#rewatching avatar cuz I can and I love it SO MUCH

[smilesrobotlover]

Suki is such an underrated character I love her sm

[fellow-nerd]

Time to go crazy about the characterisation changes in the new atla cuz oh boy do I have thoughts

The main thing I noticed for all of them is that this show is focused about telling a story about a war torn world and how that affected everyone first and a coming of age hero story second, which is a choice considering the source material which balanced them both extremely well.it never had to be so heavy handed for the audience to get it but that also could be because it's a kids show at the end of the day 😅

Aang: where is my adventure loving kid. He just wants to ride the Elephant koi and show his new friends cool things. Yes, his past weighs heavy on him and expectations press down, but he's still just 12. It takes him time to work through his grief and his reluctance to save the world and that is literally his big arc. Learning to grow up and save the world (becoming THE avatar ya know). This Aang gets with the program quick and is only concerned with helping people and stepping up, like little dude ur telling me u don't want to go penguin sledding. I dunno it just feels so off. Love the stuff with gyatso too.

Katara: she's actually the most true to her og character I think. I just wish there was more focus on her like there was in the og. She was my first favorite charcter, put some respect on her name. It was criminal to give the opening to kyoshi, like girl u have ur own novels to be in! ALSO WHY DIDNT SHE BREAK THE ICEBERG!!! UGH SO MAD AT THAT.

Sokka: look I get it It's the year of lord 2024 misogyny has no place. So why don't we tell the story of how a guy learns that those views are wrong and how to change ur views rather than pretending that it never existing, like erasing it. As much as it can be critiqued Sokkas misogyny was the catalyst for Katara to hit the iceberg and free Aang. Narratively this gets them both invested in Aang and just shows Sokkas growth on every rewatch. They could've toned it down but it's a big part of his character growth and what are the gonna fill that with, if anything at all.

Suki: now her in live action I can get behind. She ate and left no crumbs. She put Sokka in his place and stole the episode for me. Also I loved the addition of her mom, honestly goals. Can't wait to see how they utilize her throughout she's the best. No comment.

Jet/freedom fighters: pretty much the same, I didn't love the condensing plot lines all into omashu tho

Teo/Sai: same as above but I loved the Way the two interacted it had so much depth.

Iroh: not sure how to feel. It feels wierd hearing iroh not voiced by Mako ya know. Like his dailougue was fine but it lacked that inflection Mako had which really Gave iroh all his character. It's big shoes to fill and it comes so close. I did die for the line where he says he's the one who owes Zuko. Like. Ugh. The implications of that. How Zuko made him wake up and gave him a reason to keep going. Its enough to make a girl cry.

Zuko: oh zuko, zuko, zuko, zuko. Again tough shoes to fill. I think that the characterisation is all there the challenge comes later on when we get his redemption arc. I do love the seeds they are planting especially in his relationship to Iroh.

Azula: now I called it as soon as I saw that girl, knew it was her who else could I have been. Just as evil, just as lustful for power, definitely in character for her to be doing what's she's doing this early on. Will definitely keep tabs on this one.

Bumi: now he about WRECKED ME ok. It was rough. I loved this recharacterisation. If ur gonna give us a war torn world, give me the war torn ruler, whose been carrying all that trauma and burden on his back for 100 years. Of course he's gonna be mad at Aang of course HES gonna BE MAD himself. So yeah it was rough to watch but because it was so hard hitting to see how war destroyed Bumis mindset, and then so wonderful to see Aang give his oldest friend a piece of himself back

In conclusion I care about Avatar way too much and will be ranting about this even more as I continue watching

[caelum-in-the-avatarverse]

Whenever I return to ATLA brainrot, I usually go through a re-re-read of your fanfics, and your Da Li OCs tend to take over my brain for a while.

Recently I’ve rewatched Avatar Day, and I’ve wondered how your OCs would react to literal Kyoshi showing up.

To me, Zan would probably be the most excited. I know she would be number 1 defender of Kyoshi from Chin defenders. But not like Aang, who tried to say she’s innocent, but Zan would argue that Kyoshi did the right thing. Not just that, I feel that if she learned of Kyoshi’s opinion on the present day Dai Li, she probably would feel more motivated to change the Dai Li back to how they once were.

Delun would probably shit himself at the sight of Kyoshi. You know, he probably would have wanted to go up and have a looooonnnnnggg conversation with her about probably everything.

Really anyone from the Preservation branch would love to see Kyoshi in person.

Listen. Every Preservation agent, at all times, is a massive simp for Kyoshi.

Oh, they're consummate professionals. They understand the importance of historical nuance. But also Avatar Kyoshi was objectively the greatest person to ever exist in all of history and anyone who says otherwise is wrong.

You are absolutely right, Zan would 100% defend Kyoshi in the exact way Aang wouldn't want to defend Kyoshi. Yeah, she killed Chin, she did it in the most spectacular way imaginable, and she was totally justified in doing so because he sucked. You want to insist that's not what happened? You have your "just us"? Zan has a stack of eyewitness accounts and primary sources.

Zan and the rest of Preservation would also be completely unsurprised at Kyoshi's opinion of the present-day Dai Li. Well, no, actually, they would be surprised...that Kyoshi would be more upset about the "secret police are bad, actually" thing, and less about the "the Dai Li don't focus on history anymore" thing. That's the thing about Preservation--just because they disagree with Long Feng, that doesn't make them "good". They don't like the fact that the Dai Li have become the secret police, but that's because they don't like that the Dai Li are the secret police. They feel like Long Feng should've co-opted some other government agency to micromanage the other rings and left the Dai Li to take care of the Upper Ring.

But yeah, if Zan ever met Avatar Kyoshi, her reaction would be one of "internally squealing fangirl professionally holding it together" lol

Delun would just go speechless with awe. And possibly cry.

Pretty much any Preservation agent would lose it if they ever got to meet Kyoshi (and a good chunk of the other agents, too; just cuz they aren't history buffs doesn't mean they don't revere her). When they realize that 1) the current Avatar can channel past Avatars, and 2) the Dai Li's strained relationship with Avatar Aang means they can't wheedle him into channeling Kyoshi on a whim, there's a definite resurgence in grumbling against Long Feng.

Also, ty for all the re-reads! I'm glad to be able to support your ATLA brainrot. ^_^

[fleursbending]

hiiiii me again!

can i dump my opinions about avatar here?? cuz im about to- if you don't mind hehehhe

jake with the whole tough love thing kind gets to me at times everytime i rewatch the film.

like i get that he has to do that given the kind of world they live in coz of the sky people but, there would be times where i just go "man, cut your sons some slack."

ESPECIALLY WITH LO'AK.

"you brought/bring shame to this family."

"you've done enough."

im not kidding when i say that this film trigger my daddy issues the whole way through, and I'm just ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH.

and i know that eventually it kinda get resolved with the whole "i see you, son." but still doesn't make me less pissed.

Anyways...

I STILL LOVE THE FILM THO, JAKE SULLY IS STILL THE DAD I NEVER HAD AND LO'AK IS STILL COOL.

byeeeee! sorry you had to see this ehehehe

-🍸🍸

okay😭😭 second times a charm. this is not gonna be as concise as the first time but tumblr deleted it andddd i have a lot to say so,

it personally took me a two rewatches to fully see jake and why he is the father he's become. yes he isn't the picturesque parenting 101. yeah he is definitely harder on his kids than the usual parents.

but considering the unique set of circumstances, raising his children of war was not easy. and he purposefully let it settle that way. he knew his children would become too much like he had been before, reckless and irresponsible.

lo'ak still managed to slip through the cracks because he still became jakes carbon copy. he sees so much or his youthfulness in lo'ak it scares him to no end because for jake - that's the heart of weakness. and so he didn't let up on lo'ak, if anything he made things even more harder for him. why? because everything lo'ak had to lose is what jake already had forcefully come to terms with.

he guided 15 clans to victory, as toruk makto. but its clear as day that weighs on him negatively more than you could ever know. his dear friends, his brother - he's lost so much and came to terms with it because he had no choice.

he was hoping he could prevent it with lo'ak. but he still ended up becoming just like him.

losing a brother, his life being threatened, survivors guilt, a very distinct hatred for himself. it sounds familiar for a reason.

"you've done enough" for me, can be interpreted in two ways.

1. you've done enough. you made a mistake that you must now carry with you for the rest of my life, and for that i'm sorry son.

2. you've done enough. i'm so sorry that the guilt of your actione are going to follow you for as long as you let it. please stay with your brother now or you will regret it.

another layer to it is that he knew lo'ak was too emotionally distraught, if jake brought lo'ak with him - it would have done more harm than good. so even if the dialogue sounds backwards, he was still doing everything in his willpower to protect his children even if all his body language didnt convey that.

lo'ak and neteyam are like that in a sense, both hard headed and the same exact amount. i just think lo'ak feels and fears so greatly. it's so saddening. and i apologise forrrrr rambling sm 1!

i am rahhhhxhsb1!!1

[tiredtourettic]

JURGEN LEITNER?

STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING JURGEIN LEITNER GOD DAMN FOOL BOOK COLLECTING DUST EATING RAT OLD BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING JURGEIN LEITNER STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT JURGEIN LEITENER I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP BOOKS WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT JUST SET THEM LOOSE IS HE DEAD IS HE A BASTARD MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST BEARD GET AWAY FROM ME if i wanted to get into heaven and god said jurgein leitners waiting inside i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down if i have to deal with jurgein leitner speaking one word in person on voice in podcast not only will i close the tab i will delete my bookmark out of spite and have to rewatch the entire series again for the experience of being able to skip all the times when he is mentioned or alive i dont even know why i hate him so much. he collects books but i am just mad because i am angy he better have some fucked up backstory to explain this if hes just some rich shithead whos a fan of creepypasta and wanted the irl version ill go ham BETTER have had a book make him kill a man cuz if he didnt Im going to make him paypal.com/IFuckingHateJurgeinLeitner episodes not even about him. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to maybe be his library and I lost it where the fuck is jurgein leitner if hes still alive im going to so deeply wish he wasnt crusty old man ill punch leitner and his sad frail old man twig bones will simply flake apart under my epic huge meat fist and he will disintegrate until all thats left is one final book he kept on him at all times simply titled Now You Fucked Up in ancient yiddish im not breathing im hyperventilating at this point i hope theres a date given for when jurgen died or will die so i can make it a reminder on my phone everyday once a year i will see it and do anything but pay respects to the man who had so many fucked up if true books

i apologise for the deception. you seem cool tho :>

You just made my day I love you /p

[delcakoo]

hahaha hello my love, ykw sundays are not even a break anymore why? the only thing u'll be thinking about is that THIS IS THE END. tomorrow, back to school. getting ur brain cells out on a paper. and the fact that im in the front row is annoying CAUSE I CANT TALK TO ANYONE AND ALWAYS AWKWARDLY QUIET AND SITTING. especially when classes aren't starting yet I'm so like alone KBSDJSBKD. but yes back to the topic i hate sundays bro, i also hate how we have 5 days of weekdays and 2 FUCKING DAYS for weekends. now that I've realized, that's the dumbest invention ever made. u get to work ur ass off for 5 days straight and get a break for only 2 days? how spectacular :D

im on my avatar phase, yes addiction with blue tall aliens and ure the only person who knows it, well not anymore cause ur moots will def see this as well as your followers😭💙 I LOVE U? HOW ARE YOU? hope ure warm. since its cold there for sure. i just ranted cause i hate how we only have this much 🤏 of a break and lots of work on weekdays.

-m💙

HI MOONIE !! omg so true SCREW SUNDAYS ☹️ like ur literally so right FRIDAY SHOULD BE A WEEKEND TOO SO ITS 3 TO 4 YKNOW 🙏🙏

BRO I ALREADY HAVE THE URGE TO REWATCH AVATAR 2 WHY WAS IT SO GOOD ☹️☹️☹️ i totally can see how an obsession could start, lowkey makes me wish i was back in disneyworld so i could go on their virtual reality avatar ride again 😭💔 ILYTT AH IVE BEEN GOOD just super. super busy this week like the amount of shit i have is annoying and it makes me worry if i’ll be able to finish camellia 2 by next week cuz i plan to post it a few days after wons bday ☹️ SIGHH

[k3ntarou]

As someone who really loves avatar but only ever sees other people hating on it. ITS GREAT RIGHT?! I REWATCH THE FIRST ONE EVERYTIME I CAN. I still have to watch the second one and i really really want to but i don't wanna go to the cinema cuz of covid. Maaaan. What was your favorite thing about it if I may ask?

aaaah the thing is i also never got the hate even if ive never watched it up until now and now that i've actually seen it i absolutely do not get it 💀 i think people just hate things which aren't mainstream or smth they're not used to so they hate it bv that animation? the acting? the plot and the whole idea behind it? the actors and their chemistry? i cried so much during so many different parts and as sad as it was i got such chills when tsu'tey died because i wasn't expecting it and he died such a heroic death it was absolutely breathtaking. and the last scene with neytiri and jake and the commander had me holding my BREATH like wow- i knew what was gonna happen kn the end yet i was still absolutely shaken to the core 😭🫶🏼 my overall favorite scene has to be the one where that one creature came to help neytiri when she didn't know where to go and what to do like idk why but that made me so emotional 😭😭 i also of course have to mention that the "i dont want ninat" did get me a little excited 💀

[stuck-in-the-ghost-zone]

TIDE LAMBERT?

AWESOME SMART SUPER COOL TIDE LAMBERT GOD DAMN DAD HERO COLLECTING STROGANOFF EATING FISH OLD DAD AWESOME GREAT AVATAR OF THE LOVE BIGGEST DAD IN THE PRIME FORCE KICKED OUT OF TOWN SUPERHERO MOTHERFUCKING TIDE LAMBERT. KEEP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT TIDE LAMBERT I LOVE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP KIDS WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT JUST SET THEM LOOSE IS HE DEAD IS HE DEPOWERED MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS WARMEST SMILE GET AWAY FROM ME.

if i wanted to get into heaven and god said tide lambert isn't here i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down. if i have to deal with tide lambert speaking one word in person on voice in podcast not only will i open another tab i will download the entirety of Just Roll With It: Prime Defenders out of love and have to rewatch the entire series again for the experience of being able to hear all the times when he is mentioned or alive. i dont even know why i love him so much. he collects kids. but i am just happy because i am IN LOVE. he better not have some fucked up backstory to explain this if hes just some silly guy whos a fan of stroganoff and wanted the irl version ill go ham. BETTER NOT have had a book make him cut up into a bunch of little pieces in the spirit realm cuz if he did Im going to go there and kill mallard conway myself.

paypal.com/IFuckingLoveTideLambert

episode's not even about him. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to maybe be him and I lost it. where the fuck is tide lambert if he's not here soon im going to so deeply wish he was.

lovely old man. ill hug tide and his sad strong old man fish bones will simply stitch back together under my epic huge meat fist or he will disintegrate until all thats left is one final book he kept on him at all times simply titled I Love My Kids in ancient yiddish. im not breathing im hyperventilating at this point. i hope theres a date given for when tide comes back or talks to the prime defenders again so i can make it a reminder on my phone, and everyday once a year i will see it and do everything to pay respects to the man who had so many fucked up if true children

i need to make like. the opposite of the jurgen leitner rant and make it about tide

[spookberry]

Went and rewatched Frights Camera Action cuz i was thinking about how much i loved Honey and Viperine but not Elissabat, like design wise

And its funny cuz imo Elissabat is just Draculaura but purple, so over the years id convinced myself that that had to've been on purpose. And maybe i just dont remember the plot of the movie well and its a bit of a princess and the pauper sitch where Drac looking like Elissabat is really important to the plot and why people thought Drac might be the vampire queen. But like thats NOT the plot at all. The two didn't need to look anything alike at all cuz no one knows who the Vampire Queen is or what she looks like. The Vampire Queen is an Avatar like figure, she can be anyone basically. So he just picks Draculaura cuz he thinks she'll be easy to manipulate and use as a pawn to stay in power rather than find the real queen.

Also its a missed opportunity to not lean into Elissabat being a famous black and white film actress. Like they coulda leaned into that aesthetic for her instead and it woulda been great!

[low-budget-korra]

 Just  answering some questions ive saw in avatarverse twitter (credits to  @yuekataras for making the thread)

- who’s your one absolute comfort character Korra

- what’s your comfort ship Korrasami

-what character do u see yourself into the most and why?  Korra, cuz we are two lgbt woc who grown up with tons of expectations put in our shoulders. We also grew up overprotected from the world and that led to a difficult late teenage and early adult life cuz we didn't know how to do shit and life beat us like a mf. We trusted  people who scar us. We both fought battles against mental illness and when we are in rock bottom we just isolate ourself from everyone. And we both simp for hot femme brunettes with girlboss energy

-what’s your fave season of atla? Whats your fave season of tlok? Book 3 of atla is a masterpiercer. I also like book 3 of tlok, but today i will choose book 1 because everytime i rewatch it, i left with another discover or view of what happen there and everything is just so real and i think is the actually most dark season od tlok

-who’s your favorite villain? Azula 

-most overrated avatarverse character? Kuvira. She def aint all that. All of other main villains from both shows are better written within their goals and all of them are stronger than her, cuz all of them Ozai, Azula, Amon, Unalaq and Zaheer represented a real threat to the Avatar’s life and the fight their had kept you on edge because you knew they were powerfull. With Kuvira... her first match with Korra she was actually about to lose if Korra didnt had allucinate. And teh final battle, fighting one vs one with Korra, the avatar pulled her punches too much and it feel like Korra could murder Kuvira anytime she wanted

-most underrated avatarverse character? Katara. People joke so much about her that they forget how powerfull she really is. Katara can legit beat all of the others Gaang members, excepect Aang cuz he is the Avatar.

-who’s the most tragic character in your opinion? Azula. She was just a kid when everything happened and she needed help, love and support. And the away bryke destroy her character in the comics after The Search is something that enfuriates me as a fan and a fellow writer

-what duo did you want to see more of? Azula and Katara. I know they arent a duo but they have so similar backstorys and arcs that i wish they had more scenes together. I think it would be better than Zutara scenes.

what’s your favorite headcanon? Azula is a lesbian. Lin and Kya are a couple.Azula got the help she needed and was one of Korra firebender teachers.Korra find a way to connect with the past avatars in the spirit world.

[transphilza]

hey cia how r u!! could u maybe rec any webseries, videos, tv shows, movies, books, fics, etc. that are comforting, happy, calming? i know it sounds silly but i'm not in a good headspace and i'm getting overwhelmed by what i'm watching: 1. a gta rp series from hispanic side of twitch that deals with really heavy stuff like death, violence, trauma. 2. dsmp, while its minecraft, it gets heavy with some characters, esp wilbur. 3. mr robot. its Too Much,i need a rest. i ask u cuz i trust ur taste <3

hiya!! it doesn’t sound silly at all nonnie <3 here’s some things i find comfort in ^_^

1. i have a comfort vods playlist full of fun and lighthearted vods if you’d like those — i’ve also been making my way thru the lovely philza vod archive document that was sent to me, if you too are a phil enjoyer!

2. video games are very peaceful to me, i always vouch for toontown rewritten as it is my ult comfort since i was a little kid, simple and fun and grindy so you can turn your brain off. i also play genshin impact despite not knowing Anything about it and all i do is explore and kill random monsters. both are totally free!!

3. on youtube, i like to relax to all sorts of random things, including: fine art restoration, cute little carving instruction videos, nilered chemistry videos, guy who is friends with a bunch of geese, funky video essays by various people, and random space science stuff. i also like the game grumps a lot and various compilations of them are pog

4. haikyuu!! is still my comfort anime after all this time and i haven’t watched anime in years so i recommend that. i also liked yuri!!! on ice :)

5. the last show i watched that really stuck in my brain was she ra and the princesses of power :) i also rewatch cartoons from when i was a kid a lot! i watched regular show recently, but i frequently rewatch spongebob (seasons 1-3 specifically) and also avatar the last airbender. if you like adult/comedy cartoons i think bob’s burgers and futurama are very good too

6. one of my favorite books i’ve read was Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe! super easy read, really nice coming of age lgbt story. i’ve also been rereading the original percy jackson & heroes of olympus books which are super nice and nostalgic

i don’t consume that much media cause fixations and stuff so a lot of these are just nostalgia or things i watched yrs ago but i hope something in here catches your fancy! sending good vibes anon <3

[anothertimdrakestan]

Batfam Reactions To Watching Avatar The Last Airbender

req: “Hi I was wondering if you could write the boys reactions to watching Avatar: The last airbender for the first time?” (anon)

YES! THIS IS TOO CUTE!

- long story short, Dami got hurt during patrol and to make sure he didn’t sneak out the entire family had to settle in for a movie night

- you made the epic recommendation to watch ATLA and yall basically binge watched it for a week while Dami healed, here are each of the boys reactions

Damian

- this mfer grumbled that it was stupid and gave Katara shit for being a bad waterbender at the beginning, especially the first episode

- he was hardcore crushing on her at the end specifically her fire nation outfit and that she learned how to blood bend, he’s a simp for powerful women what can i say

- during the first season he was pretty stoic and annoyed, blame it on the painkillers

- second season he was gettin’ into it, flinching with the epic fight scenes, calling himself the batfamily Toph, he let a rogue tear slip during leaves from the vine and no one noticed but you and Dick

- he got extra cuddles that night

- he lost his fucking shit during appas lost days- like full on screaming about appa and burrying his head in your chest while you quietly tell him appa will be okay

- he denies all of this too this day though (of course) but he loved it, and you’ll hear him humming leaves from the vine when he thinks his comm is off now on patrol

Cass

- she wasn’t really paying attention to the show at the beginning,  more soaking in the family bonding moment and spending each night sitting next to a different person to understand more about them

- she liked watching tim because he gets really into it but steph is also a fun watching buddy because her reactions are sooo intense it’s like watching a movie watch a movie

- a month after showing Cass she came up to you with all these epic fan canon ideas for the future or the past, talking about what the avatar state meant and spewing crazy little facts you thought no one noticed

- turns out it’s her comfort show now, she watches it to remind her of Jason’s shitty sex jokes, Dick’s screeches, you’re silent tears, Babs failed plot predictions, and everything else from the week were for one you were all just kids

Tim

- For some reason I just think Tim’s seen it before

- he’s your buddy for laughing at his sibling’s reactions when you both know what’s coming

- the giddy smile he gives you before Katara does the epic water frozen save on Azula or Aang yeets into the avatar state

- him and cass are your lore buddies, you’ve all got all these crazy awesome ideas about the plot and what-not

- Tim crushes on Zuko hardcore, like that scene where he throws off his robe Tim’s cheeks are completely flushed, eyes stuck to the screen and you’re dying laughing

- sometimes you’ll come into the batcave and tim will be working while ATLA plays in the background and you’ll both silently rewatch it together making little quips about a funny moment from when the family watched it together it’s all so wholesome

Steph:

- Steph is a Sokka simp and you can’t tell me otherwise

- she’d pass out when his hair is down and everyone would roll their eyes

- she’d buy a boomerang for patrol and bruce would give a hard no but you can find her throwing it at shrubbery when bruce is out

- She also thinks Tai Lee is adorable and deserves the world

- “EVERYONE SLEEPS ON THE NON BENDERS OKAY SUKI COULD GET IT”

- “steph you came into my room at 5am for this?”

- steph honestly just says the thoughts we all have, when watching she’s totally immersed and falls for all the jumps and scary moments- her and dick are constantly being told to shut up while you die laughing at their reactions

Jason:

- dick basically had to chain him to the couch to watch at the beginning, he’d claim he had better stuff to do but eventually he’d be the one dragging people to the couch for the next episode

- would develop a bromance with zuko in season three

- convinced he’s a firebender and plays with wayyy too many lighters for a week to bruce’s concern

- thinks Mai is hot as fuck but claims he wouldn’t date her “cuz bro code” with his new imaginary best friend

- Roy comes by actually asking if he can meet zuko that’s how much jason talks about him it’s so cute

Babs:

- she’d slip in and out of watching while doing research or helping bruce during patrol, so she’d always sit next to you while you refreshed her during the episodes she caught

- she’d think aang was adorable and would try to convince dami to shave his head and get an arrow tattoo cuz he’d be cute

- she’d be the one to bring everyone water and sandwiches from alfie when you’ve all been binging for hours

- everyone needs a babs when they do a 3 season binge in a week, everyone say thank you babs RIGHT NOW hehehe

Dick:

- he’d be the one who got everyone there and he’d love being surrounded by his family

- granted, it was painful at first, giving constant death glares to dami and jason when they tried to get up and trying to get you to reveal plot secrets while you giggle, but in the end he was loving it

- he’d be crying 24/7

- when Mai and Tai Lee attack Azula and give the speech about loving Zuko more than Mai feared Azula he’s be screeching “GO OFF QUEEN YEAH SIS” while everyone tells him to shut up

- he’s a cabbage man stan and I love him for it

- his favorite season was season 2 because he loves toph because she reminds him of his siblings and he likes bumi and is convinced he’ll be a bumi when he’s older even though everyone tells him he’s such an iroh

- Dick would look back fondly on that week, surrounded by family who wasn’t fighting and could each have their own personality highlighted while all being together, he’d forever be thankful you brought up the idea : )

Bruce:

- it was a tough week for bruce, he hadn’t actually been alone on patrol for a long time

- it made it all worth it when he got to tiredly plop onto the couch with his kids

- he wasn’t watching the show he was watching them, the way they were invested in the show but also still took the time to bond even if they didn’t quite know it

- he got the best sleep of his life that week, passed out on the couch while his kids cuddled him, his white noise was Tim screaming at Damian and Steph babbling about Sokka, it was truly perfect. They were his family : )

I hope you enjoyed!!! Love you!

[tmabigbang]

JURGEIN LEITNER?

STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING JURGEIN LEITENER GOD DAMN FOOL BOOK COLLECTING DUST EATING RAT OLD BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING JURGEIN LEITNER

STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT JURGEIN LEITENER I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP BOOKS WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT JUST SET THEM LOOSE IS HE DEAD IS HE A BASTARD MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST BEARD GET AWAY FROM ME

if i wanted to get into heaven and god said jurgein leitners waiting inside i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down

if i have to deal with jurgein leitner speaking one word in person on voice in podcast not only will i close the tab i will delete my bookmark out of spite and have to rewatch the entire series again for the experience of being able to skip all the times when he is mentioned or alive

i dont even know why i hate him so much. he collects books but i am just mad because i am angy

he better have some fucked up backstory to explain this if hes just some rich shithead whos a fan of creepypasta and wanted the irl version ill go ham

BETTER have had a book make him kill a man cuz if he didnt Im going to make him

paypal.com/IFuckingHateJurgeinLeitener

episodes not even about him. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to maybe be his library and i lost it

where the fuck is jurgein leitner if hes still alive im going to so deeply wish he wasnt

crusty old man

ill punch leitner and his sad frail old man twig bones will simply flake apart under my epic huge meat fist and he will disintegrate until all thats left is one final book he kept on him at all times simply titled Now You Fucked Up in ancient yiddish

im not breathing im hyperventilating at this point

i hope theres a date given for when jurgen died or will die so i can make it a reminder on my phone

every day once a year i will see it and do anything but pay respects to the man who had so many fucked up if true books

anon i am a lil in love with you ngl i have this thing memorized and i appreciate the dedication here -Cai

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My Thoughts on KIPO

This post serves two purposes: first to give my thoughts on the third and final season of KIPO, and second to also address the show as a whole. Be advised, because this is the final season and the story is now over, I will be getting into MASSIVE spoiler territory. THIS IS YOUR FINAL SPOILER WARNING.

The Good

I am so happy they kept Dr. Emilia unredeemable, and in a good way. With shows like Naruto or Steven Universe where the MC has a weird knack for befriending the worst monsters in the universe, Kipo helps subvert this by doing with Dr. Emilia what SU should have done with White Diamond. They made her an antagonist the talk no jutsu MC couldn’t just reason with, showing that even non-violence can only take you so far. I like that Kipo still tried to give Dr. Emilia a chance, and her ultimate fate is largely her own fault, not something done to her by Kipo.

I liked how for the most part, no two antagonists were won over the same way. Zayne was won over by a legitimate friendship with Label. Haugh was won over by seeing his daughter dance with the Korean pop band narwhals, Daugh was won over by meeting the Korean Narwhal leadsinger and seeing all of the prisoners in Dr. Emilia’s lab. Even Greta was won over by Wolf just asking her “what do YOU want?” and letting her do it. And the rest were won over through PRAHM.

The solution to curing Kipo’s mother was a stroke of brilliance. I didn’t see it coming until seconds before they did it, and I loved it. Getting to see Kipo and her mom hug was just so wholesome it melted my frozen tiny little black heart.

Speaking of Song and Leo, they remained relevant! Look at that. A young character hero’s journey story where her parents remain important supporting cast characters through the whole thing.

Between seasons 2 and 3, they confirmed that Asher was non-binary, and I liked that we saw that in their hairstyle change for this season. I appreciate that the cut didn’t seem overly masculine or feminine.

Dave... actually earned my respect. Kinda. At least, it explained why he’s such a self-centered asshole in season 1. He’s used to being the leader. So that gave me some new respect for him.

I LOVE that Hugo was forced to see the ruins of Aurum and the self-reflection he shares with Wolf is just icing. Speaking of Hugo, his redemption is handled really nicely. The trial and error, the old habits that are hard for him to break, Kipo easily keeping him in line, and his slow work toward being a better mandrill. He felt like he was growing a lot.

When Wolf is deciding what to do about Margot, Kipo aggressively supports her, waiting for Wolf to ask her for help, and then decreeing that only Wolf has a right to decide how she wants to handle this situation. You go Kipo. Getcha woke on. Speaking of Margot.

The Bad

Margot might as well have not shown up. We learn nothing new about her, nothing new about Wolf, and then she just gets cured by Emilia so there’s never really a resolution to this character tension. I get the reason why, I just praised it in the above section, but this was still poorly handled in my opinion. Their just isn’t enough story payoff to bother dragging this out of the backstory.

Dave created Skyscraper Ridge.... for a battery-powered hand-held fan? Which survived for 200 years of battles between humans and mutes. Over a hand-held fan? Dave and Benson met... by fighting over a hand-held fan? I’m sorry but what the fuck? If you wanted me to take this seriously, you should have made it about something important. Now, I will give this some credit: Maybe Dave has dementia and is misremembering the item he’s talking about. Cuz Benson doesn’t know what he’s talking about at first. So maybe he’s using a toy fan in the place of the actual thing they were fighting over. 

Speaking of Benson... You don’t make a backstory episode that raises more questions! Why is Benson the last of his kind? What happened to his parents? Did Dave kill them? Cuz if he did, that’s seriously fucked up that Benson’s best friend killed his parents.

Song just kinda stopped being important once she was human huh? She spoke dubstep to the bees and got the death ivy wall put up, and then said she was going to work on a vaccine to the Cure... and then never finished it. Five years later, and Yumyan and all the others are still Cured. I get why this is, it’s so that there’s lasting consequences, which YES. Good on Kipo for not wimping out and pulling its punches, gimme them lasting consequences baby! I feed off it. But again, this leaves Song kind of … irrelevant.

So Kipo turns into a Mega Jaguar and she runs on all-fours (well... sixes), Song has the anatomy of a Mega Monkey... but Dr. Emilia’s Walrus form... has arms and legs? Sorry, that just kind of breaks the immersion for me. Two megas follow a consistent world building mechanic: you adopt the features of your mega animal... and Dr. Emilia just... doesn’t. No sir, I don’t like that.

Kaiju battles are kind of lame. There I said it. Come get me, Internet. I’m not apologizing. I don’t care much for great big things beating up other great big things. Now with a show and world like that of Kipo, I fully expected there’d be a Kaiju battle at some point, and with Kipo being a mega jaguar, I get why they went this route, but even so, Kaiju battles just aren’t my cup of tea.

Why did Hugo have to die? It kind of smelled of Redemption Equals Death, a wholly loathsome trope. He went through the best arc of all the characters, so let’s axe him off in the end. Sure, we lost other characters we cared about. Yumyan, Collette, Brad, but this was deliberately a noble sacrifice, and one he didn’t really have to make. He could have just jumped out of the car before it ran into Dr. Emilia. I don’t approve of killing off Hugo. That was not the right way to end his story.

Who is Wolf wearing? It’s never explained to us who this wolf was to her. It’s just a wolf. But this wolf was a person. And now she’s wearing its skin.

The Meh

So Jamack is here. That’s pretty much it. He finished his character arc when he joined Puck’s minstrel show and now he’s all smiles and buddy buddy and there’s not much else to say about him. I’m glad he was part of the final battle against Dr. Emilia, but by season 3, Jamack is just another ally. There’s no more of that redemption arc, which makes it feel slightly flat. For what we got, his redemption arc was alright, but the vast majority of it happens off screen, so unlike Hugo, it just doesn’t have that satisfying crunch.

So, ever since Mullholland, I’ve been under the impression that Wolf likes Kipo. Then with Kipo at the PRAHM very verbally saying she wishes Wolf was there, I thought maybe they were a ship? In the end, they verbalize having a sister-like relationship, which I totally get. I’m fine with it. That’s why it’s in the Meh section, not the bad stuff. But if they wanted to hammer home the sisters angle, having a character at a dance wishing the other was there doesn’t exactly send sibling energy.

I kind of wish we got to see how the first burrows got formed following the appearance of mutes. That would have been a nice thing to learn.

Final Thoughts

This show is probably in my top 10 cartoons of all time. It’s funny, colorful, the music is amazing, the characters are great, the villains steal the show, and it’s a good story. Is racism solved a little easily? Maybe, but A. it’s a kid’s show, and B. it’s kind of the whole point of the show. Unlike say Star Vs where it was a show about a princess who doesn’t want to be queen ohandalsomonsteracismiguess, this show’s core focus was on prejudice and racism. That was the forefront topic of the show. So, I’d say it sends an important lesson. I’d even go so far as to say it may be this generation’s Avatar. Is it as good as Avatar: the Last Airbender? Mmm no. But it’s damn good. Even with it’s flaws. I’d probably rate it about an 8.5 out of 10. So about a B+. Which is still really good. Does it have a few problems? Yes. Most shows do. It’s not perfect. But at the end of the day, it’s still a good show, and it has a LOT of rewatch potential, which is good for any show.

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jurgen (from the magnus archives?)

send in the name of a muse you’re unfamiliar with, and i’ll tell you a few things about them, as well as how i think they’d get along with your muse! BONUS: if you’re also a multimuse, i’ll list some of your muses they might get along with. 

i would love to answer this correctly, however, he does have a copypasta dedicated to how much people hate him that covers quite a bit:

JURGEN LEITNER?

STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING JURGEN LEITENER GOD DAMN FOOL BOOK COLLECTING DUST EATING RAT OLD BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE [redacted] BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING JURGEIN LEITNER STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT JURGEIN LEITENER I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP BOOKS WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT JUST SET THEM LOOSE IS HE DEAD IS HE A BASTARD MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST BEARD GET AWAY FROM ME

if i wanted to get into heaven and god said jurgein leitners waiting inside i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down

if i have to deal with jurgein leitner speaking one word in person on voice in podcast not only will i close the tab i will delete my bookmark out of spite and have to rewatch the entire series again for the experience of being able to skip all the times when he is mentioned or alive

i dont even know why i hate him so much. he collects books but i am just mad because i am angy. he better have some fucked up backstory to explain this if hes just some rich shithead whos a fan of creepypasta and wanted the irl version ill go ham BETTER have had a book make him kill a man cuz if he didnt Im going to make him paypal.com/IFuckingHateJurgeinLeitner episodes not even about him. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to maybe be his library and I lost it

where the fuck is jurgein leitner if hes still alive im going to so deeply wish he wasnt. crusty old man. ill punch leitner and his sad frail old man twig bones will simply flake apart under my epic huge meat fist and he will disintegrate until all thats left is one final book he kept on him at all times simply titled Now You Fucked Up in ancient yiddish im not breathing im hyperventilating at this point

i hope theres a date given for when jurgen died or will die so i can make it a reminder on my phone. everyday once a year i will see it and do anything but pay respects to the man who had so many fucked up if true books

the short answer is he’s a rich dude who started collecting haunted books and made a library until all the fears/monsters got mad at him and destroyed his library and he was presumed dead while quietly trying to stop the apocalypse. once got beat up by a goth when he left his safehouse.

i think he’d be good with any of your disney villains or umbrella academy muses bc he is kind of a bastard but. could be worse. he hasn’t murdered anyone.

[cureicy]

jurgen leitner rant but it’s me fangirling over martin blackwood (spoilers up to 170)

MARTIN BLACKWOOD?

STUPID OBLIVIOUS PINING MARTIN BLACKWOOD GOD DAMN FOOL TEA MAKING STATEMENT BURNING IDIOT AVATAR OF THE ABANDONMENT ISSUES BIGGEST SUPPORTER OF JON LAUGHED OUT OF POETRY CLUB COTTAGECORE MARTIN BLACKWOOD

PLEASE I WANNA TALK ABOUT MARTIN BLACKWOOD I LOVE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SUCH WEIRD TASTE IN MEN WHY DID HE JUST DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND PINE FOR FOUR YEARS IS HE SCARED OF INTIMACY IS HE OKAY MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS CUTEST FRECKLES I WANNA HOLD THEM TENDERLY

if i wanted to get into heaven and god said martin blackwoods not waiting inside i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down 

if i hear martin blackwood speaking one word in person on voice in podcast not only will i shriek in delight i will drop my phone on accident and have to rewatch the entire series again for the experience of being able to savor all the times when he is mentioned or alive

i dont even know why i love him so much. he writes mediocre poetry but i am just a simp because i am gay and projecting

he has such a fucked up backstory i swear if i hear one more person ignoring his poverty and loneliness and religious trauma to make him into some uwu baby i’ll go ham

BETTER have a chance to kill a man cuz if he doesnt im going to make him

paypal.com/LetMartinBlackwoodCommitCrimes

episodes not even about him. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to maybe be his poetry and I lost it

how the fuck is martin blackwood doing if hes still sad im going to so deeply wish he wasnt

wonderful kind man

ill hug martin and his sad frail childhood trauma will simply flake apart under my epic huge unconditional love and it will disintegrate until all thats left is one final thought he kept repressed at all times simply titled You Are Worthy Of Love in polish

im not breathing im hyperventilating at this point

i hope theres a date given for when he says he’s in love so i can make it a reminder on my phone

everyday once a year i will see it and do anything i can to pay respects to the man who had so many fucked up if survivable experiences