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Me: Wow, the Netflix ATLA was better than what I expected. Indeed, it felt too rushed, probably because they were asked to do only 8 episodes like everything in the platform; but they were still able to capture the feeling of the original, and it was an enjoyable show. Not to mention the effects, those were so well done, especially Zuko fire kicks, I loved those.

Me: *checks internet opinions*

Me: Oh... I'm supposed to hate this adaptation.

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ok this was actually hilarious

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I love her bad temper and mean words <3<3 rip every spinoff and adaptation but I'm different

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Maybe a hot take, but people who want an exact verbatim replica of the original cartoon... should just watch the cartoon...

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still stand by this i’ll defend them forever

i’m in love with the live casting of atla

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okay so i binged the entire show and now i have thoughts.

positives

- the set is absolutely stunning i was breath taken every time it’s as if they just pulled it straight out of the cartoon. incredible

- the castings were so good! they really are what i would have envisioned

- APPA AND MOMO ARE AMAZING!!!!!!!

- i think merging the earth kingdom episodes was a smart PRODUCTION decision. it was confusing as an og watcher however it makes sense for the live version cause they can’t just keep coming back to the earth kingdom (they mixed eps 5, 10, 17) and also i believe they linked it well so i’m alright with it genuinely.

- zuko’s actor perfectly nailed the acting. whenever it was a flashback scene it felt like zuko was 3 years younger despite looking the same, because zuko was more innocent sounding. and then the acting for current zuko was major sass (which was the best part)

- SUKI ATE DOWN SO HARD

- avatar kyoshi was 7 FOOT TALL. all i have to say

- sokkas actor ate down i fear 🫶

negatives (or just minor critics)

- azula, ty lee and mai were not supposed to be in book/season 1 and it didn’t really make sense for them. i love all 3 their my girls however it felt like a fan service and they didn’t really provide any plot development. ESPECIALLY MAI AND TY LEE i swear the girls just stood and watched azula fight and that’s all. i think what could/should have been done is feature azula at the end scene like they did and make it a whole big reveal and if they really wanted to provide fan service chuck mai and ty lee next to her. i understand the girls are fan favourites but if they wanted to make hype for the second season it would have been better to just show them at the very end to get fans excited. instead i found myself annoyed when they popped up because they weren’t needed.

- it would have been fine to have the girls for flashback scenes. also! in book 2 we start off with azula having to find mai and ty lee. they aren’t meant to just be together already. what happened to circus ty lee? that’s like a really important detail idk.

- i felt the humour was lacking. NOT BECAUSE OF THE ACTORS. it was not their fault and i loved sokkas deliveries when he had the chance to. the blame is on the writers but the issue was is the series was more dark (which is fine) but it erased the humour from the show so toward the end i found myself getting a bit bored. i think what caused this is the removal of the “filler” episodes.

- secret tunnel? that is meant to be in season 2 and i felt a bit robbed because wdym that’s all we got?

- i also feel that the found family trope wasn’t executed as well as it could have been probably also because it lacked filler episodes. we didn’t get to see them hang out and actually get to know each other so we haven’t seen them build that connection yet. obviously we assume with context they have but idk it makes it lack.

- yue my girl 😭 first of all the wig which i’m not gonna talk about. i cant exactly place what was wrong but yue’s storyline made me cry my eyes out for days and i LOVE HER. for whatever reason i did not feel this way. i want to say it might be because suki & sokka kissed like in ep2 which felt like 5 days ago idk. -> also i jumped up and down when that happened. but it just felt like not as dramatic as it was which was so upsetting cause i was getting ready to bawl.

- katara was more chill. i love her actress btw i blame the directors for this. i just feel like they swapped sokka & kataras roles sort of, sokka was shown as the more mature one and trying to be like his dad whereas katara was viewed as the “little girl” their whole dynamic was that katara was way more mature to the point sokka ONLY PICTURED KATATA when he thought of his OWN MUM? i also feel like katata didnt blow up and get angry as much as she should of idk?

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Bruh Momo got smooshed by a fuckin rock AHAHHAHA WTF 😭

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the show comes out so soon!!!!

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This might be seen as a controversial take, but I don’t think toning down Sokka’s sexism in the Netflix series is that big of a deal nor do I think it will ruin his character. Since his sexism was dealt with pretty early on in the series, we were able to focus more on great things about his character like his humor and intelligence. It is kind of annoying that people are just ready to declare the series ruined for something that didn’t last very long in the beginning of the series.

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best thing about uncle iroh is that if you pay attention he is actually just as much of an idiot as zuko but has just mastered the art of coming across as a wise old man. the even better thing is that zuko is the only one on the planet who somewhat realizes this and no one would ever believe him because he's zuko

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dallas liu🫶🫶🫶🫶🤭🤭🤭🤭🫣🫣🫣

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katara overpowering a bloodbender in one night, azula’s flames being so strong they burn a different colour, toph literally inventing a whole new bending technique, korra controlling 3 elements by age 4 & immediately picking up metalbending. i know who my strongest benders are

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Sokka: wdym?

Zuko: What do you mean wdym

Sokka: What do you mean

Zuko: What is wdym

Sokka: WHAT DO YOU MEAN

Zuko: I LITERALLY JUST ASKED YOU

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my atla & tlok sexuality headcanons!

aang

— pan asf i cannot. i feel like i don’t have to explain this.

sokka

— this man is a walking bi sexual flag. preference for women.

toph

— asexual toph for the win!

katara

— katara is unlabelled but she isn’t straight. girl boss.

zuko

— bro he’s so confusing idk. 100% gay for sokka. but then like mai. but bi doesn’t seem to fit. jsjsjsj. help.

azula

— lesbian. very much likes girls yep. gay for ty lee

mai

— bisexual girl with no preference.

ty lee

— lesbian,, she was pan for a little while before discovering she was exclusively into girls only. dealt with a lot of comphet.

suki

— bisexual :))))

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2022 better be avatars year

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the live action avatar movie was so bad and we all know and try our very hardest to erase it from our memories. BUT THE YUE ACTOR CARRIED AND WAS SO PRETTY <33333

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the first episode of korra ALWAYS MAKES ME SO EMOTIONAL. like learning that katara lost sokka and aang breaks my heart everytime.