{"id":2232,"date":"2013-04-19T10:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T17:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2013-04-19T08:27:27","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T15:27:27","slug":"mark-re-watches-avatar-the-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2013\/04\/mark-re-watches-avatar-the-storm\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Re-Watches &#8216;Avatar&#8217;: The Storm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to my good friend Kelsey, who will be responsible for another commission I&#8217;m doing over on Mark Reads later today, for getting me to re-watch one of the most crucial episodes of\u00c2\u00a0<em>Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/em>. BECAUSE HOLY SHIT, &#8220;THE STORM&#8221; IS SO FUCKING GOOD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/py1dujup9adw93r\/avatar1x12.mov\" target=\"_blank\"><!--more-->So, the video file for &#8220;The Storm&#8221; is available for download right here<\/a>, and all Mark Watches videos are indexed in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/xx9l6nxutvo9mo3\/1IyIM77u_L\" target=\"_blank\">my Dropbox folder<\/a>. (And I just got a huge dose of season six and seven of\u00c2\u00a0<em>Buffy<\/em> videos added, too!)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 16px;\">Okay, so I may have spent an inordinate amount of time shouting HONOR HONOR\u00c2\u00a0<em>HONOR<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0every time I saw Zuko on screen because\u00c2\u00a0<em>you kind of have to<\/em>. Has the Internet created a drinking game for\u00c2\u00a0<em>Avatar?<\/em> Like, take a shot when Zuko speaks about honor, a shot when someone says &#8220;avatar,&#8221; a shot when Sokka makes a joke, a shot when OH MY GOD YOU&#8217;D BE PLASTERED IN FIVE MINUTES.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I have a lot of affection for this show. A\u00c2\u00a0<em>lot<\/em>. I recommend it constantly, I speak very highly of it when I do, and whenever I find out someone I know is watching it, I make them text me updates as they go through the show. I love it. I LOVE IT.<\/li>\n<li>Perhaps there&#8217;s no better example of how quickly\u00c2\u00a0<em>Avatar<\/em> just dropped a wave of feelings on its viewers. In this dual flashback episode, we learn how both Aang and Zuko were disillusioned and disappointed by the experiences they were forced into.<\/li>\n<li>I may have also spent a lot of time just internally screaming about Aang and Zuko becoming friends because I love friends and stories of friendship and\u00c2\u00a0<em>could they just be friends already.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Now I&#8217;m thinking of all the character flashbacks from\u00c2\u00a0<em>The Legend of Korra\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>with adult Sokka and Aang and I can&#8217;t deal with feelings anymore.<\/li>\n<li>Anyway, I adore this episode, y&#8217;all. Did you know I got to hold a giant stuffed Appa during my tour event in Boston this year? There&#8217;s photographic evidence of such a thing somewhere.<\/li>\n<li>I wish this show never ended \ud83d\ude41<\/li>\n<li>When does <i>Korra\u00c2\u00a0<\/i>come back?<\/li>\n<li>I am only slightly excited for more of that show. Just\u00c2\u00a0<em>barely<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you to my good friend Kelsey, who will be responsible for another commission I&#8217;m doing over on Mark Reads later today, for getting me to re-watch one of the most crucial episodes of\u00c2\u00a0Avatar: The Last Airbender. BECAUSE HOLY SHIT, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/2013\/04\/mark-re-watches-avatar-the-storm\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,206],"tags":[433,70,400],"class_list":["post-2232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-avatar","category-past-shows","tag-commissions","tag-mark-watches-avatar","tag-rewatches"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markwatches.net\/reviews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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