Hello there everyone!

This is a quick journal entry. I'll hopefully have time to do a longer one later. That'd be awesome. Yeah.

I was one of those who didn't even try to resist watching The Headband on TurboNick. I saw that, stopped for a second, and then went on ahead. Go ahead, scold me. I'm a bad fan >__< But ooooh heavens was that episode lovely. I have proclaimed it, for myself at least, the sexiest episode yet. Aaaaah you have no idea how much I loved all that Kataang. And Sokka? HILARIOUS I thought the Maiko, despite what many people having saying about, was fun and seemed to fit, in my opinion. The episode was great all around. Funny, full of ships I support (thank you o' Mike and Brian), dance-tastic, etc.

It was funny to see Aang in school. Hahah they had to put an overprotective jock boyfriend in. It's like a law for anything that happens in a school in a show, no matter where or when it takes place. You just CAN'T break from that. I don't mind. It was funny to see that punk get Aang'd. Hahah and now I want to go around and call everyone 'hotman.'

The dancing was a beautiful thing. That free-style dancing guy is the foaming mouth guy for the third season. I tell you, when Ozai's defeated, we'll see this town again, and he'll be dancing. Like a Return of the Jedi ending thing. It'll be awesome.

On ji was a cool character. At first my overprotective Kataang-y sensors went off, but I let it go, since I had high doubts that anything would really happen. She danced with Aang, but that was immediately remedied by Katara's irritated jealousy X3

And Aang and Katara's dance? O____O I swear I want to draw so many things about it, but I don't know if I can even put on paper what that did to me. The blushing, just how perfectly synched they were. Oh it was beautiful ^____^ Hopefully I'll be able to put up a deviation of it soon... And then the kiss at the end. Okay, I can see where people come from if she just kisses him after he just saved the water tribe or is going to see the Guru, and they say it's just "motherly affection," (an argument which has just gone down the proverbial drain) but she's kissing him with increasingly greater frequency. I don't know any people who are "just friends," who act like that. Oh no, this is becoming regular my friends. And it is so lovely. I can't wait for more.

As for Zuko, he's flippin' out like mad. Yes, I'm very unhappy with him for yelling at Iroh and making him cry. I don't think anyone's really NOT mad. He'll inevitably straighten up his act, but he needs some major comeuppance.

Oh and the Combustion Man? Full-Metal Alchemist anyone?

Now, as for Shipping. I've been looking at reactions on both sides of the shipping spectrum, in regards to The Headband. Kataangers like myself are dancing around crazy-like. As for Zutarians, reactions are mixed, from what I've seen. Some enjoyed it anyway, others didn't. For me, it's Avatar and the ships are part of it, not the other way around...so there you go. I enjoy Avatar.

Anyway, back to Zutarians. The things I'm about to say in NO WAY apply to all Zutarians. These are just a few cases I've seen around that surprised and confounded me. It's a few people who are still convinced that Zutara will happen. Nothing wrong with that. I say anything's possible. I fear bad shipping karma. But the arguments for why what's happening between Aang and Katara and Zuko and Mai is going to end, are becoming increasingly farfetched, in my opinion.

Take one postulation I heard, for example. One person excused Katara getting jealous as just wanting her "blush slave," back. This may have been meant in jest. I'm not sure. I certainly mean no offense by pointing this out. I just think that's really putting Katara in a bad light. y personal opinion. Also someone said that Katara and Zuko are both lonely and are essentially USING Aang and Mai as emotional crutches until later when Katara and Zuko come together and true love steam babies fire lady, you get the drill. Then I thought, 'Wait...what??' Katara's just USING Aang? Zuko's just USING Mai? If they were just using Aang and Mai, is that really the type of person you'd want as a hero in a tv show? That wouldn't even be Zuko or Katara anymore. They'd be like an emotionally unbalanced Azula. Can you imagine how that would look at the end?

Katara: Lol Thanx for being there for me Aang! But I'm done with you now that my fiery prince is here! *Fawns all over Zuko*
Zuko: Yeah Mai, no hard feelings right?lolz *Make out with Katara*

No matter how you look at it, if you really think they're using Aang and Mai, whether consciously or not, that is an absolutely cruel thing to do. It would be cruel and depressing to watch. I really think everyone's come to far for Zutara to be logically possible anymore...that's just what I think. Honestly, how could Katara argue getting together with Zuko? "Yeah Aang, I know we've had some good times and all and you've always been there for me and everything. But I figured out that my true love is Zuko. You know, the guy that chased us around the world, betrayed us and helped KILL you, then sent an assassin after us? Yeah, turns out I love him. Sorry pal!"

That's absolutely preposterous! I'm not trying to flame Zutara, but the logic is becoming increasingly faulty as time goes on! Zuko may come around in the end, but to end up with Katara after all he's done...it's like belittling everything Aang's tried to do for the world. He's always trying to help people, save the world, constantly having to put aside his own desires for a destiny he never asked for. Not that Zuko hasn't done good, but he's done so much bad. The moral of Avatar would be "Nice guys finish last. Sorry kids." I just...I just don't want to see that happen. I don't think it would fit with the feel of Avatar... I don't know, that's just how I feel. There's nothing wrong with shipping Zutara...but I'm just trying to be logical here. Don't I have some foundation in what I say?

Bah...flame me if you want. I hope that if I was a Zutarian, I'd still be able to think logically...or maybe this argument's biased, I dunno. It's the way I feel.