Rapture Inside Of Me Is On The Rise

[redbrunja]

*waves*

Hey all. In case any of you were wondering, I vanished for five days to go down to Kumori Con and visit pzb. (Con report to follow, when I... want to actually write coherently, instead of just meme-ing.) I had a fabulous time, except for the train ride back (it took fourteen hours from the Amtrack station in Eugene to my house - to give you perspective, I can go from Eugene to Bellingham -which is  further away than my hometown- in eight hours HITTING TRAFFIC IN PORTLAND, TACOMA AND SEATTLE.)

So, now, last friday's fannish5fannish5:

 Name 5 characters you think are often misunderstood by fans.

1.) Katara. The people who think she's a vicious, irrational bitch are the worst, but I'm not pleased with the people who treat her like a perfect sweet healer girl who can do no wrong.

2.) Uchiha Itachi. (To be fair, I think 3/4 of the problem is caused by Kishimoto). Look, fans, I don't care how pretty he is. He killed. his. entire. family. and then emotionally tortured his little brother and oh let's not forget about when he TORTURED KAKASHI FOR FORTY-EIGHT HOURS IN KAKASHI'S HEAD.

(I'd add in Sakura, except that if I don't read fics who don't treat her better than Kishimoto does.)

3.) Inara. I think most of the people who call her boring aren't paying attention.

4.) Toph. You love her? Fine. But don't act like she's perfect and made of pure awesome. (Again, I think the creators are to blame for a lot of this.)

5.) Jareth. Is not a fluffy little elf boyfriend. He is hot like burning, though.

Comments

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

So much word.

I went back and forth on Toph a lot watching the show, and then fandom made me go permanantly back.

And SO MUCH of Jareth's hotness comes from how creepy he was.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

*nods* I hear that. For me, the odd moments of bitchiness and conflict are part of what made Kat and Toph so refreshingly *real* -- they weren't one-note sweetness-and-light all the time, Kat wasn't the stereotypical nurturing healer chick who's utterly helpless in a fight, and Toph for all her tomboyish badass snark had moments of vulnerability and insecurity. They weren't perfect, sometimes they lost their tempers, made bad decisions...in other words, they acted like three-dimensional human beings instead of cardboard cutouts. And I really, really liked how their relationship was awkward and conflicted at times: in too many series, it would have gone in one of two ways: "ooh, we're going to be best friends forever, because we're both girls!" or "we're going to be bitchy, catty backstabbing rivals forever, because we're both girls". The way it was set up, Kat seemed to have unrealistic expectations at first that there'd be all that girl-bonding going on, but then the reality of the big differences in their ages, personality types, etc. deflated that fantasy pretty quickly; with time, I think they both came to have more respect and understanding of each other as individuals, but they were just so very different that I'd have trouble ever seeing those two being totally buddy-buddy. (I'm a little sad we didn't get to see more Kat/Suki interactions once she joined the Gaang, OTOH, because in terms of age and interests and personality I think there could have been a lot more potential compatibility for a serious friendship there; whereas Toph strikes me as the "one of the guys" sorts who's probably going to form friendships more readily with boys.)

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

All I can say is:

Word.

Kat/Suki interactions once she joined the Gaang, OTOH, because in terms of age and interests and personality I think there could have been a lot more potential compatibility for a serious friendship there; whereas Toph strikes me as the "one of the guys" sorts who's probably going to form friendships more readily with boys.)

Yes! I would have loved to see that so very much.