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Bryan Konietzko's full statement about the ATLA live action situation
I hope you don't mind me just dumping all these ideas on you, you're just really kind and I love your blog
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)
that’s it. that’s the show
self-care with mina and denki! :’) this is one of the comics i did for @recoveryzine! leftover sales will be opening on august 14th @ 6pm pdt!
good morning today i am thinking about protective sokka
sokka can’t help but be a big brother to aang too
This is an amazing essay I loved reading this so much I had all these thoughts mixing in my head and hear u are putting it into actual words. And when you said “katara learns to use grief as needle and thread” that was just perfect! And basically everything you wrote about Sokka 😔👌✨thnk u
Lord, this answer got long. I’m a little embarrassed about it, but I wrote it, so it’s getting posted. It’s a literal essay. Sorry but also not?
TLDR: Yes, the show is arguably unfair to Sokka about Kya, but it also follows a pattern where Sokka stays quiet about Bad Feelings and plays by the rules established for his character. Katara, meanwhile, grieves loudly and often, and appears to be under the impression that because Sokka’s grief is silent it doesn’t exist, which also fits her character/interactions completely. Neither of them are right or wrong, but it sets them up on inevitable collisions.
Now. If you want to join me on a cactus-juice fueled descent into madness, proceed below the cut.
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thinking deeply about the sokka/suki of it all in “the serpent’s pass,” how sokka spends the whole episode terrified of something happening to suki and turning away when she tries to kiss him, only it’s when he finds out that SHE came along to protect HIM that he can finally take that step and be with her. sokka is good at protecting people but he’s finally in a relationship where he doesn’t have to be in that role all the time. he can let himself be protected and taken care of. anyway hashtag sokka is the little spoon
I saw a post with someone wondering why sokka wanted to borrow momo for a week after katara and zuko take off on appa in the southern riders, and I got to thinking that's a really interesting scene, because you see sokka looks worried about katara and what she might do and he's probably hurt about what she said to him about their mother and he still feels the need to cover it all up with a fucking joke, even with only aang present
yes! notice how after katara says “then you didn’t love her the way i did!” sokka looks hurt and goes quiet for the rest of these interactions.
katara………..
(upon hearing zuko say “[forgiveness] is the same as doing nothing!”)
unlike katara and zuko (who are two little rage demons) sokka doesn’t want to make his emotions anyone else’s problem. in the scenes prior, when sokka is telling zuko about the day his mother died, he seems deeply hurt, but immediately represses that shit the second zuko leaves the tent.
sokka is willing to oblige by providing all the necessary details for zuko to bond with katara, and it is clearly hard for him to talk about, but the second he’s given zuko the necessary information, he is done talking and kicks zuko out immediately, and switches his brain once more into “a moste romantique evening w/ suki” mode.
sokka is clearly going through some heavy shit in this episode, but because it’s never actually communicated, you could easily miss it considering everything else that’s going on.
(lol he’s so done with katara here)
other than his tone of voice, body language, and most crucially, the way in which he immediately deflects so that he and aang don’t have to actually sit in this deeply emotional conflict, sokka tries to go about business as usual.
here he is clearly wistful…
and promptly immediately covers up his feelings in 3…2…1…
sokka could probably get his arm cut off and he’d be like
king of repression! 👑✊🏼 #relatable #tfw #mood
what was sokka’s relationship with his mother like? did she, like ursa with zuko, encourage him to feel safe transgressing gender norms? did she patiently coax him into talking out his problems, letting him know that it is safe and healthy to express himself? did she marvel at his drawings just as much as she did at his handcrafted fishhooks and harpoons? did she tell him stories from kanna’s childhood in the north pole, sparking sokka’s interest in other lands even before he knew she was talking about another land? did she read to him?
when he started to become a leader among the kids his age, did she take care to watch his mood to make sure he wasn’t burning out from the responsibility? when he devoted himself to protecting katara, did she make sure he knew that he was equally important? did she say it with enough conviction that he believed it in spite of the evidence to the contrary?
when she bandaged his scrapes, did she stop him from brimming with pride over the injury? did she make certain he understood that violence and defending others weren’t what made him strong?
when he lost her, did sokka try to keep her lessons in mind even as the mounting need for a strong military defense began to take over their village? what was it like the day sokka resolved in his mind that it wasn’t appropriate for a warrior to draw or read or feel?
@lesbians4sokka‘s post made me feel a lot of feelings on how Sokka’s grief was denied in “Southern Raiders”.
It just dawned on me that Sokka truly is a man of the arts. Haiku, painting, an appreciation for theatre(and yes, I do consider pro wrestling as a form of theatre, which is seen how hyped he was during Earth Rumble VI). He is the ideal engineering major with a huge appreciation for art.
don’t forget sculpting (his blubbering blob monster sand sculpture of suki), carving (the bear fish he carved for yue), and set design (he praised the effects in the boy in the iceberg). i’ve always said that i think there’s a false dichotomy between stem & liberal arts, because true science is a lot more theoretical and abstract, philosophical and artistic than we like to give it credit for. sokka is very logical, yes, but he’s also incredibly creative, which are the two key traits required in puzzle-solving. sokka solves problems through creative means; that’s what makes him so brilliant. but we see he enjoys harnessing that creativity elsewhere, too. it’s a shame that he never had time for art between the ages of 10-16 (”you can’t fight the fire nation with fun,” after all), because i do think with some practice he’d be genuinely great at art, and it’s clear he loves it.
I love the layers of this fight scene. The layers…
I’m pretty sure this is the first time Azula has ever been intimidated by her brother. She thinks she knows him, knows what to expect fighting him, but the Sun Warriors taught Zuko how to Firebend not from a place of rage, but purpose. His attacks are so much more controlled, and for the first time, he poses a real threat to her.
Sokka, my boy Sokka, has only been even wielding a sword for what, like a month? And here he is, putting Azula on the defence with it. The close-up of her smirk breaking into genuine fear when he swings and nearly forces her over the edge is so telling that she was not expecting him to actually go for such a move.
Azula is constantly on the offensive in pretty much every other fight scene she’s ever been in, but against Sokka and Zuko here, she’s much more cautious. The girl obviously did not expect such a challenge but they brought it. The way they rotate around each other in attacking is wild, and I truly believe this could have been Azula’s defeat if not for interference.
A grumpy man adopting a daughter who is entirely the opposite of the personality spectrum is the only kind of story I care about !!!!!
Adventure Time was just like “here’s s fart joke, here’s a talking piece of candy, here’s an absolutely soul crushing scene where a woman realizes that the man who saved her from starvation and dangerous mutated humans in the aftermath of a brutal global nuclear war no longer remembers her fully or who he used to be because the thing that kept him alive all those years also drove him completely insane and now she finally has to accept that he’ll never truly be the same friend she once knew and decides that even though he does questionable and sometimes dangerous stuff now because of his insanity she’ll still accept him back into her life as he is because he’s still important to her and probably needs a friend now that his mental state has caused him to be alienated by most other people, here’s another fart joke
Who do you think is smarter, Sokka or Azula?
well I suppose one’s answer depends on how they define intelligence. personally, I value intellect far less than I value one’s capacity for critical thinking, self-awareness, and empathy. I believe that those are the fundamental pillars that define one’s character, and whether or not they know many things and possess many skills matters far less to me.
sokka and azula have a lot in common. they’re both strategic, calculating, resourceful, creative, and most importantly, they both enjoy stupid puns. (also they’re both entps but u didn’t see me say that...) another thing they share in common is that they are deeply motivated by a desire to emulate their fathers, to be the strong, respected, infallible leader they see him as, and due to their subconscious worship of patriarchy, they consider any sign of vulnerability, even amongst those they supposedly trust, to be a weakness—and they consider any weakness a sure sign of failure.
now, crucially, sokka grows out of this mindset. he learns to open up and express his feelings, and he learns to be his own person. he realizes that his father is proud of him regardless of how great a warrior he is. sokka desperately wants to prove himself, but it is in realizing that he should follow his own path that allows him to fully self-actualize. (zuko gets it.) azula doesn’t.
by the end of the show, azula is only just realizing that her father does not truly love her, that he only sees her as a pawn, to be discarded when she is no longer useful. azula doesn’t know who she is outside of her abuse, and she never got the chance to self-actualize. due to the brainwashing she experienced all her life, she lacks true self-awareness, whereas sokka has only been growing more and more self-aware through the seasons. (he’s still far more insecure than he should be, but he’s getting there.)
sokka and azula are both extremely intelligent. there’s no denying that. but to frame it as who is more intelligent is folly. the better question is, who would win a game of pai sho? and the answer to that, of course, is that sokka beats azula easily. not due to her lack of skill, strategy, or cunning, but due to her hubris.
one thing i love about sokka as a character is that even when one of his traits (and i’d say his main ‘fighting’ skill, swordsmanship apart) is being a great strategist and problem-solver, this was never used as a “substitute” for, like, an actual character. as in, you never felt that sokka was there just cause the writers needed someone to come up with plans or ideas in the show. it also never felt like his intelligence was being used as a deus ex machina, not even at the start. the way he came up with plans and ideas and the development of his leadership skills always felt very organic to me, sort of parallel to the gradual development of katara and aang’s bending skills. it also helped a lot that the writers let his plans fail sometimes (like when he tried to open that door at crescent island) or just be outright silly or impractical (like when he suggests they dress momo as a ghost to infiltrate the party in ba sing se), which usually left room for some help and feedback from the rest of the gaang when it came to problem solving –this without any of them ever coming close to “stealing” sokka’s place as the idea guy in the group. its just perfect!!
Keep thinking about “I don’t think boomerang is coming back this time” and how Sokka realized he couldn’t save this kid they brought onto their team, how he wasn’t gonna be able to save Toph, wasn’t gonna be able to save himself, has no idea if Suki was still alright had no idea if zuko and his sister are alive has no clue where Aang is and he just was HIT with realizing “me and toph will die here and no one will know” like would he have let go? Would he let her fall rather than face the wrath of the firebenders? And then Suki shows up because she’s a badass but god for a moment they accept death and they’re k i d s
Katara: are you talking to yourself?
Sokka: yes. It’s the only way I can have an intelligent conversation in this house
Please pleas e pl e a se share more of your gaang kids headcannons I love them. And I'm also begging you to elaborate on what Sokka teaches the kids specifically!
yes yes yes anon thank you for the validation™!
sokka and bumi have a really close relationship since bumi is the only non-bender of the group and sokka knows how that feels. bumi, therefore, is the only one who gets boomerang and sword lessons
sokka takes it upon himself to tell izumi all the stupid things zuko did as a teen “he invaded the northern water tribe on his own in the middle of a blizzard?! because he was...stubborn?” “yes, yes he did. now go bully him about it”
he also teaches izumi to yell that she must REGAIN HER HONOR at every opportune moment. zuko is ready to murder sokka about it
kya and bumi both inherit their sense of humour from sokka. they follow katara and aang around spouting bad sokka-style puns. katara swears she’s never leaving tenzin alone with him
sokka is secretly the mastermind behind all bumi’s prank wars. he’s a tactician, after all - let’s be real, he can pull off the best pranks
once, a extremely drunk teenage kya turned up on his doorstep because she knows her parents would be furious if they saw her like that. sokka isn’t exactly happy with her, but he lets her crash there and tells aang and katara she’s okay. her parents never actually find out how drunk she was and kya is always grateful to sokka about it
tenzin tends to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders and sokka is the only one who can get him to lighten up. he teaches him sokka-approved stress relief methods, including but not limited to: singing terrible and foul-mouthed sea shanties at the top of his lungs, getting mani-pedis and learning how to do kyoshi warrior makeup. tenzin still uses them today, leading to an extremely awkward interaction wherein korra catches him painting his toenails
sidenote: katara never forgives him for the time she heard tenzin sing a sea shanty
lin and suyin are the only ones who don’t get taught how to annoy their mother, because sokka can never quite bring himself to be mean to toph.
lin likes listening to his stories. he tells her all about how he planned the invasion on the day of black sun, about how he and zuko broke into the boiling rock prison. he makes a special effort to tell lin stories about how brave and strong her mom is
su gets the best advice from sokka. if she’s feeling low or like she’s not getting enough attention from toph, sokka’s the one she turns to. he always helps her talk through her emotions and is the one who encouraged her to reach out to lin when their relationship became rocky
SOKKA CENTRIC FICS
Here are some Sokka centric fics! Most of these works are not labeled as Sokka centric and so it’s very hard to find! There’s only 64 fics out of 15019 fics
Keep in mind I did not do any Zukka or Tokka fics bc I did not want to wade through that esp bc Zukka fics are 80% Zuko centric. It’s also possible that I missed some fics as, again, they are kinda hard to get a hold of. I literally had to block the Zuko tag at one point bc if Zuko was a character in the fic, it was going to be about Zuko, and it was just a lot to wade through to find that one fic where Zuko was a character but wasn’t the main character. I think my chrome shut down at some point which could have caused me to not include some fics. Basically I’m saying I didn’t get everything but I got MOST of it. Like 80% of it, even if I didn't include things I personally don't really like to read-sorry. Show this to anyone who says Sokka isn’t underrated! my man got 64 out of 15019 fics!
Also, PLEASE KUDOS THESE STORIES 👏👏👏👏 so many of them have far too little kudos and deserve more love! I think bc ppl are kinda bad with tagging, some of these stories hardly get any hits! Give them some love. And reblog this so other Sokka stans don’t have to wade through so much fics like I had to (seriously I’ve seen some crazy fics you would not believe *shivers*) bc it’s hard to find a needle in a haystack
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Aang
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14326722 - cute tickle fight (pure fluff :DD)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14984378 - Aang and nightmares, and Sokka and his big brother instincts
https://archiveofourown.org/works/488040 - Sokka and Tenzin, Sokka gets the news that Aang died (set in LOK)
-there is very little Aang and Sokka fanfic, let alone Sokka centric Aang and Sokka fanfic :(
Toph
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1885884 - Sokka makes smth for Toph
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15472509 - Toph dreams abt the airships
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24720889 - “In the bad dreams, he loses his grip. In the worst ones he lets go”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25229905 - Sokka teaches Toph to write her name
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14718887 - Toph and hands, Sokka being her favorite hand to hold
https://archiveofourown.org/works/53498 -Sokka stuck in a cave
-there’s quite a lot of Toph and Sokka stories, not necessarily abt Sokka tho. They kinda go hand in hand, so it’s not really about one or the other.
Katara
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15288189 - before they leave to fight Azula/airships
https://archiveofourown.org/works/19946611 -Sokka sick fic :)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22005709 -katara apologises for what she said to Sokka
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2277381 - Sokka wants to teach katara how to fight (also this is the first atla fanfic on AO3 that isn’t fucking weird lol)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2523782 - the gaang is too young and too starving :(
https://archiveofourown.org/works/18452795 - the only bender!Sokka story that has interested me bc it doesn’t take away from his character. It’s also vry satisfying to read
https://archiveofourown.org/works/404527 - Sokka’s feelings after his mom’s death- childhood
https://archiveofourown.org/works/404522 - “After the war Sokka says goodbye to his sister and the Southern Watertribe
-I wish there were more Sokka and Katara stories of before they met Aang.It’d be cute and angsty.
Zuko
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25243948 - The gaang plays hide and seek/train, Zuko and Sokka team up to make a prtty good team- Sokka is rlly bad ass in this ;D it’s one of my favorites ngl
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24809161/chapters/60002182 - fire nation sokka- oof this one hurts :,)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22305031 - like the only modern au that I rlly like, featuring Sokka on cactus juice and… McDonalds employee Zuko lol
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24462145 - Sokka gets kidnapped. Sokka is… very Sokka ish in this
https://archiveofourown.org/works/21475717/chapters/51180856#workskin -Zuko is a fire nation spirit, featuring Jet
-Zuko and Sokka stories tend to be well written, but it’s rlly hard trying to find a story with both of them that isn’t Zuko centric, and even some of the stories I have here are borderline Zuko centric
Suki
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12270624 - what Sokka feels every full moon
https://archiveofourown.org/works/1338157 - stars, and both suki and Sokka contemplate being away from home
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24423484 - “Sokka and learning to let himself be loved”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/648200 - “she should be jealous, she knows, of this ghost that clings to sokka”- it’s short but I love this one
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25290874 - set right after boiling rock before they go back to the air temple.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/334919 - Sokka and suki dig up the secret library and try to strike a deal with its caretaker
The gaang
https://archiveofourown.org/works/14348382 -basically a re telling of the Sokka’s master ep, but in Sokka’s POV
https://archiveofourown.org/works/16303286 - the meaning of tattoos, and non bender tattoos
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24426670 - “the gaang has a sleepover and Sokka manages to reforge bonds between the four nations while he’s unconscious”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22252 -Sokka thinks of his place in the gaang (set after season 2)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24439972 - the gaang needs a potty brake and Sokka is annoyed (pure fluff :DD)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24559357/chapters/59308846#workskin - spirit sensitive Sokka! Very interesting I’m invested and there’s only 2 chapters so far TvT (featuring Sokka w/ white hair 😩👌✨)
Hakoda
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25004614 - Sokka being a child soldier, and Hakoda’s regret
https://archiveofourown.org/works/22964113 - “how all the members of team avatar discover their bending abilities”
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25003291 - “Sokka gives himself his first warrior’s wolf tail” (pure fluff :DD)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24580543 -Sokka throws his first boomerang https://archiveofourown.org/works/24720004 - why Sokka never grew his hair out- child soldier/ insecurity stuff
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24384172 - Sokka tells his dad about Yue
Piandao
https://archiveofourown.org/works/686093 - Sokka asks piandao to continue training him
https://archiveofourown.org/works/582971 - Sokka visits piandao to make a new sword and ask a question
https://archiveofourown.org/works/570663 - kinda piandao centric, but also Sokka centric? Piandao’s backstory and father figure feels :)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/566995 - Sokka believes he’s simply ordinary, nothing special about him
https://archiveofourown.org/works/11580402 - “we do not induct children into the Order, Piandao!”
-there needs to be more Sokka and Piandao fics and I’m pissed because there’s more Zuko and piandao fics then there is Sokka and piando what kinda bs is this??
Yue
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2676488 - kinda Yue centric but like Sokka centric too? It’s about her sacrifice and why, and the love she feels for him
https://archiveofourown.org/works/3443258 - it’s a full moon the night before Sokka and the other councilman judge a blood bender (set during that one ep in lok with that blood blender dude)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24872200 - Sokka and Bumi (katara’s kid) have a sleepover. Sokka and old wounds
-I’m surprised there’s not more of them. Yue is always mentioned in Sokka centric fics, but not really the center of it
Other
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24059851/chapters/57900052 - Sokka and Momo. I think this is spirit sensitive Sokka story abt Sokka being able to process his grief (also friendship with Momo yes)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/567004 - Sokka and boomerang, right after the war
https://archiveofourown.org/works/13064682 - an au of sorts, dealing with a spirit in the southern water tribe that steals ppl. And like it’s sorta the only Kya and Sokka fanfic out there?? As far as I’m aware anyway
https://archiveofourown.org/works/25209895 - a Sokka character study: he has more to him than meets the eye
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24636988 - Sokka before Aang, this is explaining why he’s the way he is
https://archiveofourown.org/works/12611212 - Sokka meets a wolf spirit in the spirit world who questions his worth
https://archiveofourown.org/works/17201468/chapters/40447214 - haven’t actually read this srry all I know is that it’s time travel au, Sokka centric, and is one of the only stories with a lot of chapters (11 as of now)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/331690/chapters/535433 - “a series of unrelated drabbles centered around Sokka and his awesomeness” -29 chapters as of now (I haven’t read this one either)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/155711 -finally a story where Sokka is a strategic genius using his brains to help his friends and politics- set after the war
https://archiveofourown.org/works/15992618 - Sokka and Space Sword, an interesting take for what happened after the war, where there isn’t rlly any good guys in war, and Sokka tries to find his sword
https://archiveofourown.org/works/2960030 - set after the war, Sokka returns to the South Pole and finds himself again as just the regular guy
https://archiveofourown.org/works/24722083 - Sokka’s thoughts on himself
https://archiveofourown.org/works/259980 - an au ofsorts, Katara dies by Azula and Aang is missing, and wars don’t just end- Sokka is vry cool in this
https://archiveofourown.org/works/7547833 - Sokka and Kya II- Sokka has to sit through kya’s singing of secret tunnel (pure fluff :D)
https://archiveofourown.org/works/887394 - Sokka and Kaatang’s and One of Toph’s kids (Sokka babysits, also HE INVENTS DND WHAT MORE COULD U WANT!!!) pure fluff :DD
https://archiveofourown.org/works/4949257 - Uncle Sokka and Bumi’s relationship oof
-Uncle Sokka is highly underrated and so is Sokka’s relationship with his mom. I will also never get enough of character study fics
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What have I learned?? People who are writing a story about Sokka should tag that story as SOKKA CENTRIC. It’ll give ur fic more love, and make it easier for ppl who love Sokka to find a fic about him. Also, on tumblr you see all these great analyses on Sokka, with theories like Spirit sensitive!Sokka, or Sokka working for the white lotus, and yet there are hardly any fics on it??? The untapped potential?!?! We also have no idea what Sokka does in the future (still salty LOK) so this gives us a lot of room to imagine and create stories! Like I need a fanfic on how Sokka does wtf??? You’d have thought that with this atla renaissance and people gaining a new found respect and admiration for Sokka’s character, that there’d be more Sokka focused fics, but nope :(
I’ve noticed that those who like Sokka don’t contribute to the fandom fic wise and guys we gotta step up (like I’m one to talk lol I’m gonna try and write some fics I swear!)
Also if you still want more Sokka fics I suggest searching in the tags bender Sokka, water bender Sokka, and fire bender Sokka. I also suggest that you go to fanfiction.net. I know it’s old, but so is this fandom, which means a lot of fics are there too. It’s easier to wade through the fics on fan fiction.net than AO3 simply bc of how little tags you can put there, so if Sokka is tagged, you know he actually plays a part in the story (no shade on AO3 I love it but sometimes it’s hard to find stuff bc the tagging system relies on the people knowing how to use tags, and the avatar fandom does not, but that’s bc it’s old)
Anyway, LOVE SOKKA MORE and don’t forget to reblog and let other ppl get access to these fics bc I know I would have loved it if someone made an entire list! (And organized it lol I never thought I was capable of organizing)
And now I'm gonna tag the ppl who commented on that one post who wanted me to make it @talonsandsuch @ships-and-shitty-decisions @dearestpartnerofgreatness