I see you've got your Gaang with you

[dolorosa_12]

I spent the past four days or so watching the entire animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. I was planning to ration myself to two episodes a day, but, yeah, I'm not a very patient person.

Then I blogged about it. (In other cool news, this is the first time one of my posts has ever been featured on Fandom News - see the heading Fandom Meta Discussion for the link to my post.)

There's some bad news about the release date of the third Romanitas book, Savage City. See Longvision for details.

I don't really have many other interesting things to link today. I'm sure you've all seen the 8-bit Dr Horrible clips, but just in case, I'm linking you to Act I. Act II is now also up, and you should be able to find it in the related videos.

Catie's got a good post about Harry Potter. I don't agree with all her points, but it's well worth a read.

That's it for now.

ETA: I lied! Here's J.K. Rowling being her awesome socialist self:

[Comparing herself with Lord Ashcroft] chose to remain a domiciled taxpayer for a couple of reasons. The main one was that I wanted my children to grow up where I grew up, to have proper roots in a culture as old and magnificent as Britain’s; to be citizens, with everything that implies, of a real country, not free-floating ex-pats, living in the limbo of some tax haven and associating only with the children of similarly greedy tax exiles.

A second reason, however, was that I am indebted to the British welfare state; the very one that Mr Cameron would like to replace with charity handouts. When my life hit rock bottom, that safety net, threadbare though it had become under John Major’s Government, was there to break the fall. I cannot help feeling, therefore, that it would have been contemptible to scarper for the West Indies at the first sniff of a seven-figure royalty cheque. This, if you like, is my notion of patriotism. On the available evidence, I suspect that it is Lord Ashcroft’s idea of being a mug.

I find her humanity humbling and inspirational.

Comments

[dolorosa-12.livejournal.com]

Oh, yay, someone else (sane) likes AtLA! Oddly enough, it was ranty posts by bloggers I admire, criticising the casting for the film, that convinced me to give the series a go, as it's not the sort of thing I normally watch. But I was so glad I did! It's quickly becoming one of my favourite series, I think, and as soon as I have money I'm going to buy the whole thing (or possibly wait until they make a boxed set of the whole series. Mmm, shiny boxed sets...).

Have you heard that there's some kind of secret new AtLA sequel being advertised by Nickelodeon? I'm not sure how genuine the news is, but people on several communities seem to believe it.

I'm so glad you like Sokka! He's awesome, and he doesn't get enough love from the fandom (in most of the fic I've read, he's a) Whining about lack of food; b) Falling over and getting in the way; and c) Breaking up Zuko and Katara's (or insert any other pairing here) EPIC LOVE OF EPICNESS). There's so much more do with the character!

(Toph and Iroh are also awesome; they're probably among my favourite characters too.)

[cyanglow]

Hee, I checked it out only a few months ago, thanks to friends who avoided ship-wars like the plague, and who love the series for what it IS. They're adults who watched the series finale air initially (while Nickelodeon racked up the ratings) with no shame. :) Mmm, box set. Have you seen the "super-deformed" out-takes in the season 2 DVDs? I die laughing over poor chibi Sokka.

Yeah the rumors... I am trying not to pay attention, in case it is all a troll. I'd love more AtLA, but people are brutal about these things.

I haven't looked at much fic, mainly because I know about the biases. But this will always be one of my all-time favorite series. :)