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When it comes to TV shows, I really don't think anyone is as fast as my sister at watching them.  She watched the entire 7th season of Buffy in a single day, she watched several seasons of Lost in only a couple weeks, and she does it all while watching multiple different shows at the same time. 
A few days ago, I finally got my sister to watch Avatar: The Last Airbender.  I've been bugging her about this ever since my friends managed to get me to watch it.  She came into my room late at night after only two episodes and asked me to let her borrow my DVDs of the first season after deciding that she really liked it.  The next day, when I came home from work at around 4, the box was back in my room.  As of right now, she is six episodes into the third and final season.  The only reason she hasn't completely finished the show now is because she works full time on weekdays.  I kinda wish she was pacing herself a bit more though, because I love meeting with her in  the hallway and discussing the show with her and asking what she thinks.  "Did you get to episode number X yet?  What do you think of Toph?  Isn't she amazing!?"  "How hard did you laugh at Sokka and Momo and the cactus juice incident?"  It's so much fun!  It's also hard not to spoil stuff though, like when my sister said (after watching the first season) "I hope they make Zuko's character even more dimensional in the second and third season."  There are so many times she says "I hope this happens" or "I wonder when they'll explain this" where I'm thinking "Wow, you have NO IDEA!"  I'm really glad she's so in love with the show and its characters.  Now we can talk about how amazing Katara and Toph are, among other things.

I'm sorry to say that she's really not feeling the Katara/Aang though.  She says that since Katara is 16 and Aang is only 11, it's kind of gross right now.  I can understand where she's coming from, but in a few years I don't think it would matter so much.  Aang might be a little young at this point, but it's not like she's 20 and he's 10 or something.  And besides, for most of the show, up until the end, their relationship is just portrayed as a mutual crush.  My sister is picky about this stuff though.

And on another note, I've started reading A Game of Thrones!  Yay!
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Time for Doctor Who/Neil Gaiman Fangirling!

Okay, so Saturday's episode of Doctor Who?  OHMYFUCKINGGOD THAT WAS AMAZING!

It's really no secret that I think this show was greatly improved after Steven Moffat took over.  Towards the end of Russel T Davis's run, the show was almost unbearable to watch anymore because I had become so frustrated with it.  Season five on the other hand, captained by Steven Moffat, far surpassed my expectations and soared way past the potential I saw for the show when I started watching.  Now, I know plenty of people disagree, but that's just my opinion.
Then, in season six episode four, Neil Gaiman came along and WROTE THE BEST EPISODE OF DOCTOR WHO EVER.  Not just the best episode of New!Who, but the best ever.  Never on the history of this show have we gotten to see the soul of the Tardis inhabit a human body and speak directly to the Doctor (Bad Wolf!Rose doesn't count, since that was a mix of both Rose and the Tardis in a completely new entity).  It was amazing and beautiful.  All throughout this show the Doctor's relationship with his space-time-machine has seemed almost romantic, especially with the knowledge that it's actually alive and has a soul.  "The Doctor's Wife" was the PERFECT title for this episode, because that's who the Tardis is for the Doctor, in a way.  Sure, he has romantic adventures with characters like Rose and River Song, but they're not the Tardis.  And all the references to classic!Who were great, like when she called the Doctor "Thief", in reference to the fact that he originally stole her.  I loved how excited the Doctor was too that he finally got to speak with, touch, kiss (and get bitten by) the Tardis for this one episode:
The Doctor: Uh, Amy, this is... well... she's my TARDIS. *becomes absolutely giddy*Except she's a woman. She's a woman and she's my TARDIS!
Amy: She's the TARDIS?
The Doctor: And she's a woman. She's a woman and she's the TARDIS!
Amy: Did you wish really hard?
Of course then her human body dies and she goes back to being the non-speaking machine and it's sad, and I got teary eyed, and Neil Gaiman you are a GENIUS.  And thanks to this episode, Doctor/Tardis is going to become a much more popular ship (and hopefully spawn lots of fanfic).
Also, not related to the OTP in this episode, but I thought it was really funny:
The Doctor: (to Amy and Rory) Uh, the House deleted all the bedrooms. I should probably put you into a new bedroom. You'd like that, wouldn't you?
Amy:  Okay, um... Doctor, this time could we lose the bunk beds?
The Doctor: (with a "you've got to be kidding" face) No, bunk beds are cool! A bed! With a ladder! You can't beat that!

Doctor, why would you give a married couple bunk beds?  That's just mean!

Now, something quick related Avatar the Last Airbender
Also, in other fandom related news, Mark from "Mark reads Harry Potter" just finished watching and reviewing the first season of Avatar the Last Airbender, and you really should check out his blogs.  The man is adorable, and I LOVE his commentaries on Harry Potter, Doctor Who, and Avatar: TLA.  Here's some links:
Mark Watches Blog: markwatches.net/reviews/
Mark Reads Blog: markreads.net/reviews/
(also he's going to start His Dark Materials soon and IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME)

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