It has begun: journey with me into my first foray with Avatar: The Last Airbender!pic.twitter.com/wSOMJ2EHtk
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It has begun: journey with me into my first foray with Avatar: The Last Airbender!pic.twitter.com/wSOMJ2EHtk
As I first started watching Im reminded how much of the initial obstacle for non-anime people has to do with the film language changes and different signifiers and what I’ll call “this face”pic.twitter.com/8V5RilDsA9
You don't realize how much this specific anime style is just different from what I grew up with in cartoons. It made so many of my attempts to get into it just "not work." But like everything, those stylistic barriers weren't the fault of the art, they were the fault of my own.
It's really no different than when you see people say "I just can't emotionally invest in animated stories," which is something I find reductive, even if it's true for them. But this is the same exact dynamic. And it's not someone I wanted to be.
So I started throwing myself into it. You learn how little naturalism matter and these expansive animations have their own timing and humor and expression. In other words, you learn to see the humanity and the emotion of the animation.
And when I was comfortable enough, I realized I was ready for Avatar. Lo and behold, duh, the pilot is freaking fantastic. Not just for the fun of great moments like this...pic.twitter.com/DLuBIjEoo0
But it's so much of everything I talk about ad nauseam: clear conflicts, clear psychological characterization, wants and needs, problems getting solved through catharsis and conflict-based impasse, not "just cause." It's all therefore / buts, etc. In other words, I'm excited.
Your going to lose all of that excitement once you start watching Korra.
There are a lot of people who seem to like that one even better. But don't worry, I've learned to go into any and all things with zero expectations and as much of a zen attitude as possible, and simple take it for what it is (or at least really try to do all that).
korra is just as good, her side characters aren't as memorable but she is and her story is just as interesting as Aang's.
Korra varies wildly from season to season. Goes from rushed to annoying to amazing to “yeah that was good but could you have gotten to the gay stuff earlier?”
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