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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!!