girl fuck astrology how many siblings do you have and what’s their gender in what order
i spent time on this
That story board has my heart 🥹
Underrated reason why Aang and Sokka are the one brain cell BROTP
Aang really got Sokka to hike up a whole volcano with him (AND DOWN) to get a rare flower. And for no reason other than to have him make side comments about how maximum aloofness is important. Not to mention Sokka went ON FOOT while Aang had his airbending-powered jumps
I STAN VERY SUPPORTIVE BUT ALSO IDIOT FRIENDS
1. a) sokka crying because he his father is going to war and he cannot join him b) hakoda crying because his son rescued him from being a prisoner of war
2. a) sokka crying because he could not rescue suki from being captured. b) suki crying because sokka came to rescue her
3. a) yue crying because she cannot protect sokka b) sokka crying because he could not protect yue
i find it very interesting that unlike the other prominent characters in the series, we rarely see sokka cry. there are plenty of moments in which crying would be appropriate, and in that same circumstance, aang and katara would shed tears without hesitation. even toph and zuko, who feel the need to conform to an invulnerable ideal and “show no weakness” cry more readily than sokka does, who only cries once in a moment that is neither a flashback (to before the men left the tribe) nor played to comedic effect. it is why that moment in “the day of black sun” when azula is baiting him is all the more impactful.
sokka is someone who refuses to show weakness or rely on others, and it is likely that he has internalized the notion that any display of emotion is a weakness. while he is very expressive, he does not wear his heart on his sleeve like katara does. he cares deeply, and is overtly loyal, but he is also hyper-rational and thinks any display of vulnerability on his part is a fault.
even though toph is more detached and logical than katara and aang, she is also in tune enough with her emotions that she cries freely when she is upset. and though it is clear that ozai held zuko to a very similar standard of masculinity that sokka holds himself to, in which crying is a weakness, zuko still cries quite a bit throughout the show.
after hakoda left when sokka was 13, sokka made it his mission to take responsibility for the tribe, for katara, and for anyone he comes to care about over the course of the show. whenever someone he loves gets hurt, he considers it a personal failure, that he could not protect them. it is his greatest weakness, and azula is able to exploit it by reminding him that he was unable to protect suki. in a way that is usually unlike him, he lets his emotions get the better of him despite knowing full-well that it’s a trap. since he became the quote unquote “man of the tribe” when he was 13, he has successfully remained composed – and thus, not “weak” – but it is the reminder that he failed to protect someone that undoes him.
sokka’s immense guilt over not being able to save suki or his father wracks him, and he willingly – irrationally – puts his life on the line to save them both at the boiling rock. he will do anything he can to save those he loves. though sokka prides himself on his logic, he will always put his loyalty and devotion first, above reason, above rational detachment.
sokka cried exactly three times in atla, each time because he was unable to protect someone he cared about. and they all cried over him too.
Oh me? Just thinking about the Mikey development we were robbed of with ride szn2 being cut short.
Thanks for asking
something that’s easy to overlook about the timeline of “sokka’s master” is that sokka only trains with piandao over the course of two days. and the second day is devoted entirely to crafting his space sword. piandao tells sokka that he is “worthier than any man [he’s] ever trained” after just one day of knowing him. and the gaang are beside themselves missing sokka after less than a day of him being gone. this episode demonstrates sokka’s value, both on his own merit and as a member of the group, but the fact that he accomplished so much and was so deeply missed after only ~18 hours is especially telling.
@lesbians4sokka‘s post made me feel a lot of feelings on how Sokka’s grief was denied in “Southern Raiders”.
sokka and katara have probably never spent more than a week apart from each other, both growing up in the south pole and having literally traveled everywhere together…
…until after the war.
the gaang probably got swept up in fixing the relations between the nations, helping with rebuilding in cities and towns, and just fixing the entire world way past what should have been expected of them, and so when they inevitably went their separate ways, how well do you think sokka and katara coped with that?
do you ever think that katara might sometimes turn around to try and crack a joke about her brother only to realize that sokka isn’t there to laugh with her? did she sometimes forget that the first person she looks to for support simply isn’t there to have her back anymore?
do you ever think about how sokka, maybe searching for a chance to make fun of his little sister, realizes she isn’t there to bicker with him anymore? or how maybe after so many years of trying his hardest to protect her, sokka can’t quite sleep because he isn’t able to know for certain that katara is okay at that very moment?
and when they do end up meeting back up again, did either of them cry after not having seen each other in person for weeks or even months? or were they too stubborn to admit that they missed one another?
how long did it take for these siblings to settle in with the fact that things were never going to be the same as it was before they left the southern water tribe the day that they found aang?