#gosh I just love mama toph headcanons

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Some of my favorite mama toph hcs are

Toph visiting Aang's house for whatever reason and momo being her little bodyguard and curling up around her belly. When Lin and Suyin are born and are brought to visit not even a couple of weeks after theyre born momo immediately knows who they are and curls up next to them to protect them and loves them so much

Lao and Poppy buying a ridiculous amount of clothes and blankets and baby equipment before and after lin and suyin are born

Iroh getting emotional when being handed newborn Lin and later Suyin and holding them and realizing how much time had passed and how the little 12 yo girl he met years ago had children of her own

happy new year

Hi Anon, thank you for the ask!

Pls I love these mama Toph headcanons! I also feel like these headcanons can apply to any AU, whether you prefer Toph as a single mom or in a relationship, these just fit perfectly!

I always liked Momo and Toph’s mini relationship, they seemed like good buddies in the show, so thinking that Momo and Toph still shared a bond years later is double adorable. But yes I agree that Momo loves chilling on Toph’s belly, either to monitor those who pass by her or to take a little nap with Toph. Sometimes when Momo is flying off and doing his own thing, he’ll go to Toph’s place for a bit to hang out and curl up with her.

And Momo loves snuggling with babies in general. They’re tiny and warm and cuddly and they’re adorable! But there’s something about Toph’s kiddos that makes him love them so much and is so protective. And while Lin was an easier baby and enjoyed being curled up next to Momo, Suyin was a bit fussier, so it took her some time to warm up to the lemur. But if anyone was to hold her or cuddle with her, she’d want her Mama or Momo and that was it. With Su, let’s just say Momo was a frequent flyer in the Beifong house lol! Toph loves how good he is with the girls, though.

Lao and Poppy definitely splurge on their grand babies, especially because I don’t think they ever considered being grandparents once Toph reached a certain age. So now that there are babies to spoil, they do it. Toph always complains that they are buying too many things for the girls, but Lao and Poppy always argue back that they have an incredible amount of money that is of little use to them in the afterlife, so they plan to spend it all on the babies. Toph rolls her eyes a bit, but she’s grateful that her parents are being supportive. (This is of course in an AU where Lao and Poppy are good/better parents, but it’s my go-to that the Beifong’s are happy because they deserve it LOL).

And pls Iroh most definitely would get emotional holding the Beifong babies, and I think Lin would especially hit him hard. He loves everyone in the Gaang and they all hold a place in his heart, but I think that the quality time that Iroh spent with Toph initially is a very fond memory for him. And so knowing that the same girl who said that she could handle things on her own and didn’t need help, has a little baby of her own? It just moves him deeply and he admires the woman that stands in front of him, and her newborn baby.

Such great Mama Toph headcanons, and a perfect way to begin the new year! Thank you so much for sending these in, Anon. I do love hearing about Toph headcanons :D Hope your new year is off to a good start and that you have a great day!

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That version of Kantoph where Kanto acts as Suyin’s father but isn’t her biological father but they didn’t tell her that he wasn’t until she figured it out herself made me think of a Tokka headcanon;

I like to think that Sokka was there for Lin and acted like a father to her from the very start. So when she learnt how to talk and started calling him “daddy,” who were they to correct her? They didn’t want to tell her that he wasn’t her biological dad. It was so much easier to just let her think that he was, because her biological father would never be in her life. Besides, he acted like her dad anyways. She never really questioned it. Sokka acted like her dad, so he must be her dad. But then Suyin is born and it starts dawning on her how much she looks like him and how much she doesn’t. So she confronts her parents about it and asks them why she doesn’t look like Sokka and they’re kind of like “oh shit” because they were hoping to put off this conversation for as long as possible because she’s still so young and they were afraid the news would confuse or worse crush her but I guess they underestimated her observational skills. So Toph starts laughing nervously and she’s like “Well you look pretty similar to me!” But Lin’s just like “Mama be serious.” And internally Toph is like “fuckfuckfuckfuck I’m not gonna be able to get out of this one, am I?” So they very gently tell her the truth and Lin is like “Oh… okay.” And tries to act nonchalant but her bottom lip is trembling and she can’t help bursting into tears which obviously breaks their hearts so Sokka pulls her into a hug and she cries into his shirt that “It’s okay, you don’t have to pretend to love me anymore. You’re not my real daddy, you’re just pretending to be because my real daddy didn’t want me. And Su is only half my sister, so she doesn’t have to pretend to love me either anymore!” And oh gosh, their hearts can’t take this so they sit her down and talk to her about how “Blood doesn’t make a family, baby girl. Love makes a family, love does.” But she doesn’t feel completely better until she talks to her Uncle Zuko about it and he tells her about how he chose Iroh as his father because he was always there for him when his biological father wasn’t, just like how Sokka was always there for her, and how even though her and Su don’t share a father she still is her biological sister since they share a mom, however that doesn’t even matter because “Your Mom isn’t blood related to me at all, and I still chose her as my baby sister.” “Baby sister? Watch it, Sparky. I could kick your ass any day of the week.”

Ope this looks like a HC you could write :D I love it! Part of me goes back and forth in wondering if them telling Lin that Sokka isn't her father would be a big deal, only because they've grown up in a very close-knit 'found family' dynamic since they were practically kids. So the idea that family is blood never really meant a whole lot, especially if we consider/HC that the Gaang and their kids called their friends aunt and uncle. But yeah if there is a conversation that Toph and Sokka have with Lin, I totally see her brushing off her parents and their thoughts on the matter and thinking that they're just saying that because they have to. Then when she visits Uncle Zuko, he has a nice conversation with her over tea about it all, and that's when she understands and sees what her parents were saying earlier. Sometimes a kid just needs to have another adult that they look up to for them to fully accept a concept, even if Zuko said the exact same thing Toph and Sokka said lol. It would definitely be a precious moment for Lin to go to her 'aunts' and 'uncles' to hear their perspective and for her to learn about found family through them, though! Like, at first she thinks she's a spare kid because "my real daddy didn't want me" but then, she hears stories and realizes that blood relations don't really matter at all in their family. Such a heartwarming moment for our little Linny!