My hope is that the target audience has not been tainted by the easy availability of fandom commentary, which is all too often trite and stupid and shallow.
As an adult, I feel like I can ignore all that bullshit and see the story for what it is. But there is something that I can never have with Avatar, and that is the wonder and joy of experiencing it as a child. If I think back on my younger self, I am sure that if I had seen this UNTAINTED I would have had my eyes opened in ways that otherwise would have taken me many more years to really see. This show is like jumper cables for adults, but it has the potential to be a 1.21 gigawatt plutonium reactor for the right kind of child.
This is what pisses me off most about online fandom. People who are already hardened by experience can brush off the negativity of others. But children don't always fare so well, and it it often people who are not much older than children themselves who fuel much of the stupidity and contempt.
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As an adult, I feel like I can ignore all that bullshit and see the story for what it is. But there is something that I can never have with Avatar, and that is the wonder and joy of experiencing it as a child. If I think back on my younger self, I am sure that if I had seen this UNTAINTED I would have had my eyes opened in ways that otherwise would have taken me many more years to really see. This show is like jumper cables for adults, but it has the potential to be a 1.21 gigawatt plutonium reactor for the right kind of child.
This is what pisses me off most about online fandom. People who are already hardened by experience can brush off the negativity of others. But children don't always fare so well, and it it often people who are not much older than children themselves who fuel much of the stupidity and contempt.