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Peter MacDonald ([personal profile] pikabot) wrote2008-02-04 01:12 am

Ahahahahaha, oh wow.

I am lulzing so hard right now. So hard.

OK, so, I should have known better. I admit this. But when I saw Katara-bashing going down in [livejournal.com profile] atla_rants, I couldn't resist jumping in with both feet.

100+ comments ensued, and various statements of dire stupidity were made by two ladies in particular: [livejournal.com profile] dietotaku, and the inexplicably named [livejournal.com profile] sugeatarc.

[livejournal.com profile] sugeatarc begins by Accusing Katara of immaturity, not actually caring about Aang, deliberately undermining Aang's decision, and accusing everyone who disagreed with her of just not seeing the big picture. Unfortunately, it doesn't get much better from there: she repeatedly accuses Katara of playing dice with the universe by not running up to Zuko and giving him a big ol' hug on sight. When questioned on exactly how she was doing this, she never really gave a coherent reply, preferring instead to make nonsensical metaphors involving foxholes, and hilariously inaccurate comparisons to Song of Ice and Fire. When called out on her metaphor being bullshit, she does not respond and instead pursues the Song of Ice and Fire quibble. The closest she ever comes to answering our requests for an explanation is this winner of a comment, where she accuses Katara of driving off Zuko when he first appeared. Which, I suppose, is accurate, but she seems intent on ignoring the fact that so did everybody else. No response has been forthcoming to it being pointed out that she didn't think her cunning plan all the way through there.

Also, apparently Katara must be a perfectly behaved little angel at all times, as she also condemns Katara for getting pissy with Toph in The Chase. Apparently, not being sunbeams and unicorn rainbows to a newcomer is the same as actively trying to drive them away. Who knew.

Oh, and by the way? I'm a troll. Image macros are my only response.

The other offender, [livejournal.com profile] dietotaku, is another, but no less crazy, type of stupid. While [livejournal.com profile] sugeatarc contributes the massive ignorance, [livejournal.com profile] dietotaku brings the WTF. She consistently demonstrates a fundamental incomprehension of the way people interact. I could link to every single one of her comments, and each would show off a unique form of crazy, but here's a Greatest Hits list:



On the other side of the fence was myself, [livejournal.com profile] a_white_rain, and [livejournal.com profile] amiraelizabeth, who is now officially my fucking hero. Unfortunately, all we managed to do was stir up more batshit.

Now, this is all hilarious wank, but the real lulz comes in when it turns out that [livejournal.com profile] dietotaku is actually the creator and maintainer of [livejournal.com profile] atla_rants. Meaning? I'm now banned from the comm. Apparently [livejournal.com profile] dietotaku doesn't appreciate being compared to Rodimus Prime via image macro.

I am laughing my ass off here. I sort of want to create a new comm for Avatar rants, one with actual defined rules (including 'no character bashing'), and advertise it as 'The rants comm that WON'T ban you for disagreeing with the mod'.

ETA: HAHA, BONUS. I just checked the comm's user info, and [livejournal.com profile] dietotaku has made the following addition:

FIRST RULE: this is atla_rants, NOT capslock_atla. the douchebaggery tolerance level is substantially lower here. if you can't discuss a topic without breaking out macros and personal insults, don't bother posting at all.

The lulz factor just went up TWENTY-FOLD.

[identity profile] amiraelizabeth.livejournal.com 2008-02-04 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
I adore Aang. He's easily my favorite. But even he should get crap for being a jerk if Katara is getting crap. I mean Katara was snarking and he did nothing but sit there and eat. He's not an innocent.

[identity profile] amiraelizabeth.livejournal.com 2008-02-04 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
YAY! I'm somebody's hero! :D

[identity profile] amiraelizabeth.livejournal.com 2008-02-04 07:18 pm (UTC)(link)
EXACTLY!

[identity profile] moonlightnrain.livejournal.com 2008-02-04 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I think we just define the word "rants" differently, but that's okay.

[identity profile] amiraelizabeth.livejournal.com 2008-02-04 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Can this be the first rant...

PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW BETTER THAN THE CREATORS SOLELY BECAUSE X ISN'T SNOGGING Y! I am so freaking sick and tired of seeing this BS piled on the creators and writers of this show solely because of what they are doing with the characters romance-wise.
Edited 2008-02-04 20:40 (UTC)

[identity profile] amiraelizabeth.livejournal.com 2008-02-04 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm a perfectionist. And I'm sick in bed. It sucks cause I couldn't get my thoughts in order...LOL.

[identity profile] a-white-rain.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
He bitched with me. It was very therapeutic.

[identity profile] jewbrat.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
adding you since you're made of genius and lol?

[identity profile] jewbrat.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
oh, also as someone with a bit of a personal vendetta with dietotaku (not because she has directly attacked me or anything, but because her all high and mighty "MY WORD IS FUCKIN' GOSPEL" attitude grinds me in the most non-erotic but most unpleasant way.) you get even more props from me for not taking her shit.

[identity profile] jewbrat.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
I miss nine ;_________;
whatever. he'll always be my doctor.

[identity profile] a-white-rain.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
Haha have a slight preference for Ten and would only really want Nine back for crack: his character arc was too perfect for me to want to mess with.

[identity profile] jewbrat.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
ironic that she complains about a character that blows things out of proportion and acts purely on emotion rather then, oh i don't know, logic.

(ex: recently in capslock_atla she made a HUGE RED TEXT post about hating on characters while trying to be funny by saying something along the lines of "You know what's annoying? people who wank and call characters on their faults!" and i replied dryly with a "you know whats annoying? big red text eating my friends page" she got all huffy and deleted her entry, replaying it with a "WELL FUCK YOU GUYS!!!!!" post that was blocked to replies)

i love myself some good internet drama.

[identity profile] jewbrat.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
tbh, i haven't watched enough of S2 and 3 yet to form a full opinion on Ten, so i'm missing nine a whole huggy bunch right now. But! we'll see. opinion pending!

[identity profile] a-white-rain.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
I'll fully admit that when DT leaves I will be heartbroken and have trouble watching the new doctor some. :(

[identity profile] jewbrat.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
it's not fair. just when we get attached they rip them away from us. ;_;

[identity profile] a-white-rain.livejournal.com 2008-02-05 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well CE wanted to leave. :(

Adding my 2 cents way late

[identity profile] redbrunja.livejournal.com 2008-04-13 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
Can I just say thank you for backing Katara? Post 'Western Air Temple' I remember commenting in two separate posts bitching about Katara's behavior (other posts, thankfully less psycho than your battleground) and I'm always thrilled to see other people who agree that Katara was acting totally within her right, and that her darker edge was so. awesome.

(Also, someone was complaining about Katara in "The Chase"? I wanted to smack Toph so hard in that episode.

To add insult to injury, one of the anti-Katara posts was on [livejournal.com profile] katara_zuko which is like, please, if you don't squee maniacally when one part of your parting threatens to kill the other, why are you shipping an enemies pairing in the first place?

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