I haven't watched the episodes of Netflix's Avatar the Last Airbender yet, but they have already brought joy to my life.
My little brother had never been a book reader, and he tends to prefer war movies and video games that don't lend themselves to movies being made about them. He doesn't frequent fandom spaces. Sure he's watched plenty adaptations, but he's never been into the position of loving an original work and then watching an adaptation. Until today.
And hearing his indignant, almost spiritual, revelation that he is, in fact, the exact same kind of nitpicky, originalist fan that dislikes changes as he's always complained I am (to be fair that is a very accurate accusation) is fucking hilarious. The wide crackhead eyes he gave me as he told me that "I'm turning into you" before complaining about every thing episode 1 was doing wrong in his opinion were entirely worth the cost of this production as far as I'm concerned. After years of him exasperatingly telling me that they're allowed to make changes, he just stormed into my room to scream about them skipping Sokka's arc on Kyoshi. I am vindicated; and extremely entertained.
Jourdon LaBarber here, getting to know one of the newest Sabres, defenseman Ilya Lyubushkin.
Q. Ilya, tell us about yourself, off the ice.
I guess, so, off the ice, I'm kind man, I'm friendly. I'm almost always happy, yeah, I'm enjoy life.
Q. And tell us about yourself, on the ice.
Oh it's way different [than] off-ice. I'm hard, I think I'm tough, mentally strong, you know. I want to win always.
Q. What's your favourite part about being a Sabre?
My teammates; some unbelievable guys here.
Q. Why choose the number 46?
When I grow up, I wear number four, and sometimes number six. Also I have birthday April 6; so month, four, and day, six.
Q. If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Oh, it's a tough question. My choice between just coconut, and maybe, some charcoal grilled beef. I don't know, I guess, I like both, but maybe coconut, it's easy to eat.
Q. What are binge-watching right now?
Um, nothing. Most times, I'm being with my kids. Don't have the time to watch movies or something.
any gift with “dadza” written on it is so cute to me it genuinely reminds me of the gifts i would make for my parents in elementary school. fucking construction paper heart covered in glitter that says “I ❤️ U DAD” vibes i love it so much