Comment on In Star Wars, what would it mean "to bring balance to The Force?"
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 13 hours agoI always get kind of annoyed with Avatar’s squeamish around blood bending. Like, why? Why is that worse than hitting them in the head with a giant rock?
Canconda@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Oh, there’s a Nickelodeon TV show called Avatar: The Last Airbender where people have telekinetic ability called bending, but limited to a single element (Earth, Air, Fire, Water). There’s an episode where a character is forced to bend the water inside someone’s blood to prevent her from killing people and it’s made out as a step towards evil, like a dark-sided Force power, whereas it’s really just one more way to use bending to force people to your will, just like bending a rock at their heads.
Avatar has some impressive depth to it and the writing is impeccable; definitely and always a kid’s show first, but I discovered it as an adult so it has a lot to offer. Just make sure to watch the original animated series and not the Netflix live-action caricature (and not to be confused with Avatar: Dances with Wolves in Space).
Canconda@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
The way my brain works, unfortunately. You’re not alone. My constant context-switching bothers my gf too.