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[magnetic_pole]

This is what living in a heteronormative society does to you: despite wanting it, despite looking for clues, I spent the last three or four minutes of the last episode thinking "They're not going to do it. That looks like...but no, they're not going to do it." Even after it ended, the better half turned to me and said "Was that what I thought it was?"

And...the *real* final scene, the one you were waiting for, created by a fan here. For a little closure.

I saw a comment somewhere last night that ran something like this: Avatar was a better series, but Korra captured your heart. I agree that Korra was uneven (were the writers talking about their own experiences when they said that all of life is a bumpy ride?) and that there was something very engaging about Korra, even when it was rushed or dull or painfully off.

Anyways. I may have some more coherent thoughts later on, but for now I wanted to share my joy.

In other news, there's still grading to be done, but I took the night off last night and slept in this morning, and I'm finally feeling a bit more like myself again. I can't work the way I used to--I'm quicker to get tired, less productive, irritable and cranky all the time. I'm just now getting some gifts for family and friends and starting to make our new year's card and catching up with rs_small_gifts and some of the entries at Snupin Santa and holmestice. Thank goodness hoggywartyxmas runs a little later in the month, when life isn't quite so hectic.

Hope you're all doing well as 2014 draws to a close!

Comments

[delphi]

Oh man, despite it being only just barely there, I admit I still burst into tears during that last minute. I watched both TLA and LoK with fairly critical adult eyes, but one thing I've never doubted was that if I had been in the target age range for either of those shows, they would have radically shifted my sense of where I stood in the world.

[magnetic_pole]

I think I might still be in the target age. :) The better half and I woke up around 4:00 last night and began to talk about it again.

Meanwhile, we've heard a lot of off-color jokes about "going into the spirit world" in the magnetic-pole household today. *groans* *blushes*

Yay, weekend! Hope you're relaxing, D. M.

[delphi]

Ha, yeah, I'm definitely in one of the demographics where the show ended up landing, but this is also one of those few pieces of children's and YA media (along with Terry Pratchett's Tiffany Aching series) that I wish I could somehow transport back in time and share with my eleven-year-old self.

I for one look forward to all the fic about Korra and Asami exploring the spirit world together. Both in the euphemistic sense and the literal. But mostly the euphemistic.

And gosh, am I ever glad it's the weekend. This last week has been rough. I hope your Saturday was a relaxing one too.

[magnetic_pole]

*nods* It's astonishing how important those early books/tv show/movies/ etc are.

I haven't been reading much fic--in part, I think, because I've been watching the series in tandem with two young girls, the daughters of a friend of mine, and sometimes RL and fandom don't mix well. If you read anything amazing, would you send me a link?

Hope you had a lovely, quiet weekend and have some time off coming up! M.

[musesfool]

I didn't get around to watching it until today, and I forgot to put korra in my tumblr blacklist and I saw a couple things briefly that made me hope, but I was like, it could just be tumblr making manips! But then no, that really happened! I really wish they'd given us an actual kiss, but I will accept the handholding because they're so darling.

[magnetic_pole]

One of the first things I did after I finished the episodes was check your journal to see what you thought, V. :)

I haven't quite stopped thinking about them as kids--I wonder how old Asami's suppose to be, anyway?--so the lack of a kiss was fine with me, since everything else was so explicit. (And I wasn't a fan of the kiss at the end of Avatar.) Still, it amazes me to see these comments from folks who are completely bewildered about the whole thing and keep insisting that girls sometimes hold hands.

Thanks for keeping me updated on Korra over these past few months! I'd have missed out entirely if not for you and Delphi. M.

[musesfool]

Well, remember, Korra's 16 when the show starts, and the first two seasons are probably at least a year, and then she's gone for 3 years, so she's got to be 19 or 20, and I can't imagine Asami is younger. She's the CEO of Future Industries! So she's probably 20 or 21.

I'm just so happy about it. I cried through quite a bit of the finale, but they were happy tears at the end.

[magnetic_pole]

You're very right, now that I think about it. As I was saying to Delphi above, I've been watching the shows in tandem with some young girls, the daughters of a friend of mine, and so the whole show's been much more a kids' show experience than it might have been otherwise. Funny how that's shaped my view of the characters!

I'm still happy about it, four days later. Hurrah! M.

[such_heights]

I just watched the finale, and omgggg. How totally wonderful. Now to catch up on the previous three seasons! *g*

[magnetic_pole]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! So exciting. And I just skimmed the flist and saw your post with links to the creators' statements. Off to read those--thank you! M.