There Are Only So Many World Leaders, Right? And They’re All Beholden To Sokka In Some Major Way…

right, bryke is out and there goes my last interest in the live-action

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I have to honestly say I don't remmeber how Sokka's relationship with Appa went, but they do work well together (but then again, Appa works well with all of the Gaang). And then there's Foo Foo, the adorable saber-moose-lion, who doesn't leave him alone when he's trapped even if he originally was hunting it (it's mother didn't approach calmly but that's not a surprise, all things considered). And mid-fight when Fong tries to trigger the Avatar state (2/?)

Sokka just simply. Throws himself onto one of the Ostrich Horses. Maybe they're trained to be calmer, but still. He's sort of 'the enemy' so I think it's neat how he just causally rides it around with great skill. And in The Cave of Two Lovers it's he who first climbs onto one of the great badgermoles IIRC, and we can't forget the 'enemy birds' who immediately jumped onto his head when undercover in the fire nation. Super cute! And last but not least, Hawky! (3/?)

It's pretty clear Sokka hasn't really handled any messenger hawks before given that he doesn't seem to know how it works, but the two seem to figure it out between them. I hope he got Hawky back after the war, I was so sad when Katara and Toph just sent him away without asking :c But anyway, the main point is that Sokka is great with animals! And I can only imagine that when he moves to the palace he brings in tons of animals to Zuko's amusement and the guards frustration :) (4/4)

i adore this!!! sokka is so good with animals and now i’m picturing the turtleducks congregating around him and zuko is jealous (of sokka? or of the turtleducks getting all the attention from sokka? you decide)

We all know that Sokka bears resemblance to his dad, but can we just take a moment to appreciate how much his mom looks so much like him in the flashback from the southern raiders?

It’s that concerned, reassuring, and yet somehow determined look. It’s one that only a true leader could bear. And this says a lot about Sokka’s own personality too as he develops into a leader and warrior throughout the show.

to celebrate 1300 followers, a bit of detail on my sokka owns a knick knack store au, first mentioned here:

sokka does a portrait of the month series. every month he’ll paint a different “historical figure” and sell prints

the first one he does is zuko, newly crowned fire lord after fire lord iroh abdicates. zuko sighs and complains more and more as he’s sitting for his portrait because he has work to do sokka, not that you would know anything about that, running a silly store instead of focusing on your actual job—

sokka just stares at zuko silently until zuko realizes he’s messed up.

zuko sits very quietly and stays still for the rest of his portrait session. he also pays for production of the first set of prints.

zuko’s portrait ends up being him looking directly at the viewer, eyebrows furrowed like he’s going to scold them, but mouth open in laughter. sokka hangs it up next to the cashier’s area.

the second portrait sokka does is aang cause avatar, duh. before sokka starts painting, aang is a ball of energy, all over the place, but once sokka starts aang channels all that energy into talking. he sits perfectly still, but his mouth is going a mile a minute.

the end result is stunning. aang’s body is facing slightly off to one side, with his head turned over his shoulder closest to the viewer. he’s glancing off into the distance, one eyebrow raised, gleefully smiling.

the third ‘portrait’ sokka does is toph, as she’s the only one in town at the moment (and also a badass in her own right). instead of doing a formal portrait that toph wouldn’t be able to see, sokka works for weeks on making his own little statue of toph from the shoulders up.

toph definitely doesn’t tear up when she holds it for the first time.

sokka’s arms hurt, both from sculpting so many copies and from toph’s punch after she doesn’t cry over the statue.

the fourth portrait sokka does is suki. he does the initial portrait in one go while she’s practicing her forms, a powerful image of suki with her kyoshi makeup and her fans, mid pose. he does the formal portrait from memory of all the times they’ve fought and practiced alongside each other.

the suki portrait is amazing, although people seem to think sokka was trying to do kyoshi herself. suki isn’t offended, she just takes it as a compliment.

the fifth portrait is of katara. this one is done entirely while katara is practicing her bending. the first draft gets dowsed with katara’s water when kya startles her by being pushed off a wall by bumi.

the final portrait is an image of katara with two orbs of water circling her head, joy clear on her face. the light shining through the water makes her face look like it’s glowing. (sokka sneaks kya and bumi into the background, falling off one of the garden walls)

the sixth portrait was supposed to be of iroh, but the old man cancels the meeting so many times that aang convinces sokka to do a self portrait. sokka does a caricature of himself for his part.

however, aang thinks it’s unfair that sokka will do amazing portraits of everyone but himself. he rifles through sokka’s works until he finds a self portrait sokka did. he’s in front of the shop with little kids surrounding him, laughing his head off with a toy in his hands. aang sneaks around, buys a bunch of copies of this painting, and replaces the caricature with his choice

sokka is embarrassed and angry and refuses to speak to aang

...but then his self portrait sells out the fastest of them all

and now people know he owns the knick knack store ugh aang this is all your fault

once again, sokka has aang to thank for his store’s success. aang is unbearably smug about it.

iroh has all five portraits and one statue (as well as the eventual portraits of mai, azula, and ty lee) in the same small room where he keeps his memorial to lu ten, his wife, and the others he has lost. they remind him of the joy he has found in life as it is now.

Been experiencing two polar thoughts about this scene…

1. There is no way Sokka is expecting to win this battle. He is the one and only warrior left in the village, about to face down a Fire Nation ship all by himself. Sokka has been the epitome of bravery since the very beginning.

2. Sokka can’t draw worth shit, and yet he sure can perfectly apply war paint on himself without even so much as a mirror aksdflj

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