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[jinian]

Um, I'm enjoying this show so far (16 12 episodes), but am I ever going to stop predicting its plot so accurately? In this latest set, I said aloud, "I really want Aang to do (X), but I suppose they won't really do that," and he totally did it. Wim points out that I am ideally situated to predict the conventions of an American cartoon borrowing heavily from anime; I guess I was just expecting more novelty. Do we get there?

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[tiassa]

I tried to watch some Avatar once and turned it off partway through because I was bored - my initial impression was "American cartoon trying really hard to be Naruto." But everyone keeps raving about it, so I'm wondering if maybe that's just because I caught an episode somewhere in the middle...do you think I'd like it if I started from the beginning?

[oyceter]

I'm not that excited about the plot twists, but I love the humor and the snark. It definitely took a while to get used to though, and S2 is much better than S1.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I'm in it more for the excellent worldbuilding, gorgeous visuals, characters, and dialogue than for surprising plot twists.