Avatar anthropology
I love watching people's reactions to Avatar: The Last Airbender for the first time.
I generally see one of two reactions:
1) they love it immediately
2) they tried the pilot/first few/saw a couple episodes randomly/whatever, but didn't really click, and then a devoted fan got them to start again and by the time they hit the mid-season 1 they were die-hard converts
I've never seen anyone hate the show. Ever.
The latter category's progress is deeply amusing to watch: first, the casual mention of maybe trying the show again. Then, the huh-this-is-better-than-I-remember reaction. Right around mid-to-late S1, they start flailing around in a fit of squee, proclaiming passionate love forever and ever, OMG. And then they pass S2 and 3 in a blur of "Toph! Zuko! Azula! Appa! Iroh! Sokka! Aang! Katara! OMG awesome fight scenes/awesome ladies/awesome story arc/worldbuilding/themes/art/EVERYTHING!"
As they should. ;)
My Yuletide recipient was one of the latter - I was worried she hadn't liked the fic because she took so long to respond, but I tracked down her Twitter and saw, dated Dec 26th:
and went, "Ohhhhhh."
I did the exact same thing with the first two seasons - though I loved the show instantly and stayed up 26 hours straight [thankfully it was summertime. Hilariously, I got hooked via a discussion of TV's biggest woobies. The poster claimed Zuko had even bigger daddy issues than Dean Winchester, and I went 'Not possible!' But it was too late, I was already curious. For the record: I was so, so wrong. Zuko wins the father trauma contest. All of them. Forever.]
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sdwolfpup, who recently discovered the show and is making promising vidbunny noises, and drew me to watch the last 40 minutes of the series again with hearts in my eyes.
Is it time for Legend of Korra yet?
I generally see one of two reactions:
1) they love it immediately
2) they tried the pilot/first few/saw a couple episodes randomly/whatever, but didn't really click, and then a devoted fan got them to start again and by the time they hit the mid-season 1 they were die-hard converts
I've never seen anyone hate the show. Ever.
The latter category's progress is deeply amusing to watch: first, the casual mention of maybe trying the show again. Then, the huh-this-is-better-than-I-remember reaction. Right around mid-to-late S1, they start flailing around in a fit of squee, proclaiming passionate love forever and ever, OMG. And then they pass S2 and 3 in a blur of "Toph! Zuko! Azula! Appa! Iroh! Sokka! Aang! Katara! OMG awesome fight scenes/awesome ladies/awesome story arc/worldbuilding/themes/art/EVERYTHING!"
As they should. ;)
My Yuletide recipient was one of the latter - I was worried she hadn't liked the fic because she took so long to respond, but I tracked down her Twitter and saw, dated Dec 26th:
So I just finished my two-day Avatar marathoning. DO NOT REGRET. AMAZING SERIES IS AMAZING.
and went, "Ohhhhhh."
I did the exact same thing with the first two seasons - though I loved the show instantly and stayed up 26 hours straight [thankfully it was summertime. Hilariously, I got hooked via a discussion of TV's biggest woobies. The poster claimed Zuko had even bigger daddy issues than Dean Winchester, and I went 'Not possible!' But it was too late, I was already curious. For the record: I was so, so wrong. Zuko wins the father trauma contest. All of them. Forever.]
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sdwolfpup, who recently discovered the show and is making promising vidbunny noises, and drew me to watch the last 40 minutes of the series again with hearts in my eyes. Is it time for Legend of Korra yet?