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Avatar: Rewatch- The Boy In the Iceberg
Jul. 18th, 2020 10:10 amAlright, started the Avatar the Last Airbender rewatch and here are some random thoughts:
-Ah, 'When the Fire Nation attack' the start of a classic meme for generations
-I feel like it does say something that Katara, and not an unknown person is the narrator for the series, but not sure what? Maybe to show how hopeful she is as a character
-Nice hinting at how strong Katara's bending is going to become later with the breaking of the ice, and also how emotion is tied to bending and probably for the Avatar State for Aang later
-Okay, something I didn't realize until now but Iroh is setting an air element tile on the fire tile. Foreshadowing of Zuko having to work with Aang later on?
-Boy Aang sounds so young in this, showing he really is a kid. Granted, his crush on Katara is clearly established here which again is normal for a kid his age. (I also recall how fleeting they are too, at least normally but that's a rant for later in the series)
-Katara is hero worshiping Aang a lot here, which granted he is the first other bender she met and is FINALLY seeing the legendary air bender from the stories she heard, but it makes sense. Granted, I note that hero worshipping never seem to fully go away either in the show...need to watch the whole thing to be certain on that.
- THey're called 'penguins' when they're clearly 'otter penguins'. Why? The first season had a regular cat, so why not just call them of their mix animal.
-The music in this show is really good.
- The ship they find seems older. Katara says it's been there since 'Gran Gran' was a little girl, but the flashback to this attack in season 3 Gran Gran was a teen at least? The timeline is a bit fuzzy.
-They do hint that Zuko is the antagonist, but not the final villain. He clearly states he is doing this for his honor, and if you know your trope, honorable characters are not 'pure evil' characters. He is doing because he firmly believes this is the honorable thing aka the right thing for him to do, at least for now.
-Ah, 'When the Fire Nation attack' the start of a classic meme for generations
-I feel like it does say something that Katara, and not an unknown person is the narrator for the series, but not sure what? Maybe to show how hopeful she is as a character
-Nice hinting at how strong Katara's bending is going to become later with the breaking of the ice, and also how emotion is tied to bending and probably for the Avatar State for Aang later
-Okay, something I didn't realize until now but Iroh is setting an air element tile on the fire tile. Foreshadowing of Zuko having to work with Aang later on?
-Boy Aang sounds so young in this, showing he really is a kid. Granted, his crush on Katara is clearly established here which again is normal for a kid his age. (I also recall how fleeting they are too, at least normally but that's a rant for later in the series)
-Katara is hero worshiping Aang a lot here, which granted he is the first other bender she met and is FINALLY seeing the legendary air bender from the stories she heard, but it makes sense. Granted, I note that hero worshipping never seem to fully go away either in the show...need to watch the whole thing to be certain on that.
- THey're called 'penguins' when they're clearly 'otter penguins'. Why? The first season had a regular cat, so why not just call them of their mix animal.
-The music in this show is really good.
- The ship they find seems older. Katara says it's been there since 'Gran Gran' was a little girl, but the flashback to this attack in season 3 Gran Gran was a teen at least? The timeline is a bit fuzzy.
-They do hint that Zuko is the antagonist, but not the final villain. He clearly states he is doing this for his honor, and if you know your trope, honorable characters are not 'pure evil' characters. He is doing because he firmly believes this is the honorable thing aka the right thing for him to do, at least for now.
