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Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers
(Anonymous)
2012-04-14 06:05 pm UTC (link)

Capslock_ATLA makes a post (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html) featuring a short clip from Legend of Korra, wherein Aang/Katara grandkids Ikki and Jinora tease Korra (our new waterbending avatar) for maybe kinda sorta liking Mako (her firebending acquaintance). (Here is the clip in question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHsHq4cJp-A)

aiffe jokingly concludes that Mike and Bryan are apologizing for Zutara (Zuko/Katara) not happening by making Makorra (Mako/Korra) canon. (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34908418#t34908418) Numerous users disagree (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34928386#t34928386) (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34912514#t34912514). Some disagree vehemently (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34908930#t34908930).

dietotaku appears to give her opinion (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34919682#t34919682).

dorknessrising questions (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34930178#t34930178) dietotaku's need for her ship to be canonly plausible. dietotaku whines about AUs and Death of the Author (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34929410#t34929410) and how "It just isn't the saaaaaaame!" (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34929410#t34929410). buglarcat offers (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34936578#t34936578) a helpful suggestion. saori1f insists that Zutara isn't a crackship (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34942978#t34942978).

dietokatu insists (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34927874#t34927874) that really, she doesn't want an apology from Mike and Bryan and besides Zutara fans write Zutara better anyway. Also Mike and Bryan suck at writing believable romance (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34924802#t34924802). dorknessrising continues to challenge her and dietotaku doubts dorkness's claim (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34938114#t34938114) that she is a Zutarian herself.

It is then revealed that dorknessrising is actually dietokatu's former Zutarian BFF rachelthedemon (who has since distanced herself from diet and the larger Zutarian fanbase). dietotaku's reaction is basically, "YOU BITCH! YOU BETRAYED ME! I'M GOING TO GO BURN OUR FRIENDSHIP BRACELET!" (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34939650#t34939650).

Meanwhile sadladybug continues to assert (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34940162#t34940162) (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34934018#t34934018) that Mike and Bryan are unprofessional jerks.

saori1f bemoans (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34940930#t34940930) that Makorra will never be as epic as Zutara.

The wank concludes with yukinoomoni expressing mild disappointment (http://capslock-atla.livejournal.com/1158658.html?thread=34926594#t34926594) that Korra won't be a lesbian.

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-14 08:24 pm UTC (link)
	Since Korra acts like Aang and is Aang's reincarnation and Mako is "Zuko", wouldn't Korra/Mako really be Aang/Zuko 2.0? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-15 04:42 am UTC (link)
	Since Korra is more like Toph and Mako is more like Mai, it's really Toph/Mai 2.0! EVERYBODY WINS NOW (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-15 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	You'd think. But apparently the Fire/Water thing overrides their actual personalities. (Reply to this)(Parent)

Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers
(Anonymous)
2012-04-15 04:49 am UTC (link)

Semi-related, something awesome from Bryan's tumblr: http://bryankonietzko.tumblr.com/post/21088765156/

He drew Naga (Korra's FEMALE polarbear-dog) in a tux, for the premiere. And he included this comment:

P.S. Ha! I knew there would be people responding, “Why isn’t she wearing a dress?” What is this, 1950? Because she wanted to be twinsies with Bolin, because a black & white tuxedo looks great on a black & white polar bear-dog, and because she isn’t bound by social constructs. And I don’t share her taste for musicals, but she is a fan of Cabaret.

LOVE IT

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	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-16 04:00 pm UTC (link)
	oh god dietotaku please fall off a cliff and die kthx (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-16 06:40 pm UTC (link)
	Kinda unrelated, but wasn't rachelthedemon part of Fandom Wank? the username sounds so familiar (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-16 07:00 pm UTC (link)
	She was, yes. Left in a huff a few years ago, though. Normally, I'd laugh at the irony, but I'm too distracted by the double order of crazy-cakes that is Dietotaku. Holy shit. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-16 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	Yup. She wanked and snarked like crazy on other people, but the moment that she got caught being wanky she whined and flounced and said everyone in FW were assholes. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-16 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	To be fair, it's not like this place hasn't fallen pretty far in the last few years. I only check it out every few months myself since people started being all srs unfunny bzns after BJR told everyone to outwalk a hurricane. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers
(Anonymous)
2012-04-16 08:06 pm UTC (link)

AYRT

While that IS quite true, it's not what happened in this specific case. AFAIK, RTD flounced quite some time before FW was taken over by SJW's; she also was really aggressive and no-nosense about how much she hated every single person who was associated with Fandom Wank, how EVERY single member was an asshole, and how OMG it was so harrrrrrmful to her sensibilities.

In other words, hers was a textbook fandom flounce. Not a lot to do with how much FW is doing now.

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Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers
(Anonymous)
2012-04-16 08:18 pm UTC (link)

*shrug* I don't even remember when she left, but F_W has been...very unfunny since about 2005 or so, so I can't really blame her too much if it was around then. Even before it was taken over by SJWs, this place just stopped being funny because wankas on the whole started getting way more personal and vicious in the way they mocked. Even while lurking here as a bit of a guilty pleasure, I've been side-eyeing people who were/are still active in the community. Sure, it was a fandom flounce, but I don't think it was entirely unjustified.

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	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-17 07:01 pm UTC (link)
	You're so cute! I'll be over here laughing. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-17 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	shrug Whatever helps you sleep at night, I guess. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-17 05:43 am UTC (link)
	Ah, the usual whining about the evil SJWs being mean to you racists. You have it hard. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-17 11:48 am UTC (link)
	Ah, the usual "you fucking dare NOT think the way I do so you must be an -ist/-bic asshole and I'M ALWAYS RIGHT AND PERFECT". You have it easy on your high horse, SJW troll. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-19 06:00 am UTC (link)
	God, come on, not this shit again. The OMG SJW/NON-SJW!!! wank is getting to be the new Bleach around here. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-20 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	Apparently no one has heard of this thing called a middle ground before. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-17 06:59 pm UTC (link)
	before FW was taken over by SJW's lol okay (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-23 10:51 pm UTC (link)
	I thought all of them went to SF_Wank. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-17 07:02 pm UTC (link)
	She could dish it out and them some but couldn't take it when it was well deserved. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-17 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	You mean like everyone else who's still here? (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Legend of Korra shiptease opens old wounds for ATLA shippers (Anonymous) 2012-04-22 10:44 pm UTC (link)
	OMFG, that must me the most eye-bleeding layout I have ever seen. How do people even stand to look at it enough to write all of those Teal Deer comments? (Reply to this)(Parent)

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