I am going to regret this, but:

[fahye]

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Sell it to me, friends list. Be as profuse and/or long-winded as you wish, but be warned: this will require AU$70 or so worth of selling, according to Amazon, and I do not part with sums like that lightly.

Comments

[hobviously.livejournal.com]

It is made out of joy.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

*dubious*

$70 worth of joy? That is a lot of joy.

[hobviously.livejournal.com]

I've given it $180+ of joy.

So, yes.

[whatimages.livejournal.com]

Avatar is made 100% of joy and glee. It never sucks. Ever. Everything makes sense and is narratively coherent and well-characterized. The characters themselves are endearing without being ingratiatingly so, and they make mistakes and screw up and have flaws and their screw ups have consequences. It's omg epic! and moving at the same time. There is mythic destiny, and hilarious dialogue and it never takes anything too seriously. And there is a ten tonne flying bison. What's not to love?

I can come up with more reasons if you give me a minute

(I could probably also burn things to disc and send them to you, if you want)

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I love omg epic! animated stuff. X/1999 was - probably still is - my favourite anime for years because it's very epic. And awesome.

Buuuurning. IMRY IS ALSO TOO GOOD. Erm. Possible coordination with pdls is required.

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

It had me at:

You want to go penguin sledding with me?

Avatar is both child-like and adult at the same time. It deals with drama and silliness in a way that I haven't seen in a lot of cartoon shows.

I think you can test drive some episodes on the official website if you're not sure, but I'm telling you that you won't regret picking it up.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

It sounds like the kind of thing that my sister and I would both go nuts over, which is why I'm considering getting the DVDs - I'd like to watch it with her.

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

I've been catching episodes as they've been repeated on Nickelodeon, but I've missed a bunch.

At some point I'm going to pick up the DVDs for no other reason than I think the people who made the show should be rewarded for making a quality program.

[liminalliz.livejournal.com]

Well, we don't have to sell you on watching a cartoon - which is the major hurtle that non-cartoon-watchers have to pass before getting to the good stuff, so YAY. *shoves that argument to the side as it is NOT NEEDED*

SO. AVATAR.

IT HAS:
- a highly coherent and very complex plot of GREAT HEROICS that is just something that all of us genre-loving fools fall madly in love with and enjoy. YOU WILL NOT BE LET DOWN BY THE STORYTELLING. IT IS BRILLIZANT.

- the characters are extremely likeable and there are many of them and they are well fleshed out and interesting and you want to see more of them and always

- the main character, who is the future SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, doesn't have an issue with his Messiah-ness. He just wants to know if he gets the girl of his dreams. He's also 12 and adorable and you just want to follow him despite his youth.

- the style of fighting is ever-so-watchable and if you obsess over fighting styles - which I do not - this is a show to watch and be obsessive over

- the writing is genius

- the villains are worthy and enjoyable in their own ways

- the humor is PERFECT. my biggest issue with Japanimation is that the humor doesn't work for me; this show makes me laugh so very very hard

- this show has also made me cry. often. over dead babies and stuff that happens to MY BELOVED APPA (which is the lead character's familiar - a part manatee/part bison).

- Avatar is slowly claiming the hearts of all the px. As a Logan, you have to at least try it.

It's worth the cash. I promise you.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

writing is genius

Uh oh.

All resistance...fading...

[memlu.livejournal.com]

THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY.

[memlu.livejournal.com]

But then I realized how much money I've spent on this series and its merchandise, SO NE'ERMIND.

Um! It's held a place in my heart since it premiered waywayway back in February of 2005, which is a long time for me. It's sweet and funny and surprisingly tragic and the characters make me soso happy. The animation is lovely, in still moments and in the fight scenes (which are RIDICULOUSLY FABULOUS), and I wish they would release a soundtrack, I wish this more than anything.

Also, slowly but surely, everyone on my f-list is watching it! Even those who swore they never would.

IT IS INEVITABLE.

(But that's still a lot of money.)

[fahye.livejournal.com]

MEM IS THE VOICE OF SANITY

*clings*

It's DVD set + conversion to Australian dollars + postage to Australia, which is of course as far away as possible from both the US and the UK.

However, I have friends who believe in the necessity of sometimes engaging in acts of piracy, so we may be avoiding that obstacle.

[memlu.livejournal.com]

Like - I love this series! It is probably my favorite cartoon ever! I want it to NEVER END EVER.

But that is still a lot of money.

So, yes. There are times when piracy is the lesser of two evils!

[girlbruce.livejournal.com]

I may know of a place where you could "ahem" some episodes to try it out.

/vagueness

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I think my monthly aheming limit is already rather threatened by BSG, Grey's and Torchwood. Alas.

[jadengreen36.livejournal.com]

They all sold it to me (especially rawles ) and I bought it off of Amazon (dumb eBayers were paying much more) for myself children*cough* as one of their holiday gifts.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I think my sister would like it, but my family does not go in for $70 Christmas gifts, so I can't really use her as an excuse.

[bantha-fodder.livejournal.com]

EXCUSE ME.

I ALREADY SOLD YOU TO PRETENDER.

AND IT WILL COST LESS.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

...WHAT DO YOU MEAN LESS. Four seasons! *stares at Amazon*

But I HAVE been sold on it. But I don't like to buy things without watching them first. Arghncnsiducxncufdysnsdrama.

I assume we cannot resort to piracy.

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

Everyone has said all sorts of smart AND CONVINCING things already, so I will not bother to attempt coherence. I will instead spam you with icons!

For example, this is an icon of the titular character. He is young, and also can fly. I ENVY THAT. THE FLYING. NOT THE YOUTH. But he is, despite his avatarness, also an adorable ten-year-old.

[voleuse.livejournal.com]

This is Sokka. I have loved Sokka from the very first episode, and my love has only grown in LEAPS AND BOUNDS. He is clever, and has no special powers. He is sarcastic. He is brave. (This icon kind of makes it look like he is running away from danger. BUT NO. He is running toward adventure!) He is silly. And he can also speak in haiku.

[glamaphonic]

IT IS THE GREATEST THING THAT EVER WAS.

THE END.

Oh, Fahye. The irony of this.

YOU WERE THE FIRST PERSON I TOLD ABOUT AVATAR WHEN I COULD KEEP IT TO MYSELF NO LONGER.

[fahye.livejournal.com]

I KNOW, RAWLES. I KNOW.

I have been sitting watching my flist become ever-more-enamoured and my curiosity is reaching breaking point.

[pathstotread.livejournal.com]

OH FAHYE. They've even got me watching now. It's a sickness, I tell you. *shakes fist*