#Avatar 2010

[prideprejudce]

the fact that reboots used to be like thirty or forty years apart and are now instead like 3-10 years apart is absolutely ridiculous. like are we so trapped in a capitalist hellscape that instead of us naturally cherishing a beloved piece of media like it deserves and looking forward to NEW stories with NEW universes we have to watch the same thing over and over and over again with reboot after reboot after reboot until that media has been so sucked dry that us as an audience are literally sick at the mere mention of it

[zeffdakilla]

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[naavispider]

Spider speaking Na'vi

I finally found the correct written version of what Spider keeps saying to the Ta'unui Olo'eyktan and Tsahik, which is 'oeru txoa livu'.

Obviously the subtitles tell us that this means 'I'm sorry', however I was researching it (as you do) and the most basic way of actually saying sorry in Na'vi is just 'tsap'alute si' (I apologise).

The words Spider chooses are closer in meaning to 'may there be forgiveness for me'. (txoa = forgiveness)

Like- I LOVE THIS BOY sm he wasn't just saying I'm sorry, he was acknowledging that the crime was so heinous he was asking for mercy from Eywa at the same time 😭 What does this tell us about the depths of his love for the People and for Eywa 😭

He switches back to English as he sees the pain and devastation that the raid as caused the Ta'unui, and I think it's because words are just failing him - he's tried so hard to convey how much sorrow he has, but after exhausting the most meaningful words he can think of, he can just flounder with the English 'I'm sorry', knowing it will never be enough anyway.

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[andromeda3116]

i feel like a lot of Discourse (read: fandom wank) happens in places that have forgotten or never learned the death of the author theory

(which i know is not sacrosanct but it is very useful for handling fandom spaces, particularly fraught ones)

for those who don't know, the death of the author theory goes like this: as far as the work is concerned, the author dropped dead the second that the final word was published, and thus cannot comment, object to, clarify, or expand on anything that is not on the page.

my understanding is that it's most strictly used to mean that that the author's interpretation of the work doesn't matter, but can be expanded to state that nothing which is not on the page matters. imo, the expanded definition is particularly useful for fandoms and needs to be adopted on a larger scale.

because what it means is this:

it doesn't matter what the creator(s) intended. it doesn't matter what they said in an interview. it doesn't matter what the actors think, it doesn't matter what supplemental materials say or imply, even if they're signed off on by the creator(s). it doesn't matter if everyone involved in making it hates your interpretation and says that it's wrong.

they don't get to say that it's wrong. they dropped dead the second the last episode/book ended. their interpretation is simply one more in a vast sea of others.

listen to me, fandom spaces. i am taking your face in both of my hands. embrace the death of the author. you will no longer be bound to the (possibly fickle) words of the creator(s), your interpretation can no longer be the wrong one. if the text can be used to support it in any way, even twisty ways, it's valid. you don't have to jump through hoops to defend it against haters who say you're wrong.

the death of the author. open your heart to it. live it. be free.

[smultronviol]

Honestly I think the most unforgivable crime comitted by the new ATLA adaptation is bringing back the fucking kataang/zutara discourse🥰

Like, I can forgive a lot, but I can't forgive the fact that my own eyes, in the year of our lord 2024, have to be subjected to takes I first saw on 2011 DeviantArt

[gooberscollage]

Some Coloring Pages :)

Avatar: The New Master Activity Book, Unicorns Coloring Book, Fun with opposites coloring book, Lil' Bratz super coloring and activity book

[helenofblackthorns]

"the atla live action is the worst adaptation ever" none of you people would have survived shtv

[2mucheyeliner]

Guinea pig Appa 😌

[zethsgraphix]

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[they-have-the-same-va]

Yue in The Last Airbender (2010) shares an actress with Asami Sato from The Legend of Korra.

Portrayed by Seychelle Gabriel

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[mintjuliee]

Available Now On Ko-fi <3

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My beautiful idiot son look at him