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I posted this to my Facebook a bit ago and thought I'd post it here as well. Took me 45minto write ON MY PHONE. Enjoy.

Okay, so I recently rewatched the Avatar: The Last Airbender series and finally watched The Legend of Korra. If you're a fan of Korra you may as well stop reading this, because it will most likely piss you off. And if you know me and how I'm a sucker for story, you should find this entertaining.

Okay, so in the first series, Aang as the Avatar was born into the air nomads, and in that series, the hardest element for him to learn was earth, because, as it was explained, earth is the opposite of air just like water is the opposite of fire, so earth was hard for him to bend because it was the opposite from his natural element.

But in The Legend of Korra, the writers ignored this completely. Fire should have been Korra's opposite element as a waterbender, but no, air was her struggle, because, "the element opposite of ones personality is the hardest for them to learn." .....really..?

And then there's the spirits. The Avatar is the "bridge between the spirit world and the physical world," and in the original series, only the Avatar could cross over. Not in Korra, nope, turns out anyone can just walk right in IN PHYSICAL FORM by traipsing through the "spirit portals." Sooo... What's the point of the Avatar being the bridge between worlds when anyone can access them?

This part made me want to scream.. In season two of Korra, we get a little history lesson on the first Avatar. Now, before I continue, in the original series, it's explained that the first waterbenders learned to control water by watching how the moon pushed and pulled the tide, the airbenders learned from the sky bison, firebenders from dragons, and earthbenders from badger moles. In Korra....ohh... In Korra the writers completely ignored the original series and changed the history to, the benders got the power to control the elements by... giant lion turtles.... Not that they learned as originally explained, but that they were given these abilities. Also, the power of the Avatar was given to them by a spirit, which makes sense, but how it was written ruined the idea of the Avatar for me. This "new" history, for me, cheepend the whole Avatar universe.

Now I'm going to get nitpicky. In season three, we have airbenders who suddenly show up out of nowhere. Not only that, but they somehow know how to control the element BETTER THAN THE AVATAR right away, when it took Korra weeks to master it. To me, this makes Korra as the Avatar weak and nearly pointless, which brings me to my next topic.

The Avatar State. Aang in the Avatar State was extremely powerful and defeated Firelord Ozai with ease at the end of the series. (Skip to 5:05 m.youtube.com/watch?v=zowVdUR9…) But Korra IN THE AVATAR STATE couldn't defeat a newfound airbender who became a master as soon as he spontaneously aquired the element? And don't give me the, "well she was poisoned," gag. The Avatar State is a defense mechanism which gives the Avatar the combined power of all the past Avatars; she should have easily defeated Zaheer. But in TLoK, the Avatar State is more like a level one power up.

Now, in the original series, the culture was much different from our own. But in Korra, the line between our modern culture and that of the four nations in The Last Airbender, is muddled. In a world that's vastly different from our own, I find it more appealing for cultures to be wildly different, and Korra lost that appeal for me with the similarities.

While the character development in Korra was good, although I found Korra annoying, the script felt forced and like the writers were trying to bring the same level of comedy (that was natural and effortless) that The Last Airbender had. Some parts did make me laugh, but I cringed most of the time.

In short, the two series didn't feel like they belonged in the same universe, rather like someone made a cheep knockoff series from the original; they ignored their own history (a big no no) and changed so many things around just to fill in the plotholes for TLoK series because they were too lazy to rewrite a plot that aligned with the original universe.

No, I did not like it, and yes, I want to watch The Last Airbender again to cleanse myself of this infuriating monstrosity known as The Legend of Korra.

Yes! I have finally decided to launch a new group on Facebook, Buttered Toast Fantasies! www.facebook.com/groups/171185… All things fantasy related are welcomed and all genres of art! Fan fiction, fan art, fan videos are all welcome as well!

I created the group so everyone who has a fantasy project, original or fan made, can promote and share their work, post progress updates, discus games and movies and more. The more crazy imaginations we can get the better!  

Join! Invite others to join! Have loads of fun! Do it now! Or.. or I'll... eat too many peanuts..  

Yep, so I finally got a facebook account. I'm going to need it to help promote my book so I figured it was about time to get one. Again..  Add me please! I'm lonely there. www.facebook.com/profile.php?i…

In other news, you all know how much I love editing trailers. Had I had more ideas in the past I would have made a ship load more. So, I'm excited to announce that I'm making a trailer for my book!! Part one is nearly finished, only half a chapter away, and so I'm going to launch a monetized trailer to announce that it's ready for beta readers!  

Now, I can't say for sure when it will be uploaded (I'm shooting for January), but hopefully I'll be able to start production in about a month. Also, I would love to have others involved, so if you would like to be a part of it let me know!!

I also would like to announce that I removed all my wallpapers from my gallery. But! Don't worry, I saved them to a file, so if you would like them send me a message. You may also upload them to your account but please give credit and a link to my page.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!  

As some of you know (well, perhaps everyone) that I was absent from pretty much everything this year; YouTube, dA, Skype, yeah.. I won't go into the gritty details, but let's just say this year has probably been the worst. EVER.

The reason for my absence has been due to my brother quitting the dairy (and other ghastly reasons, but those are best kept private), leaving me with much of his work. He gave no notice, no warning and certainly no thought to what he was doing to the family nor how he was effecting us. Little rant aside, because of this, we will be shutting the dairy down hopefully next year. In that time, I have to try and get another business going so I'm not left without income (yes, I would much rather have my own business then work for someone else). So, I'm trying to get into the horse training/breeding business, which, with all the extra work to do, seems to be going well. After taking my yearlings to shows, it impressed people at how calm and respectful they were in that environment, so I now have clients with yearlings to train. (This is why the LegiorDark MEP has not been uploaded, and I'm very sorry to everyone for not having finished it yet. )

Also, because of the dairy shutting down, it has forced me to start querying agents for my picture storybook. That process has been fun, stressful at times, but fun. And since the dry weather's over, my schedule has lightened some, so I'll be able to work on my book more, which I have been able to do the last two weeks. Which means, hopefully, I'll be uploading the first chapter soon for your review! Once I (somehow) edit out 1,000 words. With my lit friend and I unable to talk often after she moved to Canada, I'm on my own with no one to share my work/queries to get feedback on. It's a lonely road I walk, but a road I walk with pride.

So there you have it. Be on the lookout for the FIRST chapter of the epic, anticipated series!

Also, thanks to AlexanderPaupoff for the DD mention for Are We Not The Wind?The wind is forever free. Those who attempt to catch it in a jar are disappointed when they turn the lid and it no longer blows. It cannot be captured, it cannot be tamed; it cannot be told where to blow or how hard or why—it just does.
Why are we so different? Why do we allow ourselves to be caught in a jar and told where to go and how to think? Are we not so independent as the wind? We listen to the voices, but not the Voice; the harder it blows the more desperate it is to command your attention. It is shouting for you, but you are too deaf to hear.
Instead, you have followed the road where the wind does not blow, the road that has been mapped for you. Have you not learned? The wind has no map, no predetermined destination. It begins and ends where it should, because it is destined. Because it is free.
Do you not remember freedom? I blow all around you; I shout for you to come with me—to run with me—and still you hold the key to your own shackles, the shackles you a!! Unfortunately it wasn't featured, but I'm thrilled by the mention! Thank you so much!

Sorry to everyone who's apart of the LegiorDark MEP and to everyone of the Darkness Rises MEP, but the busy season suddenly hit and I won't have much time to work on the MEPs until things slow down, let alone my book, of which is top priority. Not sure when that will be, hopefully in the not-so-distant-future, but with my life, you can never tell...

Sorry all!