So I finally caved and bought all three seasons of Avatar on DVD because Avatar is the best show EVER!!! I am now watching it with some of my friends, who are watching it for the first time. However, since I've already seen all of these episodes, I am starting to notice a lot more little tidbits that I never noticed before. For example, they mentioned Ba Sing Se a lot in the first season. Also, in "The Warriors of Kyoshi", during the scene with Katara and Aang in the market, if you look behind Aang, you will see a man arguing with a pole; it goes back to him later and he is slumped over in defeat, as if the pole won the argument. Iroh actually channeled lightning during "The Storm", a full season before that technique was ever mentioned. Those are just a few things that I noticed and I was impressed that the writers thought so far ahead, which only made me love this show all the more. Have you noticed anything like that?

So last night I got thinking about relationships in my favorite shows upon watching the series finale of Avatar: the Last Aibender (again). I wanted to go ahead and list all of my favorite ships because I'd much rather do it here than put it in my sig since it would be too long. So I am going to list every show in my Favorites and which relationship(s) I liked in that show and you can comment below.

24 - Jack & Audrey
Avatar: Aang & Katara, Zuko & Mai, Sokka & Toph
Battlestar Galactica: Starbuck & Lee
Ben 10 Alien Force: Kevin & Gwen
Danny Phantom: Danny & Sam
Justice League: Batman & Wonder Woman
Numb3rs: Charlie & Anita
Pokemon: Ash & Misty, May & Drew
Power Rangers: Tommy & Kim
Scrubs: J.D. & Elliot
Smallville: Clark & Lana
Teen Titans: Robin & Starfire, Beast Boy & Terra

As you can see, most of the relationships I like are canon, and the rest of them were at least hinted at in the show. I didn't like how Toph was left with no one at the end of A:TLA while the rest of the Gaang ended up with someone. I also did not like how the writers left the relationship between Starbuck and Lee, what with Starbuck disappearing with no explanation whatsoever. Batman and WW were hinted at a lot throughout the series, but nothing ever happened, which made me a little upset. I believe that my Pokemon couples are the right ones since neither May or Dawn could compete with AAML and Drew has shown that he has feelings for May on at least several occassions. Tommy and Kim should have ended up together, but she left and everyone knows long-distance relationships rarely work since nearly everyone finds "someone else"; Kat could never take her place. Clana will never happen in Smallville and I admit that their on-again, off-again relationship did get a little annoying at times (and yes, I know Clark ends up with Lois) but it was still a nice relationship while it lasted. The last episode of Teen Titans also made me mad in regards to the BBxTerra ship because it left so many questions unanswered and the resolution of Terra's storyline up in the air. As for all of the canon relationships in my list, you can call me unoriginal, but I like it when these things turn out how the writers intended and the mere fact that these relationships are supported by the writers gives me a lot of credibility. After all, I supported most of these before they even happened and I am rooting them on now that they are happening.

You know what I don't understand? My two newest favorite shows on here are constantly getting low ratings by the other users on TV.com: Harper's Island and Glee. Granted, Glee has only been on for one episode so it can't be an awesome show with great ratings yet, but still. Harper's Island, on the other hand, is almost done with its 13-episode run and none of the episode has gotten over an 8.0 yet. However, all of the users in the forums have nothing but positive things to say about the show. So I am just confused and upset at these seemingly out-of-nowhere low ratings. Do people really hate the shows that much? Are they that close-minded against new shows with fresh ideas? Well, as I have constantly been telling people on the Heroes forum, if you don't like the show that much, you don't have to watch it! Honestly, if you're only going to sit there and gripe about a perfectly good TV show and write bad reviews and give it low scores on here, then your time would be better spent watching something else, wouldn't it? Leave the good shows to the actual fans and give the show the credit it deserves. Because if new people come on the website, looking to see if the show was any good before deciding to watch it themselves, they're going to see your negative reviews and decide not to watch a good show. If you don't like it, tell people why in the forums and they might change your mind, but don't just rate and run please.