In a satoph scenario (with Suyin being theirs and Lin still never knowing about her own dad) do you think Lin resents Suyin for having a dad? Would the incident still happen?
Hi Anon, thank you for the ask! Good question, it’s been a while since I’ve talked about Satoph!
Okay so in the event that Toph ends up in a loving relationship with Satoru, they have Suyin, and he remains in the picture throughout his life, I would venture to guess Lin carries some animosity at first. She never knew her father, and Toph isn’t one to just talk about him either, so she knows nothing and it makes her believe that she wasn’t loved by him or something. And depending on your thoughts about Kanto in this AU or what happens to him, it’s reasonable to believe that perhaps Lin’s father didn’t care.
But, Satoru becomes a more frequent visitor in the Beifong household when Lin was growing up, and she enjoyed his company. He was very nice to her, he brought her cool toys that he helped make, and he would tell her stories if she asked for them. It just feels weird now that she’s going to have a sister who will have both a mom and a dad, and she gets a little jealous and nervous that she would be left out.
Toph and Satoru probably pick up on this, and they try to quell her fears quickly. They’re not replacing Lin, they just wanted to make their family a little bigger. And when the baby arrives, they’ll need to take care of her more than they would Lin only because she can’t. Knowing all of this helps some, but Lin would probably still be worried.
However, I think as time went on, she would see that Satoru treats Lin the same as he does Suyin, and he still reads her stories and brings home toys and listens to her crazy adventure ideas.
The age gap would probably make Lin and Suyin still butt heads a lot and they probably get annoyed with each other, but I think in any scenario where Toph has a partner or a more active support system (like, idk I feel like the Gaang wouldn’t have let what happened with Toph and her girls happen?? Idk), the incident wouldn’t occur. Lin feels like she’s listened to, Suyin isn’t craving attention, and Toph would have people she can lean on when she’s unsure of how to deal with a weird situation so that both girls feel listened to. So yeah, no incident. I can still see Suyin looking for something new to build (got her father’s creative mind with that!) and leaving Republic City when she’s an adult.
I think that about covers my thoughts on a situation where Satoru is Suyin’s father! Thank you again for the ask, Anon, it was fun thinking about Satoph again! Hope you have a great day!
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