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Edited by Mrph1 on Aug 26th 2024 at 10:24:26 AM
@Ike: It's annoying, but kind of inevitable.
Re: Avatar: All of that is true, but not much of it is actually stated in the show itself. Also, there's little explanation as to why the Fire Nation is the only technologically advanced country. The Water Tribe and Air Nomads I can understand, what with the whole "Living on icebergs and a mountaintops" thing, but the Earth Kingdom should have a freaking monopoly on mining, and they have a ton of resources to work with. It just strikes me as weird that the show's premise treats the groups as equal when in-show all counts show the firebenders to capable of curbstomping everyone unless the avatar gets involved.
Reaction Image RepositoryI might get the entire Avatar series later today. Also, I need Pokémon Soul Silver.
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Like I said, the problem isn't that the other nations are behind, it's that the show presents them as being more or less equal in the intro, and then doesn't bear it out. It does make sense in-universe, but it doesn't establish those points when it would be relevant to do so. A good example is the first episode; it makes perfect sense that the Southern Water Tribe might have been dwindling for years as the result of the war, but since that's never pointed out (the closest we get is a statement that the men of the tribe have gone off to war, which implies that the tribe is at full strength, only without the guys), it seems like the entire tribe consists of a single village of two dozen people. There's a reason for it, but they don't give the reason until long after the info is relevant.
edited 23rd May '14 8:00:24 AM by JapaneseTeeth
Reaction Image RepositoryI'm not trying to make it out as a major issue with the show or anything; it's just a minor issue I felt could've been handled more smoothly by giving more information earlier on. Then again, if they did that I'd probably complain about infodumps.
The second season has been pretty good so far.
Also, Azula is already a way more interesting character than Zhao ever was. And I'm sure there's a ton of crossover art involving Mai and Maud. Iroh kinda grabbed the Idiot Ball with the "Delectable tea or deadly poison?" though. Then again, he's always been a bit goofy.
edited 23rd May '14 8:05:18 AM by JapaneseTeeth
Reaction Image RepositoryI wonder if the class divide in Equestria will cause any problems in Season Five. There's signs of a powerful Earth Pony merchantry in Manehatten that might end up conflicting with the Old Noble Houses based in Canterlot.
The three finest things in life are to splat your enemies, drive them from their turf, and hear their lamentations as their rank falls!I think it would be amusing if they played that up and then revealed that outside of Canterlot nobody gives a crap about the nobility.
Reaction Image RepositoryI always pronounced Mai's name as 'My', not 'May'.
Then again, some of their pronunciations for names don't make total sense to me, being actually Asian.
edited 23rd May '14 8:15:49 AM by edvedd
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I didn't think it was weird until I saw how it was spelled. Would make more sense if it were "Mei" instead of "Mai".
@Ace: Well, they're important in Canterlot, but she needs to appeal to other ponies in Manehattan.
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'May' seemed weird to me too with that spelling, but Yu Gi Oh's probably more of a factor in that.
edited 23rd May '14 8:22:23 AM by crowlover
"Don't worry, murder is a sign of affection." - An amalgamation of DunsparceMai works best because Fire Nation has a "kind of Japanese" motif going on. That spelling makes it look the part.
P.S. Although it does have some mistakes in this regard. "Iroh" should have been "Irou", only "n" is allowed to be a single consonant in Japanese.
edited 23rd May '14 8:28:08 AM by Luminosity
Along the same lines, before I watched the show, I would have pronounced 'Iroh' as Ee-roh, not Eye-roh. That's a more American pronunciation.
So yeah, being Asian makes some of the names sound weird as hell because... well, we just wouldn't pronounce it that way.
edited 23rd May '14 8:27:46 AM by edvedd
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectI had no clue how "Aang" was supposed to be pronounced until I watched the show. At least "Momo" is easy enough.
Reaction Image RepositoryAang.. well, the movie may actually have been more correct in pronouncing it as 'Ung'. But I prefer the way the show does it.
edited 23rd May '14 8:38:47 AM by edvedd
Visit my Tumblr! I may say things. The Bureau ProjectEdd...let me tell you a couple of things.
Rule number one: Never talk about the movie.
Rule number two: NEVER talk about the movie.
Rule number three: NEVER TALK ABOUT THE MOVIE!
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Ponies, huh? They sure are a thing.
edited 23rd May '14 8:43:27 AM by edvedd
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A thing. No more, no less.
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