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Chapters: 2/? Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005), Avatar: Legend of Korra Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death Characters: Korra (Avatar), Senna (Avatar), Tonraq (Avatar), Unalaq (Avatar), Izumi (Avatar), Azumi (Izumi's daughter), Mako (Avatar), Bumi II (Avatar), Tenzin (Avatar), Original Characters Additional Tags: The Legend of Korra reimagined, Mother-Daughter Relationship, Mentorship Summary:

In this reimagining, Tonraq is killed by his brother Unalaq, who seeks to control the Avatar, his niece Korra, and raise her as his own. Unalaq becomes the chief of the Water Tribes after manipulating political power and exiling Tonraq to the south. Tonraq meets Senna on his way down south, a native of the Foggy Swamp tribe. They have Korra and attempt to live a normal, happy life. Senna and Korra take refuge back in Senna's home.

Korra (15) is the new Avatar and struggles to separate her personal grudges from her duties as the Avatar. She is told that the Avatar must not use their power for personal gain, but she believes that her personal gain is justified.

Mako (14) is a firebender from the streets of Republic City, who seeks to find a job at the Fire Nation royal palace to achieve a very specific goal to accomplish something that must be done.

Azumi (15) is a nonbender and the youngest of Fire Lord Izumi's kids. Fire Lord Izumi is the daughter of Zuko and Mai, and has deep respect for the Avatar as she believes the Fire Nation owes a great deal to the Avatar, not only because of Aang, but it goes back all the way to the era of Avatar Szeto himself.

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Clue (1985) dir. Jonathan Lynn

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Wow I love Maushold I sure hope nothing bad happens to them :)

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So I recently watched Avatar: The Way of Water, and even tho the visuals were obviously great, the story was laughable imo, and here are my nitpicks about it (coming from a genuine fan I promise you):

Jake Sully hasn’t changed a bit and it’s almost irritating. In the first movie, we got to journey with him and learn as he does about the world of Pandora and the culture of the Na’vi, even in the end before the last battle he walked alone to the heart tree and prayed to Eywa for protection. You got the sense that he was slowly getting sucked into the culture and truly becoming one of them.

In the second movie, he never speaks Na’vi with his children, but I’ll give him a pass on that one as languages can be hard to learn and he’s obviously not that bright (also I know it’s Hollywood so yeah), but what I will not give him a pass on is how he raised his kids. First off, their kids act soooooo American. The way they talk and their mannerisms are so westernized. Jake decided to raise their kids as soldiers and it is no wonder why ALL of them are rebelling. He’s so strict with them. I thought him and Neytiri, and the whole tribe, had entered a long era of peace where they had time to start a family, but why did Jake take the helm instead of Neytiri?!

It was already established that Neytiri is a strong welled female character, she’s brave and independent, so why do we see her take a step back after marriage?! Jake took her knowing who she is so he obviously doesn’t have a problem with her personality. I just don’t get why the fuck did the writers decide to write her off like that! She was the only family member to cry in the movie, and I’m not talking about tears, I’m talking about deep sadness. It’s almost like she passed NOTHING to her children about their culture. One Na’vi tribe is one big family. Choosing a mate isn’t like marriage in our boring world. The whole tribe gets to raise the newborns. The whole tribe hunts together and flies together. There was no sense of togetherness in this movie. I do believe it should have been Neytiri to suggest leaving not Jake. It would have added more to her character AND it would’ve made sense. She’s the one who killed Quaritch. She knows how dangerous he can be and now that he’s a Na’vi, it’s all the more.

The Na’vi believe in Eywa, the great mother of all, but judging from the way Kiri reacts when she “connects” to Eywa, it’s like they taught her NOTHING about Pandora. Kiri, oh Kiri. I gotta tell you, Sigourney Weaver did not deliver as a teenager. Sigourney is often type cast in most of her movies, and we love her for that. I mean, she does it well so why not keep doing it? BUT, her as a teenager was so bad. The way she talks, the way she frowns and groans, it was like a caricature of a teenager.

Neteyam had no screen time at all. If they wanted the viewer to get sad for his death, they should’ve established him a lot better. When he died I didn’t feel anything at all and when Neytiri cried for him all I could think of is “here she goes again. Shouldn’t it be Jake this time? It’s his firstborn son after all!”.

Going back to my main talking point, Jake was so bad in this film. It’s like he brought his culture with him to the Na’vi of the forest. Kiri talks over her grandma and fucking teaches her how to heal the injured (and she’s probably doing it the human way). He brought MORE guns to the tribe. He still kept that helicopter and painted it blue, even tho you literally have a much better option for flying!!! Jake is soooo far from Eywa and the Na’vi culture as whole and I’m seriously questioning their intentions behind writing him that way. James Cameron is supposed to be this fucking ally of indigenous peoples, and yet the second movie was so disrespectful imo.

Thanks, but I hated it. 4/10, and the 4 points (all of them) go to Quaritch’s new character. That clone is gonna lead this franchise and save it, you heard it here first.

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That explains a lot

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When your hamster shoves an entire stick of zucchini in his cheek and then goes about his day. 🤣

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