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Lee / L1ty / L1t | 17 | Male | He/they | Diagnosed ASD | INFP-T
| Anti-AI | Asexual and Oriented Aroace
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Noticing something whenever I write for myself. I'm not sure if it has an official or widely reconized term but I like to call it...
The "Ping-Pong" Effect:
ATLA dialogue often features characters interrupting each other or finishing sentences, but with a distinct rhythm where one character's line triggers a specific physical reaction in the other.
They also tend to deliever dialogue like a script beat. Not much room for pauses, very little stuttering or messing up their words. With the pacing of various dialogue scenes especially, I noticed that every character seems rather eager to say their line. Probably has something to do with fitting action, quieter moments and story beats into 20-ish minutes.
Look how much talking there is around the 1:25 and onwards mark.
Animatic for Hama of the Water Tribe, Bloodbender, after she frees herself from the Fire Nation prison.
Music by Jorge Rivera-Herrans - Get in the Water, from EPIC the Musical, song cover by Morgan Clae
[Video Description:
Get in the water: Hama faces a Fire Nation soldier at the beach under the light of a full moon. Face tired, almost impassive, she tells him to get in the water.
Tides so high: She reaches her hand up to the moonlit sky and the waves of the sea around her start to roil.
Her actions in time with the music, she threatens and bloodbends the soldier to step closer to the sea. He shouts no, and Hama sends a wall of water up around them. Hama forces him to kneel and sends the water over the soldier, and the final shots are from his POV as the water rises and covers his vision. ]
Jet, Smellerbee, Jin, Longshot and Xuan, the Ba Sing Se gang...
Jet survives Lake Laogai, joins the Silver Fangs (though they consider him a liability as he can still be too impulsive), and is present for the major events with his best friends, and new allies.
Imagine Jet seeing the Day of the Black Sun, and Sozin's comet. Imagine him facing off against the Rough Rhinos and Colonel Mongke, his parent's killer.
Imagine him finally getting some semblance of peace, with a little found family. Imagine him finally finding out, alongside Jin, "yo Lee the teashop guy is the fucking fire lord now?"
Narratively Jet's death served nothing, by the way. It could've, given the backdrop of war and the severity of official brutality. And yet, they wrote him in... tossed him out... and the only time he gets mentioned again (not even in the comics) is to tell Katara she sounds as vengeful as him, and for a throwaway joke. ("yknow, it was really unclear")
Complete disrespect, missed potential.
Jet living and being given the chance to work through his pain is not only narratively more satisfyng, but aligns with arcs ATLA is known for.
Fucking Ozai got treated with more dignity and sympathy than victims like Jet, Hama and Azula.
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Anyway.
Yeah, just entertain the Ba Sing Se pentad for me. The BSS Sqaud.