Well, Tonight's Evening Of Entertainmeant Left Me On The Floor Screaming, "IS THERE NO GOD?"

[redbrunja]

Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog:

As my mother says: "Why are you surprised? It's soulless Joss Whedon!"

Needless to say, I hated the ending.

Ember Island Players:

Well, that was a painfully unfunny 20 minutes.

Way the fuck too meta. It crossed the line between teasing the fans and mocking them.

The only good thing was Suki's smokin' hot Fire Nation outfit.

But, Mike & Bryan, I have watched the first three season - I didn't need a recap. And I know you guys are shipping Katara/Aang but at this point? You have FLAMING NEON SIGNS THAT KATARA DOESN'T LIKE HIM LIKE THAT!

Suki, Sokka, Jet, Yue - and I'm sure there's more - fell in love during a war.

That Katara keeps saying she's confused and pulls away from Aang's kisses? That is a women who doesn't want to be in a relationship with him.

I don't know how you're going to dig yourself out of this hole.

Comments

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

Oh, I didn’t think it was that bad. Certain fandom things should be mocked; because they’re stupid – I’m just disappointed they weren’t able to fit more in there. Mocking the whole Azula redemption theory would have been beautiful. And to be fair, Mike and Bryan mocked themselves just as much as they did the fans.

Yeah. Suki’s new outfit is really hot.

Suki, Sokka, Jet, Yue – all entirely different situations. Katara held Aang DEAD in her arms. She already lost him once. She’d be insane not to be worried about a repeat days before he goes to face the most powerful bender on the planet to decide the fate of the world.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Katara held Aang DEAD in her arms. She already lost him once. She’d be insane not to be worried about a repeat days before he goes to face the most powerful bender on the planet to decide the fate of the world.

Then how come there were no hints about that? No longing glances after Aang, no 'kiss, kiss, wait, we can't do that!' Katara just jerks away and looks pissed. I have seen no hints since 'The Headband' that she likes Aang In That Way and if Mike and Bryan want to end the series with that romance (which they might not, at this point, and I would be thrilled and impressed) they should be giving us clues that the female lead IS crushing on the male, even if he doesn't know.

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

That Katara likes Aang? Because they’ve been building that for two seasons, and they want to keep a little tension. It’s already been established in an incredibly anvilicious way. They’ve devoted entire A plots to it. Multiple times. Having more of that in season three would be redundant.

And it’s all a matter of perspective anyway. That scene could easily be read as Katara getting pissed because she really likes Aang but can’t deal with it and thus gets angry because she can’t face her own feelings.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Um, they've been anvillicious about Aang liking Katara, but since 'the headband' we haven't seen hints of Katara liking Aang. I'm not arguing about this because I don't ship them; I really think that if you're going to write a romance, you need to show hints that both sides like the other person. Otherwise, it's coming across like Naruto/Sakura or Sakura/Sasuke. Which would be fine - I just don't think that's what M & B are writing.

And I think M & B are good enough writers to make it clear to the viewers why Katara is pulling back even if Aang doesn't know, and the fact that they haven't, and I'm left with only the conclusion that she doesn't like him.... it's great writing if they're going to be fantastically awesome and have a pairing neutral ending, but less awesome if they're going to have this big romance resolution in the finale.

But we'll just have to wait twelve hours and see which way they jump. ^_^

[solace-adrift.livejournal.com]

I pretty much disagree with all your points, but I guess it’s a matter of perspective.

Twelve hours! (though I’m not going to be able to see it till tomorrow morning, which blows. But I’ll be back to discuss it then.)