Wanna know why I love avatar so much? Cuss the avatar really was the friends we made along the way. This isn’t some big deep dive into the morals of the show so be warned, it’s as surface deep as you can get but…
Being able to bend all 4 elements isn’t what the avatar is. The bending is just a physical representation of bringing those 4 clashing cultures together. Without Aang there is no reason for zuko, toph, katara or sokka to be friends. But because of him they are. They as representatives of their nations work with the last air bender (AND THE AVATAR!) to bring peace.
Because one man, one culture, cannot be the defining force in a universe. It’s just not true to reality. Sure some people helped more than others (the earth army was larger than the water tribes) but it was still a group effort. Everyone has to put effort in to keep their world at peace because every nation/ element plays a role in sustaining their life.
Honestly would love to write a fic about the avatar spirit dying/ disconnecting with humanity after aang gets stuck in the ice to further explore this idea but …. Im lazy.
Head empty just arisu getting fucjing smashed at a bar and being an annoying person who climbs on a table but it being one of those sticky shitty bar tables so it fucjing topples over and arisu crashes to the floor in pain covered in beer.
Kuina and usagi by the bar recording him cuss they know it’s gonna be fucking helarious tomorrow and chishiya and pissed screaming at arisu for spilling his drink again
the upside to immorality— ur not GAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
drew the little guy
Arisu: do you think space is watching us? Like the stars watching our every move and judging us?
Chouta: like a god? Maybe. Maybe they control our lives with their silent judgement with only their burning gaze to tell us their there
Karube: if they are watching then they gotta be impressed at how good I am at getting laid
Realised o have a habit of just randomly never going back on this forsaken app. Don’t know if it’s smarter to not come back but I always do and always just spam posts and then vanish and forget about what o spammed. Fun times
If Ethan had turned into a werewolf forever I would bet on my life that Benny would make some kinda joke about witches familars.
Something stupid like "well I'm finally a propper witch now- though I did expect a cute kitten rather than a slobbering best friend. Oh well I'll take what I can".
Happy Halloween!
I feel like Usagi is prone to just getting up and sobbing on her kitchen floor at night. and It will be about really deep topics and shit. And then when she comes to borderland doing that becomes harder but then she meets Arisu and they start existing together she discovers HEY he does the same thing. after a couple days of this he finally asks Arisu: so what are you crying over? Usagi: my mum died when I was young and I'm sobbing over how I had to grow up fast and take care of what my dad didn't. He tried his best but he wasn't super human so I took up the cooking. Guess I'm just sobbing over the loss of my childhood tonight and how I’ll never get back my teen years- and now I guess this time either...what are you crying about
Arisu:...a gravity falls amv I saw 2 years back
OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG. have I said omg because oh my fucking god. This is incredible. I wish to consume your art. If I had the money I would have it as a tramp stamp. You made the pheonix plume pretty. HOW. I wish I had something to trade you with besides me freaking out over how cool this is
Thinking about one post here that I read a few years back, where, instead of Aang surviving the air nomad genocide, he dies with them, and the Avatar is reincarnated along the cycle, and by the time of the show, the Avatar is now in the Fire Nation, and it's. Zuko. And I cannot stop thinking about how funny this is as a concept. The same guy who yelled at the sky to strike lightning at him. That's the Avatar now.
A lot of peoples defenses for the live action start with "its an adaptation it's not gonna be the exact same show" and like...duh??? Most people who are writing criticisms for the show aren't criticizing it because it's a bad adaptation alone, they point out flaws that come down to it just being a bad show. Adaptations are tricky to get right because they are essentially a professional fanfiction retelling, you have to work out what is the most important parts to carry across the main theme, sometimes that means you have to change the characters personalities or even arcs. We understand that. Many successful adaptations get that (think lord of the rings, or [i'm sorry to say this] harry potter. or even better yet good omens!). Why do those adaptations work then? because they adapt and write a fluid story BASED on that original work. It's there, USE IT.
The live action doesn't work for me because it fails to write its own story well. The exposition dumps, the clunky dialog between characters, the pacing. It feels like a rough draft and not a final product. Like there is SO much potential in this show and I really hope it gets a season 2 with a larger budget and a couple more episodes because I want them to do well. There's a couple of really cute small things that are so interesting like Zuko having those avatar dolls or Sokka and Suki first training together and her correcting his form. I want more of this and less of them just dumping future lore on me for no reason. It would really help them narratively if they just let some things remain a mystery to new audiences.