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Still is quite remarkable how small the pop culture impact of the other Avatar is (discuss.online)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

I used that as an example of how tropey it was. "Unobtanium" is literally the name of the nigh impossible fetch quest trope and has been for decades.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So what?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's lazy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

What's lazy about it? Again, I direct you to the names of real elements and placenames. Humans have been naming things "simply" forever. It's not lazy.