If This Were a Real Ship War, You'd be a Sitting Turtle-Duck

[attackfish]

Now that Legend of Korra has officially premiered, at least in my location, I have more Highly Important thoughts to share on shipping.  It says something about just how special our fandom is when the shipping, and even the shipping wars began way back when all we had on most of these characters was a name and a picture (it’s like a dating site but more animated...  See what I did there?) And really, I can understand why, I mean, our particular fandom has a reputation to maintain as the shippiest fandom this side of a navy base, but really, the half-hearted, meta joking shipping going on right now?  It’s a mockery to the noble tradition of shipping!

It’s not entirely our fault, I know.  Bryke and crew have been encouraging this by giving us ridiculous, thinly veiled copies of the popular ships from Avatar: the Last Airbender.  It’s sad how obvious it is that Mako’s scarf/Amon’s mask is the new Zutara, and Korra/pro-bending is the new Iroh/tea.  I mean, the Korra/spinning gates people are already starting to act like the Iroh/lotus tile people, and the scarf/mask people are already calling the Mako/scarf people immature canon slaves.

I suppose I should be grateful for the lull.  After all, we are a passionate fandom, and already, as I described above, the rumblings of true fannish feuding are beginning to be felt.  At least the lighter, joking unheated shipping is all in good fun and unites us rather than divides us.  For once, we are all one fandom.

Perhaps my dissatisfaction with the way things are going is because I know what’s coming.  I will see friends and siblings in fandom torn asunder.  The cracks that our anticipation of Korra have only papered over will grow wider.  The wounds will open up and bleed anew.  The ship wars are coming my friends.  Scarf will be vilified by the Mako/Korra people, and Mako will be vilified by the scarf/mask people.  The Korra/pro-bending people will call the Korra/spinning gates relationship abusive, and there will be no more common ground.

But I swear to God, if Amon’s mask joins the good guys, I will quit this show.  It’s just too predictable.

Comments

[avocado-love.livejournal.com]

XD

Your crack inspired my crack.

For the record my OTP is Korra/Brolin and Spinning Gates/Amon's Mask. Mako is the poor man's Zuko. He can be paired with one of Tenzin's kids... when she's of legal age. ;D

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Mako/adult!Ikki - Like Zuko/Ty Lee without the pink and daddy issues.

(I find the idea of Tenzin's face when one of his kids brings home a pro-bending boyfriend hilarious.)

Spinning gates and Amon's mask are secretly in a conspiracy against Korra. I know it.

[lavanyasix.livejournal.com]

Bah! The real ship war has begun. Some Makorran troll got into the "Ask *Howl" Tumblr and deleted it, prompting ill feelings between them and the Howrrans already sore from last time. That's right, two spats in the first week of Howrra's existence. Gives you hope for the future, doesn't it?

*H.O.W.L. stands for Hot Order of the White Lotus guard, i.e. the guard Korra asks to open the front gate in the first episode. http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=howrra

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

No, it means the wizard Howl, which will be the dark horse ship, I know it.

Well, Korra had to find some kind of entertainment in that frozen wasteland, I guess...

[wolfs-lament.livejournal.com]

This!

I can't understand how people are already shipping. We barely know the characters yet! Then again I don't usually join fandoms for at least a season of a new show, so this is all pretty new territory for me.

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty sure A:tLA/LoK is a special fandom that way... Good God.

[flowerflute.livejournal.com]

People, please, it's all about the 'cesty Malin goodness. B|

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Is it the new watercest or the new boomerang/space sword?

[c3childs.livejournal.com]

I'm gonna do like Kyoshi Island and see how everything looks after the first season before I go one way or the other.

Although Amon's Mask/Mako's Scarf intrigues me...

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Lol, I'm mostly a gen girl myself, and when I do ship, I see no problems with shipping many mutually exclusive ships. Though Scarf/Mask does have a certain something... just have to be careful not to lose my head over it like I did with Zuko/honor.

[c3childs.livejournal.com]

Gen and canon are definitely safest. Zuko/honor was so real. At first, I thought it was an abusive relationship, and he should just try and move on but once they got it together, it was just so compelling. I don't know if the writers will be able to top that one.

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

So many fond memories. I know. I remember thinking Honor was just one of those stupid love inerests who is never going to show up, and if it does, it'll be totally boring, and no one good for Zuko would demand what Honor did, and then after Day of Black Sun, when Zuko finds out that Honor wasn't asking what he thought it was, and we found out why the writers had done what they did? Magic.

[c3childs.livejournal.com]

(lol) I'm getting all nostalgic. Zuko/Honor: THE Standard for Shipping.

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

Well, that and Iroh/tea. We all know how I feel about Iroh/tea.

[c3childs.livejournal.com]

I'm not even gonna go there because I could stay for quite a long time.
Is there an Iroh/tea banner?

[attackfish.livejournal.com]

THERE SHOULD BE!!!1