Still having Korra squee

[lizbee]

It excites me that I keep seeing people saying that all the buzz about Korra makes them think of watching Avatar: the Last Airbender. Because that's how I got into it, back when the sequel was first announced!

It excites me less that people are saying they're totally going to watch Korra, but not Avatar, because that's a kid's show. People who dismiss all stories written for children are every bit as annoying as people who say YA is the only good literary genre. (Yeah, I saw something along those lines recently. Where I would say that YA is a sales category, not a genre, and certainly YA sci-fi is where a lot of the really interesting writing and character-driven speculative fiction is happening, and dismissing the majority of literature just makes you look like a bit of a jackass.)

(I think I'm also having leftover rage from last year, when people were saying there were too many children in Doctor Who, and they're not proper people, and it's not like any children watch the series OH WAIT.)

Comments

[amaresu]

I don't understand why people won't watch something just because it's supposed to be a kids show. That's just hurting yourself. Perhaps they'll watch Korra, be overcome by awesome, and go watch Avatar?

I am so glad I missed that Doctor Who comment. How do you not reply with just laughter?