Yeah, I think the "kid's cartoon" factor lets me get over a lot of the accelerated pacing; and I wasn't clear how much time was passing between eps so I was okay with filling in moments we didn't see.
Zuko's personality change really didn't bother me, perhaps oddly considering how much I adored his bitchy emo self - this is partly because I love redemption stories, they make me so giddy with glee that I can't be objective. But also it was that Zuko is a teenager, given to extreme passions and mood-swings, and he threw himself into being humble as much as he did into being bitchy. And then found he liked it more - he was so miserable as emo-boy, and then he grew up. I've seen some people go through the same transformation - it usually takes a lot longer, a few years of high school or college; but under such extreme stress as saving the world...I dunno, it worked for me. But I might be biased, like I said!
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Date: 2008-07-22 08:43 pm (UTC)Zuko's personality change really didn't bother me, perhaps oddly considering how much I adored his bitchy emo self - this is partly because I love redemption stories, they make me so giddy with glee that I can't be objective. But also it was that Zuko is a teenager, given to extreme passions and mood-swings, and he threw himself into being humble as much as he did into being bitchy. And then found he liked it more - he was so miserable as emo-boy, and then he grew up. I've seen some people go through the same transformation - it usually takes a lot longer, a few years of high school or college; but under such extreme stress as saving the world...I dunno, it worked for me. But I might be biased, like I said!