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my kidsitting kids are adorable.
about a month ago they started watching Avatar: The Last Airbender on netflix, at which point i explained to them that this was a wise decision on their part, as the show is fantastic and no one's life is complete without having watched it. i also warned them off the movie. and when i was over last night they were watching the four-part series finale - which is pretty impressive progress for a couple of busy elementary-school kids, imho.
watching the show with them has reminded me how much of avatar was really a kid's show at heart, despite the often serious plot twists and character development that happened throughout the series. as much as i really loved almost all of the show - the world-building, my god - it did have its childish moments, and there were some plot decisions that were really based on the fact that, no, actually, you can't have the main protagonist kill the main antagonist in the climactic finale battle royale when your target audience is the 6-13 age group.
but that aside. show is awesome. kids rock. :D
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ETA: the Force. was totally made canon in the second-to-last episode. the Lion-Turtle-Ex-Machina tells aang that 'before the time of the avatar, people did not bend the elements, they bent the energies within themselves', or something along those lines. THE FORCE, I TELL YOU.
about a month ago they started watching Avatar: The Last Airbender on netflix, at which point i explained to them that this was a wise decision on their part, as the show is fantastic and no one's life is complete without having watched it. i also warned them off the movie. and when i was over last night they were watching the four-part series finale - which is pretty impressive progress for a couple of busy elementary-school kids, imho.
watching the show with them has reminded me how much of avatar was really a kid's show at heart, despite the often serious plot twists and character development that happened throughout the series. as much as i really loved almost all of the show - the world-building, my god - it did have its childish moments, and there were some plot decisions that were really based on the fact that, no, actually, you can't have the main protagonist kill the main antagonist in the climactic finale battle royale when your target audience is the 6-13 age group.
but that aside. show is awesome. kids rock. :D
~
ETA: the Force. was totally made canon in the second-to-last episode. the Lion-Turtle-Ex-Machina tells aang that 'before the time of the avatar, people did not bend the elements, they bent the energies within themselves', or something along those lines. THE FORCE, I TELL YOU.
