Meme: 30 days of Avatar
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lizbeeYes, one of these. Will I manage to update it every day? UNLIKELY.
DAY 1. Favorite Episode
"Zuko Alone"
This wasn't an easy choice. There are a whole lot of episodes that I will watch and watch and watch again. But "Zuko Alone" is kind of special. It has flashbacks (I LOVE FLASHBACKS!) that give us our first proper glimpse of politics in the Fire Nation royal court, as Zuko's family cracks apart and never quite recovers. I love that screencap of him at his grandfather's funeral, watching his father usurp Iroh's crown. He looks like a little boy just realising that there's something very wrong in his world, but he doesn't understand how or why.
Also, we get so many great things here! Ursa, for one thing, who casts a very long shadow over both her children's psyches. (I blameselvage for her encouragement of my vague idea about fic where Ursa is a courtesan in Ba Sing Se, secretly working against Long Feng and the Dai Li, and it's all going well until her family turns up. Well, selvage and Capital Scandal.) And Fire Lord Azulon, up (down?) there with Piotr Vorkosigan as the Worst Grandfather Ever. And the realisation that Iroh is the rightful heir to the throne, which makes you go back and look at everything he's done in a completely different light.
And meanwhile, back in the present, we have Zuko trying to create a new identity, but hampered by memories and post-traumatic flashbacks. I love the western aesthetic, and the little family that welcomes him in, and the sad, stark reality at the end that the people of the Earth Kingdom are so traumatised by this war that they can't accept his help in the end.
DAY 1. Favorite Episode
"Zuko Alone"
This wasn't an easy choice. There are a whole lot of episodes that I will watch and watch and watch again. But "Zuko Alone" is kind of special. It has flashbacks (I LOVE FLASHBACKS!) that give us our first proper glimpse of politics in the Fire Nation royal court, as Zuko's family cracks apart and never quite recovers. I love that screencap of him at his grandfather's funeral, watching his father usurp Iroh's crown. He looks like a little boy just realising that there's something very wrong in his world, but he doesn't understand how or why.
Also, we get so many great things here! Ursa, for one thing, who casts a very long shadow over both her children's psyches. (I blame
selvage for her encouragement of my vague idea about fic where Ursa is a courtesan in Ba Sing Se, secretly working against Long Feng and the Dai Li, and it's all going well until her family turns up. Well, selvage and Capital Scandal.) And Fire Lord Azulon, up (down?) there with Piotr Vorkosigan as the Worst Grandfather Ever. And the realisation that Iroh is the rightful heir to the throne, which makes you go back and look at everything he's done in a completely different light. And meanwhile, back in the present, we have Zuko trying to create a new identity, but hampered by memories and post-traumatic flashbacks. I love the western aesthetic, and the little family that welcomes him in, and the sad, stark reality at the end that the people of the Earth Kingdom are so traumatised by this war that they can't accept his help in the end.
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Date: 2011-06-22 02:40 am (UTC)I am too cold to go into detail. Hey, do you have the list of prompts for the meme? I could totally do this. (At least for a day or two before I get bored. >>)
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Date: 2011-06-22 02:41 am (UTC)I tried to cut and paste the prompts into this entry, but there were no line breaks and I got cranky. Here, I'll try again:
DAY 1. Favorite Episode
DAY 2. Least Favorite Episode
DAY 3. Favorite Character
DAY 4. Least Favorite Character
DAY 5. What is your favorite outfit that any character has worn throughout the series?
DAY 6. Favorite Element Nation
DAY 7. Favorite Animal
DAY 8. Favorite Quote
DAY 9. Favorite Book Season
DAY 10. Favorite Weapon
DAY 11. Favorite Minor Character
DAY 12. If you could challenge anybody to an agni kai, who would you choose and why?
DAY 13. If you could make up an episode right now, what would be the title and what would it be about?
DAY 14. Favorite Fight Scene
DAY 15. Sokka’s great at haikus. Why don’t you try one out about your favorite character?
DAY 16. Hurry! Make up your own animal hybrid!
DAY 17. Minor character which you wish you could see more of.
DAY 18. An Episode you don’t remember anything about.
DAY 19. What’s a question that you would love to have answered about something that wasn’t so clear in the series?
DAY 20. Favorite Disguise any character has used.
DAY 21. Some characters had different hairstyles: Zuko, Aang, Katara and Sokka to name a few. Which hairstyle of each did you like better?
DAY 22. Favorite Villain (if it’s your favorite character, 2nd favorite villain)
DAY 23. Favorite Pairing
DAY 24. Least Favorite Pairing
DAY 25. How much did you like the movie? Or how much do you want to see it?
DAY 26. An episode that makes you cry
DAY 27. An episode you can watch over and over
DAY 28. Your favorite fanart of anything from the series
DAY 29. Who would you love to be the voice actor for and why?
DAY 30. Describe your favorite, least favorite, and overall the greatest times in the series.
AND NOW to read the Mark Watches comments on the first two episodes of season 3, and get ENRAGED at the inevitable Mai/Zuko bashing.
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Date: 2011-06-22 02:44 am (UTC)It is 1pm and I am thinking I might wander over to the shops where it is warm. The problem is in getting there without freezing. ALL THE COATS PLZ.
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Date: 2011-06-22 02:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-06-22 07:07 am (UTC)Holy fucking shit. Never have I realized how very much I want an Avatar/Vorkosigan fusion with Barrayar as the Fire Nation until right this second.
(Except Miles is kinda sorta Aang, isn't he? Holy shit, he so is.)
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