Focusing on Katara and Sokka in this new “North and South” yarn is also paying off for their scarceness in the previous “Smoke and Shadow” storyline, which remarkably didn’t suffer despite the absence of two key sympathetic protagonists.īut I wonder if you think your sense of déjà vu (I have the same feeling) comes from the place the Water Tribe has in the world of Avatar, a kind of unspoiled and pre-colonized ideal that either comes from the visual associations with First Nations communities (as opposed to, say, the Fire Nation’s associations with maybe Imperial Japan or China or something), or from the plain ol’ joy of sledding in the snow and discovering your childhood friends, which characterized the Water Tribe’s introduction in the show. I get the feeling that Yang and Gurihiru know they’ve earned enough trust in their loyalty to the TV series that they can go deeper in their storytelling without having to service every principal character in every story. I can’t quite put my finger on what it was exactly, but this felt so much like the show I remember.
We haven’t been back at the South Pole since the end of the second episode, and there’s that familiar-but-different feeling to the proceedings. Plus this story is going back to where it all began. I’ve been craving something like this, especially in the case of Katara.
Since the comics began, these two have been in every single issue, but in supporting roles for other characters’ stories. Despite Aang being front and center on the cover, this issue is really about Sokka and Katara. “North and South” is similar in this regard. One of my favorite examples of this is the season two episode “Zuko Alone,” an episode entirely without Aang. Mark Tweedale: One thing I love about the Avatar: The Last Airbender TV series is the way it was unafraid to explore its stories from other angles. Katara is shocked to find that her beloved village has become a bustling city, with none other than their father, Hakoda, in charge! A northerner named Malina seems to be behind this change, pushing the North and South to be more unified… but what are her true goals? When Aang leaves to aid Zuko with the Kemurikage, Katara and Sokka return to the Southern Water Tribe by themselves. Created by Brian Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino
0 kommentar(er)
