Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4884084-20150818050450/@comment-24770490-20150819111918

I don't think of Avatar and Korra as actions shows primarily. Avatar had a lot more drama and humor and balanced with it very well. There was genocide, war, death, enslavement and the action really only came after those. Korra was different, since it didn't have these dramatic elements. Before this turns into an Avatar thread, I'll stop.

There are so many weird concepts that just don't work in UA. We have killers, drug dealers, nazis, medieval knights, demons from other dimensions. So yeah, I agree "for literary standpoint, they're garbage." Because they really are but that's like saying GTA doesn't teach you how to ride a horse. It's not literature that you're looking for in Ben 10, it's action, adventure, drama and comedy. There are shows that can be deep, emotional yet funny but a story about a boy who can turn into dozens of different aliens, it's not one of them.

Also, here comes and old argument, if I want to watch drama and literature, I won't watch cartoons. It's impossible to take them as seriously as live action. They could be dark, but they will never be on the level of non-cartoons.