redbrunja: (See Who I Am (Katara))
redbrunja ([personal profile] redbrunja) wrote2009-04-17 11:23 pm

Wow, Way To Suck

Secret Post 833:

120: I don't care what you ship, but Katara is not anyone's girl. She's her own person with her own arc. She's certainly not a fucking prize to be handed off to some boy and the fact that she was treated as such is a massive flaw in the finale. (And oh, if I may be bitchy? What does it say about your pairing that it makes more sense for her to fight next to the character who supported her through some of her best character development and NOT the child you'd like to pair her with?)

In the words of secret 111: I love this ship.

114: this secret is totally made of word, only I found it funny and was not sick and betrayed by the latest chapter.

113: Wow, massive humanity fail.

154: I bet you fifty buck somone is writing Jacuzzi/Nice porn, and I want to read it.



strange_quark: (a:tla: k/z - comrades in arms)

[personal profile] strange_quark 2009-04-18 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
120: The "retarded" thing gets to me. I'm 90% certain that it wouldn't be phrased that way if all the ship wank hadn't started in the first place, but really? It's like that FedEx arrow thing: some people see the subtext, some people don't, but if you don't see the subtext it doesn't mean it's not there, and if you do see the subtext it doesn't mean you're smarter or a more perceptive person. Not everyone sees things the same way, and that's perfectly fine. That is the way of literary analysis. Get the fuck over it. Jesus!

But no. For all the intelligent, well-read, analytical people who ship Zuko/Katara, and for all well-written, interesting, true-to-character fanfiction the ship has, CLEARLY WE ARE ALL RETARDED. Well, at least NOW WE KNOW, because this one person has decided that for us.

And I have another objection to that secret: Katara was supposed to go with Aang, AND DO WHAT, EXACTLY? There's nothing she could have done, because she can't fly. So... she was supposed to be sitting on the sideline. Supporting her man. Like a good woman should. Has this person been paying attention to Katara's character arc at all?

But no, we're the retarded ones, apparently.

If the ship is threatened by her being with another man during the finale, then it's not as strong as it should be.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 10:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It's like that FedEx arrow thing: some people see the subtext, some people don't, but if you don't see the subtext it doesn't mean it's not there, and if you do see the subtext it doesn't mean you're smarter or a more perceptive person.

Exactly. I mean, there are some pairings that I just cannot see the subtext for and that I totally do not think can be in character, that does not mean ANYTHING AT ALL about the people who DO ship it.

But no. For all the intelligent, well-read, analytical people who ship Zuko/Katara, and for all well-written, interesting, true-to-character fanfiction the ship has, CLEARLY WE ARE ALL RETARDED. Well, at least NOW WE KNOW, because this one person has decided that for us.

I feel so grateful, don't you?

o... she was supposed to be sitting on the sideline. Supporting her man. Like a good woman should. Has this person been paying attention to Katara's character arc at all?

yeah, apparently Avatar was supposed to be a crappy shonen written by the cursed love-child of KT and Kishimoto.

If the ship is threatened by her being with another man during the finale, then it's not as strong as it should be.

Especially since her ship ONLY ENDED UP TOGETHER in the end. I don't buy that cann>fanon crap, but sweet jesus, enjoy the scenes of them kissing, you know? God knows if the situation was reversed I would be.
Edited 2009-04-18 22:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] strange_quark 2009-04-18 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Exactly. I mean, there are some pairings that I just cannot see the subtext for and that I totally do not think can be in character, that does not mean ANYTHING AT ALL about the people who DO ship it.

I can usually be persuaded to see the validity of a pairing, but then again there are somethings I just don't see. But you're absolutely right, it has NOTHING to do with the people who like the ship.

I feel so grateful, don't you?

Oh, definitely. I was having a crisis about this very thing, but now that I know, I can move on with my life! I love it when people decide these kinds of things for me!

yeah, apparently Avatar was supposed to be a crappy shonen written by the cursed love-child of KT and Kishimoto.

Oh God oh God ohGodohGod. For all my issues with the finale, thank the good lord it wasn't that.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
I can usually be persuaded to see the validity of a pairing, but then again there are somethings I just don't see.

Same. And then I was have that one or two pairings where I am just like - no. World of no.

yeah, apparently Avatar was supposed to be a crappy shonen written by the cursed love-child of KT and Kishimoto.

Oh God oh God ohGodohGod. For all my issues with the finale, thank the good lord it wasn't that.


Yeah, I love it when people tear down good shows and try to make them bad shows- like attempting to argue that Soul Eater is more sexist than Naruto. (Let me explain all the ways that doesn't work, sweetheart.)
strange_quark: (naruto: itachi - don't make me)

[personal profile] strange_quark 2009-04-18 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I love it when people tear down good shows and try to make them bad shows- like attempting to argue that Soul Eater is more sexist than Naruto. (Let me explain all the ways that doesn't work, sweetheart.)

Ffff I've read a total of three chapters of the manga and even I know that's not true.

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2009-04-18 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, but you subscribe to earth logic.