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Kate ([personal profile] kate_nepveu) wrote in [personal profile] james_davis_nicoll 2009-01-07 04:36 pm (UTC)

Sorry, I was going too fast, because I really ought not be spending time on this today--

First, I'm relying heavily on the content of the links I posted, which say the most important things much better than I could.

What I meant about the eye colors is that this one characteristic has been obviously overriden for Avatar-world-specific worldbuilding purposes. Saying "Since Zuko has yellow eyes, his appearance can't be modeled on Chinese peoples" is like saying "Since Zuko can blast fire" ditto. It just does not strike me as useful.

As for Aang, he's _young_, and one of the ways you show youth is big round eyes. And "not much more than a smiley"--did you *read* those links? Because that's exactly what they're talking about.

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