So. Just finished watching

[lebateleur]

The Finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!

I HAVE NOT BEEN THIS TRANSCENDANTLY HAPPY IN LIVING MEMORY.

I like to think I'll have something coherent and intelligent to say about it later, but in the meantime

I. ... Just. ... Just. ... GAAAAAAAAH!

I am so, so sad it's over.

これで以上です。

Comments

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

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!

[lebateleur.livejournal.com]

I was okay with filling in moments, but I still really wanted to see more of Zuko's transformation on screen because redemption stories are a HUGE HUGE HUGE kink of mine, and I would happily have watched an entire season of Zuko coming to terms with things.

Very good point about the mood swings btw, but the issue for me is that because he is a teenager, he's likely to be very image- and self-conscious. And if teenagers hate one thing, it's admitting that they were wrong, even on petty little stuff. So I would have expected Zuko to put up more of a tough guy act. The parts in the finale when he did that--Oh, sure, let's show dad pictures of the good ole days--were the parts I liked best.

But here's the thing: this sort of stuff would usually really, really bug me, especially when it's a flaw in a near-perfect series. But Avatar is so freakin' brilliant and near-perfect that even though I'm intellectually aware of these quibbles and sticking points I don't mind them one goddamn bit!