Episode 1.10: Jet
Oldkid: So, this episode is all about Sokka's feelings.
Mrs. Oldkid: His feelings or his instincts?
Oldkid: Sokka gets upset, a lot. And he has instincts.
Mrs. Oldkid: I feel like the episode was about styles of leadership. Or what makes a good leader.
DeathImpacto: Katara's guide to breaking up with guys: Freeze them to a tree. Or the nearest tall thing that you can't escape from.
Oldkid: Like, freezing their tongue to a pole.
Okay, so it's about leadership. Sokka leads by his feelings. His guts. His splachna.
DI: What is that?
Oldkid: It's Greek for "compassion" or "guts".
DI: I like that word.
Ideathy: So what if someone says, "You tore out my splachna."
Oldkid: They'd be amazing. I couldn't say that if someone just tore out MY guts.
DI: Is that the equivalent of "heart."
Oldkid: I suppose that would be our equivalent. But it just isn't as gooey to say "heart".
DI: It's a lot more fun to say "splachna."
Oldkid: So Katara had a full crush going on in this episode. But I'm not impressed by her choices. Her splachna wasn't making good choices, I think.
DI: No, her hormones were making all her choices.
Ideathy: It ISN'T a full crush. See, when you have a "full on crush" you basically just...you can be a little stalker-y. Trust me...I'm a sixteen year old girl. That's what you call "puppy love" where you just go "OMG they're so cute" but get over it quickly. If it were a typical crush, she'd still be brokenhearted the next episode. Jet doesn't even come up again really for another 2 seasons. Katara is high school aged, that's how crushes should be going for her. She isn't like that. So obviously her splachna isn't fully in line with her head and age, too...
Oldkid: So, you have personal experience in this, hmmmm?
Ideathy: Yes.
Oldkid: Changing subject.
Ideathy: I can tell you exactly when it...
Oldkid: Well, the fall colors were nice, weren't they? But poor Momo, caught in a trap. And Pipsqueak. I really liked Jet's henchmen, even if Jet himself was a jerk.
Ideathy: Pipsqueak was fine. He had lychee nuts.
Oldkid: Just as long as he had food, he could stay up in the air for weeks. So, the lesson we learn from this episode is that killing off innocent towns people is... bad.
DI: Did we mention that Katara's crush was named "Jet"? And that the episode was named after him? I'm sticking with the word "crush", yes.
Ideathy continues her rant on crush, puppy love, etc. No one is actually listening to her anymore.
Oldkid: Are we done here?
Mrs. Oldkid: Stick a fork in us. We're done. Although cooking teacher would say, "Don't use a fork! Use a thermometer!"
DI: Really, we aren't violent.
Ideathy: I am.
DI: I meant me and mother.
Ideathy: I hit him (pointing at Oldkid).
Oldkid sits innocently.
Oldkid: Well, that's it for today. Stay tuned to next time when Ideathy says,
Ideathy: We have an abusive father-daughter relationship. Only the daughter is the abusive one.
Oldkid: TTFN!