The intro to Avatar: The Last Airbender after putting it through multiple languages and then back into English via Google Translate.
But Aang can save the world, I guess.
Katara: requested by Ronaldvh ↪the painted lady
Just then is when the storm gets really fucking nuts. The fisherman’s wife shows up in the cave where Aang and Katara are hanging out to tell them her husband’s ship hasn’t gotten back, so he and Sokka might need a rescue. I’m sorry, I’m hung up on the fact that this lady tracked Aang and Katara to a cave *that required a hang-glider to get to. In the middle of a hurricane.* Forget Badass Mode General Iroh, this might be the single most hardcore person in the entire show so far.
Zuko promised Iroh he’d stay calm but instead flips his shit when Iroh says they have no idea where the Avatar is. He covers for his ineptitude by claiming that Aang must be “a master of evasive maneuvering,” when really, we as see in the next scene, he really just has no idea where he’s going. I want this to continue to be a thing on Zuko’s part. “I accidentally oversalted my lunch. Aang must be a master at sneaking onto ships and widening the holes in salt shakers.”
Meanwhile Zuko and Uncle Iroh have freed their ship from the iceberg and hopped over to Commander Zhao’s harbor for repairs. It is imperative, Zuko reminds his uncle, that the Commander not find out about the Avatar, because if he does he’ll go after Aang himself. So of course Zuko proceeds to be *incredibly smooth* about how the ship got damaged: “You would not *believe* how this happened. It was such a crazy random happenstance. Also I absolutely did not find any evidence that the Avatar exists, nosirree!” Zhao immediately realizes that something is up, because Zuko is as bad a liar as he is, apparently, a son.
What is up, my friends, readers, and colleagues? Remember that time I watched Battlestar Galactica for the first time and recapped it? Yeah. That was fun, if infuriating near the end. Starting this week I’m doing the same thing with Avatar: The Last Airbender, which Susana’s been trying to get me to watch for… I think it’s coming on two years now. Fine, Susana. We’re starting with the pilot, as one does, but first, here’s what I think I’m getting into with this show:
Earth! Fire! Wind! Water! Heart!. AND EVERYTHING CHANGED WHEN THE FIRE NATION ATTACKED. There’s a cool blind girl who’s the first metalbender. Aang’s fighting style is nope. Zuko’s obsessed with honor and eventually becomes a good guy? CABBAGES. There’s a stealth badass uncle and wunderbar grumpy (middle-aged?) ladies maybe? One of TV history’s best bottle episodes. Spinoff Legend of Korra is a disappointment for love triangle reasons?
And there was going to be a movie at some point, but for some reason it fell through. Nooooope. Never happened. Let’s get to the pilot!
(via Avatar: The Last Airbender Newbie Recap: The Boy In the Iceberg | The Mary Sue)
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(this is beautiful ;w;)
NONONONONONONONO I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THESE FEEEEELS
