Avatar: The Last Airbender/Korra

Dat lesbian vibe at the end...

What.
ONLY FIVE.

If you're gonna make a wish like that, make it at least ten years!





Fixed that for ya.


And it's not just a vibe.


It's motherfucking [color=blue][/color]CANON.

http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/105916338157/korrasami-is-canon-you-can-celebrate-it-embrace
http://michaeldantedimartino.tumblr.com/post/105916326500/korrasami-confirmed-now-that-korra-and-asamis


I'll admit, season 1 (to me) felt a lot too much like the typical 'teenage angsty-show' at times, but it just got darker and darker, instead of staying with the 'awkward years' feeling.

And after a while, I didn't even care about the romance. At least not to the level I did for the original -- that was a straight path of "If you don't stick them together at the end, I will go down to the studio and make you dammit."


But when that final implication hit the screen, my head first went *pop*, then my brain collapsed in on itself in a psychonova, then the new logic that formed went "You moron, this was plainly visible for at least the entire 4th season. And it is epic."

Aside from utterly shattering barriers (and with an epic plot to boot) the Avatar world has changed how kids cartoons are made. Likely permanently.

And to top it off, it was well-received. There is not a single legitimate reason left for any 'equality'-minded studio to not do the same thing -- the only people protesting what happened are intolerant or people who are annoyed their fanbase didn't win out (and that happens in every show).


The best part is that, decades from now, when stuff like this isn't in the slightest bit controversial, (read: they could have kissed and all it would have elicited would have been a D'AAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWW moment), this is something I'll be able to show to any children/grandchildren/demonspawn I'm raising and say "This is where a lot of it began. The final push started here. And it never slowed down."
(I hope.)



My only sad points:

1. I'm pretty sure they aren't doing another ATLA series, so that means it's over. Q_Q
2. As far as the canonical ending goes, it looks like we won't see any little Asamis or Korras any time in the future, which is sad.
On the other hand, they're both bi, so if my hope of gene-splicing doesn't pan-out, there's still the chance they'll each find someone like Toph did, but that they'll stay with each other.
(Not because I think they need to find guys, but because Korra having to put up with baby-Korra would be fucking hilarious. Imagine a kid with Asami's smarts and Korra's impulsiveness. AYE WANT.)



On a scale of 1/[THAT moment in One Piece where you realize "I'm crying about a fucking ship"], I rate it THE SAME LEVEL.

I'm not a very emotional person for anything besides irritation/anger (ADD is a joy), but I was legitimately crying for this.

This happened to me, too, although a bit later.

When I first saw the last shot, I thought, "Aww, it's like they're a couple." Then my brain kicked in and said, "No, you're just being a perv like you always are. There's no way a Nickelodeon cartoon would have chicks into chicks!" A few days later, I checked online about if it was really the end of the show or not and saw the whole "They're bi!" stuff and had that brain-crushing moment. It really does seem obvious in hindsight. God, Korra wrote Asami a letter! She didn't write anyone else one! And she blushed! She blushed when Asami complimented her!!

Times like these, I wish I was a woman so I could be a lesbian. Seriously.

11.
When I was a kid nickelodeon looked like it was nothing more than a slime fest and mindless entertainment. But during this time of declining quality of cartoon they not only did an excellent work on storytelling and such, but they had the balls to pull a stunt like that. I found respect towards a cartoon channel I never truly gave credit to.

I really just need Amazon/Hulu to get their act together and deliver me season 3 and 4 so I can get caught up on this fine show.

Just make it easy on yourself and download it.

I really liked the designs of the North Pole and the things you could do with water bending...
Unless you freeze it, it's basically like a whip with as much range as you need. And bloodbending... Cool concept, but scary. Manipulating a living person by controlling the water and blood in their bodies during a full moon...

I think it would suit me best as a water bender... Or a slime bender but slimed are typically water elemental anyway