ATLA: The Rift Part One
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"After I signed on to do these comics, Toph quickly became my favourite character to write. Mike, Bryan, and their writing team made her so vibrant. I can close my eyes and hear her voice. We didn't include her in The Search for narrative reasons, but I really missed her. I'm glad we got to throw the spotlight on everybody's favourite blind Earthbending master here."
Gene Yang
(24 pages out of 72)
They've all here for the election of a new collaboration government, that will oversee the city.
Afterwards, Aang sees a hooded figure and goes after them.
That night at the celebration dinner, Aang tries to contact Yangchen again, but is unsuccessful. He realizes that he's forgotten something important. He tells his friends (and the only three members of the Air Acolytes who showed up apparently...or maybe they had other stuff on).
After bowing to the statue, they leave to go to sacred meadow for the ceremonial meal.
They find that a small industrial town has been built on the site.
Nutha ignores Katara. Toph and Sokka leave to get lunch.
Aang sees Yangchen's apparition in the refinery's backyard. He Earthbend his group over the fence.
The guards attack, but Aang tricks them into knocking themselves out by running into each other.
Satoru is a big fan of Toph's and offers to show her around the Earthern Fire Refinery. He lets her friends tag along.
He explains that his uncle is one of the refinery's owners, and that it's a joint Earth Kingdom- Fire Nation partnership. They mine and refine the glowing crystals found here.
Yangchen appears to Aang again, and he has another vision.
They asks him about the pollution, but he says that it's not due to the factory. Toph does her lie-detection, and confirms that he's telling the truth.
The earthquake damages the building and they rush in to help the workers.
Toph wrecks the machine, and Aang free the old man.
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Date: 2020-05-07 12:09 am (UTC)Not entirely sure if running into her scuzzy dad counts as horrible or not, as least in this context.
(If it weren't for Ozai, Lao would be right up there in The Worst sweepstakes. As is, he's just pretty awful.)
And more arguing.
It's one of the things that just... is a turn-off with the Avatar comics. There's so much arguing.
The Gaang goes somewhere. Stuff happens. They argue, either with each other or with someone else.
It's not three volumes of seventy odd pages of them just having wacky time wasting nonsense.
(At least, that's how it feels.)
I mean, I get that they're teenagers dealing with the fall-out of a hundred year long war, but still...
(anyone else think of "Wreck-It Ralph" with that flashback scene?)
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Date: 2020-05-07 09:33 am (UTC)There were some scenes of the characters getting along at the start, along with some nice character moments, but I wasn't able to include them.