It kind of saddens me to see that not many people talk enough about Sokka's pain and sadness. Everybody knows Aangs pain of losing everyone he every knew and loved, his friends and family. His culture, his people, his very way of life.
Katara everybody knows as well. She mentions it rather often. Which is understandable, she lost her mother at a young age. Anyone would be hurt and traumatized by that. And I'm not saying we shouldn't talk about either of them, or try to lessen them in any way. Both felt much pain and sadness and both should be allowed to feel it and I'm so super honored to be able to share in their adventures.
But Sokka also lost his mother. He doesn't show as much pain or sadness as Katara. But I believe this has to do with him be a family man more than anything else (something I will discuss in a future post so forgive me if this point seems short at the moment).
Sokka and Katara father left them and they BOTH felt it, they were both hurt and betrayed. They both reacted differently and I think both reactions are justified according to their culture and personality.
Sokka was also in charge of taking care of Yue. Who became the moon spirit. This isn't touched on often but we do get scenes where we see this hurt him terribly.
He thought he had lost Suki, and this also cut deep at his heart. He lost so many people to this war, in one way or another. Yet he rarely ever shows it.
He always laughs and jokes and keeps things upbeat. When he's gone the team has a hard time staying energized. But more than that, he has become their emotional center and I think he knows it. They all feel pain and sadness and they need to keep tabs on one another constantly to make sure their alright. But no one really does that for Sokka, because he's determined to make sure they don't need to. They have to much else to worry about.
We see one clear example of this in the swamp. Katara see's her mother and Sokka sees Yue. But while Katara lingers on this for a moment, Sokka immediately brushes it off but we saw just a scene ago that it does pain him. But his sister and his best friend are in danger, so he brushes off his own feelings and reassures them their is a solution and explaintion.
One of the few scenes we ever get where we see his passion seap through is when Azula mentions Suki and implies she been hurt, and/or killed. Sokka cries but again shakes it off, perhaps not easily but much more so than most people possibly could.
Even his need to have an explaintion for everything shows hints of trauma. He believes in science, not faith. He needs a logical answer for everything. We see this often in our own world. People who have had loved one's die, or had to experience great trauma tend to look at one of two things. Faith and spiritual beliefs (which can be healthy), like Katara. Or science and pure logic (which can also be healthy), like Sokka.
Both siblings are in pain and both are looking for ways to be healed and to help others. But we see and understand Katara. Sokka however does his best to remain hidden. Katara looks to others. Sokka trusts others, but only really looks to himself.
Katara and Aang had each other. Even Zuko had Iroh. Sokka only ever wanted to have himself. Not because he didn't love his sister or his friends, not because he didn't trust them. But because he did love and trust them, and never wanted to burden them. He understood someone needed to keep them focused and even distracted. Or the pain could very easily consume them. We know this, because it's what he does for himself too. Keep things funny, keep things on task, don't be distracted.
Sokka like so many others in the show is an amazing character and I'd love to see more people talk about him on a deeper level. He deserves that, after all he did for the team, and for the audience.
hi yes i would like people to remember that Sokka received the Mark of Wisdom and Katara the Mark of Bravery before you go around switching their personalities
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I saw a post with someone wondering why sokka wanted to borrow momo for a week after katara and zuko take off on appa in the southern riders, and I got to thinking that's a really interesting scene, because you see sokka looks worried about katara and what she might do and he's probably hurt about what she said to him about their mother and he still feels the need to cover it all up with a fucking joke, even with only aang present
yes! notice how after katara says “then you didn’t love her the way i did!” sokka looks hurt and goes quiet for the rest of these interactions.
katara………..
(upon hearing zuko say “[forgiveness] is the same as doing nothing!”)
unlike katara and zuko (who are two little rage demons) sokka doesn’t want to make his emotions anyone else’s problem. in the scenes prior, when sokka is telling zuko about the day his mother died, he seems deeply hurt, but immediately represses that shit the second zuko leaves the tent.
sokka is willing to oblige by providing all the necessary details for zuko to bond with katara, and it is clearly hard for him to talk about, but the second he’s given zuko the necessary information, he is done talking and kicks zuko out immediately, and switches his brain once more into “a moste romantique evening w/ suki” mode.
sokka is clearly going through some heavy shit in this episode, but because it’s never actually communicated, you could easily miss it considering everything else that’s going on.
(lol he’s so done with katara here)
other than his tone of voice, body language, and most crucially, the way in which he immediately deflects so that he and aang don’t have to actually sit in this deeply emotional conflict, sokka tries to go about business as usual.
here he is clearly wistful…
and promptly immediately covers up his feelings in 3…2…1…
sokka could probably get his arm cut off and he’d be like
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Aang and Sokka’s friendship is proof that vegetarians and meat-eaters can still be buddies
Katara: are you talking to yourself?
Sokka: yes. It’s the only way I can have an intelligent conversation in this house
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“I didn’t think you were very nice when I first met you, but now I feel like I understand you just a bit…”
I find it really cute just how much Mikey looks up to Leo
It’s obvious that Leo inspires Mikey but something that is really cute is how much Mikey does actually take after Leo, & how there are times Mikey will be seen saying phrases similar to things that Leo has said.
Leo: I can’t wait to save Raph so I can rub it in his face
Mikey: Time to snag that game, go home and rub it in Raph’s face
The are even certain behaviour’s that Mikey probably learnt from Leo, for example both Leo & Mikey do the same kind of smug face meaning Mikey probably learned it from Leo
And even in the movie you can see Mikey mimicking Leo’s body language or behaviour.
Leo: Ahem?
Mikey: Ahem?
It’s just really cute how much Mikey looks up to Leo & how the things that Leo says & does inspires & motivates Mikey
Leo: That big jerk may be covered in goo and half alien, but he’s still our brother, and I’m not giving up on him. I’m not leaving him behind.
Mikey: Leo never gave up on us. I’m not giving up on him.
Leo is Mikey’s big brother & its really cute just how much Leo inspires Mikey & how much Mikey looks up to Leo & how there’s a part of Mikey that wants to be just like the brother that he loves so much.
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
hey, i was wondering if you had any thoughts about sokka returning to piandao to continue his training? do you think he does? what does that look like?
considering he only spent a total of 2 days with piandao and sokka is piandao’s favorite human ever to walk this earth apparently, i’m sure they’d reunite at some point, and sooner rather than later (other than at the white lotus encampment, i mean). i’m sure they would continue training (swordsmanship, painting, calligraphy, etc), maybe play pai sho together, and gossip about the (other) members of the white lotus. i think their relationship would eventually evolve past student + master, cause if sokka was able to achieve that much after a day it probably wouldn’t take long for piandao to be like “i have nothing more to teach you.” of course, they remain lifelong friends (he’s not sokka’s first weirdly older friend, and he won’t be his last. it’s cause sokka has grandpa energy). not to mention they see each other regularly at white lotus meetings. and when piandao dies, he leaves everything to sokka.