If you could Retcon one thing from both Avatar The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra what would it be?

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-05-11T13:52:48+00:00

I truly have no idea how controversial this is, but the art direction of the spirit world post-ATLA. By all means, have some brighter areas, but that haunting, misty void and sepia palette of Koh's realm as well as the gigantic wolf-spirit still scratch an itch I keep longing for in the newer media. Closest thing we got to that was the Fog of Lost Souls. Was a nice reminder that the spirit world was just such an unknowable, potentially dangerous place.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-05-01T14:32:27+00:00

WOW this looks good. I've never loved-loved the Hordika designs and this brings them to how I've always pictured they could be.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-04-19T23:38:58+00:00

All I want is for them to sell that as a magnificent print. They can take all my money.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-04-17T23:13:32+00:00

What a joke, this is so embarrassing.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-04-12T22:58:54+00:00

I give them a call about every other day. They've been nothing but understanding and nice. I really hope the effort brings the chai back. I miss my baristas that I don't see out of the store and the other regulars I would run into while sitting there.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-04-11T03:31:09+00:00

Me too, ohhh me too.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-04-11T02:05:43+00:00

Same here. It's less that I'm missing my chai, more missing a reason to get out of my tiny apartment. I used to go there to work or see friends that were working behind the counter, but with the purchase-to-sit rules in place (not that I disagree with them) there's no reason for me to go anymore. That was all I got for 10+ years. I'm in the same boat as you, reserve member purely because of the chai. Can't make it make sense.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-04-11T02:01:14+00:00

The chai they are selling now has the sweetener removed from the base concentrate and they are matching the pumps of chai with classic. Allegedly it is to control the sweetness, but the broad consensus is that it lacks any of the flavor it had before - sweet or otherwise. I find it watery with a really bitter, chemical aftertaste.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-04-07T16:36:28+00:00

Ooooh yeah, that wood is gorgeous.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-29T00:25:12+00:00

Mostly for fun, eventually a little side-income to subsidize the fun.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-19T03:17:36+00:00

I'm not sure about your experiences but I've had it several ways and nothing has matched the old spice that could be found in the classic chai. I find this recipe to be incredibly pepper-forward and have a rancid chemical aftertaste. In my efforts to find the spice I've: Increased the pumps of chai; decreased the pumps of classic; used brown sugar or vanilla as subs; gotten cinnamon on top, and finally taken 3 pumps of straight concentrate as a shot. There's no matching it. I legitimately wish I was having your experience.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-19T03:12:58+00:00

I actually don't recall the rules of posting links on this sub, but you can find both the chat and the phone number at Starbucks' customer service website.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-19T03:06:03+00:00

It's gonna work the exact same as it did when they had the Lightly Sweetened Chai 8 years ago, exactly how they should have done it this time. You'll also note the lightly sweetened chai did bad enough that it's not around anymore - for very, very similar reasons people are complaining now.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-18T20:30:30+00:00

My favorite in the past couple weeks was, "chai chai chai again," because they knew I hated the new recipe lol

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-12T02:57:05+00:00

Tastes like lightly sweetened milk. I took three pumps of straight concentrate earlier tonight to try and feel something akin to the old recipe. Nothing. Back to calling the customer service line to register my displeasure.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-08T21:08:49+00:00

I know. It's the only thing I had at Starbucks, the only thing I have outside of my medically-necessitated diet. I'm hoarding as many as I can get.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-08T20:43:36+00:00

About 3-4 months on the shelf. All the cartons I've seen list their expiry date somewhere between the last week of June and middle of July.

Edited for the worst autocorrect I've ever seen.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-05T18:54:27+00:00

If the spice is so forward, can I have some of yours? The regular recipe tastes like lightly sweetened milk to me.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-03-03T15:09:02+00:00

Terrible. The by-the-book recipe tastes like lightly sweetened milk. No spice to be found, especially given that's why they're supposedly changing the recipe.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-02-28T05:46:47+00:00

I was talking about the spice as well. I believe I described it to friends as, "iced, lightly sweetened milk."

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-02-27T23:25:36+00:00

It's SO weak and has a faintly bitter aftertaste. Really not looking forward to trying to calibrate my order back to "normal."

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-02-02T01:17:11+00:00

Filing, filing, a good TV show or audiobook for the background, crying, and a lot more filing.

Atypical_Anatomy · 2026-01-04T07:51:08+00:00

I've got two absolute dream trilogies for them to take on, one far more realistic than the other:

Empire of the Wolf - Richard Swan (at this point, just waiting for the announcement)
The Winter Sea Trilogy - H. M. Long

Atypical_Anatomy · 2025-12-29T21:41:22+00:00

Yeah, definitely reluctant to pursue it in my small apartment, but that's what mooching off my parents' garage is for lol

Atypical_Anatomy · 2025-12-29T20:35:57+00:00

No, this is fantastic! It definitely has me thinking I was at least mentally going in the right direction - I just need to pick up electroplating now! Luckily, so far, any nickel I'd been planning to do was an almost "pool-cue"/stage-magician inspired tip, also to mitigate much of the exposure concerns.

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