Oh, THIS EPISODE! It starts off so hilarious and ends up in a world of pain. And along the way, there are owls. Everyone is fond of owls.
Thoughts:
- I'm with Sokka. Many a satisfying vacation has been spent at the library. - However, as a former librarian, I take issue with Wan Shi Tong's policies. - ...on the other hand, burning library wings? NOT ON, FIRE NATION. I like this sign of how dedicated the Fire Nation is to ensuring that no one learns anything about them that they don't want to be discovered. - GRATUITOUS ZHAO FLASHBACK. He found a secret library. Did he mention that he found a secret library? - Zei's approach to Aang, treating him as a talking anthropology textbook, is an interesting and subtle critique of ethnocentric practices of anthropologists. Amirite?
If only Zhao had a song about his secret library, he might have been a better person for it.
Ah, the first time I watched this episode, I was so innocent. Now when I watch, I'm still loving it, but simultaneously waiting in dread, willing what's going to happen at the end to NOT HAPPEN this time. But it always does. :(
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Date: 2011-07-03 07:37 am (UTC)Thoughts:
- I'm with Sokka. Many a satisfying vacation has been spent at the library.
- However, as a former librarian, I take issue with Wan Shi Tong's policies.
- ...on the other hand, burning library wings? NOT ON, FIRE NATION. I like this sign of how dedicated the Fire Nation is to ensuring that no one learns anything about them that they don't want to be discovered.
- GRATUITOUS ZHAO FLASHBACK. He found a secret library. Did he mention that he found a secret library?
- Zei's approach to Aang, treating him as a talking anthropology textbook, is an interesting and subtle critique of ethnocentric practices of anthropologists. Amirite?
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Date: 2011-07-03 12:49 pm (UTC)Ah, the first time I watched this episode, I was so innocent. Now when I watch, I'm still loving it, but simultaneously waiting in dread, willing what's going to happen at the end to NOT HAPPEN this time. But it always does. :(
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Date: 2011-07-03 06:15 pm (UTC)Something like that?
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Date: 2011-07-03 07:59 pm (UTC)