Spotlight on Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender

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The world of Avatar has a very "medieval Asia" feel to it -- or, at least, technology is low and all the writing's in classical Chinese. It's divided into four nations, each with their corresponding element: Earth, Fire, Air, and Water (Heart! By your powers combined I am Captain Pl-- wait, wrong show.) What makes the world special is that some of the people from each nation are able to control and manipulate their respective element, a power known as "bending". In the middle of all of this, bringing balance to it all, is the Avatar -- one person who is continually reincarnated throughout many lifetimes, who acts as the intermediary between the physical world and the spirits, and who has the power to bend all four elements. In each incarnation, the Avatar is born to a different nation, in turn, so that the balance is maintained.

So. Our story begins 100 years ago, with Fire Lord Sozin, who took advantage of the increased power given to his firebenders by a comet in order to try to conquer the world. Obviously, the Avatar would try to stop the whole conquest deal, so he needed to be dealt with. It was the Air Nomads' turn for him to be born among them, so Sozin, who apparently didn't know the meaning of the word "overkill", decided to wipe them out. All of them. The Fire Nation army killed every last Air Nomad, wiping the nation off the face of the earth.

Except, ironically, for the Avatar, who instead managed to be trapped in suspended animation inside an iceberg with his flying bison. Hence the subtitle of the series, "The Last Airbender".

( The Nations )

( So What is this Bending You Guys Keep Talking About? )

( And So Who Are These Crazy Kids? )

( Yeah, Well, Why Should _I_ Watch? )

( Look! Shinies! )

( And You Can Own It Yourself )

Sooo....there's more?

Season three is premiering on September 21st at 8pm on Nickelodeon. We've had to wait for almost a year for it, but if you start watching now, you'll have plenty of time to catch up and be ready to dive right in!

Questions? Comments? Pie? Teal Deer to Throw?

Class Rank Confusion

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Hello!

We've recently received some questions regarding class ranks and their progression from Summer to Fall semester. If your student was a junior during the Summer they will remain a junior during the Fall. This applies to all class ranks.

We understand that this might not have been clear and people might have been expecting to go up a class rank (Freshmen to Sophomore, Sophomore to Junior, Junior to Senior). If you're in this situation, please let us know immediately so we can make the appropriate changes and you don't end up playing your character in the wrong year with the wrong age.

Questions? Comments? Pie?

Spotlight on Fandoms - Power Rangers in Space

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*waves* It's my turn again to do a Spotlight on Fandom and this time I'll be doing Power Rangers in Space.

Power Rangers in Space is the sixth season of the Power Rangers franchise that first aired in 1998 and it is based on the Japanese series Denji Sentai Megaranger. The series basically kept the franchise alive after the very bad run of Power Rangers Turbo and PRiS was supposed to be the last season but after getting strong ratings it allowed the show to continue. Power Rangers in Space deals with what happened after the four ex Turbo rangers (T.J, Carlos, Cassie and Ashley) took off into space to rescue Zordon after he had been captured by Dark Specter. They ended up meeting the Red Astro Ranger Andros and after some initial reluctance Andros gave them the four remaining Astro morphers so that they could become the new ranger team.

( The Rangers )

( The Villains )

( Supporting Characters )

( Getting Power Rangers in Space/Links )

Spotlight on Fandoms: Nip/Tuck

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( Cut for length. But it's not as long as the PRDT Spotlight, really. ;) )