Avatar: The Last Airbender (and the Legend of Korra) needs a site like Pottermore where you can take a quiz and discover your element/skill, find your animal buddy, and other cool Avatar stuff.
Thanks to the AV Club for this insightful review. There are spoilers, so beware!
I have not even read this yet because all of the local comic book shops sold out like IMMEDIATELY but I am so pumped to get it!! The Legend of Korra finale sort of changed my life in terms of helping me realize YES, representation is important, it is different seeing it canonically than seeing it in fic (even though there’s more fic and it’s often better), and we need more stuff like this.
ALSO the comic is supposed to have depictions of queer culture throughout the Avatar universe and I am SO EXCITED!!
Saw some folks asking about the swimsuits, which I thought was cute of y’all to notice :3 I will never pass up a chance to do some fashion drawings if I have a minute!
When The Legend of Korra finished, late last year, I was left with the strange sense that I had watched a show completely, and deliberately, dismantle itself. Much was made of that final iconic shot of Korra and Asami leaving for the Spirit World, in what was, honestly, the queerest “platonic” moment I’ve seen on television since Xena managed to stage a PG-rated dance-orgy. It was (to its credit) both obvious and unavoidable, but it was also the capstone to a much wider-ranging set of choices designed to destabilise accepted narratives. This would be worthy of exploration under any circumstance, but I feel it is particularly fascinating given how much of it appears to be in direct reaction to the events of Book One: Air. While I’ve seen countless shows begin with promise, only to fall foul of hegemonic expectations, I’m not sure I’ve ever seen one begin carelessly and then spend three seasons systematically and critically dismantling its initial premise.
Here are ten thousand words explaining why I think that. Also, sometimes pictures.
Question of Smoke 