OH GOD IT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED. In celebration of reaching the final episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender, let’s all have a giant party and watch all four parts of “Sozin’s Comet” at the same time. The Avatar liveblog WILL SURELY BE THE BEST PARTY YOU ATTEND ON THE INTERNET THIS MONTH.
I am legit sad this is ending. 🙁
(I know I am using images from the Invasion of the Black Sun, but that’s because I refuse to Google image search this episode. NO SPOILERS.)
The Avatar series finale liveblog will occur at 11:00am PDT on July 9th, 2011. Please consult a world clock to learn what time this is relative to you!
If this is your very first liveblog on Mark Watches, the rules are very simple. At precisely 11:ooam PDT, start your DVD/Netflix/other means copy of “Sozin’s Comet.” Use the comments as your own personal space to comment the hell out of the episode. Think of it as an online chat room of sorts! Except we are all unified in MIND-BLOWING AWESOMENESS.
ABOUT SYNCHING ISSUES: Only Netflix skips all three of the intros/’Previously On…’ segments. So in order to stay in sync, the lovely Echinodermata gave this simple way for us to keep on track!
We will be synching with the WHITE TITLE CARDS for this. So, at 11am, we’ll all press play from THIS screen, though obviously with the right card:
Given that each part is about 25 minutes long, here’s the schedule. At the time listed, we will press play from the white title card denoting that chapter, skipping the opening credits if you are not watching via Netflix:
Chapter 1: 11:00am PDT
Chapter 2: 11:30am PDT
Chapter 3: 12:00pm PDT
Chapter 4: 12:30pm PDT
This will allow 4-5 minutes of episode switching, potty breaks, tea gatherings, and foraging of potato babies.
I will post a review of the series finale on Monday, July 11th at my normal time. And then stuff will happen. You’ll see. For now, that’s the set schedule. (PS: I’ll post the details for the A Very Potter Sequel liveblog tomorrow morning. That takes place at the same time this upcoming Sunday!)
Happy watching! Can’t wait to party with all of you!
Katara Zuko vs. Azula battle HNNNG.
The eel hound's tail creeps me out.
YAY Zuko and Katara working together against Azula! Making up for the Crossroads of Destiny!!
I want an eelhound. I really do.
Sokka in full-on Water Tribe regalia!
And Iroh's going to reconquer his tea shop!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And play pai sho every day!
eel-hounds freak me out.
That is one badass wolf helmet, Sokka
THE LIONTURTLE!
420 PLAY PAI SHO EVERY DAY
Iroh will reopen his tea shop! BLESS YOU, YOU DESERVE RETIREMENT.
Iroh just wants his tea. Of course.
Giant eel hounds are soooooo cool
See the TURTLE of enormous girth.
He's gonna go make tea as retirement! I love you Iroh!
That's a callback to BSS, when he didn't help her against Azula.
Malfunction, so I can't watch along. Hence the late comment, but I wanted to say that.
"Today, destiny is our friend. I know it."
UGH THIS IS SO EPIC IT HURTS.
TEA SHOP AND PAI SHO EVERY DAY
PERFECT PLAN!
Reconquer your tea shop and play pai sho every day! You can do it, Iroh!
"What are you going to do?"
Zuko, why do you even need to ask? 😛
"I'm going to re-conquer my tea shop!"
Uh, Iroh, you actually need to be Prime Minister or something for awhile after you crown Zuko. He might have unquestionable honor but he has NO POLITICAL TRAINING. ): You can retire later.
He's grown up in court. That's got to be some practise.
Ehhh… that meeting he went to when he was 13 was his first war meeting, so he probably wasn't involved much before then.Also, his attempts at diplomacy when he was trying to persuade the Gaang were really sad. Heartfelt and adorable and earnest, but not good diplomacy. Zuko is too honest to be a savvy politician, he needs some training up before he can negotiate a backstabbing court environment.
Iroh/Tea/Pai Sho OT3
Opening a tea shop. Priorities. Iroh has them
Best ambition ever, Iroh!
Bless that man.
Eel-hounds…weird, but effective.
Iroh's retirement plan sounds fantastic.
IT'S A LIONTURTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fun fact: The Lionturtle is voice by Kevin Michael Richardson.
Not voiced by Jason Isaacs
The mental image of Iroh busting down the door to his tea shop is kind of funny.
pffffft.
BRB dying of laughter.
"Today, destiny is our friend. I know it."
I love that Sokka puts his Warrior clothes back on. I love the helmet.
Iroh is going to reconquer his tea shop and play pai sho EVERY DAY I love you, Iroh
Say, Mark, remember those references to lion turtles throughout the show? Now you get to see one.
That is an epic looking island turtle!
Correction. Lion Turtle!
I feel like I'm THERE. That's hard to say about a cartoon…
LION TURTLE
Aww, Iroh gets to retire, finally!
That little nod Zuko and Sokka give each other is so much more epic than any speech could have been.
IT'S A GIANT LION-TURTLE
LIONTURTLE!
Lion turtle! He looks so bad-ass!
But turtle ducks are cuter.
Apparently there was a picture of the lion turtle in The Library.
Holy shit, look at those eyebrows!!
Aaaaaaaaand……
FUCKING. LION. TURTLE.
Lion turtle! Heart. Most badass creature ever.
What Iroh might as well have said : "A brother killing a brother is wrong. But a brother killing a sister? That's okay!"
zuko vs azula! lolol
LIONTURTLE YOU ARE AWESOME!
GIANT EYE 0_0
Fuck yeah! Reveal of the lion turtle! And you said nothing would beat turtle ducks back in "The Library." (although, NGL, I'm still more fond of turtle ducks.)
FUCK YES LION TURTLE. OLDER THE AVATAR! OMGOMGMOG
Can I just say that I LOVE how Zuko and Katara's relationship has evolved? Zuko needs to take someone with him and he immediately ask Katara to help him take on Azula. And she agrees wholeheartedly. YAY CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
Also, IROH'S GONNA TAKE BACK HIS TEA SHOP YESSSSS
MARK, IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE LION-TURTLE SAYS, DON'T FRET, JUST ABOUT NONE OF US DID THE FIRST TIME.
Haha, I still don't at times 😛
that is what a lion turtle looks like
oh
oh my god
oh my god
HOLY SHIT A LION TURTLE.
HOLY SHIT.
I love the lion turtle's chanting theme.
From Mark Watches: "The Library":
"THERE ARE CREATURES CALLED LION TURTLES? what. I much prefer turtle ducks."
Blasphemy, I say! >:] Turtle ducks are cute but seriously… Giant island turtles that are also lions! And they're all over the place in the series, you just never realised it.
Isn't there a rule against using words "kill" and "die" in a children's series? That went out the window!
Iroh and Zuko's reunion scenes are simply beautiful.
"Today, destiny is our friend. I know it."
It's lion-turtles all the way down.
hello!
A+
pffffft <3
I L U 4EVER
LION TURTLE. TOO MUCH EPIC GFJOGJBSDGOKNS I CAN'T STAND IT
Giant Lion Turtle!!
Second favorite scene!!
Wow… This part is SO MUCH NICER this time I'm watching it. Last time, I was watching it on a crappy early 80s tv, and everything was SO DARK, I couldn't make anything out. Which made this whole Island part even more confusing than it already is. HDTV for the win. I mean, I can actually TELL it's a lion turtle, not just something dark and blobby.
So that LionTurtle is terrifyingly large.
And he has an awesome voice.
…..MUFASA IS THAT YOU?
Remember… who you are.
… Hai there?
Lion
Turtle
…
Thing?
Oh well hi there Magic Lion Turtle
maybe the hexagon is part of it's shell? or it's skin?
it was a scale of its shell.
Two Towers-esque, y/n?
It's Gamera! But don't worry: He's a friend to children. And full of meat.
WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON
WELCOME TO WHAT THE FANDOM WAS SAYING THE WHOLE TIME WHEN THIS AIRED.
SO MANY THINGS
SO MANY
WHAT DID I TELL YOU MARK
YOU WERE NOT PREPARED
My thoughts exactly the first time I watched.
Honestly? It'll take you about 4 times of rewatch.
Since beginningless time, darkness thrives in the void, but always yields to pure light…
"purifying"
I can't help it if the lion turtle is hard to understand! I am not worthy to transcribe his ~mysterious wisdom~
That lion turtle is scary as fuck
I think my only complaint about this episode is how hard it is to understand the Lion Turtle… :/
Lion Turtle. Oh god… It's amazing.
So wise and beautiful.
WHO
WHO
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON
I think the lionturtle was based off the turtle the universe supposedly rests on.
OMG, THE LIONTURTLE KNOWS ALL!
What are you doing to Aang!!??
Lion Turtle= Quite the sight, Lion Turtle that SPEAKS = Awesome, Speaking, MAGIC TOUCH LIon Turtle= OMFG Best animal ever
thats a very wise looking lion turtle. and it talks and can do mystical things!
I'd live on a Lion Turtle. :Y
SOZIN'S COMET IS HERE! ALL FLEE!
… I must disagree with you Mr. Phoenix King, I like this new world as it is. kthxbai.
I think the Phoenix King is a little insanse.
AAGH OZAI IS SCARY AND THE COMET IS HERE BAD BAD BAD
SHIT THE COMET!!!!!
OMG THE ANJA AND ANAHATA CHAKRAS. I KNEW WHAT- OHMYGOD
Isn't it awesome how this show respectfully encorporates all these cultures and concepts to add to the story?
OHAI COMET
Lion Turtle! :DDDDD
SOZIN'S COMET HAS ARRIVED! YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!
It's the eyes that haunt me in my dreams
field of dreams?
MEEP OZAI IS READY TO BURN EVERYTHING TO A CRISP GUYS OMG OMG OMG
Break time!
Yay for Ozai making Phoenix metaphors super creepy in a way I previously thought impossible. I never looked at Fawkes the same way again…
What?
I HAVE TO PEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
aaaaaaaaaaww sweet relief
I WILL PIDDLE IN HONOR OF THIS COMMENT OF WIN!
SHIT HAS JUST GOTTEN REAL.
pause!
Please excuse me while I take this break to find and reassemble my exploded mind.
Who's ready for some fucking COMET BENDING?
OH MY GOD CHILLS CHILLS CHILLS and the music doesn't help…