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Jessie Flower (Toph's voice) is a Tokka shipper.

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    janedoe401

    [21]Jan 4, 2007
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    ??Although i'm a huuuuuge fan of jessie flower, and i think her voice is the voice of toph (meaning she's perfect for the role), i think Dakota Fanning would be a better actress as Toph if there would be a live action movie for the Avatar.

    That is if there would be a live action Avatar movie.
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    Lisa31468

    [22]Jan 5, 2007
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    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    sluggmunki_tx wrote:
    Is this what the show should be? Shippings? I'm sensing this could get out of hand.


    I sure HOPE it's not about shippings. But I knew I had to put shipping in the title if anyone was going to read this. Nobody visited my Momo thread . . . *sniff*

    Smart girl. She definitely??knows what will bring in a crowd in this forum. So sad the deeper ramifications of??the shipping wars.

    ~Apologizes??for??not posting on??your Momo thread~

    PS: Was??your??Momo topic??in the form of a question? (To all Newbies) When posting a thread whatever you do, don't make it a question. Make a statement about what you think is right and then ask for the thoughts of??others. Otherwise you run the??risk of a cha-jillion very annoying know-it-all veteran posters entering??your thread and ordering you to go to 'Ask a Question, Get an Answer' threads. Ack! Very troubling.

    Edited on 01/05/2007 1:45am
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    Lisa31468

    [23]Jan 5, 2007
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    nyfan wrote:
    Cool interview. I hope we get??a??Jessie interview, as a extra in the Book 2 DVDs.

    SWEET!

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    Lisa31468

    [24]Jan 5, 2007
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    janedoe401 wrote:
    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    confucioussayhi wrote:
    Freed0mFighters wrote:
    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    sluggmunki_tx wrote:
    Is this what the show should be? Shippings? I'm sensing this could get out of hand.


    I sure HOPE it's not about shippings. But I knew I had to put shipping in the title if anyone was going to read this. Nobody visited my Momo thread . . . *sniff*
    Thats not true. I would of came here if it was titled "Jessie Flower". I personally don't follow shippings.
    What he said.


    "Anyone" was hyperbole. I know people would read it if it was simply titled "Jessie Flower." However, I strongly suspect that MORE people will read it because of the title . . .

    Anyway . . . moving on.

    The show is, as someone said, an action adventure. It is therefore first and foremost about . . . high-flying action, comedy, mythology, and characterization. Part of that characterization includes relationships . . . family relationships (LOTS of that), friendships (some of that), and romantic relationships (some of that).

    Yeah, I'm glad the show doesn't follow the "fan-elected matchmaking," or however one of you put it.


    First of all, i'm a BIG fan of Jessie Flower as i'm sure most of you are.?? Secondly, shipping to stories IMO is like spices is to cooking.?? Alittle of it here and there greatly adds to the flavour, but too much ruins the whole thing.?? Without it though, the final result will be bland and boring.??

    That's the problem of almost ALL american cartoons, and what nick is slowly realizing.?? True, the show IS catered for children but that didn't stop the Japanese animators from sometimes including complicated relationships to their stories, with significant success, considering Anime is popular to both young AND adults worldwide.

    That's because constantly showing just a bunch of people fighting episode after episode will get boring.?? Its when you start to like the character and empathize with them that the story can progress to become something worth looking forward to.

    And you can only start empathizing with them one you see yourself in one or more of the characters of the stories.?? And that can only happen when they go through the same problems and situations (more or less) that you go through, like making the wrong decisions, getting misunderstood for doing what you considered the right thing, having problems with friends or women or for women men, etc.

    In short, shipping (and i mean relationships as a whole and not just boy/girl relationships) as long as tastefully done, adds a human element to the story that endears it to the fans.

    WOW! A wonderfully astute observation! I would agree. Any classic epic storytelling is a blend of many elements and the blending??of them is a delicate and complicated balance. Too much of any one thing would upset the balance of the rest and ruin the tale.

    ~Awards Janedoe401 an 'A+' in Literary Analysis~

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    janedoe401

    [25]Jan 5, 2007
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    Lisa31468 wrote:

    janedoe401 wrote:
    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    confucioussayhi wrote:
    Freed0mFighters wrote:
    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    sluggmunki_tx wrote:
    Is this what the show should be? Shippings? I'm sensing this could get out of hand.


    I sure HOPE it's not about shippings. But I knew I had to put shipping in the title if anyone was going to read this. Nobody visited my Momo thread . . . *sniff*
    Thats not true. I would of came here if it was titled "Jessie Flower". I personally don't follow shippings.
    What he said.


    "Anyone" was hyperbole. I know people would read it if it was simply titled "Jessie Flower." However, I strongly suspect that MORE people will read it because of the title . . .

    Anyway . . . moving on.

    The show is, as someone said, an action adventure. It is therefore first and foremost about . . . high-flying action, comedy, mythology, and characterization. Part of that characterization includes relationships . . . family relationships (LOTS of that), friendships (some of that), and romantic relationships (some of that).

    Yeah, I'm glad the show doesn't follow the "fan-elected matchmaking," or however one of you put it.


    First of all, i'm a BIG fan of Jessie Flower as i'm sure most of you are. Secondly, shipping to stories IMO is like spices is to cooking. Alittle of it here and there greatly adds to the flavour, but too much ruins the whole thing. Without it though, the final result will be bland and boring.

    That's the problem of almost ALL american cartoons, and what nick is slowly realizing. True, the show IS catered for children but that didn't stop the Japanese animators from sometimes including complicated relationships to their stories, with significant success, considering Anime is popular to both young AND adults worldwide.

    That's because constantly showing just a bunch of people fighting episode after episode will get boring. Its when you start to like the character and empathize with them that the story can progress to become something worth looking forward to.

    And you can only start empathizing with them one you see yourself in one or more of the characters of the stories. And that can only happen when they go through the same problems and situations (more or less) that you go through, like making the wrong decisions, getting misunderstood for doing what you considered the right thing, having problems with friends or women or for women men, etc.

    In short, shipping (and i mean relationships as a whole and not just boy/girl relationships) as long as tastefully done, adds a human element to the story that endears it to the fans.

    WOW! A wonderfully astute observation! I would agree. Any classic epic storytelling is a blend of many elements and the blending of them is a delicate and complicated balance. Too much of any one thing would upset the balance of the rest and ruin the tale.

    ~Awards Janedoe401 an 'A+' in Literary Analysis~


    Why thank you Lisa!?? I wish all my teachers were as generous as you in grading me.
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    Taang_Forever

    [26]Jan 5, 2007
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    I was kinda hoping nobody would post this thread for a while. One more has fallen to the darkside... this time a voice-actress...

    Last night when I read this info it really sucked...

    Edited on 01/05/2007 6:55am
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    the_jaguarundi

    [27]Jan 5, 2007
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    Taang_Forever wrote:

    I was kinda hoping nobody would post this thread for a while. One more has fallen to the darkside... this time a voice-actress...

    Last night when I read this info it really sucked...


    Oh, come on, don't hate on Jessie Flower . . . she's positively ADORABLE!

    I mean, c'mon, she wants her outfit to be brown and NEON green! And she wishes she could treebend and flowerbend! She totally thought all that through, she's an awesome kid . . .
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    the_jaguarundi

    [28]Jan 5, 2007
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    janedoe401 wrote:
    Lisa31468 wrote:

    janedoe401 wrote:
    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    confucioussayhi wrote:
    Freed0mFighters wrote:
    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    sluggmunki_tx wrote:
    Is this what the show should be? Shippings? I'm sensing this could get out of hand.


    I sure HOPE it's not about shippings. But I knew I had to put shipping in the title if anyone was going to read this. Nobody visited my Momo thread . . . *sniff*
    Thats not true. I would of came here if it was titled "Jessie Flower". I personally don't follow shippings.
    What he said.


    "Anyone" was hyperbole. I know people would read it if it was simply titled "Jessie Flower." However, I strongly suspect that MORE people will read it because of the title . . .

    Anyway . . . moving on.

    The show is, as someone said, an action adventure. It is therefore first and foremost about . . . high-flying action, comedy, mythology, and characterization. Part of that characterization includes relationships . . . family relationships (LOTS of that), friendships (some of that), and romantic relationships (some of that).

    Yeah, I'm glad the show doesn't follow the "fan-elected matchmaking," or however one of you put it.


    First of all, i'm a BIG fan of Jessie Flower as i'm sure most of you are. Secondly, shipping to stories IMO is like spices is to cooking. Alittle of it here and there greatly adds to the flavour, but too much ruins the whole thing. Without it though, the final result will be bland and boring.

    That's the problem of almost ALL american cartoons, and what nick is slowly realizing. True, the show IS catered for children but that didn't stop the Japanese animators from sometimes including complicated relationships to their stories, with significant success, considering Anime is popular to both young AND adults worldwide.

    That's because constantly showing just a bunch of people fighting episode after episode will get boring. Its when you start to like the character and empathize with them that the story can progress to become something worth looking forward to.

    And you can only start empathizing with them one you see yourself in one or more of the characters of the stories. And that can only happen when they go through the same problems and situations (more or less) that you go through, like making the wrong decisions, getting misunderstood for doing what you considered the right thing, having problems with friends or women or for women men, etc.

    In short, shipping (and i mean relationships as a whole and not just boy/girl relationships) as long as tastefully done, adds a human element to the story that endears it to the fans.

    WOW! A wonderfully astute observation! I would agree. Any classic epic storytelling is a blend of many elements and the blending of them is a delicate and complicated balance. Too much of any one thing would upset the balance of the rest and ruin the tale.

    ~Awards Janedoe401 an 'A+' in Literary Analysis~


    Why thank you Lisa! I wish all my teachers were as generous as you in grading me.


    They really should! It was an astute observation. All boiling down to the fact that the show needs both action AND mythology AND family/friend/romantic relationships.
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    Taang_Forever

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    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    Taang_Forever wrote:

    I was kinda hoping nobody would post this thread for a while. One more has fallen to the darkside... this time a voice-actress...

    Last night when I read this info it really sucked...


    Oh, come on, don't hate on Jessie Flower . . . she's positively ADORABLE!

    I mean, c'mon, she wants her outfit to be brown and NEON green! And she wishes she could treebend and flowerbend! She totally thought all that through, she's an awesome kid . . .


    I don't hate Jesse you dum-dum. I 'm just not particularly "happy" with her ship of choice, even though she'd never heard the term before.
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    the_mental_teen

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    I feel sorry for the Taang shippers...
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    the_mental_teen

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    Taang_Forever wrote:
    the_jaguarundi wrote:
    Taang_Forever wrote:

    I was kinda hoping nobody would post this thread for a while. One more has fallen to the darkside... this time a voice-actress...

    Last night when I read this info it really sucked...


    Oh, come on, don't hate on Jessie Flower . . . she's positively ADORABLE!

    I mean, c'mon, she wants her outfit to be brown and NEON green! And she wishes she could treebend and flowerbend! She totally thought all that through, she's an awesome kid . . .


    I don't hate Jesse you dum-dum. I 'm just not particularly "happy" with her ship of choice, even though she'd never heard the term before.


    Well...if you think of it, their is still hope for the Taangers out there. She said she preffered Tokka, but she never said it would happen! And also she thought that at the top of her head because she didn't know what shipping was at first. Reminder: She is just a voice actress and not a producer or creator or etc.

    TMT
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    Taang_Forever

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    Still, I am left unhappy. *pouts* What you all looking at?! Go on! Scram! Get outta here!
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    Eman5805

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    Damned shipping.??What happend to the days when people cared about things like, the PLOT, not who gets married to who and has kids or whatever BS. Unless it's a soap opera then that pretty much is the plot...
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    the_mental_teen

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    Eman5805 wrote:
    Damned shipping.??What happend to the days when people cared about things like, the PLOT, not who gets married to who and has kids or whatever BS. Unless it's a soap opera then that pretty much is the plot...

    Well, we're dying for season 3 but we don't know what to talk about. So all that's left to think about is shipping because...well...it never gets old for most ppl.

    And trust me, when the season 3 trailer finally shows, ppl will go berserk and talk like crazy from the one trailer.

    Edited on 01/05/2007 9:56am
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    Eman5805

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    the_mental_teen wrote:

    Eman5805 wrote:
    Damned shipping.??What happend to the days when people cared about things like, the PLOT, not who gets married to who and has kids or whatever BS. Unless it's a soap opera then that pretty much is the plot...

    Well, we're dying for season 3 but we don't know what to talk about. So all that's left to think about is shipping because...well...it never gets old for most ppl.

    And trust me, when the season 3 trailer finally shows, ppl will go berserk and talk like crazy from the one trailer.

    Especially if they show Katara touching Zuko's scar again. I love this show for that. Show what appears to be Katara healing Zuko's scar in the trailer.??All those??Kataro or whatever??shippers went??beserk about it.??Then, turns out that entire moment was in the commercial.

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    the_mental_teen

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    Eman5805 wrote:
    the_mental_teen wrote:

    Eman5805 wrote:
    Damned shipping.??What happend to the days when people cared about things like, the PLOT, not who gets married to who and has kids or whatever BS. Unless it's a soap opera then that pretty much is the plot...

    Well, we're dying for season 3 but we don't know what to talk about. So all that's left to think about is shipping because...well...it never gets old for most ppl.

    And trust me, when the season 3 trailer finally shows, ppl will go berserk and talk like crazy from the one trailer.

    Especially if they show Katara touching Zuko's scar again. I love this show for that. Show what appears to be Katara healing Zuko's scar in the trailer.??All those??Kataro or whatever??shippers went??beserk about it.??Then, turns out that entire moment was in the commercial.



    HAHAHA!! Poor Zutarians, Katara not having the chance to heal his scar. What will REALLY get ppl concerned if they introduced some new character, and he looks like a big one. But enough bad guys, let's get some new allies!
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    ElJorro

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    WHAT THE HECK IS SHIPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    Taang_Forever

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    My??Jesse sense is tingling.
    Edited on 01/05/2007 10:35am
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    the_mental_teen

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    ElJorro wrote:
    WHAT THE HECK IS SHIPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    It's the relationship between 2 characters and the shippers are the fans of that relationship. The biggest ones are Kataang (Katara/Aang) and Zutara (Zuko/Katara). Their are TONS of different kinds, but these 2 are dealing with WWIII right now, lol
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    the_mental_teen

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    Taang_Forever wrote:
    My??Jesse sense is tingling.


    Where'd you get the Namine sig? It looks good, lol
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