Alright, let’s discuss Avatar: The Final Airbender as a result of I’ve A LOT of ideas.
I am a enormous Avatar: The Final Airbender fan. I am all the time the primary particular person to suggest the present to anybody who hasn’t seen it. I stayed up and binged the brand new live-action collection and loved each little bit of it — even the modifications the Netflix present made. In order for you a fan lady who may give you an in depth evaluation of why Zuko has the perfect character improvement of all time, I am your lady.
I even assume The Legend of Korra – the sequel collection that got here out a couple of years later – is enjoyable, too. Some individuals imagine TLOK is healthier than ATLA, however I am all the time an OG particular person, and I’ll love the primary collection perpetually.
And that final level, my pals, is why the brand new collection, Avatar: Seven Havens, actually issues me. Let’s get into it.
I am A Enormous Avatar Fan And Have Been For Years, And I am Actually Excited For The New Present
So, I need to begin this off by saying once more that I am an enormous fan of the present, and I’m enthusiastic about Avatar: Seven Havens, which bought the greenlight from Nickelodeon earlier this week, per THR.
I knew it was coming for some time. It was introduced some time in the past, and as somebody who loves to speak about something within the Avatar: The Final Airbender universe, I used to be the primary particular person to get excited after I knew there was a brand new collection coming with the unique creators behind it. How are you going to not?
What was even higher was that I knew it might cowl an Earth-bending-base Avatar as a result of it follows the conventional Avatar cycle. As somebody who loves the Earthbenders – and thinks Toph is kind of presumably the perfect feminine badass on the market – I used to be desirous to see this.
However the announcement got here…and I’ve to say I am a little involved.
However I am Not Positive About This Two-Season Order
Avatar: The Final Airbender was three seasons, and The Legend of Korra was 4. Say what you need about both venture or any filler, however as a long-time fan who has rewatched these collection numerous instances, I totally imagine that each present wanted that variety of episodes to inform the story successfully. I actually couldn’t think about what they’d have performed if ATLA had solely two seasons or TLOK had solely three.
Because of this I’m so confused concerning the two-season order for Avatar: Seven Havens.
Do not get me mistaken—as somebody who has learn the ATLA comics, I do assume the writers behind the present can inform an efficient story in a small timeframe. Nevertheless, the premise they gave us makes me actually iffy about this.
In Avatar: Seven Havens, based on the logline from Nickelodeon, we’re taken right into a world that has been “shattered by a devastating cataclysm” that was attributable to the earlier Avatar, Korra (RIP now, I suppose). Now, the Avatar is seen as “humanity’s destroyer” and never the savior. This new Avatar, an Earthbending lady, is hunted by “human and spirit enemies,” and now she and her long-lost twin should work collectively with a view to stop the collapse of society.
I am sorry, what?
You are telling me that in two seasons, with solely 26 episodes whole, every a half-hour lengthy, we are going to one way or the other inform this story successfully, not rush it, and be sure that characters are developed flawlessly in a world that’s fully totally different from the ATLA universe that we already know?
I genuinely don’t assume that’s potential.
Granted, THR reviews that that is the “preliminary order,” so maybe there could possibly be extra seasons which can be deliberate however simply have not been ordered but. However that genuinely makes me so nervous, as a result of this appears like an epic grand story, and Nickelodeon solely giving them two seasons throws me off.
I Need To Belief The Creators, However It is A Little Regarding With How Properly-Laid Out The First Present Was
In truth, I do belief the creators. Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko have by no means actually steered me mistaken personally, and so they’ve been engaged on this for years. I may marvel what is going on on of their mind for hours and nonetheless not grasp their brilliance.
However on the identical time… I am anxious about my favourite franchise ever.
Avatar: The Final Airbender means a lot to me, not simply as an animation however as a chunk of artwork. The present itself is crafted superbly, and the primary collection has a narrative that’s actually inconceivable to copy. It is the form of present I’d want to rewatch completely blind for the primary time to rediscover my love for it yet again. I do know that some have a robust connection to Korra as properly…and I actually hope that this may be the case for Seven Havens.
Nevertheless, it is laborious for lightning to strike twice, not to mention thrice.
We dwell in a world the place the whole lot feels so rushed these days with the pacing of TV exhibits and extra. I do not need ATLA to fall into that entice. Here is hoping that Seven Havens claws its approach out of that and is really one to recollect. If not…I do not know the way I am going to survive.