Some of you may remember that I started doing a full-scale character bios section back sometime in June. I estimated they’d be done by July…..righty….

Well, although it wasn’t done in the most efficient manner, it still got done. For the most part. The character bios section now has entries for every single character in Avatar….up through the end of season 2. I’ve made a list of all the new Season 3 characters, and am working on their bios now. Hopefully those will be up by the weekend at the latest, but no promises.

Also, right now, the characters page is just an A through Z list of all the characters. The staff is working on organizing it better, so look out for that too.

Again DOTBS The Invasion did not air! Instead Nicktoons aired The Puppetmaster as it was (if you’re reading this on Wednesday) Halloween . I’m not going to keep guessing when it will air as I do not want and angry mob forming every time I get it wrong . Although, I am almost certain this time that part 1 is airing on Saturday and part 2 on Sunday. Happy Halloween!

The Book 3: Fire Volume 1 dvd is now available for purchase. It contains chapters 1-5: The Awakening, The Headband, The Painted Lady, Sokka’s Master, and The Beach.

I’ve been talking for a while with the webmasters over at Animation Insider about affiliating with them, and combining my forum with theirs. I’m happy to say that we’ve finally finished, and the new avatar forum is located here. In it you’ll find avatar “Talkbacks” (in the episode discussion subforum), where each episode can be discussed individually, along with a whole lot more threads about the show in general. There’s a whole lot more active members over there than WT Forums ever had, so I hope everyone will sign up and enjoy discussing Avatar with the people over at AI.

The speculation comments on WT Forums are floating in their own dimensional abyss right now until I figure out what to do with them. If you have any questions about this move, leave them in the comments

And while I’m posting about new partnerships, everyone give a welcome to Jeremy, Matthew, and Bree, who have agreed to help me run Waterbender. Matthew has made a few news posts already, and Jeremy and Bree have been helping me write new character bios. The about us page will be updated with them asap

Sadly Day of the Black Sun: Part 1 The Invasion did not air in the UK . Instead nicktoons aired The Awakening again. Though on the bright side it seems it will be airing on Wednesday at 4:00pm and there will be 1 new episode a week .

As you may know avatar season 3 was released to the UK on monday. They (including me ) are getting 2 episodes a day for the whole week.

On friday nicktoons are airing Nightmares and daydreams + Day of the black sun part 1 : The invasion. After that in the weekend classics from book 1 and 2 will be shown.

Just a few updates that have surfaced over the past few days, but I haven’t been around to post -

Turbonick has a 1 minute, 3 second long preview of The Beach up, check it out if you feel like it.

Newsarama recently interviewed Mike and Bryan, beware of spoilers.

Animation World Magazine posted an interview with Mike DiMartino, and although he mainly talks about what has influenced Avatar, the Avatar Live Action movie, and other things, it’s still a pretty good read Not much Season 3, so for those of you who like being spoiler-free, you’re pretty safe.

The second installment in the avatar video game franchise went on sale yesterday. You can view lots of information, screenshots, and other things on the official website.

If anyone wants to submit a review of the game, it would be much appreciated

You can now add a countdown to the next episode of Avatar on your Google homepage by clicking on this link. Woot! I don’t know how or if it will update when each new episode airs.

There is also just a plain countdown file here if you’re interested.

Or, if you’re really weird (like me ), there is a book 3 countUP available here, keeping track of how much time has passed since Book 3 premiered.

Just a few random things I wanted to put on the main page-
First, I can confirm that the feedback is now definitely working, having received several emails in the past few days, and replying to them as well.

Second, the Avatar DVD to iPod guide has been working fine for a couple people who have emailed me, so that works too.

Third, congratulations to Jeremy for beating the Pong game in the Waterbender Arcade (you can see the full size picture of the final score that he took with his phone by clicking on the thumbnail). For those of you who’ve been coming to this website for a while, you might remember this news post, where I dared anyone to beat the Pong game, thinking that it was impossible. So congrads again, and maybe I’ll think of a prize or something.

Fourth, character bios are just about done, I have a few characters from season 3 to add, and the Y’s and Z’s from the entire show, but those will be up once I finish cleaning my computer of spyware (not fun).

Finally, the episodes page is now complete through Book 1, and has nifty drop down menus to help you navigate through all episodes. It should be updated through all known Season 3 titles, if it doesn’t appear updated to you, refresh your page. Individual pages for each episode in seasons 2 and 3, in addition to special episodes, are under construction.

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