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Dutch Raikuna

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So today I learned that my older brother has actually watched ATLA.............twice.

My anime/cartoon hating older brother has watched it twice. Then he should at least try anime if he didn't disown me for going to get a coke.

Irepan.exe is malfunctioning.
 
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ATLA is genuinely a contender for the best cartoon of all time imo. I watched it three times and I'd watch it again.

So it's not surprising it would attract people who generally don't like animation.

Some media is just that good that they can garner an audience that's normally hostile to its genres and style. Better Call Saul balanced being a law drama and also being an engrossing experience, two things that normally can't coexist when my instant-gratification brain is around.
 
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It is amazing that ATLA is able to hold its own against popular anime of this year. Netflix I think has the most anime licences out of all major streaming services.
 
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I don't really like anime all too much, but I do like A:TLA. There's just something so.. mystical about it. Not sure what it is. I love pretty much everything about it, despite it definitely having anime-style quirks to it at times.

Doesn't help that all the characters are really well-rounded. Usually you get one or two good characters then some *really* bad characters. The Pokemon anime is a good example of that. It's not like that in ATLA, they're all central and likable in some way. I remember watching season 1 and 2 and I kept thinking to myself "Where is Suki?" then she finally made an appearance, lol. Definitely an underlooked character, IMO. We all know about Zuko and Sokka, what hasn't been said about those two?

It's the series that inspired me to take up writing as a hobby in my spare time. Not once did that show talk down to me at all. It treats it's audience with respect, instead of mindless idiots.
 
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I don't really like anime all too much, but I do like A:TLA. There's just something so.. mystical about it. Not sure what it is. I love pretty much everything about it, despite it definitely having anime-style quirks to it at times.
I have very specific tastes in anime(cough card game anime cough), but that’s about it for me tbh.
 

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I haven't watched ATLA since the finale originally aired on Nickelodeon all those years back (now I feel old). Definitely due for a rewatch at some point since I remember loving it.
 

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ATLA was able to tell a dark story in a fantasy world within the constraints of a children's narrative I call that very impressive.
 

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I need to rewatch all of ATLA, but I want to see LOK too.

Also, I don't think I'll be able to find all four seasons of Bakugan separately yet. Seeing the first season again is great. I think I missed the last season, 4, though? I remember Vestroia and Galarian or whatever somewhat well.
 

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LOK wasn't a bad series its just feels bad when you compare it to ALTA which set a high bar for both animation and storytelling.
 

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first season of LOK was great, up until that anticlimactic ending

the rest were meh, tho i liked the guy who said "Zhu-li, do the thing"
 

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It is amazing that ATLA is able to hold its own against popular anime of this year. Netflix I think has the most anime licences out of all major streaming services.
I've said this to my best friend.

Netflix has a great starter pack of anime for those who want to skim the waters and watch a few. For TV series you've got a great selection.

Examples like Death Note, Full Metal Alchemist, Little Witch Academia, Steins Gate and of course Violet Evergarden which was the one that convinced him.

I've seen ATLA and while it's been a long time since I've completely watched it solo, I do love the show and greatly respect it.
 

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Only a handful of popular anime shows interest me. Soul Eater's one of them, JoJo's another. The rest are ones I've been recommended by friends, and I'm certainly willing to give 'em a go because I've heard good things about 'em, including from said friends obv, but on the whole anime just isn't my preferred form of entertainment or animation. I prefer western animation on the whole. When it comes to anime I'll check out what others recommend from time to time, but I don't actively look for tons of new anime to watch. It just ain't really my thing.

I say this while I'm still binging RWBY which has anime influences like ATLA but also isn't actually an anime at all.
 

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Thought Exorcise: If a character was originally meant for one specific game, and then that game is cancelled or their role in it is scrapped, and they then get reused in another different game, do they count as a guest character?
 

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I never even finished Korra, I dropped it around halfway through. Which is a shame since I hear it really picked up in Season 3. But too little too late I suppose.

The one thing about that show that stuck with me was the terrible love triangle nonsense. It just felt like unnecessary drama a lot of the time.
 

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Thought Exorcise: If a character was originally meant for one specific game, and then that game is cancelled or their role in it is scrapped, and they then get reused in another different game, do they count as a guest character?
In a sense, yeah. Cause they aren't from one of the specific games being represented. They can also be just consider an OC for that game otherwise. Even if that's not the intended debut. Ruby Heart and Amingo are interesting ones. I forget which was meant for Darkstalkers. I think the other was made for Marvel VS Capcom?
 

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In a sense, yeah. Cause they aren't from one of the specific games being represented. They can also be just consider an OC for that game otherwise. Even if that's not the intended debut. Ruby Heart and Amingo are interesting ones. I forget which was meant for Darkstalkers. I think the other was made for Marvel VS Capcom?
We know for a fact that Ruby was a scrapped Darkstalkers character, but we have no idea where Amingo came from.
 

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We know for a fact that Ruby was a scrapped Darkstalkers character, but we have no idea where Amingo came from.
Ah, it was her then. Ruby could be considered a guest in a sense. Amingo appears to be made for it. Which is better than just a palette swap, though to be fair, I think Gold War Machine was based upon a proper variation of one of Iron Man's suits or something? Hyper Venom is Carnage reference or a specific variant from the comics, Bone Claw Wolverine is a real version of Wolverine, Shadow Lady is an actual character, etc. Only one I'm not sure on at all is Orange Hulk, as I don't think he had that color at any point?? I know there's other Hulk colors, though. MvC: Game of Clones :p
 

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LOK is fascinating to me because it is basically perfect aesthetically speaking. The art style, fight choreography and music are genuine 10/10's, at least for me.

It's weaker in the more important parts however, like parts of the plot being messy and breaking the suspension of disbelief (Like the big spirit battle at the end of Book 2, or the giant mecha in Book 4). Also so many of the characters are boring or forgettable, like Mako and Bolin.

But one thing I'll always defend it on is KorraSami. It's crazy to me how people continue to say it came out of nowhere when they started hinting at their relationship at the beginning of Book 3 ("I've never had a girlfriend before") and kept doing so until the finale. Granted, they could have been less subtle considering Aang and Katara was obvious since early Book 1.
 

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Only a handful of popular anime shows interest me. Soul Eater's one of them, JoJo's another. The rest are ones I've been recommended by friends, and I'm certainly willing to give 'em a go because I've heard good things about 'em, including from said friends obv, but on the whole anime just isn't my preferred form of entertainment or animation. I prefer western animation on the whole. When it comes to anime I'll check out what others recommend from time to time, but I don't actively look for tons of new anime to watch. It just ain't really my thing.

I say this while I'm still binging RWBY which has anime influences like ATLA but also isn't actually an anime at all.
I'm in the crowd of people who would want to convince others that anime isn't all fanservice or over the top insanity. That it can tell compelling stories with it. I made a PowerPoint of it just to convince an anime disliking friend that it ain't all bad which it did OK.

Some of my favourites and a classmates favourite stuff along with generally agreed stuff.

I respect all types of work for the most part, just the classic can't judge a book idea.
 

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Only a handful of popular anime shows interest me. Soul Eater's one of them, JoJo's another. The rest are ones I've been recommended by friends, and I'm certainly willing to give 'em a go because I've heard good things about 'em, including from said friends obv, but on the whole anime just isn't my preferred form of entertainment or animation. I prefer western animation on the whole. When it comes to anime I'll check out what others recommend from time to time, but I don't actively look for tons of new anime to watch. It just ain't really my thing.

I say this while I'm still binging RWBY which has anime influences like ATLA but also isn't actually an anime at all.
Please watch Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood once you finish Soul Eater

My favorite show of all time. It is perfection.
 

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So today I learned that my older brother has actually watched ATLA.............twice.

My anime/cartoon hating older brother has watched it twice. Then he should at least try anime if he didn't disown me for going to get a coke.

Irepan.exe is malfunctioning.
cause it’s Avatar
first season of LOK was great, up until that anticlimactic ending

the rest were meh, tho i liked the guy who said "Zhu-li, do the thing"
Book 3 was a ****ing banger. Easily in the top 3 best Avatar books of all time (hell I’d outing it among some of the best storylines in the entire franchise)
I never even finished Korra, I dropped it around halfway through. Which is a shame since I hear it really picked up in Season 3. But too little too late I suppose.

The one thing about that show that stuck with me was the terrible love triangle nonsense. It just felt like unnecessary drama a lot of the time.
You get no love triangles from Book 3 to Book 4 and all the current Korra comics
 

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I never even finished Korra, I dropped it around halfway through. Which is a shame since I hear it really picked up in Season 3. But too little too late I suppose.

The one thing about that show that stuck with me was the terrible love triangle nonsense. It just felt like unnecessary drama a lot of the time.
Yeah they should’ve spent less time on that and the confusing sport nonsense and focused more on fleshing out the half-baked Amon and bender/non-bender conflict.

Book 3 was a ****ing banger. Easily in the top 3 best Avatar books of all time (hell I’d outing it among some of the best storylines in the entire franchise)
Fair enough but I shouldn’t have to stomach two subpar seasons (aka half the show) to get to the good stuff. I don’t think a good series would do that.
 

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Now square up.
Challenge accepted

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*picks the GOAT of fight themes*

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Trying to decide on a pfp that isn't an anime girl or a landscape pic.

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That's hard.
 

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You have a Liberal arts degree? Would you tell me about it? I want to learn about the liberal arts independently but there are all sorts of things I have to study so it can get confusing for me.
International Relations. Rather than inter-state actors in standard political science, it focuses on countries and non-government organizations (United Nations) as the actors.

Obviously a lot of political science classes were required, but so were history, philosophy, and languages. Was able to combine it with my Japanese minor so I was able to graduate within 4 years. I remember taking classes focused on behavioral theory, aid relief, NGOs, terrorism, Cold War history, Middle Eastern history, etc. There was a surprising amount of math and analytics involved in a few of my upper level courses; make sure you know Algebra.

Haven't found a direct job using it but at least from what my parents/professors have told me, Liberal Arts more or less trains you to learn and critically think to take on a variety of tasks as opposed to specific fields like engineering, teaching, etc. A jack of all trades like a business degree. That's not to say though you can't get into a specific field; My Dad has a Masters in teaching art but was at an insurance company for 30 years.
 

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There's two types of Zachmac avatars.

There's dragon avatars, because dragons.

Or there's "I just played a new game / bingewatched a show recently and loved one of the characters".

Guess which type of avatar I have right now.
 
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I use images of characters I like as my avatars.

I usually change when I'm no longer content with what I'm using, ago bored with it, or just want to use something new or different.

I tend to have a harder time picking out new avatars nowadays since I'm kinda picky on what screenshots or fanart I use anymore. It's gotta be just right to be avatar material.
 

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I just have my avatar set as whatever. My avatar is Grimm right now since I'm loving Hollow Knight, and he's my favorite character.
 
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