Annoying!

[handful_ofdust]

I have this great new pic of Cal I wanted to cross-post, but Flickr doesn't seem to be allowing that right now. Oh well. If you're interested, it's the first/last one in the current set, the one titled: "Are You Hugging the Tree?" You'll find them all here (http://www.flickr.com/photos/49573188@N07/?saved=1).

Otherwise--still moving molasses/treacle-slow through Chapter Eight, and since all the cool kids are doing it, I should really coallate/post my Readercon schedule sometime soon. But at the moment, the most important thing in life is that I finally started watching the original Avatar: The Last Airbender, mainlining the first three ep.s of "Book One: Water" on Youtube, and it is indeed quite the ride. I love that it has the true HK quality of not just martial bad-assery and great design/character interaction/supernatural spectacle, but also a consistent streak of goofiness: Appa refusing to fly and sticking his tongue out at everything, Uncle Iroh and his tea/food fetish, Sokka's constant hunger, Aang just generally being a twelve-year-old monk with magical powers who's as likely to throw pies at you as he is to hulk out and drop an avalanche on your head. "You're only a child!" Prince Zuko tells him, to which Aang replies: "Well...you're only a teenager," and neatly hands him his own firey ass.

(Which isn't to say I don't like Zuko, because I do; indeed, I've yet to find a character I dislike thus far, aside from the Commander who tried to flame Zuko in the back, who we're obviously supposed to think is a douche. Zuko's hilariously emo, stupidly honorable, and I foresee redemption in his future; his sister Azula is the real villain in that bunch, right? Or so I've heard.)

Anyhow, back to the wedding-party maelstrom. I need to get this fucking part of the book done before I leave, or I might as well hang up my writer hat entirely...psych!

Comments

[sovay]

Uncle Iroh and his tea/food fetish

I love Uncle Iroh.

aside from the Commander who tried to flame Zuko in the back, who we're obviously supposed to think is a douche.

I became weirdly fond of him as the season went on (even before I knew he was voiced by Jason Isaacs), but he is a douche.

[intertribal.livejournal.com]

That's funny, because I've been watching the original Airbender too (because I saw the horrible horrible movie). I don't think I am as enthusiastic as you are as of yet (although the world and the martial arts are cool - I just don't like most of the tone/good guys...).

[sandwichboy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the wonderful mix of serious and goofy and the actual character growth (both of which stay true all through the series) are what instantly endeared me to the show.

Also, I want an Appa.

[jplangan.livejournal.com]

I've just gotten into it, too, and it's rapidly become one of my favorite shows, hands down. The writing's great.

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Avatar is such a good show. How it manages to be so adorkable and yet gorgeously dramatic at the same time-- I'll never know.

Iroh owns my heart forever. And so does angsty, teenagery Zuko.