Part II: The Descension

And so now it begins, my part of the story of how I got involved in the fascination and the action-thrilled world of the Avatar universe, that just took a part of my teen years away. Animated cartoons was never as good as this. I admit I have always thought of controlling either of the natural elements, but Avatar series was the one that literally pulled me towards into day-dreaming of it & yeah become a lunatic of water-bending ... What made me so mad? Well, I would allow the actions to speak for itself....

Fire-bending

Water-bending

Earth-bending

Air-bending



 




Did You see that? Those actions right?
Now who in this world in the right mind would just turn a blind eye to it without giving a look of what this show is all about? And that's when, I decided to give it a try.
To recall back, I was in 9th grade, almost in my mid-teen years so typically a teen guy who probably the last animation series I have seen was Beyblade. After that animation for me was synonymous with only Disney & Dreamwork's animated movies. 

Now this show had a lasting and a memorable effect on me.

Not only was this show came about to be one of my favourites but also this show is filled with such wisdom that I believe would help me, or anyone to be as tolerable and loving as Jesus or The Dalai Lama. The four distinct nations that I have mentioned in my previous post, represents cultural similarities to those of the Oriental countries, mostly adopted form the Indian & Chinese traditions.  And me being Indian, just fuels up my adrenaline to see what the creator of this show has in store for me, being a native to the Oriental and what it intends to show it to the world. Combing traditions and beliefs from the two large superpowers in one cartoon, that is something remarkable. And I salute the creator for that.

 Plus, I was always interested in Chinese martial arts, or more commonly known to the world as Kung-Fu, is what drew me towards this kid's show epic masterpiece, which ultimately did lead to its win in some notable categories for the Kid's Choice Awards. 

I mean, India+ China+ Kung-Fu+ Awards+ Animation+ Wisdom+ Entertainment, now wonder this show rose to be one of the topmost kid's show in the U.S. and in the World, equating a mere half hour with a judicious mixture of knowledge along with fun. I for one, descended into its Avatar Universe completely like another child, waiting for every Friday or whenever the new episode would be aired just to see what new technique or moves the protagonist or any of his mates would show. I am glad that such an amazing show enlightened my mind the need to have patience and tolerance towards people from all backgrounds and yeah, the urge to bend any of the four natural elements, cause you know, its like so cool. This fantasy also lead me to do research on the internet to search for people who could have actually kinetically 'manipulated' the elements, but without luck, that magic was restricted to just animation itself.  :)