#sokkaesque

[sokkagatekeeper]

when sokka wrote “i wish the world were ending tomorrow. then i could take the next [ship], arrive at your doorstep in [the fire nation], and say, ‘come with me, [zuko]. we are going to love each other without scruples or fears or restraint because the world is ending tomorrow.’ perhaps we don’t love unreasonably because we think we have time or have to reckon with time. but what if we don’t have time? or what if time as we know it is irrelevant? ah, if only the world were ending tomorrow. we could help each other very much” in his “letters to zuko”. who is this kafka youre talking about sokka wrote this

[sokkagatekeeper]

kafka’s “letters to milena” was actually inspired by sokka’s “letters to zuko”. for your information

[sokkagatekeeper]

sokka read the metamorphosis by franz kafka and was like “wtf this is boring and gross. why does he turn into a bug that makes no sense people don't just turn into bugs -_-”

[fuckyeahfanfictions]

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Avatar: The Last Airbender Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Sokka/Zuko (Avatar), Sokka & The Gaang (Avatar), Kya & Sokka (Avatar), The Gaang & Zuko (Avatar), Katara & Sokka (Avatar), Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: Sokka (Avatar), Zuko (Avatar), Background & Cameo Characters, The Gaang (Avatar) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Soulmate-Identifying Marks, Romantic Soulmates, Zukka Week, Zukka Week 2021, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, ish, Communication, yea you read that right, The Complexities Of Sharing Your Soul With Someone Else, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Thoughts, idk how to tag this, Aang's temporary death is mentioned a bit, not too much but maybe enough 2 be tagged, Platonic Cuddling, Big Brother Sokka (Avatar), Protective Sokka (Avatar), Protective Zuko (Avatar), Gay Zuko (Avatar), Canon-Typical Violence, except sokka kind of kills a man off screen, NO WAIT TWO MEN, still off screen tho, Character Study, Character Development, Healthy Relationships, the rest of the zukka tag: miscommunication!! this fic: communication via telepathic bonds, Angst with a Happy Ending, Pet Names, yeah :'), Ozai (Avatar) Being a Terrible Parent, on main!, Canon Rewrite, Hurt/Comfort, sorry 4 the various depictions of grief do you still think i'm hot, Sokka (Avatar)-centric Summary:

[Sokka is five when the first mark appears. 

It writes itself in a deep red like a wound, as if someone had carved the word “nonbender” in a messy font across the knuckles of his left hand, as if it was handwritten with a knife.

When he asks his mother, as she applies salve on Sokka’s knuckles, she sighs deeply and says nothing for a few moments. 

“Sometimes, spirits don’t make much sense.”

Sokka has yet to turn thirteen when he wakes up screaming in pain, about ten soulmarks all over each other between his left shoulder and his ear, red and vivid like burning flesh. Among the few words that are somehow possible to read out of the disastrous scribbling, “disrespectful” and “coward” and “burned” and “sorry sorry sorry” are the ones that stand out the most to Sokka. He thinks, at the tender age of twelve, whoever did this to his soulmate will be sorry too, one day.

A month after Hakoda leaves him with the job of the protector at the age of thirteen, Sokka realizes, with a bitter taste in his mouth, that he’s got more soulmarks than his entire village combined.]

Or, to have a soulmark is to carry the vilest things that your soulmate believes about themselves on your skin.