Rewatching Avatar The Last Airbender And Realized Just How Justifiably Angry Katara Was.

Rewatching Avatar the last Airbender and realized just how justifiably angry katara was.

She was angry he mother died.

She was angry her father left them to fight in a war.

She was angry that her contributions to the tribe were not appreciated.

She was angry she was the only water bender left in her tribe.

She was angry she had to teach herself water bending.

She was angry that a little boy immediately picked up what took her years to master.

She was angry that she had to travel across the world to get a bending master who would dismiss her.

I am trying to watch Naruto, and this show has an egregious amount of filler. Now, I am still watching the original Naruto series that spaces it out terribly, but still, the ratio of cannon to filler is insane.

I want numbers to back up my complaining, so I did some math.

So, the original Naruto series has 220 episodes, 90 of which are filler.

Episodes 1-142 contain 13 filler episodes. 2 of them are standalone, while the other 11 make up 2 separate arcs. Episodes 143-219 are all filler. They contain 15 whole filler arcs.

This means that 40,9% of the original Naruto series is made up of filler episodes. (90/220≈0,409*100=40,9%)

Now, the Naruto: Shippuden series has 500 episodes, and 203 of them are filler.

I have to acknowledge, though, that they are better spread out.

This means that 40,6% of the Naruto: Shippuden series is filler episodes. (203/500=0,406*100=40,6%)

Episodes 1-100 contain 25 filler episodes, all of which are parts of arcs. Episodes 101-200 have 43 filler episodes, and 2 of them are standalone episodes. Episodes 201-300 contain 40 filler episodes, and 5 are not a part of arcs. Episodes 301-400 have 45 filler episodes, including 5 standalone episodes. Episodes 401-500 have 50 filler episodes, and just 2 of them stand alone.

If we put all those number together, we get that all of the animated Naruto content comes out to 720 episodes and that 293 of them are filler.

So 40,69% out of all the animated Naruto content is filler. (293/720≈0,4069*100=40,69%)

And just for good measure, we can compare it to both the other "Big 3" members.

One piece as of today has 1118 episodes, out of which only 96 are filler. So only 8,5% of it is filler episodes. (96/1118≈0,085*100=8,5%)

Bleach today stands at 366 episodes, and 165 of them are filler episodes. So a staggering 45% of Bleach is filler. (165/366≈0,450*100=45%)

Someone tried convincing me that Yuji can talk no jutsu Sukuna in his domain for jujutsu kaisen to have a "happy" ending.

I wish bro, I wish.

But then you have this panel...

No hope.

There is media that you consume.

And then there is media that consumes you.

Just finished watching Yuri on ice, and I am sure someone has already addressed this, but I wanna talk about it.

So, the music that Victor chooses to choreograph for Yurio and Yuri is "On love:Agape" and "On love:Eros" respectively.

Both Agape and Eros are greek words, and as a Greek, I feel as though the definition we are given does not do them justice.

AGAPE

We are told that agape is "unconditional love", but in Greek, agape literally means love.

The meaning the greeks give to agape is "A feeling of liking affection or friendship as well as its expression in words or actions"

Its etymology is even more interesting. The majority of researchers agree that it has two parts: 1st, the adverb "ἄγαν" which means "a lot of" 2nd, the theme "-πω" which means "protect/conserve" So etymologically agape is the overwhelming need to protect something that one sincerely cares about.

Combining the two can put the entire meaning of agape into words, but I think that authentic agape can not be verbalized.

EROS

When Victor explains the musical choices he made, he says that eros is "sexual attraction". But I find it a little bit shallow.

The greeks say that eros is "A carnal attraction of one person to another along with intense desire or love and excessive devotion"

Etymology-wise, eros is derived from the ancient Greek verb "ἔραμαι/ἐράω-ἐρῶ" which in modern Greek means "λαχταρώ/ποθώ". Both the verbs translate to "crave" the latter being more intense.

Eros was also the name of the God of love and sex, son of Aphrodite , godess of beauty. Consequently, making Eros something devine and flawlessly beautiful.

Putting all this information together, eros goes far deeper than just sexual attraction and is a gift from the Gods of Olympus.

Sincerely, a Greek who felt a tad bit underrepresented

Thank you Gege 🙇🏻‍♀️