Chapter 2: A Leaf in the Wind

by **Musemelpomene** on Mon Mar 26, 2012 11:40 pm

I've heard mixed reactions about the 1920's theme. For me I absolutely love it, not just for the style but it helps makes a fresh start on a new character set and world. How exciting would it be to have everything expressed in the same time frame? The biggest advantage to having a more modernized world is that it delivers more political issues, feeding to the plot.

by **NightBender** on Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:05 am

I was worried about the 1920's, jazzy, steampunk aspects of the show when they first announced those flavors would be in there. However, I love they way it's handled in the show. I thought it might not work, but I found it to be really refreshing, fun, and interesting.

by **Kuzon** on Tue Mar 27, 2012 12:40 am

I really like the time period but I would lose hope if they decided to immerse the world of avatar into the 21st century...

by **Ataru** on Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:37 am

I wonder if it was a fire/lightningbender that discovered electricity...

by **Mindbender** on Tue Mar 27, 2012 9:59 am

Archsage wrote:But I still wonder if my original stance on the term is more appropriate. Does all "novelas" have to be hispanic? Can a "pizza" be made in America, or do we have to call it cheese-sauce-and-bread? Is it erroneous to use words that come from another language to attribute to concepts or entities here? I guess we can't call it deja vu anymore? Or a coup d'etat? I suppose it would be wrong to mention anything that is not Asian a dynasty? Anyone who is not European a King?

There are several national and regional industries that fight very strongly through international trade agreements to have products they make only be called their name if it comes from their geographical area. The French region of Champagne have fought successfully since the Treaty of Madrid in 1891 to make sure that any Champagne-style alcoholic beverage not from Champagne be called Sparkling White Wine. In most countries, their right is protected. Several cheeses also have their name protected. Cheddar is the name of a town in England where the cheese was first made, but they do not have naming rights to their style of cheese (nor does Switzerland to Swiss cheese), but Stilton cheese and Swaledale cheese do. Kobe beef has a protected designation of origin status within Japan, it has to be from black Tajima-ushi breed of Wagyū cattle, raised according to strict tradition in Hyōgo Prefecture, but not within the US. The Kobe beef industry had worked very hard for many years to make the name 'Kobe' mean something, so that the name carried value with it. In the US, once word got out that Kobe beef was considered the best beef in the world, tons of US beef producers just started calling their beef, that is far cheaper to produce, 'Kobe', and the value of that label is basically meaningless in the US.

So yes, there is good reason that a geographical region would want their terminology to have protected status. The word 'Anime' does not have any legal protected status, but you were attacking the principle that their should be geographical naming protection, be it legally or in common usage. The idea that it is ethnocentric...well, I think you are wildly misusing that term.

by **spacemonkiee** on Tue Mar 27, 2012 1:54 pm

I'm new to this forum and really wanted to get involved with you guys because I'm a HUGE fan of A:TLA and am really looking forward to Korra and am loving the new episodes coming out but after being confronted with such a bitter, bullying and childish argument between senior members of the site, starting on the very first page of this thread, I am very put off.

Very unwelcoming and disappointing.

by **Macready84464** on Tue Mar 27, 2012 2:22 pm

Arguments happen spacemonkiee. People have opinions and want to express them. That's the nice thing about LAF. We don't ban people left and right for saying what's on their mind. It's rather nice actually.

by **Archsage** on Tue Mar 27, 2012 5:59 pm

spacemonkiee wrote:I'm new to this forum and really wanted to get involved with you guys because I'm a HUGE fan of A:TLA and am really looking to Korra and am loving new episodes coming out but after being confronted with such a bitter, bullying and childish argument between senior members of the site, starting on the very first page of this thread, I am very put off.

Very unwelcoming and disappointing.

Oh, Don't let that discourage you. The whole thing was a misunderstanding between me and Ataru that I guess was my fault [by "anime" I literally mean animation -- animation is animation no matter what language you say it in]. So barring my blunders, you'll find this site is great for discussing nearly anything, especially, of course, Avatar. :mrgreen: