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!
Ha ha the fandom was SO MAD we never found out where Ursa was.
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OMG, BEAUTIFUL
dead
I mean, who could have predicted that scene back in the first episode? Yet it's just such a perfect climax… "All hail Fire Lord Zuko!"
"Banishing me was the best thing you could have done for my life. It put me on the right path." Oooooh, SNAP.
"Where is my mother?"
GOOD FUCKING QUESTION
STILL WAITING TO FIND OUT, ACTUALLY :E
C'mon, Avatar comic sequel, we're counting on you to answer that question!
Yup, just staring at the episode listing for Avatar waiting for it to pop up…any day now.
"Where is my mother?"
"In Katara's mirror."
Jasmine Dragon, awwwwwwwwww yeah.
BA SING SE! THIS SCENE! OH GOSH.
Oh my goodness. The kids playing earth ball over the tank stack. My heart! The Music!
AND NOW THEY'RE ROKU AND SOZIN, but without the eventual betrayal and murder.
Or so we think! Bom bom boooooom!
Nah, I think Zuko's met his quota for Betrayal this past year.
YAAAAAY FIRE LORD ZUKO AND IROH'S TEA SHOP IN BA SING SE.
Oh, Sokka's art skills.
Where is his mom!?!?!?!
And now it's time for tea! And Sokka painting!
TSUNGI HORN TIEM
OMG THEY ARE ALL HANGING OUT THIS IS EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER WANTED
IN IROH'S TEA SHOP.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU
EXCEPT FOR TY LEE. 🙁
She's busy training with her BFF Kyoshi Warriors, and the tea shop isn't big enough to hold all of them.
YOU HAVE LIKE TWO MINUTES LEFT SHOW. JEEZ
Happy times in the tea shop for Team Avatar !
THEY'RE ALL HAVING TEA TOGETHER.
I look like a man.
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall
(*cough*Water, Earth, Fire, and Air*cough*)
"My hair's not that spikey….."
"I think you all look perfect!"
LOL. The blind jokes just never stop.
Poor Sokka…he was just trying to capture the moment.
"Why do you feel the need to do that?"
love this scene
I really hope Azula gets better.
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"Why did you give me Momo's ears?"
"Those are your hair loopies!"
One last blind joke for the road.
TSUNGI HORN IROH
This exchange with his father, Oh god i love it! I WANT EPISODES OF A SEARCH FOR ZUKOS MOM.
Everybody all together. Everything is perfect. Everything.
OH TOPH.
Sokka's art skills still haven't improved. And one last blind joke from Toph!
"I've really trimmed down!"
Sokka art! Vegeta Zuko!
Or is it Super Saiyan Zuko?
Either way, he's fabulous
LOL SOKKA'S DRAWING SKILLS
"I THINK YOU ALL LOOK PERFECT!" oh toph
Everyone's a critic. I like your painting Sokka.
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"Well I think you all look perfect!"
Toph that joke will NEVER get old!
Mark, welcome to one of the biggest plot holes in the series. What happened to Ursa? Our only hope now is the 2012 comic series or Korra.
Plot hole =/= loose/unresolved plot thread.
I always thought the biggest plothole was Katara forgetting/not using the spirit water on Jet. Finding Ursa was just left unresolved (to my chagrin).
That's not really a plot hole. Its just something not resolved. A plot hole is when there's a logical inconsistency.
Oh god… no…
No, don't end! D:
THIS SCENE!
OH MY GOSH!
SOKKA'S PORTRAIT IS MARVELOUS AND ACCURATE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT :'D
"Well I think you all look perfect!" Bless you Toph
Toph, never change
Woo! Kissing time for Katang! What a great way to end a show!
And everything is beautiful!
KATARA COMES OUT AND SHE AND AANG HUG!
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Sunrise, sunset; blue, red; yin, yang; beginning, end.
I love you, ATLA.
Yes, party at the Jasmine Dragon! And Zuko made tea! And Sokka's making one of his (in)famous paintings! And Iroh's playing the tsungi horn! And Aang and Katara!
Everything is perfect.
<3
This scene made me start bawling. So much love!!!
d'aww you twooooo
"I thought it looked more exciting that way."
ARTISTIC LICENSE, SUKI. GOSH.
Awww, Katara and Aang. Finally.
so gorgeous right here
HI EVERYONE HAVE SOME MUSIC FROM THE FINALE.
Noooo, it says I need to log in to access Box 🙁 It doesn't require anything special to sign up does it?
Ack, sorry, I fixed the link!
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I would so love to be able to buy a music of Avatar album. I've downloaded it a couple of times from… places, and keep losing it.
MY HEART
aks;ldjsgklg
EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL AND NOTHING HURTS
AND THEN THEY TURN TO LOOK OUT ON THE WORLD THEY HELPED SAVE TOGETHER.
Obligatory end of season Katara/Aang hug.
"I'm trying to capture the moment.
EW KISSING COOTIES
EeEEEEEeeeeeew.
You have no idea how hard that made me laugh.
I LOVE YOU MARK
With *girls*, no less!
LOOOL
I felt the same way! It's not like I have a problem with them being together, I was just like: ugh Aang is 12 stop sucking his face like that EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW GERMS!
I'm a stout Zutarian, but I knew they were going to end up together and I have no regrets
The finale is beautiful
Them ending up together is beautiful
Maiko is beautiful
🙂
OMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOMNOM
Oh no, not the final moment. :')
The End.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL CRYING
KISSES.
SO BEAUTIFUL. I CAN'T.
Tears for that kiss!!
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And the creys are not stopping, people.
LOVE THE MUSIIC
AND THEN THE PRETTIEST RENDITION OF THE KATAANG ROMANCE THEME COMES IN.
Hey! World's saved! LET'S MAKE OUT.
so romantic!
Sooo….war's over. I'm ready to talk….babies! What? Why are you airbending away? Seriously, I thought you wanted to move on with our relationship! don't you want to repopulate the Air Nomads?
ugh no WHERE IS ZUKO'S MOTHER
I NEED TO KNOW THIS.
question heard round the world
That's a shame because Mike and Bryan have said they're never going to reveal it in Korra.
WHAT
but, but…
BRYKE!!!! *shakes fist*
I'm pretty sure they've said nothing of the sort. They haven't said that they WOULD reveal it, but they haven't said they WOULDN'T reveal it either.
It says it somewhere in the art book. I don't have time to look right now, can someone else find that quote for me?
I'm still pretty sure it's not in there. I have the artbook, and the reasons they gave for not revealing it in ATLA are the same as they always were, and Korra isn't even mentioned.
I have the artbook, and I'm pretty sure it says Ursa's whereabouts remain to be seen
hahaaaaaaaaaaa yeah about that….
We'll never know.
Our best hope now is for the 2012 comic series or Korra. Welcome to that frustrated part of the fandom Mark!
Haha, they actually storyboarded the scene? At the very least? But had to cut it out due to time constraints. *sads*
Welcome to the club
There's going to a series of post war graphic novels coming out sometime next year. They're considered canon and written by the shows writers. Don't nkow if they'll specificly address this or not, but it would be odd if they didn't.
Hakoda runs into her while on a fishing trip. They fall in love, get married.
Zutarans rend their clothes and/or become even more fervid in their shipping.
Azula busts out of jail and catches the bouquet. Zuko mopes.
Ozai sleeps in a racecar bed.
Haha, I actually have read a pretty awesome fanfic in which Ursa meets Hakoda sometime before the events of Bato of the Water Tribe and they wind up together (and it sticks to canon!)
Thats actually one of the ONLY fanfics I have ever actually enjoyed. Its terrific actually the way it does not contradict canon. In my head, Ursa and Hakoda are totally living together making babies somewhere 🙂
Emphasis on the actually in that first sentence :/
Love that fic. It is definitely my headcanon.
link?
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5266050/1/Guide_Me_Ho…
Thanks!
Hmm. Sounds interesting. Do you have the title stashed away somewhere?
see above link if you haven't already 🙂
This is my new canon.
*cannon
*canon
*cannon
oh, you two
And now you may join the legion of fans asking that very same question.
NO RESOLUTION FOR YOU.
Honestly there are pretty much only 2 options:
1) Ozai was lying and she's dead
2) She's an awesome ninja and is so deep undercover no one knows where she is.
My favorite theory that I've seen thus far? When she was banished she became a refugee and moved to Ba Sing Se. And then she was brainwashed into becoming a Joo Dee. MUAHAHAHA.
oh god whyyyy
My favorite theory is that June is actually Ursa.
Google it, it 's a popular one!
Comic. Sequel. Stories. AND URSA HAD BETTER BE IN AT LEAST ONE.
KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSS!
JUST STAY AND LISTEN TO THE CREDITS MUSIC
EPIC ENDING TO AN EPIC SHOW!
BA SING SE!!!
SOKKA'S DRAWING! Why is Suki firebending? Zuko's hair is like a boarcupine! Mai looks like a man! Katara has Momo's ears!!! TOPH THINKS THEY ALL LOOK GREAT!!!
And the kiss at the end is very sweet.
BUT OMG IT'S OVER!
The music at the end is gorgeous. <3 And the animation!
AND IT'S OVER! (even though I've seen it 94947329 times, sogood)
Credits music. <3
the end!!!!!!!
🙁 🙁 🙁
Orchestral credits
EXCUSE ME WHILE I ROCK OUT IN MY SWIVEL CHAIR
so cool!
YES
THE END
This is my favorite show of all time ! Even though this is the third time I've seen the finale I still cry like a baby each time.
THEY KISSED! FINALLY! YES!!!!!!
and now SHE kisses HIM
okay this is perfect
The last line of dialogue is a blind joke. Classic.
'The End'
*tears forever*
Anyone else just start crying when "THE END" came up on screen? No, just me then?
Crying and screaming, NO!!!!! NEED more!!!!!
I want MOAR!
it's over, sobbing forever
Epic end credit music is epic
AND THIS ENDING MUSIC.
It's over. 🙁
Well… huh… the end, huh… I…
I'm not crying… I just… I…
I have… a little something in my heart, is all… ;-;
EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL
BUT THE SHOW IS OVER NOOO
TEARBENDING FOREVER
It's done
…
…
…
NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooo
I will watch these credits with full concentration!
Thank you all these people.
I WANT TO MARRY THIS ENDING MUSIC AND HAVE ITS CHILDREN.
The Track Team. Gods among musicians.
And… cue Epic Final End theme!
MY HEART <3
And that's a wrap!
No!!!
Need moar! MOAR avatar!!
So sad now 🙁
But, seriously, best show ever?
ALTERNATE ENDING:
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I like the way they make it so very clear that Aang could have killed Ozai a couple of different times. If he'd done it in the Avatar State, he wouldn't even have been really 'responsible'! And the setting for it always makes me wonder if they deliberately set things up to avert a Disney Villain Death… I mean, all it would have taken would have been Aang instinctively dodging when Ozai attacked him from behind, and he'd have gone out like almost every Disney Villain ever.