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Weakupedia
04/18/12 9:16:00 PM
#251:


also this is one of the coolest shifts

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SovietOmega
04/18/12 9:22:00 PM
#252:


Weakupedia posted...
how

how do they keep producing such quality tv


quality over quantity. also a good bit of time. you have just consumed several years in a few days. you'll be crashing preeeeeeeeetty shortly.

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foolm0ron
04/18/12 9:31:00 PM
#253:


Not to mention you skipped straight from the end of TLA to Korra, which was supposed a 4-year break or something

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Forceful_Dragon
04/18/12 9:35:00 PM
#254:


Yeah I feel bad for you now Weaku because its over.

You just chewed through 3 amazing seasons of content and now you're waiting for weekly installments.


But don't worry, the show is just as good the second time, just give it a few weeks!



After just reading you enjoy the series I already know I'm going to start my own re-watch through again soon. It is now a necessity.



Also Weaku we need a final character ranking from you.

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AfroSquirrel
04/18/12 9:50:00 PM
#255:


how did i not know about these short chibi eps

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Weakupedia
04/18/12 10:13:00 PM
#256:


pro bending

holy crap

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Weakupedia
04/18/12 10:17:00 PM
#257:


the little boy air bender is one of the ugliest kids ever

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Weakupedia
04/18/12 10:23:00 PM
#258:


also can brothers be benders of a different element?

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Weakupedia
04/18/12 10:24:00 PM
#259:


I WANT MORE AUGH

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foolm0ron
04/18/12 10:26:00 PM
#260:


From: Weakupedia | #258
also can brothers be benders of a different element?


I guess that can happen when parents are different benders

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Pirateking2000
04/18/12 10:27:00 PM
#261:


Amon ep saturday

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Korra is in trouble

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Weakupedia
04/18/12 10:38:00 PM
#262:


i already really miss the old team avatar :(

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Forceful_Dragon
04/18/12 10:39:00 PM
#263:


From: Weakupedia | #262
i already really miss the old team avatar :(


Tell me about it ;__;



From: Forceful_Dragon | #254
Also Weaku we need a final character ranking from you.


And this <_<

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WazzupGenius00
04/18/12 11:09:00 PM
#264:


http://istenzinachildmolester.tumblr.com/

the two most recent posts on there are crap, ignore them

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foolm0ron
04/18/12 11:20:00 PM
#265:


From: WazzupGenius00 | #264
http://istenzinachildmolester.tumblr.com/

the two most recent posts on there are crap, ignore them


I can't tell if this is amazing or terrible

No, it's definitely terrible

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Weakupedia
04/18/12 11:36:00 PM
#266:


terrible link >_>

Final Avatar ranking for the main characters:

Sokka > Aang > Zuko > Toph > Iroh (I was sad he didn't do more in the last battle) > Azula > Katara

I loved Appa and Momo, too, but I find it hard to actually rank them.

Favorite side character is probably Suki, followed by Ty Lee.

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Forceful_Dragon
04/19/12 7:00:00 AM
#267:


Iroh would have kicked all kinds of ass in season 3 if his voice actor didn't die...

I try not to hold that against him.

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muddersmilk
04/19/12 7:24:00 AM
#268:


Forceful_Dragon posted...
Iroh would have kicked all kinds of ass in season 3 if his voice actor didn't die...

I try not to hold that against him.


Whoa, I didn't even know about this. That sucks.

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AlphaRayAllen
04/19/12 7:28:00 AM
#269:


I know it was out of respect, but the replacement VA actually studied under Mako (Or so I've read) and he did a very good job with the role. It sucks that they downplayed him so much.

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foolm0ron
04/19/12 9:23:00 AM
#270:


That's the most unique ranking for this show I've ever seen. Usually people have Toph/Iroh/Azula at the top

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AlphaRayAllen
04/19/12 9:31:00 AM
#271:


Sokka is a pretty top tier character, honestly.

He's really competent when it counts.

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Weakupedia
04/19/12 11:16:00 AM
#272:


foolm0ron posted...
That's the most unique ranking for this show I've ever seen. Usually people have Toph/Iroh/Azula at the top

everyone before katara is pretty close to each other, honestly. but yeah, sokka is just too good, i really like what they did with aang, and zuko grew on me a lot in season 3.

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Forceful_Dragon
04/19/12 6:03:00 PM
#273:


From: foolm0ron | #270
That's the most unique ranking for this show I've ever seen. Usually people have Toph/Iroh/Azula at the top





Yeah mine starts with Toph >= Iroh for sure.


But I'm not crazy about Azula. I think I liked both Mai and Ty Lee better than her.

Just something about how she comes off. Like she's a complete sociopath even at a young age and I dunno there is just something about her that I don't like.

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Weakupedia
04/20/12 11:17:00 AM
#274:


I think Azula made for a pretty good villain, actually. Much better than Ozai, at least.

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Forceful_Dragon
04/21/12 8:56:00 AM
#275:


Well yeah, she was more compelling than Ozai for sure.

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CalvinbalI
04/21/12 9:16:00 AM
#276:


Yeah I would've preferred if Azula ended up usurping her father. Season 3 would've had to be written differently to get to her doing such a thing, but the groundwork was there considering she knew that's how her father took the throne.

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Forceful_Dragon
04/21/12 9:20:00 AM
#277:


But then that leaves a few episodes of plot development for her to become the new firelord...

which means Aang fights Azula instead which would be just as epic if not more so, but then Zuko and Katara don't have anyone to match against.

Zuko vs Azula almost had to happen I think if for that reason alone.

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Weakupedia
04/21/12 11:32:00 AM
#278:


Yeah, I think Zuko vs Azula was a necessary battle, as was Aang vs Ozai.

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tee316
04/21/12 11:39:00 AM
#279:


Azula vs Zuko did have to happen. I guess you could have had that happen early and have Azula pull something like her father shortly afterwards due to him being upset with her for losing to Zuko.

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foolm0ron
04/21/12 12:42:00 PM
#280:


Nah, the way they handled Azula at the end was perfect. Her descent into madness after becoming Fire Lord and having the power go to her head was amazing. It was way more awesome how she destroyed herself from the inside than if Aang had defeated her.

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CalvinbalI
04/21/12 1:44:00 PM
#281:


Yeah I definitely like how Azula was handled, from beginning to end. Some people complain about how Katara beats her, but I think those people are missing the point. So no complaints with her. I just never found Ozai compelling, especially not as the main villain. And with how many of the show's antagonists make a heel turn, there's really no other candidate to replace him.

I guess a simpler solution would've just been to give Ozai more screen time, and character development that goes beyond "rawr I'm evil."

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Forceful_Dragon
04/21/12 1:51:00 PM
#282:


Well I think the idea was that we were supposed to be more invested in him based on all the flashbacks about how he came to power.

"oh well"

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foolm0ron
04/21/12 2:02:00 PM
#283:


Yeah the whole Roku/Ozai thing was definitely supposed to flesh out his character more... but I think they still made the final fight mostly about Aang. They focused on Aang's internal struggles with killing someone and largely ignored characterizing Ozai, which worked out well in the finale. The victory wasn't that he stopped Ozai, we all knew that was gonna happen, it was that he did it non-lethally.

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Forceful_Dragon
04/21/12 2:07:00 PM
#284:


tbh the whole "hey I just found a magic ability to remove bending" bit felt like a cop out to me.



The consensus of even the most peaceful previous avatars was that when pressed "an Avatar has got to do what an Avatar has got to do". Why should Aang be any different? And then he just gets a brand new never heard of before power in the 11th hour?

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Weakupedia
04/21/12 2:19:00 PM
#285:


Forceful_Dragon posted...
tbh the whole "hey I just found a magic ability to remove bending" bit felt like a cop out to me.



The consensus of even the most peaceful previous avatars was that when pressed "an Avatar has got to do what an Avatar has got to do". Why should Aang be any different? And then he just gets a brand new never heard of before power in the 11th hour?


I can see where this is coming from, and yeah, I agree.

I also kind of take issue with how apparently easy it is to master bending all 4 elements in a few months, despite it taking all the other avatars years to master each one. Aang mastering them quickly is one thing, but Katara's sudden jump to best water bender ever really bothers me.

But eh.

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foolm0ron
04/21/12 2:21:00 PM
#286:


Well with Firebending, Aang had dragons channel power straight into him, so that kind of explains it. And I guess Toph is the best Earthbender in existence, so that's how he got so good so quickly there (Toph being godlike is a whole new issue... though it could be attributed to the bear mole things). The only element he actually trained for a significant time was Waterbending.

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dexter28
04/21/12 2:25:00 PM
#287:


From: Forceful_Dragon | #284
tbh the whole "hey I just found a magic ability to remove bending" bit felt like a cop out to me.



The consensus of even the most peaceful previous avatars was that when pressed "an Avatar has got to do what an Avatar has got to do". Why should Aang be any different? And then he just gets a brand new never heard of before power in the 11th hour?


I agree completely. I was really interested in how Aang was going to deal with the problem, and then "oh hey here's a perfect solution". It was pretty disappointing.

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Forceful_Dragon
04/21/12 2:26:00 PM
#288:


Like, I wasn't necessarily excited to see Aang kill (or otherwise viciously incapacitate) Ozai, but I wanted to see how his character dealt with coming to grips with the necessity of the actions required of him as Avatar.



Even avatar Rokku has to put his feelings behind himself and get some serious s*** done when necessary.


"Sozen is your friend? You've been friends for years and years? Well too bad, you have to kick his ass for the good of the world."

Friendship effectively ended.





From: Weakupedia | #285
but Katara's sudden jump to best water bender ever really bothers me.


Yeah I can see that too. But again its a necessary thing that doesn't involve them introducing a new character to travel around with Aang and teach him waterbending.

But I think part of it wasn't that she become a full fledged master overnight, she just mastered the basics enough to be fancy in her "fight' against Pakku. Yeah she got better than it seemed possible, but to me it sounded like she was only a few steps ahead of Aang at any given time and she was still training so that she could train him.

Maybe?

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CoolCly
04/21/12 3:12:00 PM
#289:


I don't think there's anything wrong with what happned with Aang. The other Avatars were willing to kill,but that doesn't mean Aang has to kill. The Avatars aren't all the same, otherwise it would just be one immortal guy all the time. The fact that they had different viewpoints on what to do about things was pretty cool to me.

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WazzupGenius00
04/21/12 3:18:00 PM
#290:


The way they did it could have been better. If I remember correctly, we never even got to see the part of the Lion Turtle conversation where he mentions energybending until right before he actually does it.

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bronzefrog
04/21/12 3:29:00 PM
#291:


I'm guessing someone will dye their ferret to look like Pabu in no time at all.

Also, time to guess who is bankrolling Amon because damn son.

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WazzupGenius00
04/21/12 3:32:00 PM
#292:


Probably Sato, or Satoh, whatever the name is of the guy who invented the cars.

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dexter28
04/21/12 4:41:00 PM
#293:


From: Forceful_Dragon | #288
Like, I wasn't necessarily excited to see Aang kill (or otherwise viciously incapacitate) Ozai, but I wanted to see how his character dealt with coming to grips with the necessity of the actions required of him as Avatar.


Exactly. I wanted to see what Aang did when his back was against the wall and he was out of options.

It's like if in say the Trigun anime Vash was able to just take away Legato's mind controlling powers and save the day that way. The whole point is that it's great to try and not kill when you have other options, but when you have no other way you have to make a choice. At the last second Aang didn't get to make a choice, he got a Get Out of Jail free plot device.

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CoolCly
04/21/12 9:19:00 PM
#294:


I'm not sure I would call it a get out of jail free plot device when it very nearly caused him to lose.

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Weakupedia
04/21/12 11:30:00 PM
#295:


haha now apparently anyone can lightning bend?

wtf

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bronzefrog
04/22/12 9:58:00 AM
#296:


Weak lightning bend that is.

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Forceful_Dragon
04/22/12 10:11:00 AM
#297:


From: CoolCly | #294
I'm not sure I would call it a get out of jail free plot device when it very nearly caused him to lose.


The point is that it completely sidestepped the big emotional issue at hand.

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GenesisSaga
04/23/12 7:29:00 PM
#298:


Weaku >>>>> Icon tbqh

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tee316
04/24/12 10:48:00 PM
#299:


GenesisSaga posted...
Weaku >>>>> Icon tbqh

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Weakupedia
04/24/12 10:49:00 PM
#300:


GenesisSaga posted...
Weaku >>>>> Icon tbqh

i'm moving up!

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