"[Avatar: The Last Airbender] is a story about hope, bravery, and the fight against oppressive, violent powers who aim to homogenize the world around them. I adore that it is youthful. I adore that it featured an entire animated cast of people of color. I adore that it dealt with such difficult things in a medium that people unfortunately write off as something that can’t be serious, on a network that probably had never addressed some of these themes before.
But I must praise what shines brighter than anything: the writing. From Sokka’s warm humor, to Katara’s hopeful speeches, to Toph’s no-nonsense attitude, to Aang’s moral crises, to giving animals who can’t speak a full characterization, to respecting character development and giving us a reason to care about the people on the screen, Avatar explicitly respects its audience. And I love that."
"We’re gonna see how the Avatar world has developed! There are gonna be cars and bending battles and metalbending cops that are led by Toph’s inevitably awesome daughter. We’re gonna see Spirit!Aang dishing out vaguely useful advice and reminding his son to not be so uptight, gosh. We’re gonna have a FEMALE protagonist, the likes of which are so rarely seen. A lady who’s not afraid to get her hands dirty, who will kick ass and ask Bolin to write down names. We’re gonna have animation that’s so detailed and cinematic that you’ll weep at the inferiority of other cartoons. We’re gonna get 26 episodes of pure enjoyment and not even Nick’s greatest attempts at fucking up the scheduling could possibly stop that."
"one thing i love about avatar: the last airbender and legend of korra is that they push the boundaries of what it means to be a “children’s show” — and more importantly, why defining and restricting a program as “just animation” is a bad decision
like disney except the creators don’t insult the audience’s intelligence and they’re willing to go to much farther lengths and depths with their storytelling, themes, and characters, where disney is too scared to go out of fear of the kids’ parents
well guess what disney
nickelodeon may have shitty everything else but it wins this round
ha
haha
haaaaa"
like disney except the creators don’t insult the audience’s intelligence and they’re willing to go to much farther lengths and depths with their storytelling, themes, and characters, where disney is too scared to go out of fear of the kids’ parents
well guess what disney
nickelodeon may have shitty everything else but it wins this round
ha
haha
haaaaa"
– Meggann
"The Legend of Korra introduction and teaser information from the first episode is a complete secret. So, naturally, the whole fandom knows."
– The ghost of Albus Dumbledore
(Source: meggannn, via screams-flails-dies-etc)
"My mum suddenly likes Avatar. There was an Avatar Weekend on German Nickelodeon and she watched a few episodes. Normally she doesn’t like that kind of stuff. But now her favourite character is Sokka (because of the friendly mushroom) and I sometimes catch her watching the show."
– Dina
"The look of every character is completely wrong — not just approximated or overly-stylized, but thoroughly disregarded. It would be the equivalent of giving Harry Potter contact lenses. And putting Hogwarts in downtown St. Paul. And turning Hermione into a hot black chick. And making Ron a puppy."
– Brian Prisco on the characters in The Last Airbender
"[Avatar the Last Airbender] is the most moral, tried and true, beautiful tale. Everyone in the world should watch it. Wars will stop. If we just had every world conflict sit down with popcorn and have a sleepover and watch the entire thing, we’d all get along and it would be beautiful."
– Darren Criss
(Source: aroseinmisery, via youretheavatarandim-an-idiot-de)
- Bryan: I remember until mid-way through first season I never even knew what shipping was, and then suddenly on the internet...
- Michael: Suddenly on the internet you had writing about shipping and I was like, "What is this?" What is this phenomenon about?
- Bryan: Yeah. I was all like "they're shipping love to each other"?
- Michael: (laughter)
- Bryan: So yeah, I definitely didn't understand. But now of course that's our language of love. We're like, "Can we add some shippin' in here?"
"The current national priorities should be as follows: reduce carbon emissions and stop funding the films of M. Night Shyamalan."
– Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader in a review of The Last Airbender
"My best friend and I watched Avatar together. I’m a Kataanger and she’s a Zutarian. I would love to bend air while she’d prefer water. My favourite character is Aang, hers is Toph. That’s what I love about AtLA - the diversity in fan preferences and opinions. Unlike some fandoms where there’s a general consensus wherein Character A is universally loved and Character B hated, AtLA is a reflection of the person you are. All the characters are blank slates and you look for yourself in them. There are things to be liked and disliked about everyone. I think that’s what makes it a brilliant show."
– by a fan
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