Pictures of MovieZuko and Aang Up

[espanolbot.insanejournal.com]

Link,
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/05/21/first-look-m-night-shyamalans-the-last-airbender/#more-28963

*Cue fanboy puzzlement* Where is MovieZuko's scar? What is that on MovieAang's face? Is that meant to be the arrow? He looks like a reference to Colin Farrell's version of Bullseye.

For Legality, How Mai and Zuko got back together after the second season finale.

Context: Spoilers for season two/three

After Zuko helped his sister Azula overthrow the city of Bai Sing Se, betraying his uncle in the process, Zuko has decided that he doesn't want to go back home to the Fire Nation, and would rather stay where he is.

Azula needs Zuko to come along though, as she had told their father that Zuko had killed the Avatar, and if he doesn't come along she can't keep a hold over him via blackmail. So her solution is to try and matchmake Zuko with her friend Mia, with whom Zuko had a mutual crush when they were younger.

Here's what happened.



















And thus Mia and Zuko get together, much to the rage of Zutarans everywhere.

Comments

[tacobob.insanejournal.com]

You don't see alot of anime where the character actually look Asian..They usually just have Japanese names, live in Japan (or wherever) but usually appear to be white guys with blue hair. You gotta have blue hair.

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

I think they're understood to be Asian and look Asian to a large segment of the audience.

[tavella.insanejournal.com]

That's your own cultural programming and blindness speaking. I'm not trying to be mean; it's the assumptions I was taught too.

But anime eyes? Those big disks? Bear no more resemblance to an _actual_ caucasian eye than they do to an asian eye. It's simply that you have been programmed to think that the world is white, unless someone has the cartoon glyph of 30 to 45s degree slashed eyes -- which of course has no map to reality either.

Nor does mere paleness map to Caucasian. Purely unpigmented skin, as in black and white cartoons? It bears no more resemblance to Caucasian skin than it does to Asian skin. For that matter, you'll find a huge range of pigmentation -- none of it actually matching the crayon-yellow that is the mental image.

[filbypott.insanejournal.com]

They actually do look Asian to the target audience, because to them Asian is the "default" race.

And, y'know, a lot of Asians do have big eyes and pale skin. The unusual hair and eye colors are added for the sake of variety, but even in Japan, various shades of brown hair is common.

When a character in anime is specifically supposed to be Caucasian, they're often pretty obviously marked as such, with traits ranging from a big nose and square jaw to just blond hair and blue eyes.

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

Also, if they're American, cowboy hats.

[rabican.insanejournal.com]

Have you ever seen Anpanman, the superhero anime for Japanese kids? Basically, everyone is either an animal or a foodstuff. Anpanman, the main character, is a superhero whose head is made out of Anpan, a kind of Japanese candied bread. He can feed hungry people bits of his head, but loses strength if he does that too much ... it's good crack. XD

Anyway, characters from other countries are usually the national foodstuff coupled with a stereotypical occupation, and the American character is ... wait for it...

A HAMBURGER COWBOY! :D :D :D

[parsimonia.insanejournal.com]

I think I've heard of it before, but never actually seen it.

"Hamburger cowboy" is just perfect, really.

[galateus.insanejournal.com]

> A HAMBURGER COWBOY! :D :D :D

Brilliant. That blows the sibling cowperson pilots of Texas Mack (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz4HsAULtuM) out of the water.

[filbypott.insanejournal.com]

Or a gun. Or a large bust. Sometimes all three.