#sokka discourse

[sleepyfriend]

guys! i love hair-down sokka just as much as the next person, not only does he look cool but often times hair is used as symbolization in atla, like with what we saw with azula and zuko, we saw the same with some other characters, including our boy sokka. the times we saw sokka with his hair down or out of place in a way, it was a time of exhaustion or during a moment sokka felt vulnerable in some way, I love that! meanwhile when sokka had his hair pinned up, whether it was a ponytail or bun, depending on the book or what sokka decided to call it. we saw a more confident, energetic side of sokka, he takes a beautiful amount of pride in his culture and the ways of living and goes the extra mile to grow and put his own beliefs in the mix. I’d love to see that shine more through art or fanfiction. pinned-up haired sokka remains underrated!!

although we didn’t see a ton of the gaang as adults in tlok, the times we did see moments regarding sokka, those things never changed about him, he was still most comfortable and confident in his culture and expressed that with his hair, i will always adore that about his character, all hail sokka’s favorite hairstyle/haircut the ‘wolf-tail’

but moving on, what do you guys think? <3 

[sleepyfriend]

i get emotional thinking about this certain scene between aang and katara in one of the very first episodes, in the episode katara claims she hasn’t gone penguin sledding since she was a kid and aang responds with “you still are a kid!” that was probably the first time since her mother’s passing that katara genuinely had time to be a kid and even then katara’s village was untrusting of aang and the fun he brought, so some moments were bittersweet. (despite the village’s concerns being more than justified of course)

because of her mother’s passing and her father’s absence due to the war, both her and sokka didn’t really have the time to be kids. but when aang stumbles upon them that changes. (more so they stumble upon aang hehe)

yes, they go on so many adventures with serious results but in between those moments, good or bad. they enjoy each other’s company. they laugh and play, that was something that katara and sokka didn’t have before aang. they had duties that restricted them of childhood innocence, whether aang intends to do this or not, he makes room for laughter, the silliness he brings out of his friends makes me so happy.