Avatar fandom: a brief, entirely accurate, not remotely fictional timeline

[lizbee]

But firstly, if you're not averse to Legend of Korra spoilers, and you haven't already, I strongly recommend going and reading the LJ comments to my post yesterday. (Assuming, of course, that LJ is working.)

And on a related note, certain people (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE) may benefit from the Mandarin translation of "melody".

Anyway, this was my morning yesterday.

Approx 9am: A photograph of the new Korra poster is revealed, featuring Korra and two attractive teenage boys, one an earthbender, one a firebender.

9.01: Fandom starts shipping them.

9.20: Tweets from the panel at Comic-Con reveal they are brothers.

9.21: Eight tenths of fandom stop shipping them. A much smaller percentage of people start.

9.30: It is revealed that the chief of police in Republic City Union is Toph's daughter.

9.31: A horde of rabid Tophzula shippers I start to worry about my OTP.

9.20: It is established beyond doubt that Chief Bei Fong is Tophzula's Sokka-baster-baby. So that's okay, then.

9.40: The revelation that Tenzin has a wife and children causes three Tenzin/Korra shippers to flounce.

9.45: The revelation that Tenzin is the youngest of three causes eighteen Zutara shippers to flounce.

9.50: The first Korra/Mako v Korra/Bolin shipwar commences.

FIVE HOURS LATER: Fandom begins to ship Korra/Bei Fong.

TWELVE HOURS LATER: Less awesome parts of fandom wonder how a blind woman can have a child. They are smacked down.

THIRTEEN HOURS LATER: Even less awesome parts of fandom complain that Korra looks like a lesbian. They are smacked down.

THIRTY-SIX HOURS LATER: The first Korra/Bei Fong prompt goes up at the kink meme. Yes, that was mine.

Actual proper news, or at least handy links to same, can be found here.

Comments

[such_heights]

ahahah, OH FANDOM.

[sohotrightnow]

I am fairly certain that once I've got canon to go on, and thus a feel for their voices, I am going to be shipping Korra/Bei Fong and how. I look forward to it!

[lizbee]

ME TOO. I mean, I'm open to shipping a lot of things, but that in particular.

[yukinoomoni]

That sums it up magnificently.

[delphi]

FIVE HOURS LATER: Fandom begins to ship Korra/Bei Fong.

This. This right here. How much am I looking forward to this series?

[nonelvis]

I get to watch Avatar shipping wank in real-time! I'm so excited.

[lizbee]

I know! It's like being part of an anthropological study!

Only, what if I end up shipping something, and then I get involved?!

[nonelvis]

Come now, you know better than to get involved. Pointing and laughing from a distance is much more fun anyway.

[lizbee]

I don't know, sometimes I see old Mai/Zuko bashing posts on dA (or in the Mark Watches comments) and have rage. RAGE.

[wolfy_writing]

Less awesome parts of fandom wonder how a blind woman can have a child.

Seriously? Do they think the uterus has some special connection to the eyeballs? Do they imagine the baby's in some quantum state where if you're not observing it emerge it will vanish in a puff of logic? Have they severely misunderstood the term "eye-fucking" and drawn vastly inaccurate conclusions about where babies come from?

Or is it something more boring like "Disabled people aren't really sexual, and also can't be expected to be parents ever"? It's the boring one, isn't it?

[lizbee]

It's totally the boring one. People are so unimaginative.

[wolfy_writing]

Okay, because if it was "Impregnation requires quantumly-connected uterus-eyes" I'd be much more optimistic about the stupid people in the world.

[carmarthen]

I was shipping Korra/Bei Fong the minute I saw the fuzzy photos from the presentation. :-P I kind of hope Bei Fong isn't twice her age, though, because I have a line there.