lizbee | *hearts in eyes*

I finished the first season of Avatar last night, and since

melengro recently asked what I thought of it, I thought it deserved a whole post of its own.

I love it thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiis much!

I mean, firstly, the whole setting and universe is interesting and fun. All these little communities and cultures quietly trying to get by while the Fire Nation spreads their brand of toasty oppression throughout the world.

Secondly, there is not a single character I don't love. Aang is how I imagine a twelve-year-old Doctor, with l33t skills and amazing potential, and an awareness of his responsibilities coupled with a bone-deep fear of failure. And he's the last of his kind, in a way that is totally well-written and only emo in a legitimate way.

Also:

And then there are Katara and Sokka, who are my new favourite brother-sister world-saving team. I love Katara's strength and self-confidence and snark, and I love that Sokka is just a regular guy with no magic powers, only a passion for meat and sarcasm and saving the day.

And poking Aang with a stick.

But weirdly, and I was totally not expecting this, my favourites are Zuko and Iroh. In fact, from everything I've read about Azula, I have a feeling I'm just a sucker for the crazy Fire Nation royal family.

This is a bit unexpected, because Zuko is basically Draco Malfoy. Only competent, and he knows kung fu, and has legitimate sources of emo to inspire Epic Brooding. And doves fly when he takes his shirt off. Importantly, he also has his Uncle Iroh, without whom he would be completely insufferable.

"EXCUSE ME, I HAVE TO BE ALONE WITH MY PAIN NOW."

"But, Zuko! It's music night on the HMS Banished Princeling!"

"NO. MY PAIN."

IROH IS MY KING. Especially in "The Spirit World", where he spends half the episode being all, "YEP, TOTALLY NAKED HERE!" and Zuko is like, "OH GOD OH GOD PUT SOME CLOTHES ON." I'm just saying, for a middle-aged, stout cartoon man, Iroh's got it going on. I was only half-joking when I told

weaverandom that I wanted to draw sexy Iroh pin-up art. Sadly, this was the closest I could find on DevArt.