The second definitely suffered from being a miniseries, but I'm not convinced some of the fault of that shouldn't lie on the fans. Naturally, we shouldn't expect the world to be so carefully and smoothly fleshed out in 12 episodes as it was in 36. Particularly since this one is, in ways, far more political.
I didn't actually mind the shipping part. I think it played an important part - looking into what it was like for an Avatar to just live their life. I mean, Aang was so incredibly removed from the world. First as the avatar, second by being a boy out of time, and third by being hunted and always on the move.
I like that they're not taking the same route, and are exploring the idea of being so apart from everyone but, at the same time, a teenage girl.
It's also being handled really, really well. Take Bolin, for instance, who could have so easily been turned into the Nice Guyâ„¢, but instead actually ends up as the appropriate role model for how you should act as a friend in that situation. I was impressed.
Granted, I don't want the whole series to be them switching partners nonstop. But I don't mind what we've seen so far.
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There are already so many jokes about his name. The "Wan" and only Avatar. The "Wan" who started it all. "Wan" of a kind. Etc.
Edited, Jul 19th 2013 11:47am by idiggory
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