If you like cartoons (man I hope you do for your sake, there is something sad about growing up so much that you can’t even like a cartoon) and you have not seen Avatar then you really need to.  It’s pretty epically great.  I was surprised how much I enjoyed it.  Then came Legend of Korra, which is also pretty great but different.  But it is currently on and I dig it.  One of the things I dig most is the lead character, who can be frustratingly bullheaded and I know some people are annoyed by her but I enjoy an actualized female lead who is a total ass kicker but has her flaws.  Flaws that the show doesn’t cover up and try to hide.  Like that was my issue with late season Buffy, how often Buffy was clearly wrong and then the show used narrative moon man logic to make her right.  She was still a shitty friend in season 7 whatever you had uber vamps do.  But that’s not what this is about.  I like Korra a lot.  One of the things I really liked was in season one when a guy was telling her he liked her, the words he used, “Are you kidding me? You’re the smartest, funniest, toughest, buffest, talentedest, incrediblest girl in the world!” It stood out because pretty wasn’t the first word.  It actually wasn’t a word at all.  There is a joke Disney thing that pops up on tumblr sometimes where the prince tells the princess how pretty she is and she says, “And what else” and he’s stumped.  The fact that in this show someone would see her other qualities as the main part of her appeal goes a long way to showing why the character is so appealing.  She’s pretty because she’s on TV and a cartoon, there was no chance she was going to be drawn ugly, but what makes her appealing, and I feel this stands out with cartoons more than with reality, is her actual personality traits.  The thing where she has deep reserves of resolve and that even when she messes up she picks herself back up and that deep down she will always do what is right.  Anyway, the show is awesome, she is awesome, you should watch it if you don’t But you should start with Avatar: The Last Air bender.  Today I want to fuck Avatar Korra.