Torn on Korra

[owlmoose]

There is a part of me that wants to jump in with the rest of the Avatar fandom and scoop up every bit of information that I can about this show. Watch ALL the things! Read ALL the things! Speculate about ALL the things!

Then there's another part of me that wants to go into the show knowing as little as possible, having as few expectations as possible. I don't need to know tidbits to get excited about Avatar: Legend of Korra, because I don't think it's possible for me to be more excited! But I don't want to be spoiled, and I don't want to have expectations set impossibly high, or learn things that might annoy me.

So I've been kind of half-scrolling past Korra stuff, and half-looking, and half-longing to take a closer look, and half-wanting to ignore it all. I haven't even watched the latest trailer yet.

I don't know, am I just being weird about this? Should I give in to the squee, or should I stay here in my lonely (mostly) spoiler-free corner?

Comments

[lassarina]

I'm also avoiding pretty much everything, idk. I know i'll love it when it gets here but I feel no need to pursue leaks and such (much like with Mass Effect and Dragon Age.)

[owlmoose]

pearlrose86 said that she's only watching trailers and other officially released things, not leaked info like clips. This strikes me as a good balance and probably what I'll aim for as well.

I tend to be highly spoiler averse, which is something I'm struggling with on Tumblr. It's so hard to avoid over there.

[lassarina]

Yeah I've just decided to go nowhere near Tumblr until we're done Mass Effect 3, because yeah. Spoilers. The lack of easy cuts is so frustrating.

[auronlu]

I know what you mean about wanting to jump into fandom vs. wanting to experience it in pristine form, without a walkthrough or reviews or spoilers.

However, my immediate reaction to this post, and every little tidbit I've seen over the last year or so, is like a stab to the solar plexus. "Korra" was the name of one of the core characters of a story I wrote during my formative years -- especially at Bryn Mawr, oddly enough -- and I felt an irrational stab of loss when I first saw the name used. Now it's just a feeling of disorientation and dissonance. Sorry, Tidus, this Zanarkand is not the Zanarkand you know!

I wonder if any other writer ever has this problem.

[owlmoose]

I haven't, particularly, but I can imagine why someone might.

Have you watched Avatar: TLA? I think you might really like its imaginative use of mythic elements (and really fantastic female characters).

[auronlu]

I think I've seen one half hour episode and told myself, "You really need to watch this sometime," but haven't. Foo.

[zen_monk]

I don't particularly like to jump on WHEE!FANDOM!BANDWAGON rides, mostly because I get the feeling that I've been trained to not feel as excited with a group of people which I'm not physically with to get excited over. And fear of disappointment and crushed expectations. Yep. That's it.