ground). Toph's blindness doesn't feel like something that has been forced in so Avatar can meet some quota of disabled characters; it seems to me that the writers were genuinely interested in exploring the ways in which blindness could work within the rules of their world. And the writers never forget that she's blind, but she's never defined by her blindness; she's just a character who happens to be unable to see in the way we understand 'seeing'.

Likewise, the Asian influence on the world of Avatar doesn't feel like a gimmick; it feels like the world that the creators wanted to create.

I think what I'm trying to say here is 'Avatar is so awesome seriously'.

I also like that it doesn't forget about the characters you thought were just going to be around for a single episode. No! Characters return! Actions taken in the past have consequences! The whole thing is just so well put-together. Anyone who dismisses animation as a lesser form than live-action television should really be made to watch it.


Lately, I have been tripping over and walking into things and slamming doors into my head so often that I have considered keeping a count of how many days I have managed to go without injuring myself in some way. I have not yet managed to actually embark on this project, because I keep failing to reach 'one'. This morning, I set a new record by injuring my left wrist before even getting out of bed. Congratulations, self.

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[kadrin.livejournal.com]

I also like that it doesn't forget about the characters you thought were just going to be around for a single episode. No! Characters return! Actions taken in the past have consequences!

And this allows me to mention: "It's a beautiful moon." "Yeah. It really is." and Sokka's scene at the end of the episode and it was AWESOME. ...In an occasionally heartbreaking way.

[emmarrrrr.livejournal.com]

OH MAN TOPH ON THE ICE

and her complete and utter love of sokka. ♥

[the-wanlorn.livejournal.com]

GEE I WONDER HOW YOU INJURED YOUR WRIST

[thrennion.livejournal.com]

WHERE ARE YOU WATCHING AVATAR, RIONA? I WANT TO WATCH IT TOO. I know it's on Nickelodeon or whatever, but I want to watch it from the beginning! It looks so shiny!

[dracothelizard.livejournal.com]

Avatar is AMAZING. AMAZING. The live-action film... will not be amazing and this makes me sad in advance.

Speaking of characters that return, how about that Cabbage Man? He's the best.

[bubbles-san.livejournal.com]

I suppose that now you've seen that episode I can tell you that I ship Toph/Sokka. That was when I started shipping them and I didn't want to spoil you.

I really must track down season three, as I haven't seen it yet and don't want to get spoiled when you start seeing it. (I have seen one episode though, and more importantly the tail end of another that I cannot wait for you to see.)

[timydamonkey.livejournal.com]

Avatar is generally awesome. I still haven't seen half of season 3 though!

Also, I'm a terribly clumsy person. Practically every day I walk into one of the doors downstairs when trying to go through it, and not only does it HURT, but it also sets the door off rattling which seems like it'll never stop... it's really annoying (and painful).

[honeymull.livejournal.com]

More people than you'd think, myself oh-so-included, need one of those little flippy charts with the numbers that reads "_ _ of days without physically endangering myself or those around me".

I once gave myself a black eye walking into the edge of the bathroom door in the middle of the night. It was a proud moment.

[draegonhawke.livejournal.com]

Avatar kicks ass.

...I will not spoil you, but there is an episode in S3 called The Old Masters which FLOORED me with moral implications. Like, you don't get shows geared toward adults which are gutsy enough to say/do what it said/did.

LIVE IN ANTICIPATION, RIONA

[amy-wolf.livejournal.com]

If it makes you feel better, I routinely cut myself by accident on my own fingernails, I have literally given myself a black eye by hitting myself in the face with a doorknob, and last week I managed to get a visible bump on the nose at the swimming pool by accident using a kickboard.

And every soccer game I was part of in middle school ended up giving me bloody knees, despite the sad lack of getting knocked over, shoved, or hit with the ball (I was the goalie; a very bad goalie). Because I'd inevitably at some point go from leaning forward with my hands on my knees and my fingernails pressed against them to standing up very quickly, and there would be blood.

[thebaconfat.livejournal.com]

Avatar is so good that when I am excited about it I am reduced to just throwing my hands up in the air and yelling AVATARRRRRR at my computer screen because I don't even know where to start flailing about it!

AVATARRRRRRRR