Blaze@discuss.online to Avatar: The Last Airbender@lemmy.world · 2 years agoStill is quite remarkable how small the pop culture impact of the other Avatar isdiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square98fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down156
arrow-up1680arrow-down1imageStill is quite remarkable how small the pop culture impact of the other Avatar isdiscuss.onlineBlaze@discuss.online to Avatar: The Last Airbender@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·edit-22 years agoI used that as an example of how tropey it was. “Unobtanium” is literally the name of the nigh impossible fetch quest trope and has been for decades.
minus-squareiAmTheTot@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoWhat’s lazy about it? Again, I direct you to the names of real elements and placenames. Humans have been naming things “simply” forever. It’s not lazy.
I used that as an example of how tropey it was. “Unobtanium” is literally the name of the nigh impossible fetch quest trope and has been for decades.
So what?
It’s lazy.
What’s lazy about it? Again, I direct you to the names of real elements and placenames. Humans have been naming things “simply” forever. It’s not lazy.