god with Sokka's whole quiet fear of losing someone else the way he lost Yue I can't even imagine how he must have been feeling when he watched Katara and Zuko go where he can't follow to face Azula, who literally killed Aang the last time Team Avatar fought her, and this time they don't have any spirit water
Sokka just stares at them for a bit before they leave and you can just tell he's trying so hard not to consider that he might not see them again
i used to hope that Sokka eventually was able to get space sword back, but more and more recently i have comforted myself with the thought that maybe through stories told and spread and passed down through generations, Sokka’s sword became somewhat of a legend, that there would be talk of a Great Sword from Another Earth that belonged to a powerful nonbender who helped the Avatar defeat the Fire Lord and bring an end to the Hundred Year War, and that if a nonbender were to find the sword and be deemed worthy to wield it by the spirit of its creator, they would be gifted with Sokka’s bravery and skill and wit!!, perhaps be destined to fight side by side with the newest Avatar. and, you know, maybe there’s a certain power in legends and storytelling too, and through spirity magicky stuff that would have made Sokka cross his arms and argue about how there’s no scientific reasoning to support it, the legend would come true after all
the way sokka and azula’s dynamic would progress from azula being like “sokka is extremely smart and needs to be destroyed” to “sokka is extremely smart and must teach me everything he knows,” but it’s also a very gradual process filled with a lot of rage and resentment and losing to him at pai sho; concurrently, sokka going from “wow I fucking hate you” to “wow I fucking hate you” (but said lovingly). also azula thinks all of sokka’s jokes are funny. every single one. they share the exact same sense of humor and this fact baffles all of their other friends so much
things jesse pinkman is probably doing in alaska right now:
petting his new dog yeah he definitely got a dog
taking his new dog on a brisk walk
baking a pie
sipping hot tea while wrapped in a turtleneck
staring peacefully at the beautiful mountains
sketching said mountains
coming up with new ideas for superheroes
drawing them
taking up woodworking again
listening to music and grooving around his lil workshop
living a clean and sober happy life
making snow angels
reading a nice book
sitting by a warm cozy fire
falling asleep in his very own bed with his pupper at his feet
taking a nice long soak in the bath with candles and incense
living his goddamn best life far away from all the bullshit :))))
I love the layers of this fight scene. The layers…
I’m pretty sure this is the first time Azula has ever been intimidated by her brother. She thinks she knows him, knows what to expect fighting him, but the Sun Warriors taught Zuko how to Firebend not from a place of rage, but purpose. His attacks are so much more controlled, and for the first time, he poses a real threat to her.
Sokka, my boy Sokka, has only been even wielding a sword for what, like a month? And here he is, putting Azula on the defence with it. The close-up of her smirk breaking into genuine fear when he swings and nearly forces her over the edge is so telling that she was not expecting him to actually go for such a move.
Azula is constantly on the offensive in pretty much every other fight scene she’s ever been in, but against Sokka and Zuko here, she’s much more cautious. The girl obviously did not expect such a challenge but they brought it. The way they rotate around each other in attacking is wild, and I truly believe this could have been Azula’s defeat if not for interference.
After watching Ep 11 myself, I think I can say this is my headcanon with confidence:
Both Wakko and Dot have good self-confidence, due to Yakko having raised them since they were little. He did what he could to make them feel good about themselves. Plus they had a fairly stable childhood.
Whereas Yakko, with whatever background may come, doesn’t have as much self-confidence or stability. He had to be an adult and raise his younger siblings, even though he himself was still a kid.
He needs reassurance because it was lacking for him. His siblings already have reassurance.