@avclub-0d88c6193f1a828ef949c4d7fd6f5431:disqus This may very well be a case of preference. I just have a hard time with the argument that if the writing was good, we wouldn't be arguing about anything. I study literature, and it's my experience that great writing always provokes intense discussion and controversy.…

@avclub-0d88c6193f1a828ef949c4d7fd6f5431:disqus This may very well be a case of preference. I just have a hard time with the argument that if the writing was good, we wouldn't be arguing about anything. I study literature, and it's my experience that great writing always provokes intense discussion and controversy.…

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus Fair enough, but I will note that your own comment re: needing to calm the fuck down is basically the same thing. That is not a comment designed to tell people they're wrong, its one telling them to shut up.

@avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus Fair enough, but I will note that your own comment re: needing to calm the fuck down is basically the same thing. That is not a comment designed to tell people they're wrong, its one telling them to shut up.

In addition to what @avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus says, taking technology developed for military use and selling it as a commercial product is pretty much a hallmark of twentieth century modernization.

In addition to what @avclub-7cbaf9384cf3835106bf2f444c0bcf65:disqus says, taking technology developed for military use and selling it as a commercial product is pretty much a hallmark of twentieth century modernization.

Haha. That's not what the MLA Convention is, but I can see how one would think that.

Haha. That's not what the MLA Convention is, but I can see how one would think that.

I like both @avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus and @avclub-bb7e53ad8914adfe7cee9bf39bff7308:disqus 's readings. I'm not that invested in The Promise expect for the way it contextualizes both series, but you both make some really persuasive points about what works and what doesn't.

I like both @avclub-71348decaf1df2bb85be2ece24cc2a1d:disqus and @avclub-bb7e53ad8914adfe7cee9bf39bff7308:disqus 's readings. I'm not that invested in The Promise expect for the way it contextualizes both series, but you both make some really persuasive points about what works and what doesn't.

Ok, actually, I had this tremendously well thought-out post about the Avatar State and how dour this fandom can get with all of this, but my browser fucking crashed and Disquis ate it. I will attempt to reconstruct:

Ok, actually, I had this tremendously well thought-out post about the Avatar State and how dour this fandom can get with all of this, but my browser fucking crashed and Disquis ate it. I will attempt to reconstruct:

No YOU are.

No YOU are.

@avclub-951d3e731b6b2ac1e93cbba6e1b68e80:disqus  It certainly helps with the whole squick factor.

@avclub-951d3e731b6b2ac1e93cbba6e1b68e80:disqus  It certainly helps with the whole squick factor.

So, the fact that Kataang produced three viable offspring didn't kill it off?

So, the fact that Kataang produced three viable offspring didn't kill it off?

LoveWaffle, until I took a second look, I was pretty sure you were making a sex joke.

LoveWaffle, until I took a second look, I was pretty sure you were making a sex joke.