Good to know.

I read that was because foreign markets (namely China) would drop the show. Ditto for a possible but shut down gay character in Gravity Falls. But I can't find a link now, so I don't know if I'm conflating those stories, or forgetting something, or what.

Fair enough.

Can I regift this?

Like Beyond Belief, but with inventing.

I think it says more about how underrepresented women and LGBT characters are in this genre than the show itself. If you go a year without chocolate, and then someone hands you a chocolate bar and a bag of Skittles, which are you more excited about?

I can see why those first comments put you off, but trust me, the last two seasons have appealed to non-weirdoes too! At least judging by my facebook feed.

This episode made me sad I got too tired coming up with new things for that gimmick. It was a fun one for shipping.

I loved how Sato had one of the most predictable deaths of all time and I still felt for it. It was such a well done moment.

I like the sentiment, but spare a little care for ZhuVarrick please.

A little below that, since they were still too afraid to pull the trigger, and because it's not like gay characters aren't welcome elsewhere on TV, but that's a good thought.

I believe in a future where gay relationships finally become accepted enough to be shown even on Nickelodeon, and then people will look back and see this as a turning point. It was one onscreen kiss (or other canon confirmation) from being one of the best romances on all ages television. Damn stuck-up foreign markets…

I loved loved loved Varrick's proposal, the best possible cap to that running gag. I died laughing on the outside while my heart was crying with joy on the inside.

I was thinking during the show how cool the city fight was, and wondering why I was so more okay with this than Man of Steel, Avengers, etc. My answer is not only does being animated help it feel less "real", but also the show spent two episodes evacuating people, and sufficiently raised the stakes so building…

Water: B+
Earth: A
Fire: A+

Follow me on twitter, see a photo of me and my brothers watching the finale together. Back in 2005 (5!) this was one of the first shows me and my closest brother watched religiously, recording every episode on DVR, enduring unending waits between episodes. Avatar is a big part of why I'm into serialized TV, and on…

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I'd hardly call a valid comparison "devolving" though. Maybe the prequels are overrused as a reference point for bad storytelling, but he still was using it to make a valid comparison as an analytic point.

That's a good point, I apologize. But I stand by my second clause.

Because you still judge all new black music by what little bits of it you've heard, and you act like a single authority on what counts as the "advancement" of their culture, when you're just one guy who's not even part of it.