Live Blogs Turtlebutter Watches Avatar The Last Airbender

Turtlebutter2012-06-18 09:58:16

I have been going to school year round for about 2 years now, working on a Bachelor's degree in Clinical Laboratory Sciences. My summer semester classes have been cancelled, so I find myself with a good deal of free time that Im totally not used to.

I have decided to give myself certain tasks to keep myself busy, and one of them is to watch Avatar the Last Airbender (henceforth referred to as ATLA) and liveblog about it.

I am going into this as a Virgin, the most I have seen about ATLA were some commercials for toys several years ago, and whatever random bits and pieces that have come up on the My Little Pony thread in Western Animation.

A few things about me... Im 32 years old, female, and somewhat disillusioned with television programming. I typically prefer to read or play video games so watching a long running television series is going to be a rather new thing for me. I like Ponies...

Oh, and MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD... just in case you couldn't figure that out on your own :P

So... kick back, relax, and deal with my excessive and improper use of elipses...!

Comments

Eegah Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 7th 2012 at 1:13:32 PM

"So if you cant control them you stick them someplace where they cant use their abilities. Makes sense I guess."

Unless you're M. Night Shyamalan, in which case just sticking them in a quarry will work fine.

Of course, someone made of rock, ice, and gas helps...fire.

Seraphem Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 7th 2012 at 1:40:31 PM

Well, it's possible the Sozin's "Comet" was really an event called an Earth-Grazing-Fireball, and they just lumped it under 'comet" due to not haing as fine a distinction.

Anyway turtle, yeah Bumi was trying to teach Aang to 'think outside the box" pretty much

no he's just the cute side-kick animal, Appa is more then just a air taxi though...unless you Shyamalan

yup, they do go barefoot just for that

you can't do ANY bending in the spirit world

Eh he knew he just didn't stop and think about the new growth being fertilized by the fire

Wow..got it in one on the moon, Full Moon = most powerful time for waterbending. And the Sun empowers firebending so they are more powerful in the day, less so at night.

Seraphem Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 7th 2012 at 1:41:37 PM

Actually seeing as how we SEE it enter the atmosphere it is the very definition of an EGF, they just had no word except "comet for it.

(Damn you no letting me edit posts.)

Turtlebutter Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 7th 2012 at 1:44:54 PM

I genuinely liked the Second part of the Winter Solstice episode. It got a lot more serious at that point and gave definitive direction to the story. If future episodes carry on with that type of tone Ill probably enjoy them more.

The only reason I thought Momo was more significant was that he kept appearing every time Aang was wondering how he could talk to Roku.

Seraphem Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 7th 2012 at 1:48:22 PM

huh....didn't think of that, but yeah it gets MUCH more serious, big build up for season 1 finale, seson 2 starts a bit more like season 1 did, but quickly becomes EPIC

ugh, your coming up to "the Great Divide" aren't you...ugh, worst episode of the series hands down...when you get a canon Discontinuity Nod with in the show itself, you know you were a bad episode.

Eegah Since: Dec, 1969

Jun 7th 2012 at 4:55:08 PM

Yeah, it becomes clear why the comet powers firebending, but until that happened it was quite the question mark among fans, given how comets typically contain every element except fire.