Valar morghulis, bitches. If that episode is named "Weasel Stew" I may have a nerdgasm.

I totally bought it when I read it. It took a while to calm back down when that happened.

The subtext of that entrance scene seemed to be, "Give me ALL the Emmy's motherfuckers."

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I think they're sticking some of Jaime's Book 3 storyline into this season

-No, the CGI direwolf was not very convincing, but Jaime quietly shitting himself while it menaced him sure was.

While there probably is something to Rabin's starting premise about effeminate young men being "safe" fantasy objects for younger and older women, I find it a touch patronizing. The implication is that women who are attracted to men who don't meet to rigid standards of hegemonic masculinity are stunted and terrified…

I've heard this too. I think it's from an interview or a ComicCon panel or something. While Aang didn't physically age in the iceberg, he did burn up some of his extra years.

Good points, @avclub-146bc30c345d31f3468fec764a1970e1:disqus . It also makes sense to me given the fact that Republic City emerged out of the trauma of a 100 year imperialistic war perpetrated by a powerful bending dynasty.  It will be interesting to see what lessons this culture believes it has learned from what is,…

I don't think a canon explanation has ever been given for this. The pragmatic answer is that the producers couldn't wrap their heads around Aang having a female mentor.

I am glad to see that we're all in agreement here. My comment above was part confession as well as observation.

You've hit the nail on the head for me. I don't really give a shit about shipping, but I turn the finale off two minutes before the end, because gross. And I recognize that I'm a total hypocrite, because I too was kissing boys and thinking I was ready to get married in my tween years.

Exactly Lurky, and Azula's that kid who was performing original compositions with the symphony orchestra at age 10.

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I never even picked up on that!

I have a theory that all the Zuko shipping is a proxy for the viewer's shameful sexual attraction to a teenage cartoon character (voiced by a man in his mid-30's).

just to be clear, the word "prodigy" merely refers to someone who masters a skill much earlier in life than most people. While many prodigies do wind up being at the top of their particular field, it is not a pre-requisite. Many prodigies (for example, in classical music and dance) burn out early and/or become one of…

"You know, Sokka. I'm continually impressed with your ideas."

We didn't meet Roku until midway through Book 1, so I'm guessing it will take a while for Spirit Aang to show up. They've done an excellent job so far of differentiating the main character from him while still showing how his ghost sort of haunts the whole narrative. That scene where Korra is practically mesmerized by…

That's great. I would really like to see more of that training compound I'm guessing she essentially grew up on. That setting in and of itself is emblematic of the differences between Korra and Aang. I like the idea that Aang would have wanted the next Avatar to be trained in a controlled environment close to home,…

There are images of the official pro-bending rules out there, and in addition to what was shown in this ep, there are rules about how each element can be used. Fire and earth can't be used to strike at the head, for example. Water can only be drawn from the grates in the ring itself, not from the pool below (so no…