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Rozin art post. I’m just saying that if they where together, none of the avatar lore would have existed but Nickelodeon had to have the dads divorced.

[thatonepikminperson]

So remember those Gods in my doc so uh

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[pinkiemachine]

ALSO, for my Legend of Korra Rewrite, there’s an opera house in Republic City, and they do their own production of “The Boy in the Iceberg.”

It’s heavily inspired by Beijing/Peking Opera, native to China, and I’ve been having way too much fun writing this truly ridiculous, over romanticised version of the original AtLA story 😂 First off, the costumes and props—Now, Peking Opera has a set of rules/guidelines for what colours mean what, which costumes go to what kind of character, and which face paint is appropriate for this and that person, but hardly any of it aligns with the world of AtLA, so it will have its own rules. Naturally, the people are colour coded. Blue = Water Tribe, Red = Fire Nation, Green = Earth kingdom, Yellow = Air Bender. How can you tell if a character is royalty or super important? If they’re wearing any kind of elaborate headpiece. How can you tell who the Avatar is? The Avatar alone has special face paint that covers his entire face. Also, how light or dark their clothing is can inform you of their badness level, and also also, if a character’s hands are covered, it usually means they are hiding something or are very sly and cunning.

Then there’s the bending. Airbending is represented by the staff illustrated above, with two tufts of blue fluffy stuff on either end, similar to what the Ember Island Players did. This prop is very similar to a real one used in Peking Opera. Waterbending is achieved in two forms, either with long sleeves or ribbons, both used for dancing. Also straight from Peking Opera. Fire Bending is achieved through flags/staffs very similar to Peking Opera and the Ember Island Players alike. Finally, Earthbending comes across more like hand-to-hand combat in the choreography, because they use large fans to represent their element, inspired by Kiyoshi, and real life Peking Opera.

Now, the story is hilariously fun—it’s been eighty years since the events of the war, and the story has been dramatised to the Poles and back—so strap in and just imagine what the Gaang would be saying in reaction to all of this 😂

Once, there was a prince and a princess of the Southern Water Tribe. Prince Sokka was a brave and mighty warrior, and Princess Katara was the most beautiful and intelligent woman in all the South Pole. One day, they happened across a glowing iceberg, and from within emerged the Avatar! Avatar Aang was a very playful and mischievous boy (think “The Monkey King”), and upon seeing the beautiful Princess Katara, he immediately fell in love and proposed to her. But the mighty Prince Sokka took offence at such cheekiness, and challenged Avatar Aang to a duel to defend his sister’s honour. Here we have the first of many action scenes. Ultimately, Avatar Aang defeats the prince, proving his worth and proving that he is in fact the real Avatar, but when he asks the princess again if she’ll marry him, she replies that she might, if he can teach her to waterbend.

It’s about this time that Zuko, the Banished Prince of the Fire Nation, and his uncle, General Iroh, the Dragon of the West, arrive to capture the Avatar!

They are unsuccessful of course, and Team Avatar escapes. They go to the Southern Air Temple where Avatar Aang grieves the loss of his people, and then he suddenly gets a vision from his past life, Avatar Roku. Here, it is explained that Sozin’s comet is fast approaching, and Avatar Aang must learn all four elements before it comes, or else the whole world will burn. Having received his instructions, the team sets a course for the North Pole. (Oh, and Momo is represented by an actor who’s a type of “clown” as Peking Opera puts it. There to be the comic relief. Not sure if I want the same for Appa…)

At the North Pole, Aang and Katara learn waterbending, and the Chief throws a massive party to celebrate the return of the Avatar. This is where Prince Sokka meets Princess Yue of the Northern Tribe, and they fall madly in love. But it is not to last. Zuko and Iroh have arrived with a Fire Nation fleet and lay siege to the city of the North. In their darkest hour, just before the city falls, Princess Yue sacrifices herself to the Moon Spirit, saving everyone, but losing her mortality in the process. It is said that she now lives on the moon, weeping to this very day for the loss of her one true love. (Keeping in mind, Tui and La are now a state secret, as no one wants a repeat of “Admiral Zhao,” who coincidentally, is nothing but a footnote in the history books due the secrecy of the moon and ocean spirit’s physical home.)

Then, of course, the second act begins with Avatar Aang asking if Katara will marry him now that she’s learned Waterbending. But the princess is far too crafty for him, and becomes sly yet again. This time she says, she might marry him if he can find for her the impossibly rare Panda Lily. Aang is determined, though it may take him a while.

Team Avatar journeys to the Earth Kingdoms in search of an Earthbending master. Now, although the rumours of Toph being a man did stick around for quite a while (helped in no small part by Toph herself) eventually the truth comes out, and the play is amended accordingly. HOWEVER… no one is convinced that Toph is an ordinary human, oh no no no. They believe, whole heartedly, that she is a direct descendant of the badgermoles themselves, and is therefore some kind of half-human-half-spirit type being who sprouted up out of the ground one day. They fear her. As they should.

So Azula and her girlies make their appearance and they and Team Avatar make their way to Ba Sing Se, where they run into Zuko and Iroh, officially outcast from the royal Fire Nation family for failing to capture the Avatar at the Siege of the North. Azula infiltrates the city by impersonating the Kiyoshi warriors (who mysteriously replace the Dai Li in this story, and all mention of the city being controlled by a puppet master and brainwashing people is also mysteriously absent) and we meet Suki, leader of the Kiyoshi warriors, and she and Sokka begin to fall in love. Then, Aang manages to find the rare Panda Lily, but he’s not able to give it to Katara because the Last Stand of Ba Sing Se begins. There’s a massive fight at the palace, and Aang gets struck by lightning and falls into Princess Katara’s arms, trying to give her that Panda Lily she asked for. Then he falls into slumber as Princess Katara weeps. Zuko joins his sister Azula, Iroh is captured, and team Avatar flees.

That night, Katara begs the spirits to spare Avatar Aang, and Yue appears, bringing Aang back to life. It’s at this time that she gives the team a grave warning about the journey ahead of them. She reveals to them that the Day of Black Sun may aid them in their fight against the Fire Nation, and she also gives Sokka a special gift: a sword carved from moon rock. May it serve him well.

End of act two.

Act three begins with the mighty Sokka rallying all their allies together to launch an assault on the Fire Nation on the Day of Black Sun. Meanwhile, the Fire Prince Zuko battles with himself over his decision to betray his uncle and join his sister. He thinks of his mother, and how she would not have wanted him to follow the path of his father, Firelord Ozai. On the Day of Black Sun, he chooses to redeem himself by helping Avatar Aang defeat the Firelord once and for all. The battle was fierce—Princess Katara feared that she might lose Avatar Aang yet again—but when they arrived at his palace, no one was home. The Firelord was very crafty. He devised a labyrinth beneath his palace in which to hide, and he evaded the Avatar until the eclipse was over. The day was lost. Team Avatar was forced to retreat. However, now Aang had a Firebending Master to teach him the final element.

After much training, and much preparation, Aang was ready to face Firelord Ozai on the day that Sozin’s Comet came ripping across the sky. He tried to ask Princess Katara one last time if she would marry him, and this time she replied that if he survived his fight with the Firelord… she would marry him.

It began. Prince Sokka, Warrior Suki, and Master Toph led the charge against the Firelord’s army. Prince Zuko and Princess Katara held off Princess Azula, and Avatar Aang took on Firelord Ozai alone. Using all that they had learned across their journey, fuelled by the power of friendship and love, Team Avatar prevailed. The Firelord’s army fell, Princess Azula fell, and finally, Firelord Ozai himself fell before the mighty Avatar Aang. (Aang’s ability to energybend remains a secret.) And in the end, Prince Zuko took the throne of the Fire Nation, Prince Sokka took the throne of the South Pole with Suki as his queen, Toph became known as the greatest Earthebnder in the world, uncle Iroh opened the best tea shop in the world, and Princess Katara agreed to marry Avatar Aang. It was a happy ending indeed.

Can’t wait to finish the costume designs! Let me know what you think!

[crazykuroneko]

So, Where to Watch AMC Interview with the Vampire?

Surely you have seen gifs of AMC Interview with the Vampire and wonder where you can watch it. Of course you can 🏴‍☠️, but unfortunately in the world of streaming, numbers matter to keep the show afloat. So, here is Where to Watch IWTV aka WtW IWTV. This list will be updated from time to time 😉

WATCH PILOT EPISODE ON YOUTUBE FOR FREE (USA or with 🌐)

Listing STREAMING services only. Sorted by the alphabet. Ctrl+F to find your country (or pick your country on JustWatch)

Free (ad-supported or otherwise): 🆓

VPN-friendly: 🌐

Need to make free account (with fake address): 📝 (details under the cut)

All have two (2) seasons available unless otherwise stated

IWTV also has an Uncut version. It means no cuts for commercial breaks (✂️) or censored curses(🙅🏼‍♀️).

Trigger warnings for IWTV can be found here

• AMC+ : USA 🌐✂️🙅🏼‍♀️ (Every Sunday at 3 AM ET), Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Spain, India

You can sign up to AMC+ with VPN, non-American CC and American zip code. They'll fail to bill you, but you'll still get the 7-day free trial to binge watch. OR you can do this email trick to get more trial.

AMC+ is also available as a "channel" on Amazon Prime (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand), Apple TV or iTunes (USA, UK, Canada, Australia, India), Roku or YouTube TV in some countries, so try to search there first

• Amazon Prime ✂️🙅🏼‍♀️ (w/o having to buy AMC+ subs): Latin America, India

• Amediateka: Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan (censored)

• ABC iview 🆓 🌐📝✂️ : Australia

• BBC iPlayer 🆓 🌐📝✂️🙅🏼‍♀️: UK

• Canal+: Austria, France, Switzerland (only Austria gets 2 seasons)

• CosmoteTV: Greece

• Crave: Canada (S1 only)

• Hoopla 🆓: USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (Library card needed)

• MagentaTV+ : Germany

• Moviestar+ : Spain (S1 only)

• Netflix: USA (S1 only)

• OSN+ : Middle Eastern and North Africa

• Paramount+: France

• Sky Go: Ireland, UK

• Sky Show: Switzerland

• Streamz: Belgium

• TVNZ+ 🆓 📝 (haven't tried with 🌐): New Zealand

• U-Next: Japan

Disclaimer: I don't condone the use of VPN and fake address. HOWEVER, the series isn't available in almost most part of this world 😭. So, this is done with the purpose of giving the series the views it deserves instead of giving them to 🏴‍☠️. If your country is listed above, please support the show 🙏

For BBC: UK VPN on, sign up, Google UK zip code and add it, yes to TV license. You can turn VPN off after the episode loads.

For ABC iview: Australia VPN on, sign up, pick Overseas. You can turn VPN off after episode loads. Works on the app as well.

Check reply for VPN I used.

Feel free to reply or message me if you fail to stream it and if there's any info I missed or got wrong. Also, feel free to share this list with anyone!

Special thanks to Ari for always keeping us updated with the news on the show

[zuko-always-lies]

In defense of Admiral Zhao and how he treats Zuko (or he's still a dick and an imperialist, but this is why/how his actions made sense to him).

So the first time we see Zhao chronologically is in this scene, when he watched Ozai burn Zuko with a smirk on his face:

Obviously this doesn't speak highly of Zhao, but the context was that Zuko was refusing to defend his honor by fighting back and thus, under Fire Nation culture, getting "what was coming to him." It's pretty like that Zhao didn't particularly hate Zuko before that.

Then almost three years pass, and Zuko and Iroh show up acting all suspicious at Zhao's base with a damaged ship. Zuko offers an extremely unconvincing story, so naturally Zhao investigates further.

Zhao gives Zuko a chance to come clean and Zuko refuses to, solely out Zuko's self-interest. Zuko is willing to screw over the Fire Nation just to have a slightly better chance at going home. That just confirms all of Zhao's negative opinions about Zuko.

Zhao: My search party is ready. Once I'm out to sea, [Cut to a shot from over Zhao's head to reveal Iroh and Zuko sitting in two chairs in front of him in the middle of the tent.] my guards will escort you back to your ship and [Close-up of Zuko, who angrily looks down.] you'll be free to go.

Zhao is willing to overlook this and let Zuko go.

Zhao is being a dick here, but he's also telling Zuko the truth, the same truth Iroh has refused to tell him. And Zuko challenges him to an Agni Kai over it.

Zuko and Zhao fight, and Zuko clearly wins. Zhao, recognizing his defeat, tells Zuko to burn Zhao.

There's two things we need to understand here. First, Agni Kai's can only end with one participant being burned or killed. Second, by burning Zhao, Zuko would show his adherence to the Fire Nation's norms and culture, show he's "manly enough" to adhere and be a "man of honor" within the code of honor. By refusing to end the duel, Zuko disrespects the very practice of dueling.

Then Zuko turns his back and walks away, Zhao tries to attack Zuko, and Iroh stops Zhao and claims that "Even in exile, my nephew is more honorable than you." The thing to understand here is that the duel was not actually over, at least from Zhao's perspective. That's why he tried to attack Zuko, because Zuko had refused to end it.

Let us fast forward a few episodes. The next time we see Zhao is in "Avatar Roku," where Aang is trying to reach Roku's temple and Zuko is trying to stop him. Zhao is commanding a blockade fleet in their way. This exchange provides important context:

Iroh: [Close-up.] Sailing into Fire Nation waters ... Of all the foolish things you've done in your sixteen years, Prince Zuko, this is the most foolish! Zuko: I have no choice, Uncle. Iroh: [Angrily.] Have you completely forgotten that the Fire Lord banished you? [Fearfully.] What if you're caught? Zuko: [Breaks away from telescope to talk to his uncle.] I'm chasing the Avatar! My father will understand why I am returning home!

By chasing after the Avatar into the Fire Nation, Zuko is violating the terms of his banishment.

Anyways, this happens:

To be clear, what Zhao does here is 100% a dick move. But from Zhao's perspective, Zuko demonstrated his lack of loyalty earlier, and is now also trying to violate the terms of his banishment.

So Zhao chases after Zuko and Aang and doesn't manage to hang onto them since Avatar Roku goes super-saiyan on him.

After that, we get this exchange:

Zhao: [Turns angrily, snapping.] No Prince, no Avatar! Apparently, the only thing I do have is five traitors! Great Fire Sage: [Interjects.] But Commander! Only Shyu helped the Avatar. Zhao: [Close-up.] Save your stories for the Fire Lord. As far as I'm concerned, you are all guilty! [Orders.] Take them to the prison hold!

Again, total dick move. However, it's worth pointing out what Zhao's justification is likely to be: the Fire Sages violated the law by refusing to apprehend and instead helping a banished fugitive, Zuko, who was illegally in the Fire Nation.

The next time Zhao and Zuko interact is when the Blue Spirit breaks Aang out, but nothing particularly interesting happens there.

Finally, in "The Waterbending Master," we get to see Zuko and Zhao's final arc. As Zhao prepares his expedition to the Northern Water Tribe, he shows up and takes Zuko's crew:

Zhao realizes that Zuko is that Blue Spirit and a total traitor, and that just confirms everything Zhao already thought about him. So Zhao tries to have Zuko assassinated by the pirates. It doesn't work.

The next time Zhao encounters Zuko is in the Siege of the North Part II:

Again, Zhao's contempt and hatred for Zuko is driven by Zuko's treasonous behavior.

Of course, the Ocean Spirit shows up, and then this is what happens:

Zhao is consumed by the energy in the shape of a hand and dragged toward the water. Zuko: Take my hand! Zhao considers it for a moment before retracting his hand. The energy plummets into the water, Zhao dragged along with it, and dissipates.

Whatever else you can say about Zhao, he's consistent to the end.

So again, my main point is not that Zhao is a good person. Zhao is a terrible person, an utter jerk, and an imperialist with delusions of grandeur.

However, with regards to Zuko in specific, Zhao's treatment of Zuko is almost always reactive to a degree to Zuko's actions and has a certain logic behind it. Zhao treats Zuko so poorly largely because Zuko keeps confirming Zhao's worst opinions about Zuko.

That doesn't mean that Zhao is right to be a jerk to Zuko, who again is a banished teenager, just that Zhao's actions make logical sense within his cultural context and considering Zuko's actions.

[mintyimperiatrix]

so i'm reading through the Rise of Kyoshi, i'm about a third of the way through now and have missed meals because of my obsession with this book. just for fun here's a few random things i was thinking/noticed along the way (spoilers ofc):

-immediately, kyoshi was already one of my favourite non-show avatars but this book is firmly placing her in the lead. sorry roku but kyoshi is just built different

-also kyoshi could totally be trans. i know tall cis women exist but uhhh the whole thing about "filling the space of my dimensions" and "hiding away as best i can despite my height" (paraphrasing obvs) is really trans coded of her. she's also suuuper quiet, which could be because of voice dysphoria. none of is actually evidence but it's enough for me to spark a headcanon

-i did know going in that kyoshi was canonically bisexual. i've read the korra comics, they changed my life and they didn't hold back on the queer rep which is what we love to see. somehow i did not expect this to be evident less than 50 pages into the first book where she's clearly infatuated with both yun and rangi. and continuing on the same thought process...

-kyoshi/yun/rangi are an ot3 i do not care they are all in love with each other. they are a trio of bisexual disasters and until i'm proven wrong i will continue to believe this

-speaking of, yun's death (which is where i've left off for now) was fucking HEARTBREAKING i have known this little guy for like 24 hours and i am distraught at his SOUL CRUSHING death

-sooo i thought Kyoshi was in the avatar state when she did the whole 'destroying a whole fleet and summoning mountains from under the sea' thing. i really thought that was her first avatar state moment and i was super impressed, super in awe of her power, etc, etc. so imagine my face when it's revealed later that this wasn't even the avatar state Kyoshi is literally just that fucking good on her own. like hello???

[dalsimoravskyblog]

příliš dlouhá retrorecenze: Ošklivka Katka

V roce 2008 mi bylo čtrnáct, byla jsem na základce a měla jsem za sebou intenzivní fázi lásky k telenovelám. Sledovala jsem je na prvním stupni, protože je dávali právě v době, kdy jsem přicházela ze školy. Později to byly věci jako Hvězdná brána, ale mým základem byl Divoký anděl, Milagros a Esmeralda.

Důležitá poznámka – nemám absolutní tušení, jestli jsem kdy viděla původní Ošklivku Betty. Leccos tomu napovídá (viz níže), ale má paměť je prázdná a můj mozek hladký jako žralok.

Každopádně byl rok 2008 a televize Prima představila zbrusu nový seriál, který sliboval telenovelu, a já u toho musela být. Pro příliš mladé a intelektuální zmíním, že Prima dělala velké haló s představitelkou hlavní role – pojmenovali po ní hlavní postavu a ve smlouvě měla, že se na veřejnosti nesmí objevit mimo kostým, aby byli lidi překvapení, až v seriálu nakonec zkrásní (čti: učeše si vlasy, vyndá rovnátka a sundá brýle). Že do toho Kateřina Janečková fakt šla, považuju za hrdinství.

Ze seriálu jsem si pamatovala některé postavy a dějové linky a touhu podívat se na to znova po letech ve mně nastartovalo hlasování na mém vedlejšáku viděli-jste-tento-film. Hrozně jsem chtěla některé ty dějové linky znovu zažít (spoiler: zklamání! šok! zrada! zmatení!?). I našla jsem Ošklivku Katku na kukaj.to a už mě nic nemohlo zastavit. Potřebovala jsem vidět všech 73 dílů. Stálo to za to? Dozvíte se pod předělem...

Sekce nultá: ÚVOD

Shrnu děj, kdyby náhodou někdo nevěděl, která bije:

Katka Bertoldová je geniální finanční expertka s několika tituly z chudé nekulturní rodiny

nikdo ji nechce zaměstnat, protože je nesnesitelně ošklivá, takže sníží standardy a zkusí konkurz na sekretářku Lukáše Hejlíka Tomáše Meduny, nového sexy prezidenta módní firmy

okamžitě se do něj zamiluje a udělá pro něj všechno

on je neschopný ve všem, co dělá, takže to bude opravdu hodně věcí

and the rest is history

Další postavy include: Marek Černý, nejlepší kamarád Tomáše, man-whore; Patricie Vytisková, druhá sekretářka, je sexy, je hloupá a nesnáší Katku; Marcela Konečná, Tomášova snoubenka, nesnáší Katku; Miky Závéský, Katčin nejlepší kamarád a ekonomický expert; Hugo Vágner, módní návrhář; Daniel Konečný, Tomášova nemesis, nejvtipnější postava celého seriálu, sexista a svině; klub ošklivek, zaslouží si vlastní odstavec

Klub ošklivek je naprosto bizarní koncept, který je do detailu převzatý z originálu, což vysvětluje mnohé. Do klubu ošklivek patří sekretářky a recepční z firmy a ošklivé jsou, protože:

jsou tlusté

jsou vysoké

jsou rozvedené

jsou svobodné matky

jsou jiné barvy pleti (ne, nedělám si prdel)

jsou Simona Postlerová (idk, tady prostě není žádný důvod, možná „jsou lesbian coded“?)

Z těchto šesti tři dostanou vlastní dějovou linku a tři ostatní jenom tak vlají ve větru. Většina dialogů té tlusté je o tom, jak ráda jí a je tlustá, většina dialogů vysoké je o tom, jak je vysoká, a většina dialogů černošky (hraje ji jedna z účastnic Vyvolených, jestli tohle není blast from the past, tak už nevím co) je o tom, jak je z Afriky. Why.

Anyway, tohle je všechno, co potřebujete vědět i pár věcí, které jsem přihodila jenom tak pro radost.

Sekce první: FASHION

Vizuální stránka tohoto seriálu je divoká a s každým dílem jsem byla traumatizovanější a traumatizovanější. Mohly za to hadry Katky, hlavní postavy s nulovým citem pro estetično? Nebo za to mohly všechny ostatní hadry, které v seriálu prezentovali jako moderní a módní? Chytrý uhádl.

Každý outfit ve mě vzbuzoval tiky v oku a divoké flashbacky na oblečení, co jsme nosili na základce. Je fascinující, jak starodávně na mě působí hadry z roku 2008 ve srovnání třeba s Nemocnicí na kraji města, kde jsem se nad oblečením pozastavila asi tak jednou (u svatebního kloboučku Ivy Janžurové, viz recenze 13. dílu). Prostě sedmdesátky jsou timeless, ale doba před patnácti lety je snadno identifikovatelná a navázaná na real životní vzpomínky, tedy krindž.

Ráda bych vám některé outfity ukázala, ale nepodařilo se mi žádné vygooglit a vracet se a dělat screenshoty by bylo pro mne příliš velké utrpení, omlouvám se.

Sekce druhá: GAY REPREZENTACE

Toto asi řadu lidí překvapí a já jsem byla překvapená taky. Protože když se řekne „teplý módní návrhář Hugo přezdívaný Pipinka z primáckého seriálu z roku 2008“, rozhodně to nebudí důvěru, že neuvidíte hate crime. Naštěstí omyl je pravdou.

Možná je to tím, že návrháře hraje herec, který je sám gay (Olšovský), nebo byly scénáristky překvapivě osvícené, ale vůbec to vlastně není špatné? Don't get me wrong, Hugo je hrozná postava, která se chová permanentně jako kokot, říká lidem do tváře, že jsou oškliví a tlustí, přátelí se se všemi zloduchy a má nechutně natekl�� ego, ale to, že je gay, je prostě jenom další stránka jeho osobnosti. Celou dobu má taky přítele, který svým heteronormativním zjevem v kontrastu s Hugem pokrývá spektrum teplé existence.

A jako taková poznámka bokem, v seriálu se zmiňuje dokonce bisexualita, naprosto neutrálním tónem. Jakože hodně dobrý, děcka.

Málem jsem zapomněla! Drag epizoda! Je tam! Není vůbec dobrá, ale je tam! Taky kdykoli Hejlík mluví s Hugem na veřejnosti, myslí si o nich všichni, že jsou pár, a pokaždé je to funny. Je to krásné.

Sekce třetí: FINANČNÍ ANALÝZA

Postupně jsem si začala všímat, že autorky scénáře opravdu hodně tematizují peníze, nezaměstnanost, hledání práce, dluhy apod. Nebude to náhoda, zhruba do doby vzniku Katky se datuje finanční krize. Neznám detaily ohledně vzniku seriálu, ale myslím si, že se točilo, zatímco se vysílalo, takže byl čas do scénáře házet věci z aktuální reality. Nebo to všechno bylo už v původní kolumbijské Ošklivce, kdo ví.

Každopádně kdybych měla vyjmenovat jen něco:

několik postav se potýká s diskriminací na základě vzhledu a sociálního statutu při hledání práce (Katka je ošklivá, ale taky z chudší části města, což se projevuje i v tom, že nezná různá nepsaná pravidla chování ve vyšších kruzích, a to jí škodí)

Katčini rodiče mají problémy s penězi celý seriál, Katčin táta (Vydra) si většinu seriálu marně hledá práci (explicitně se mu nedaří kvůli jeho věku, takže další diskriminace), Katčina máma (Boušková) se snaží udržet nad vodou svou večerku, která jí sotva vydělává, Katka kvůli nim zvažuje přijetí úplatku, protože by zkrátka vyřešil základní existenční problémy celé její rodiny

zlá sekretářka Patricie (Olga Lounová v době, kdy ji ještě nikdo neznal) je naprosto finančně negramotná, celý seriál se topí v dluzích, beze srandy zvažuje prostituci a nakonec jí exekutor zabaví auto (pak seriál skončil, takže nevíme, co by se dělo dál)

jedna z bandy sekretářek z firmy, kde Katka dělá, se celý seriál snaží z manžela, který ji opustil, vymámit alimenty, je to extrémně nekomfortní, což je dobře

Na to, že jde o blboučký seriál o romanci mezi sexy prezidentem módní firmy a ošklivou chudou finanční expertkou... Wait. To vlastně dává smysl :D. Zhruba v druhé třetině seriálu jde taky (v podstatě hlavně) o snahu všech zúčastněných zachránit firmu před krachem, což je za mě asi ta nejlepší část. Zcela upřímně. Teď už chápu, kde se ve mě vzala láska k Succession...

Sekce čtvrtá: TIMING IS EVERYTHING

Ošklivka Katka, jak už bylo zmíněno, má 73 dílů a je tak jaksi arbitrárně rozdělená na dvě série (29 a 44 epizod). Hádejte, v kterém díle Katka zkrásní a dá se dohromady s Tomášem. Pokud jste řekli v úplně posledním během asi patnácti minut, tak jste měli pravdu (jak jste to věděli?? to je čarodějnictví! na hranici s vámi!). Opravdu, nekecám. Ono se totiž stalo něco nepříjemného...

Prima Katku zrušila, tipuju, že v době, kdy už byla natočena tak třetina nebo víc druhé série, a scénáristky byly dle mého odhadu úplně, ale úplně v hajzlu. V druhé sérii totiž představily asi pět nových postav, takže půlku z nich zase nenápadně vypustily, protože na ně nebyl absolutně čas, a pokusily se provést speed run romance, která do této chvíle úplně chyběla. Tomáš byl v relativně šťastném vztahu se svou snoubenkou a Katku teprve nedávno začal vnímat jako člověka hodného základního respektu. Katka samozřejmě byla do Tomáše zamilovaná od začátku, ale z jeho strany neproběhlo vůbec nic. Řešení?

Tomáš musí Katku svést, protože důsledkem řady machinací na hraně zákona se Katka stala vlastníkem celé firmy. Kdyby na to byl čas, dala by se z toho vytřískat docela slušná slow burn dějová linka, kdy si Tomáš postupně uvědomí, že Katku opravdu miluje atd. atd. etc. apod. A tak to je, akorát je to zcucnuté do maximálně deseti epizod, přičemž většinu z nich Tomáš na plnou hubu říká, jak je mu Katka fyzicky a esteticky odporná. Na tohle nenarvu ani dobově signifikantní hlášku Still better love story than Twilight, protože ne, není to lepší lovestory nez Stmívání. Edward by nikdy nic takového neřekl, shut up.

Závěr celého seriálu tedy vypadá tak, že Katka dostane make-over, Tomáš se jí přijde omluvit za to, že se k ní hnusně choval, ale že si uvědomil, jak moc ji ve skutečnosti miluje, ona mu instantně (!!?!) odpustí, dají si pusu a to je konec. Je to natolik smutné, že je mi těch scénáristek a všech dalších, co na Katce dělali, upřímně líto.

(Dalo se tomu preventivně předejít, kdyby nepsaly šest dílů o jednom dni. Ale chápu, že hindsight je 2020.)

Sekce pátá: FEMINISMUS

Většina postav jsou ženy (nebudu to počítat, ale jsem si skoro jistá, a to mi stačí) a jelikož i všechny scénáristky jsou ženy, dopadlo to celkem dobře, co se týká jednotlivých ženských postav. Namátkou:

Tomášova snoubenka Marcela sice iracionálně nenávidí Katku, ale jinak je vlastně docela normální a navíc opravdová girls girl, která pomáhá svým podřízeným řešit životní problémy

zlá sekretářka Patricie je sice intrikánka, která škodí Katce i firmě, ale zároveň má překvapivě mnoho morální integrity, když jde o vztahy, a je až naivně romantická

Několikrát se setkáme taky se sexuálním obtěžováním, které je vždycky odsouzeno a úchyl potrestán. Je to takové pohádkové, ale dobře se na to kouká.

Místy ta ženská solidarita přechází až příliš daleko, tho, několikrát se banda ženských chechtá tomu, když žena mlátí svého muže. Má to být vtip a vím, že tehdy to většině lidí i vtipné připadalo. Yikes.

Sekce šestá: FATA MORGANA

Toto už bude čistě osobní. Naprosto živě jsem si z doby před patnácti lety pamatovala některé scény a dějové linky a těšila jsem se, až je uvidím znovu... A ony tam nebyly! Ani jedna! Jsou tedy dvě možnosti:

aniž bych si to pamatovala, viděla jsem Ošklivku Betty, kde vystupují postavy se stejnými jmény (například Marcelu a Daniela mají i v Kolumbii), a tam se ty věci staly

až tak jsem si zažila vlastní nápady na fanfikce a hlavokánony, že jsem je nedokázala rozlišit od reality

Fakt nevím, co je horší...

Sekce sedmá: VERDIKT

Řeknu vám to upřímně: nelituju ničeho. Přes všechny šílenosti, které jsem vám sem vypsala, jsem si užívala téměř každou chvíli, co jsem měla Katku puštěnou na půlce monitoru, zatímco jsem projížděla tumblr nebo odepisovala na pracovní maily. Byla to úchvatná cesta do minulosti, cejtím se jako ti kluci v Cestě do pravěku, jenom místo dinosaurů a obřích vážek na mě vyskakovaly roky zapomenuté celebrity (Martin Maxa! pamatuje si někdo Martina Maxu? já ne) a Lukáš Hejlík, který buď přehrává nebo se snaží předstírat, že ho nepřitahuje Lumír Olšovský. Ostatně soudím, že by měli natočit novou verzi. Nepochybuju o tom, že teplý módní návrhář by byl dnes mnohem větší hate crime než před patnácti lety.

[artistsmellslikeunemployment]

Things that natla did do:

- Katara stealing a water pouch from a merchant shop at night

- zuko draws!

- include pieces from the books and comics (mother of faces, Kyoshi‘s personality,

- „water the most promising seed“

- Katara standing by and smirking as Sokka flounders trying to impress Suki but her not buying any of it

- Katara never letting anyone talk over her once diplomacy fails

- Bumi‘s armpit hair

- Zuko talking about Lu Ten

- Azula learning to use a blue flame and failing

- what can I say, the actors make the show very enjoyable 🤷🏼‍♀️

- Kuruk refusing to take possession over Aang‘s body/ Avatar state

- overall I think they drew info from the books about the other eras

- the sound of Iroh‘s firebending reminding of a dragon‘s growl

- Avatar Roku making fun of Avatar Kyoshi

- Zuko basically enthusing about Kyoshi‘s strength only to then get his ass kicked by her

- Suki (and mom) gushing over seeing their role model Kyoshi in action

- random woman with broom and Zuko letting her hit him

- Aang running away at the end, after the battle. He might not have run from his responsibility but he ran from the consequences

- „have you seen my flying bison?“ which is way better because even less believable

- Katara being bold enough to train her waterbending in the abandoned fire navy ship around Wolf Cove

- emphasis on Sokka‘s inventory skills and by elongation his bad ice dodging skills

- Zuko deciding to stay with/ look for Iroh instead of chasing Aang twice

- Lu Ten‘s theme playing every time Zuko and Iroh confess their love for each other

- Omashu‘s part of the earth kingdom being India coded

- Zuko so specifically being triggered by the word „compassion“ but not „empathy/ emphatic“ because he actually does believe in kindness and much like Azula is still trapped in the pressure of having to represent all his father believes

- Zuko looking disgusted all the time

- 41st division bowing to their prince

- I had fun watching it and most of it makes sense tbh.

What I don’t get (logic mistakes):

- Mai being too openly anti fire nation by saying she wouldn’t ever come back if given the chance

- Iroh finding the Blue Spirit‘s mask in Zuko‘s pile of clothes but maybe that’s not even a negative.

- no talk about the meaning of the necklace

- Gyatso Living in the Spirit World (doesn’t Aang have enough guides with all his previous lives?);

- that assassination attempt on Ozai and Azula infiltrating the plan? Was this meant to show Ozai‘s cruelty and Azula‘s strategic thinking??

- what was Bumi‘s point exactly?

- Yue being a spirit fox. Why? It added nothing.

- „i bet you taste like chicken“ no opossum chicken. just chicken.

- Kyoshi being the narrator

- Aang being able to communicate with his past lives only by visiting their shrines and not in the right order (usually the avatar has to contact every avatar before him in the order of their lifetimes before he can get through to the next)

- Aang being shamed and gaslight by everyone

- confusion over what happened to the villagers as well as Katara and Solla by mixing Hei Bai‘s and Ko‘s stories as well as the Fog of Lost Souls and creating a new loophole into the spirit world when people stand too close to Aang while he meditates? Also, Ko‘s „Magic“ with individuality and his reason for stealing faces when showing emotion is lost.

- with all due love, what was Suki‘s mother for?

- Wan Shi Tong randomly sitting at some wayside

- Why wouldn’t normal people understand Wan Shi Tong? How are they planning for Team Avatar to find out about the solar eclipse if not through Wan Shi Tong‘s library later?

- Iroh suspecting Ozai behind the apparent assassination of Zuko so openly in front of Zhao

- Iroh justifying his war crimes with „I was a soldier“??

- Iroh „sacrificing“ himself in Omashu when the earth kingdom forces were looking for the firebender even though they both would’ve gone undetected otherwise

- Iroh killing Zhao

- does Momo carry the spirits‘ life now?

- the fire nation inventing a solar system model to predict Zosin‘s Comet and potentially the eclipse as well