#eli.rambles

[lion-turtles]

if tokka were to have a book, this would be the title 100%

[kazuhasbunny]

so glad im not the only one who hates the new mechanicus event . why’s everything so goddamn hard 😭 like istg i started playing yesterday and the 4th stage had what— ruin guards ? not only that they healed themselves when they got close to the portal to leave which sucks and i got mad please i was on a winning streak too ☹️ either that or i’m just naturally stupid oops

[lion-turtles]

katara keeps the gaang alive mentally while sokka keeps them alive physically. because katara is headstrong and compassionate, never backing down from anything or anyone that needs her help, she’s capable of pulling the group back toward each other whenever they start drifting and always makes sure to remind everyone that staying together is what matters most. while sokka is caring, reliable, and fiercely protective of the people he loves. he is the one worrying about survival; food, money, plans, shelter, time. he’s always thinking three steps ahead, making sure they don’t waste resources or get distracted by things that could put them at risk. katara becomes the backbone and glue of the group because she can’t stand the thought of staying passive and losing the people she loves. sokka becomes the provider and protector because he’s spent his whole life being responsible of keeping the people he cares about alive. they’re both so used to being the anchors in others’ lives that they subconsciously carry those roles into the group dynamic. and because of that, they both end up pushing aside their own needs for the sake of everyone else.

[lion-turtles]

tokka nation i offer you a gift🤲

thank you for coming to my ted talk, i hope my points were enough to convince you to start shipping them because the possibilities with these two are endless and i could talk about them for hours (evidently)

you are not immune to my agenda, join me🫴

[lion-turtles]

here’s some tokka studying motivation for all of you tired academics out there (it’s me, i’m my target audience)

[lion-turtles]

what will you decide? the comfort of misery or the pain of change?

[lion-turtles]

this might be an unpopular take but this is actually toph to sokka, not the other way around. i’m a firm toph “i pretend not to be but im extremely down bad for you” believer. he never uses this power against her but all it takes is a little nudging and she’ll do it; anything, everything.

[lion-turtles]

toph and sokka fit this trope perfectly. they’re both very self-sacrificial, toph in the sense that she thinks she’s invincible to the point where she won’t care about her self-preservation if it means saving the other person and sokka because his role as the protector has become his whole personality (due to trauma and since it’s all he’s ever known) which results in him throwing himself in harms way for anyone he loves in order for them to be safe. which is ironic because when it comes to one another, they’d be absolute hypocrites and criticise each other for it.