Avatar Shipping: Ty Lokka

For past posts in this "series" you can go to these places: intro, Zutara, Kataang, Tokka, and Teoph.  This post will be about Ty Lee and Sokka or Ty Lokka.

My Opinion

To be honest, Ty Lokka isn't a ship I've really thought about much even though it seems to have a somewhat decent amount of support in the fandom.  Sure Ty Lee flirted with Sokka once, and he kind of flirted back, but I don't think they'd make a good couple if they actually dated.  I don't really care for it at all.  It actually sounds a little boring.

Why do people ship Ty Lokka?

I really don't know how to answer this question.  I suppose it mostly stems from the flirting that happens in The Drill, but I can't see that in itself causing people to ship it.  I guess there's just something about Ty Lee and Sokka that some people like together, but I have no idea what that would be.

Fan Works

Fanfiction

I couldn't find a Ty Lokka community on fanfiction.net,so I just did a search with Sokka and Ty Lee as characters instead.  I'm sure not all of these are romantic, but here you go.

Fan Art

Here are the results from a "Ty Lokka" search on deviantArt.

Fan Videos

Here are the results from a Ty Lokka search on Youtube.

Anticipating Korra

I just want to make a quick post ranting about how exited I am for The Legend of Korra to air later this year.  I just wish we had a release date!  Nickelodeon tweeted the other day and confirmed that it will be airing this year, so at least that's something.  They've actually been tweeting about Korra a fair bit the past several days.  I think it's because so many Avatar fans have started bothering them about it.  It is great to hear that it's being worked on though.  I just want a sooner rather than later release date.  If they're making it  as perfect as possible I guess I can't complain though.

I'm sure it's going to feel like forever before the show actually airs.  Come to think of it: if it airs in the fall (and I have a feeling it will), I'll be off at college.  I'm not even sure how I'll watch it...  I have no idea if I'll have a TV or cable in my dorm.  I will find a way though!  I'm seeing it when it airs.  And on a TV.  There's no way I'm watching a crappy version online.  That's not the same.  I guess it'll be interesting to see how I end up watching it...

Avatar Leaks (The Promise and Korra)

If you're an Avatar: The Last Airbender fan, you're probably aware of all of the leaks going on recently.  For those who don't know, there are currently two exciting things in the works that are Avatar related:  a comic book called The Promise that is set right after the TV series ended and a new TV series set in the future.  Pages from the new comic books AND clips from the new TV show were leaked recently.

I have only seen some of what was leaked.  The first things to be leaked were a couple of pages from The Promise.  I looked at them because the curiousity overwhelmed me.  Now even more pages have been leaked, and I refuse to look at them.  I don't want to see the entire book before I even have the book!  From what I did see, it looks like I'm really going to enjoy the book.  I'm shocked by some of it, but that just means it will be an interesting story!

As for the Korra leaks, I've seen the opening and that's it.  I am going to talk about it a bit now, so if you don't want to know about it, don't read this.  First of all, we got to hear Tenzin's voice!  When he said "my father Avatar Aang" I freaked out.  I still haven't completely gotten over the fact that Aang and Katara have kids and we actually get to see at least one of them.  That was really the greatest part of the opening for me.  I love Aang and Katara so much.  I will be so dissapointed if Tenzin isn't an amazing character.  There's no way Aang and Katara could have an unawesome kid (who is no longer a kid).

I didn't watch whatever else was leaked of Korra.  (I don't know if it was one clip or multiple clips.)  I want to be able to watch the whole episode for the first time as one whole episode.  I don't want to see bits and pieces.  Plus, the quality of those clips probably aren't so great.  It'll be so much more satisfying to wait until the show airs.  Speaking of an airdate, I hope we get one soon!  These leaks have done nothing but make me want new Avatar stuff even more.  We know The Promise is coming in January.  (Mine's pre-ordered!)  Now we just need a Korra release date...

Book Review: Avatar The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures

ISBN: 159582748X
Published:  July 27th, 2011
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
Read from October 16th to November 11th, 2011
Synopsis from Goodreads:

One of America's hottest shows returns! For three years, millions of eager fans tuned in each week to watch Nickelodeon's hit animated series, Avatar: The Last Airbender. Ever since, fans have been hungry for more - and now their wait is finally over!



This volume collects the long-out-of-print, fan-favorite comics previously published in Nickelodeon Magazine and with the Airbender DVDs, plus over 70 brand-new comics pages. That's over 26 stories set in Airbender continuity, by a host of top-notch talent, many of whom worked on the original animated series itself.

My review:

Fangirling Over Korra Info

Last weekend was big for Avatar:  The Last Airbender fans.  We got so much new information about the new series, Korra, and I, for one, was absolutely freaking out.  People who follow me on Twitter had to put up with my constant retweeting of people who were there.  It's been a week, and thinking about all of the new information still makes me excited.  Fair warning:  This post is going to involve a lot of fangirling.

The show is going to be two seasons long!  Granted that's still not very long, but last I heard there was only one season planned.  If they wanted to go for a third season, that would be perfectly fine with me.  I wonder if the seasons will be called books like the last season.  Wouldn't it be cool if the first season was called Air?  From what I've heard, that's the only element Korra has to master, and we didn't get a Book 4:  Air in the last series.  I don't know what they'd call season two after that though.

Aang and Zuko founded the city, United Republic, where the show takes place!  I absolutely love the idea of them founding a city together for some reason.  It probably has something to do with my love of Zuko's friendships with all of the members of the Gaang.  That's one of my favorite parts of the second half of season three.

I love that they named one of the characters after Mako, Iroh's original voice actor who died before the first series was over.  Who doesn't want to have a cartoon character named after them?  I find it interesting that Korra will be traveling with two brothers especially since they seem to be very different.  That should make things interesting.

Animals!  The fire ferret, Paboo, sounds cute.  I can't wait to see what he looks like.  Naga, a female polar bear dog, also looks really cute.  I really love the fact that there are more sky bison and lemurs.  Too bad we have to wait until season two for them to be important.

Toph's daughter is chief of police!  I honestly wasn't expecting to see Toph's kids or anything.  It really makes me wonder who she married.  If we never find that out, it will bug me immensely.  I want some information on him!  I also love that Toph trained a bunch of metalbenders.

Of course I get excited over every little bit of Kataang news.  They had three kids!  I hope we get more information about them as well.  Plus, I definitely want to see Tenzin's kids.  They should be cute.  His oldest, Jinora, is apparently a bookworm.  I can see myself liking her.

Tenzin lives on Air Temple Island.  Does that not sound cool?  I can't help but wonder if they just named the island that or it's an island that an actual old Air Temple sits on.

That was the biggest of the news for me.  I can't wait for the new series (or at least an airdate)!  I'm so excited!