Breaking Out of the Girl Show Ghetto - Avatar: the Last Airbender
- Averted falling into the ghetto. While the lead was male the supporting cast veered towards “mostly female” in Season 2 with the introduction of The Dragon Azula, her friends Mai and Ty Lee, and Sixth Ranger Toph; all of whom were well-received. The good response to the ladies has led the creators to have a female lead in the Sequel Series, The Legend of Korra. Absolutely nobody in the fanbase has a problem with this.
- Although it did get hit with the merchandising version with no female action figures even though girls made up a good half of the cast. What made this even more jarring was that male characters who only appeared in a few episodes (like Jet) got action figures, but Katara, an Action Girl and a member of the MAIN CAST (appearing in all episodes except “Zuko Alone”), never got one and neither did Toph (also a main character from the second season onward) despite being more of a tomboy. However, the sequel series, The Legend of Korra, is bound to force their hand by putting a girl as the main character.
Seriously? I wish I could say I was at all surprised, but, ugh. These people are idiots. and even in ranges that do manage to include a female figure, so often they’re just… offputting. Bizarre stances, oddly angled heads, lack of articulation compared to the male figures.
(Source: talks-in-tongues-and-quiet-sighs, via namosays)
