gambitia
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Post by gambitia on May 2, 2008 20:00:44 GMT -5
Actually, Mai's name is spelt funny in English too. The ai vowel combination is usually pronounced as a long i sound when it's at the end of a word (samurai, shanghai, bonsai) and I know my first impulse upon seeing the name was to pronounce it "My". It took me a while to get over it.
I think M+B tried to Asian-ize the name, and in the process kind of screwed up (although, they left Ty Lee with her very English spelling, so I really don't know)
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Post by firefists101 on May 2, 2008 20:04:40 GMT -5
^^Personally I actually love the way Mai's name is spelled. Honestly I love the name in general. It's just so pretty...and IMO the spelling just adds to its attractiveness.
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jillrg
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Post by jillrg on May 2, 2008 23:28:12 GMT -5
Can we drop this? Unreasonably obsessing over petty, meaningless details like this gives fandoms a bad rep for being, well, unreasonably overly obsessive.
At least we'll have plenty to talk about come May 6. Providing Viacom doesn't order Proboards to pull the plug on us if we start discussion before most Blockbusters on the West coast are scheduled to open...
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HeartofFire
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Post by HeartofFire on May 2, 2008 23:54:53 GMT -5
^It is funny how our discussion of Maiko has turned into discussion of how Mai's name should be pronounced, lol. It's an interesting topic, but i guess it's also offtopic. But anyway, yeah, May 6 will hopefully give a boost to this thread. Maybe we'll finally find out what Mai's response to that letter was (not to mention what was in it)...
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2008 6:50:04 GMT -5
I can't wait for May 6. That way we can discuss spoilers. I'm sure the new DVD will give this thread a lot of activity. (If we're allowed to discuss it)
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jillrg
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Post by jillrg on May 3, 2008 9:02:42 GMT -5
At least we'll be allowed to post links to all of the great fic and art that have come out of it, with the Spoilers warning, of course.
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kaibasgirl
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Post by kaibasgirl on May 5, 2008 19:52:34 GMT -5
Oh Maiko, how I love thee so much <33333!
Spoilers removed. TBR talk is a not allowed until May 6th.
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Post by jillrg on May 6, 2008 10:19:53 GMT -5
It's May 6th. Mai just rocked in so many ways in "The Boiling Rock." Isn't it amazing how Zutarians fell for her apathetic, obedient minion act as much as Azula? The infamous hostage exchange scene in "Return to Omashu," leaving Zuko when Azula ordered her to in "The Headband," all those things everyone said indicated she was more loyal to Azula than Zuko... that's what she wanted you to think. I'm sure "You miscalculated" was directed to more than just Azula. Which brings us to Azula losing it. She does not make mistakes or misread people or not predict everything before it happens. She is Azula! How dare Mai successfully suprise her like that! Mai is the first person to take Azula down a peg as a manipulative genius. She cannot understand love, and that is why she was wrong about Mai. "I love Zuko more than I fear you." Say what you want about red and blue dragons and subtext and betrothal necklaces and opposites attract and subtext and love-hate and subtext. Nothing beats this line. Subtext is supposed to be used to find clues when there aren't any in the basic text. When the basic text itself just screams something obvious at you, imagining possible symbolism that contradicts it does not prove it wrong. My latest Maiko work with "Boiling Rock" spoilers: youtube.com/watch?v=qphd4PhMaBUyoutube.com/watch?v=0y7z1E497EAimg142.imageshack.us/img142/9725/91zukosgirljp1.jpgimg214.imageshack.us/img214/9991/92youmiscalculatednz8.jpgimg187.imageshack.us/img187/7634/93obedientactkp6.jpg
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Post by luthien on May 6, 2008 13:10:56 GMT -5
Um... I hate to say this, but can you guys leave Zutarians out of this? Really, this discussion can be had without dragging us into it. Yes, I know the instinct is to laugh and point, but it's not necessary.
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Post by nymphadora on May 6, 2008 14:27:09 GMT -5
It's up there at least once and implied a few times. I just saw WAT-BR and am very confused about my ships........
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kaibasgirl
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Post by kaibasgirl on May 6, 2008 14:27:33 GMT -5
I think she's talking about what wasn't said...and also maybe the motivational posters. It pretty much said "Zutarians" in there =\
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Post by luthien on May 6, 2008 15:25:57 GMT -5
^ I don't see the word "Zutarian" up there anywhere. Umm... either my eyesight is going, or the word "Zutarian" is plainly up there, big as life and twice as true. Well, no, you won't see the word if you don't highlight the spoiler text, but it's there. I'm not that old yet. My initial statement stands.
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Post by theweasleyboys on May 6, 2008 15:29:38 GMT -5
I don't have to say anything about red and blue, because I can just quote Mai instead. "I'm saving the JERK who DUMPED me."
She's dumped. That's all I have to say about this. Even she knows it's over, and she called Zuko a jerk. Oh, and hi, Luthien and Nymphadora. *waves*
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Post by jillrg on May 6, 2008 17:04:39 GMT -5
He's a jerk, yet she loves him. Also her words. After all the mean things Katara has said about Zuko that doesn't turn away their shippers, Mai calling him *text that I would put spoiler tags around if they worked properly* means it's the end for them? This is just the beginnign for this couple.
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kaibasgirl
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Post by kaibasgirl on May 6, 2008 17:14:36 GMT -5
I think spoiler tags only work once in every post. And yeah, they may be over now, but they're going to be together again by the end of the show, I'm positive It's kind of like when Harry broke up with Ginny at the end of HP6. It was only temporary.
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