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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2009-02-14 05:37 pm

[ SECRET POST #771 ]


⌈ Secret Post #771 ⌋

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Secrets Left to Post: 19 pages, 458 secrets from Secret Submission Post #111.
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[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
171) A lot of artists draw Zuko/Katara art. It's a thing I have learned to accept about Avatar fandom, as much as it irritates me. They want to draw two main characters they think are pretty making out with each other, and you know, if that works for them who am I to argue? I would probably draw it too sometimes if the fans hadn't burned me so badly in the past.

I'm just very glad that folks like [livejournal.com profile] queenofthecute present such an appealing alternative, with aged-up super-hot Aangs to go with the existing glut of aged-up Kataras.

As for me, I'll be over here in the corner drawing Mai/Zuko and Jet/Zuko and and the occasional Aang/Katara, hoping some other folks sometimes stop in to play in the same sandbox!
Edited 2009-02-14 22:53 (UTC)

[identity profile] amiraelizabeth.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 10:54 pm (UTC)(link)
speaking of which, I need to draw more older Aang...LOL :D

[identity profile] amiraelizabeth.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I will remedy that this weekend. No work for the next 4 days. :D I have something for you too. I send it by later.
Edited 2009-02-14 23:45 (UTC)

Re: 171

[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeeeeessssss <3

Re: 171

[identity profile] celemna.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
it's a sad truth for me really. I want more Maiko!..I should shut up and finish this piece then. llalalalal..

Re: 171

[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
PLEASE DO! And then post it over on [livejournal.com profile] maizuko when you're done! :D

Re: 171

[identity profile] celemna.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
I've been working on it for a long time but then I get unmotivated. AND THEN I DO THE SAME THING FOR AMVS. Maiko is really the only thing I ship hardcore in Avatar but there is so little love T_T

Re: 171

[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
It goes in waves, you know? Most ship communities seem to. Hopefully things will pick up again! <3

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[identity profile] celemna.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I hope so! We'll see though.

I'm tempted to draw my favorite ship though. Katara/herself. *shot*

Re: 171

[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
NICE XD

Re: 171

(Anonymous) 2009-02-14 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
They want to draw two main characters they think are pretty making out with each other,

Mind reader now are we?

Not in Avatar fandom, but as some one whose ship fandom used to get accused of that all the time in another fandom, when most of us just liked the character interaction and ship potential, yeah, kinda douchy thing to say.

Re: 171

[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-14 11:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't mean to be douchey, seriously. I know there are plenty of people who like that ship for very heartfelt reasons!

But I also know that a LOT of casual fans very EXPLICITLY (as in, they actually say as much in their notes on the art) draw this particular pairing because they think it's pretty. And over the years that admittedly can get a little frustrating, especially when combined with the fact that non-Zuko/Katara art is often riddled with comments bashing the ship you've chosen to draw and begging you draw Zutara for them instead.
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Re: 171

[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-15 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
....?

Man, I'm wishing I could go back and edit that comment, now. I'm not trying to imply that all people who draw Zuko/Katara art have purely superficial reasons for doing so.

I was specifically thinking of casual fans who aren't particularly invested in the show or the ship -- they just want to draw something pretty and hot for a show they just watched, and if they are only going to draw one pretty/hot piece of Avatar fanart it usually ends up being Zutara. I've been in fandom a long time and I've seen this happen over and over and over again.

Of course the more serious shippers have more deeply felt reasons, but there are mountains of explicitly superficial (as in, the notes on the art itself make that superficiality very clear) Zutara art, as well, and I'll freely admit that over time the trend has made me a little irritable.

Of course, if that's not what you meant, uh....well, what did you mean?
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Re: 171

[identity profile] ali-wildgoose.livejournal.com 2009-02-15 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I didn't mean for it to be! And also, completely seriously -- that's actually a completely legit reason to want to draw something? Not all art has to be heartfelt and serious, I have certainly drawn plenty of things for silly reasons myself.

I'm feeling particularly irritated today because of stuff that's happened online this week regarding certain specific people in fandom. One of my artist friends who has chosen, for her own reasons, not to draw any Zuko/Katara art has been the target of a lot of harassment recently, and it's hard to watch that without becoming a little resentful about the whole thing.

But I'm sorry if that negativity leaked into my comment unintentionally.