Also Reminds Me Of My Way Of Greiving - Blog Posts

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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