I Am A Delicate Blossom, Unsuited For Public Transportation

[redbrunja]

Took the train back to college.

Everything was fine, and the train even got in early, but I have to admit, I am totally spoiled from having a car (because of mom's car breaking down, I don't have a car at the moment, although that might change tomorrow). See, I don't like, you know, waiting (especially when it's cold and I forgot my jacket) and I took my huge suitcase because, you know, I thought that I would be driving back, and I just get so impatient when I have to, like, wait while other people get off the bus and how the bus doesn't deposit me directly at my front door.

Also, did I completely miss something while not reading Bleach, but do Ishida and Orihime like each other? Interact at all? (Context is #119)

Comments

[strange_quark]

Ah, okay, that explains it.

Do people do that? Sweet jesus. I actually broke up with Avatar fandom because of the way they hated on Katara for how she tried Zuko. (Oh my god, he betrayed her and got one of her best friends killed? And she didn't treat him nice as pie? That whore!)

I don't think so. At least, most people I know in the Zuko/Katara fandom don't. It was just an example.

I dropped out of the general Avatar fandom, too. I watch the Zutara comms to look for new fic or art, but I am so Goddamn sick of the ship wank in Avatar. People can not be fucking rational about it. With few exceptions, it was like being around children. I don't like Kataang or Maiko, but I could understand other people liking it and be respectful. The same courtesy was rarely extended to me, and I was fed up.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

I totally understand. It's like, I wish people would keep their venem in thier own lj (I know I do) and also, stop telling me to stop being bitter (in my own lj).

[strange_quark]

Someone came on your own LJ and said that? Wow, that's low. Like, I'm all for having a dialogue, even with people who disagree with me, even on my own LJ, but you've got be respectful of other people's views, especially in their own territory.

Then again, this is the internet, the usual rules of conduct seem to be pretty much void here.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

What made it way more awkward was the fact that there was (are) about three people on my flist who hate how much I hate Aang, two of which I know in real life. So that adds a whole new dynamic to it - because I AM still bitter and angry with what happened with Aang and I DON'T like him, and I think my lj is one of the few places I can just let those emotions be unmuzzled, but on the other, I really don't want to lose people I know and like because of one character on one show.

[strange_quark]

Well, it's one thing if you're saying, "Aang's a terrible character and I dislike him." It's another to say "Aang's a terrible character and I dislike him and I think anyone who likes him is an idiot." If you'd said the second one, I can see where a person might take issue, but I haven't seen you say something like that. As it is, it's your blog, it's sort of the place for that kind of thing. Rather here than elsewhere, really.

I wish a person could say "I think that there were a lot of things wrong with the finale and that the ending ships were poorly written" without being labeled as a "bitter Zutarian." I do ship Katara/Zuko. I was disappointed with how the finale was written (I was disappointed with a lot of s3, come to that). But honestly? If I'd written the finale I wouldn't have stuck Katara with anyone. Mai, either, and I say Mai because the Mai/Zuko ending mostly weirded me out on her end: what, all of her problems with Zuko suddenly disappeared? He left her to rot in prison. I don't like her much and I love him, but it's a little bit of a dick move.

If it were up to me, only Sokka/Suki would be canon, because it is the only one I find to be believably written.

But if I express these views, I am just bitter and angry and a crazy shipper. If I point out that I also shipped Katara/Aang until the middle of s3, people think I'm lying. (BOTH Zutara AND Kataang? NOT POSSIBLE!)

tl;dr: I fucking hate this fandom.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

As it is, it's your blog, it's sort of the place for that kind of thing. Rather here than elsewhere, really.


*nods* And it's hard not to be frusted with my friends, because I would say that my LJ is just about the only place to let my Aang-hate go - it's not like I would on general comms or their livejournal.

I wish a person could say "I think that there were a lot of things wrong with the finale and that the ending ships were poorly written" without being labeled as a "bitter Zutarian."

Yes. Word. I knew Kataang was going to happen, and was just fine with it for most of the show, until Aang totally got a cop out deux ex machina and then the creators gave a break-up level problem to their main pairing and then never answered it.

Frankly, if I shipped Kataang, I would be so PISSED that we never got to find out what was holding Katara back, or what changed her mind.