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  <title>A:tLA Sanity</title>
  <subtitle>The Thinking Person's Avatar Discussion Community</subtitle>
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    <name>A:tLA Sanity: The thinking person's Avatar Discuss</name>
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  <updated>2012-10-31T23:14:53Z</updated>
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    <id>tag:dreamwidth.org,2011-03-30:709631:267</id>
    <author>
      <name>amira_elizabeth</name>
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    <title>Welcome!</title>
    <published>2011-03-30T18:00:17Z</published>
    <updated>2012-10-31T23:14:53Z</updated>
    <category term="i am the mod!"/>
    <category term="read the f.a.q."/>
    <category term="avatar:the last airbender"/>
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    <category term="avatar sanity"/>
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    <content type="html">Posted by: &lt;span lj:user='amira_elizabeth' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'&gt;&lt;a href='https://amira-elizabeth.dreamwidth.org/profile'&gt;&lt;img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png' alt='[personal profile] ' width='17' height='17' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href='https://amira-elizabeth.dreamwidth.org/'&gt;&lt;b&gt;amira_elizabeth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So why did I make this community?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well I was journeying through the Avatar fandom world and I kind of found no community that really focused on discussing Avatar without all the ranting, bashing, and such. I have issues with the show, certain characters, and certain aspects of the fandom and I really found there was no place comfortable enough to discuss these things. Or for others to discuss what they want to in comfort.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For example: A lot of people I know had an issue with the finale. But all I have found was a lot of ranting and little substance. And I like substance. I like Avatar discussions where people use examples, keep an open mind to opposing viewpoints, and are respectful to each other. I fully expect there to be passion in these discussions, but not the kind of passion that inspires a rant basically consisting of &amp;quot;Aang is a prick.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This community I hope will continue on through the release of the new Avatar comics and Korra.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So what are the rules?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Basically don't bash (characters, ships, etc.), think of this as a debate club or that you are doing research for something at work (basically don't half ass your arguments and replies. Make them meaningful), and keep an open mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you get out of control or I have to repeatedly warn you, I will ban you from the community. I don't care what you ship, what characters you like, etc. just be nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I might occasionally post topics to discuss if I feel there is too much focus on some things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your posts and membership will be on a mod approved basis for the time being. Not for censorship reasons, but because I want to see if people are getting the hang of it. I might just not mod approve posts at all initially and go from there. And I will appoint a co-mod for this community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=atla_sanity&amp;ditemid=267" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/&gt; comments</content>
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