Resonating

A thing I've noticed about my fandoms is that each thing strikes a cord with me in some way. For my animes, I have always loved the story that each series presents. I love the characters. And in some way, I always find a character or two that I latch onto as my favorite.

I think with Avatar: The Last Airbender universe, I have a thing for child heroes. I love seeing a little kid shoulder responsibilty way before they're supposed to, and they win. Legend of Korra just amps things up. While Korra may be older than Aang, I love a good female protaganist, and they portray her realistically; being girly while at the same time being tough, admitting that she herself has flaws while being awesome. Each character is well developed, and we get enough backstory for each character that we can make our own assumptions why they act a certain way, but we're not given their entire life stories in one sitting.

For video games: I prefer acting out a story with a character than mindlessly shooting down bad guys because I want to watch the blood and guts spill out. To be honest, I don't see the lure of first person shooters. It all seems the same to me. Which is when I'm on an adventure as Mario or Sora or Link or whoever, it just seems more natural to me. It's like reading a book. Only not because I've got a controller in my hand.

I don't know how to explain how each thing just clicks in my brain.

It's either story or characters. Yeah, I'm gonna go with that.