Weekly Update 17

Weekly Update 17

Hello everyone! You will never guess what I have to announce today!

…no representation requests yet.

Sorry for that, I use humor as a defense mechanism. This week has been a trip though, let me tell you about it.

First off, I did a lot of stuff I wanted to do, instead of lying down in front of the TV resting due to my fever. One of the coolest things I did was finish the Legend of Korra! I finished Avatar: The Last Airbender a few months ago and it took me a bit to get through Korra. Here is my take: it is worse than ATLA, but not bad. I loved the evolution of bending and the increased worldbuilding, but the writing was bad. In my opinion. The biggest reason I found the writing lacking was the lack of an overarching villain. Aang had to learn how to master the other three elements to fight the Fire Lord, while Korra had to do something wildly different every season. It made the show feel like it was “wheel spinning,” which means a whole lot of nothing happens. Also, the ending was rushed and underwhelming (probably because we just met the villain ten episodes earlier), and it focused on characters that I didn’t really care about. WHAT HAPPENS TO BOLIN? TO MAKO? I also had a problem with Korra and Asami’s relationship. I understand the writers couldn’t have an openly gay relationship if they wanted it to air the show but the two of them didn’t even talk until the middle of the third season. I give ATLA a 9/10 and Korra a 6.5/10.

I also got to see Beau is Afraid in theaters with my roommate. All I can say is… wow. I highly recommend you watch it if you like Ari Aster’s other movies or stories that are “thinkers” like The Lighthouse or Donnie Darko. I want to watch it again; it was so good.

Ok, time for me to start looking for more agents. I ran out of science fiction agents on Query Tracker, so I also have to find a new way to organize my queries. Wish me luck!