#sokka is suyins father

[yukaro353]

I was exchanging comments with @roseeycreates-blog and that made me think about how much I like Tokka and I ended up drawing this scenario.

Toph comes home from work to find her boyfriend-not-boyfriend playing with her daughters and her heart melts... but discreetly

[operationbeifong]

— 𝐒𝐔𝐘𝐈𝐍 + 𝐓𝐎𝐊𝐊𝐀 — '𝑪𝑨𝑼𝑺𝑬 𝑰𝑵 𝑴𝒀 𝑯𝑬𝑨𝑹𝑻 𝑺𝑯𝑬'𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑰𝑹𝑺.

[casualdadnomad]

i do think toph and sokka are best friends and i have a lot to say about it

[dalekofchaos]

Ways Legend Of Korra could've paid tribute to Suki instead of acting like she never existed

Suki is the cop, not Toph. Suki would have formed the Republic City Police, in this case. The Republic City Kyoshi Guard. Suki enforcing the rules and law makes way more sense than Toph. Lin would be Sokka and Suki’s daughter and would have a brother named Hakoda in honor of Sokka’s father and both would be in charge of the police after Suki’s retirement. Lin always wears the Kyoshi Warrior make up to honor her mother and Hakoda inherits his father’s boomerang and cunning mind. Toph “fuck the rules” Beifong would never in a million lifetimes EVER be a cop. I find it hard to believe Toph, the rebel who hates rules would become the very institution she despised, if anything Toph would be the Founder of Pro-Bending or a nomad Earthbending/Metalbending master and a hermit. Suyin would be her daughter and The Duke or Teo would be the father.

Suki leads a new generation of Kyoshi Warriors that helps train Korra non-bending techniques to counter the Equalists Chi-Blocking techniques.

Just giving Suki a statue in Republic City. Literally anywhere.

One little mention to her existence. Bumi mentioning he was trained by uncle Sokka and aunt Suki would've been enough.

In The Red Lotus Society's attempt to steal Korra, Sokka and Suki died protecting the Avatar

I came up with 5 near perfect scenarios that could've paid tribute to Suki. All Bryke did was act like she never existed or didn't matter. Fuck you, Suki deserved better.

[hadesisqueer]

Doing kill counts of the ATLA universe out of boredom (not including the Yangchen or Roku novels because I have not read them yet, so no spoilers).

Sozin: Unknown, but he committed genocide on the Air Nomads, so at least thousands.

Azulon and Ozai: Unknown but are to blame for the death of thousands, maybe millions.

Jianzhu: Kelsang, Saiful, Chamberlain Hui and a few other sages, all those Yellow Necks-- he had confirmed kill count of over 5000 people.

Tagaka: Unknown amount of people, but she killed Amak and clearly killed more. So at least one known and many others unknown.

Amak: Unknown but he was a professional assassin, so-- yeah, probably a dozen or two at least.

Kelsang: The Living Typhoon! He caused the deaths of a bunch of pirates. Unknown amount of kills, though.

Hei-Ran: Unknown amount of kills, but she had the record of most kills during Agni Kais, so several people at least.

Yun: Like four randos in the Earth Kingdom, Jianzhu, Lu Beifong, Chancellor Dairin, a bunch of Fire Nation guards, Father Glowworm-- like a dozen kills at least.

Kyoshi: Killed Xu Ping An, Yun and Chin the Conqueror, so known kill count of three. Unknown, definitely more.

Lao Ge: Unknown but probably many people.

Kuruk: No known human kills, but did slay several dark spirits.

Gyatso: He was surrounded by a lot of corpses of Firebenders, so the guy definitely killed like a dozen people at least.

Aang (possessed by the Ocean Spirit): A few hundreds at least. Then again that wasn't really him because the kid was possessed, that was the Ocean Spirit*

Zhao: One known, the original Moon Spirit.

Long Feng: One, Jet. Thought it was really unclear at the time.

Yon Rha: One known, Kya.

Sokka: One, Combustion Man*

Azula: One, Aang. Sure he came back but the kid was dead.

Ursa: One, Azulon.

Zaheer: The Earth Queen, and I guess you could kinda count Aiwei? Though he didn't really die. Anyway, one or two.

Ghazan: I guess you can count himself?

Tarrlok: Two, himself and Noatak.

Unalaq: One, Raava I guess? She came back though.

Korra: Technically One, Unavaatu. Sure, her uncle was gonna die anyway, but she finished the job and felt responsible for not saving him, so she kinda saw it as killing him.

Mako: One, he killed Ming-Hua with lightning.

Suyin: One, he killed P'Li.

Kuvira: Hiroshi and two guards, so like three.

So far I can't think of any other deaths? Like there's people like Iroh who was a general and most likely killed people as well, and you can argue that the rest of the Gaang likely took some more lives (most of all Sokka, Toph and Suki while they were taking down those airships during the comet, I mean someone had to fucking die there c'mon), as well as probably believing that the rest of the Red Lotus killed as well. And more probable kills from more people. But no confirmation though lmao.

[neolxzr]

biggest crime of tlok to me is that sokka to our knowledge did not have children. which i do not believe for a SECOND. that boy would make a wonderful father and he would WANT to be one. and i know that its a theory sometimes but he cannot be suyin's father because we know both of toph's daughters had absent dads and hes not like that. therefore: the most logical conclusion is that he is firelord izumi's other father

[immi-immi]

Kataang is endgame. Sokka is not Suyin's father. Aang and Mai are not abusive. Ursa was not a bad mother. A fourth book is not needed. Zutara was never going to be canon. The characters in the comics are OOC. Aang loved all his children equally. TLOK should not be considered canon. Up is up. Down is down. Water is wet.

[the-badger-mole]

do u have any headcanons about the gaang’s kids? like who they would be closest to in the gaang offspring? or which parent they would prefer or career?

I don't have a ton of thoughts about who the Gaang's kids would be. I'm honestly not super interested in them. But I have thought about who the Gaang would be as parents.

Zutara and Sukka would be the top tier of parents. They would be family movie quality parents. The type of parents that in certain stories would have to be killed off in order to give the protagonist an angsty backstory to overcome because having a functional, loving family isn't interesting enough...😒That's not to say they would be perfect parents, but they would try very hard, be very loving and apologize when necessary, because they respect their kids as much as they love them.

Suki and Sokka would be sports parents. They would take their kids out and teach them to hunt, boat, ski, snowboard, martial arts and generally let them get into dirt and trouble. There would be a lot of broken bones and bloody scrapes among their kids, but they would have the best stories about how they got them.

Katara and Zuko would be more protective. It would be a struggle for them not to be too protective. They would also take their kids out and teach them how to fight both with weapons and bending, but they would be very serious about safety. Zuko would spend a year on sword safety and maintenance before he let any of his kids even touch a real sword, and Katara would be on standby to heal any ouchies or booboos. At the same time, they would also do their best not to make their kids scared to take risks. It's a delicate balancing act, and they wouldn't always succeed, but their kids feel safe and loved, and that's really all Zuko and Katara want.

Toph...I have a really hard time believing she ever planned on having kids, so I go back and forth about her being childfree her entire life, or her having Lin and Suyin and being a Lorelei Gilmore type mother (only way less girly). It's a bumpy road, and she messes up...a lot, but she loves her girls and is there for them....And also she doesn't disappear into a swamp and go no contact with them.

I have a really hard time picturing Aang as anything but a terrible father. I see him with multiple baby mamas. He'd be a weekend fun dad who only sees his kids occasionally. He bails as often as he shows up, and when he does show up, he takes the kids to places he thinks they should enjoy without actually talking to them about it. Once his kids reach adulthood, it's pretty much on them to maintain the relationship or let it die. He has one or two kids who he sees frequently, but only because they reach out to him and he considers them friends.

[beifong-brainrot]

✨️Quill's meta and other ramblings Masterpost✨️

I've decided to compile all my metas and longer posts into a list I'll pin to my blog, for easy access and for anyone who wants to go back and sift through my pretentious soapbox ramblings.

List of metas under the cut:

The Last Airbender

✨️Aang

The Avatar State as a Panic Attack

Aang as a McGuffin?

Aang's biases and comparison to Szeto

✨️Katara

Katara's fear of loss and how it impacts her relationship with Aang Part 1

Katara's fear of loss and how it impacts her relationship with Aang Part 2

The Desert is one of Katara's strongest episodes

How Hama impacted Katara

Katara's parentification in the Runaway

Katara's forced maturity in the fandom

Katara's childishness is important

✨️Kataang defense squad Activities

Kataang through the female gaze

Kaatang's nonlinear development

The symbolism in Kataang

The Avatar State's place in Kataang

Anti Kaatang/Pro Zutara hypocrisies

✨️ Defending Jetara as well

✨️Toph

Toph's story is a tragedy, actually

Toph's relationship with her father

Toph's reaction to Ba Sing Se and its rules

An extremely reluctant defence of cop Toph

✨️Zuko

Zuko's connections to the characters around him and why it's not all Katara

Zuko wasn't the good guy in B1 (and that's ok)

Talking about Zuko's scar as a burn victim

Zuko's Love Language- gift giving

✨️Miscellaneous ramblings

Mai's trauma

The evolution of Mai and her political stance

The Fire Nation's misogyny p1

The Fire Nation's misogyny p2

Across the Isle- Fire Nationals connecting with the victims of their nation

Ursa and Azula's estrangement

Azula's love language- quality time

The Legend of Korra

✨️Weilin Propaganda:

Weilin Propaganda part 1

Weilin Propaganda part 2

✨️Bolin

Bolin's fawning trauma response

Bolin's lack of agency and his potential role as a weapon

Why Bolin stayed with Kuvira as long as he did

Bolin's relation to Earthbending

✨️Suyin, my pookie

Adding context to Suyin's 'flaws'

Suyin's Coping Mechanism- Zaofu and family

Suyin is NOT a narcissist

The tragism of Suyin

✨️Lin Beifong haterisms:

The misogyny of Suyin hate

Suyin's combat skills

How Fanon Lin affects other characters

Lin's tumultuous relationship with Korra

Lin should've left the police force

✨️Opal is Queen

Opal hot takes

Opal's seperation from the Beifongs

✨️ Thoughts on Huan

✨️Beifong Boogaloo

The Beifongs as superfeelers

Critiscisms of the Old Wounds episode

Strange structure of Suyin and Lin's feud

Baby Beifongs appreciation post

Lin and Opal parallels

Suyin and Kuvira parallels

✨️Beifong twin miniseries

Sparring moment

Wei and trust falls

Reactions to Baatar

The Beifong twins are traumatised ♡

✨️Amon

The flaws of Amon's ideology

Amon's character driven story

✨️Prince Wu appreciation

✨️Mako

Mako's low self esteem and its relation to Kai

✨️Miscellaneous

Lin and Suyin paralleling Mako and Bolin

Mako and his relation to his family

Convergence Airbenders adapting to airbender culture

Tlok's Usamericanism in B4

Republic City's divide between Earth citizens and Fire nationals

Biases against Earthbenders in Republic City

Texts inbetween tlok and atla

Katara and Sokka paralleling Bolin and Mako

Lavabenders paralleling each other

The Gaang being parents did not ruin them

Azula vs Zuko and Kuvira in the matter of redemption

Sokka and Bolin- the tragedy of funny guys

Analysing the Avatar State

Tlok and atla on character motivation

[thinky-think-brainblast]

I wish Bumi II would have been born an airbender

He would have made Aang and Kataras life a living hell as a baby, toddler, and little kid if he had the ability to manipulate air. He was already a handful as a non bender, imagine him with the ability to run around on an air scooter. Like Sokka would see Katara and Aang so tired he would offer to babysit for them, 47 minutes later he would be back drastically knocking on their door with his hair all tangled because god know what Bumi did, yelling at Aang to please take his spawn of satan back (he still loves him to bits of course, it just hard to keep up with a hyper active airbending toddler, that’s why most if not all airbenders were raised in a temple with a big group of adults who are masters at the element) I am sure there would be a point in time were Aang would be the only one able to keep up with this little child, so he would have to take him to meetings and stuff. And bumi just doesn’t shut up, which could also be a blessing because politicians who were annoying and requested the Avatar for every single minor detail would stop. Like they kind of need Aang but is it that important that they need to bare being in the same room of that annoying little child, who try’s to jump out of his fathers lap the first chance he gets, and who is very clearly sending gusts of wind their way to mess up their hair. The answer is no. I also believe that Bumi and Tenzin would kind of turn into a more soft and loving version of Lin and Suyin, like they would be a bit competitive as adults, but am sure they had a blast as little kids playing air ball, and running around in air scooters. Bumi would have 100% percent also been a teacher for Tenzin, especially when their father was out there being the Avatar.

[yukaro353]

While Sokka was alive, Lin was presumed to be the best daughter imaginable.

🌼

Lin probably forgot that she had gone with her mother and sister and ended up returning with Sokka to the Temple Island after the party 🤭

And the extra context would be that Toph is so immersed in her conversation and her sore arm from holding her baby that she forgets to pay attention to her other daughter for a long, long time.

[operationbeifong]

— 𝑨𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑹 𝑽𝑬𝑹𝑺𝑰𝑶𝑵 𝑶𝑭 𝑴𝑬, 𝑰 𝑾𝑨𝑺 𝑰𝑵 𝑰𝑻.

[roseeycreates-blog]

I AM IN MISERY

Whenever I think about a new Avatar after Korra, it makes me sad, If Korra was gone... and so is Lin 😭😭😭 And since we are on this topic, It's a hard pill to swallow, but I think Lin would probably be the first one to go among the Gaang kids.

I'll base this on their line of work, lifestyle, environment, and traumas (since trauma can affect physical health too).

Let's start with who I think would be the last to go.

Suyin Beifong

She's the youngest among them. Traveling the world gave her happiness and an opportunity to work on her traumas (like her conflicts with her mom and sister). As the Matriarch of Zaofu, she's surrounded and cared for by the best healers and physicians. We also see how active she is with dancing and other hobbies, which makes her the healthiest.

Firelord Izumi

Before you comment "Izumi is the oldest," I know, but hear me out: We saw just a bit of her in LOK, but have you seen how fit she is for her age? As a monarch, she's been cared for by servants and healers/physicians since birth. I bet she hasn't eaten a rotten meal in her life. While she can fight, as long as Zuko is alive, he'll protect Izumi at all costs. Not just him, but the whole army of the Fire Nation will as well. So yeah, LONG LIVE THE FIRELORD! We don't know much about her, so I don't have an entry with trauma...

Tenzin/Kya

These two are tied. Let's start with Kya. She's one of the greatest healers, and if she's ever injured, she has Katara to heal her. The only trauma of hers that I know of (same with Bumi) is that Aang favored Tenzin and neglected them. Knowing her personality, she doesn't seem to mind it a lot. For her, she still has her mom, Uncle Sokka, and Bumi. As for her lifestyle, she can be a bit reckless at times, but her nature as a healer always prevails.

With Tenzin, he eats a healthy diet (Air Nomad diet). Like Kya and Bumi, Katara has him covered. He doesn't have many injuries because he doesn't fight often unless it's necessary. The main trauma he faced was his father's death and the pressure of being "the last Airbender." He worked through that by getting married and having kids. Additionally, as the leader of the Air Nation, his health is cared for by the air acolytes.

Bumi

To be honest, I almost made him tied with Lin because of their line of work and their recklessness at times. He got fighting injuries like Lin and often faced near-death experiences. They just differ in terms of trauma. Bumi handled his trauma very well; we can see how bubbly his personality is. Like Kya, despite Aang being absent, he had his mom, uncle, and sister. "You always know when I need a hug," Bumi once said to Kya, implying that they had each other's back. Oh, and he's also retired now and got bending, so yeah, his lifespan got extended.

LASTLY *sighs*

Lin Beifong

It's incredibly tough to admit, but her job is one of the toughest, and she didn't even like it. She took it to seek approval from her mom, who wasn't even happy about it. She endured numerous injuries from fighting triads, being electrocuted by chi blockers while wearing metal armor, and facing near-death experiences. Her traumas include conflicts with her mom and sister, her breakup with Tenzin, and having her bending taken away. She also has the worst way of handling these issues—bottling everything up until it's overwhelming. Her lifestyle and environment haven't been favorable either; due to work demands, she likely doesn't eat proper meals, often relying on instant noodles or beef jerky, and I bet she even skips meals. Perhaps the saddest part is that for a long time, she didn't have anyone to take care of her. Lin definitely got the short end of the stick. 😭😭😭

[heartilywrites]

Please a (Legend Of Korra) wing beifong x shy!fem!reader? where she’s the adoptive daughter of Bumi II or the adoptive granddaughter of Sokka and Suki who’s a powerful earth & metal master & a (leader) kyoshi warrior and dating Wing. After kuvira defeat, Shy!reader invited The beifong family and they’re excited going to the kyoshi island the first time 💚

If you don’t write wing, write Iroh II instead

،، 𝓛overs Rock ; W. Beifong

resume: where you invite your boyfriend's family to the Kyoshi island.

content warning: pure fluff ; post s4 ; Wing Beifong x fem!reader ; established relationship ; mentions of eye color for r ; no use of y/n

wc: 1.5k

a/n: this one was an interesting one, i love the idea of the Kyoshi warriors still around !! i might do one with Iroh II i feel that one would be interesting to write but different prompt so it doesn't seems too repetitive! THANK YOU FOR REQUESTING, ENJOY :D

“ Just give me true love and understanding for the rest of my days.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “The Kyoshi warriors are there to help out people who need it.” the female's voice sounded distance. “Your gran–gran Suki was the best warrior out there and I'm sure you will be a great leader to the new generation of warriors just like her.”

You hands played with your set of fans while sighing. Even after so many years, you still had your mother's comment rounding your mind every now and then.

She was the daughter of Sokka and Suki, born a waterbender, she was never forced to follow her mother's path nor her father's career, but after Suki's passing she decided to keep her legacy alive as much as she could before her own descendants could. Your mother always wanted to have children, but had the bad luck to have a hard time conceiving, so she decided that it would be best to adopt. She would have the child she always wanted and would give one a family.

She had always said how it was an instant connection when you two first met. Seeing a little you coloring on a book with such concentration and determination made her heart warm and after that it was history.

You didn’t know by that time that you were an earthbender, but your green eyes had told on you to be from the Earth Kingdom, your mother said how –even if you weren't blood family– she could see Suki on you, it was almost like she came back to live. And so you were taught the Kyoshi warriors culture, she made sure to let you know how if you didn’t want to follow with it that would be okay, but you always said how you will continue the legacy. That was what you've been doing all this years.

You've been living in the Kyoshi island since reaching your teenage years and only after your training with them finished and finally named a warrior you were able to come and go from the island as you wish. In one of those trips, you met Wing.

The Kyoshi warriors were split and sent to recognition of the most important points of the Earth Kingdom first and your group was sent to Zaofu. When you arrived the matriarch received all of you with open arms and such a sweet aura that made you feel welcomed, Suyin said how excited she was to finally meet the Kyoshi warriors after hearing stories about them when she was younger and showed everyone around.

At your arrival to what it seemed to be a training area with big metal pieces, you could spot two boys, twins to be specific. While you were looking around that area and Suyin was explaining what it was, green eyes were set on you with a special brightness in them; Wing felt as if he was just struck by an arrow when he saw you giggle at a joke made by his mother.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “Think fast!” Wei screamed throwing the disk at him, he was too distracted and got hit with the object at the side of his face. With a loud groan he felt sat on the floor. “My spirits, you are an idiot.”

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “Boys!” the older woman exclaimed terrorize by the sudden accident.

Everyone was quick to get closer to them, you had tell that you'd check on the hurt twin since you knew about first-aid. “Hey, are you okay? Can you hear me well?” you asked after crouching in front of him.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “I think the disk made him stupid.” the other twin said laughing when Wing took too long to answer clearly distracted by you, his mother hit him in the shoulder.

At first he was mumbling a little bit at your sight that made you frown. “Pretty... I mean! Yeah, I can hear you!” Wei exploded in laughter and you could feel your face warmer.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “That's great,” you made sure he was seeing well by asking him to tell you the amount of fingers you were holding. “Can you tell me what your full name is?” your hands touched the skin in his face looking for any wound open.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “Wing... Wing Beifong.” he answered feeling tickles in each spot your fingers were touching. “What's yours?” you smiled and presented yourself, he made sure to burn your name in his brain.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “What day are we in, Wing?” he answered with the date, feeling his heart skip a beat at how his name sounded on your voice. “Okay, I'm sure you're fine, just don't take any naps right now for precaution.”

Suyin sighed and took her other twin's ear. “You and I will talk about your way of playing.” you looked at the exchange with a smile and when you turned back to Wing, he was still staring at you with such curiosity.

And after that interaction, Wing was obsessed. He loved the way your touch felt on his skin, how sweet his name sounded on your voice, how your green eyes had this cute brightness on them that made them shine like they were a pair of the most beautiful emeralds, how your Kyoshi make-up looked so good on you and made your eyes the center of attention.

Wing looked for you in any chance he had, always bringing you gifts, taking you on small walks on the city, asking you on spontaneous dates which you gladly accepted to ever single one of them and after some time on the city, the warriors needed to visit a different one so Wing took the opportunity to ask you out formally a day before leaving.

A couple of years had gone by since that, sometimes you would visit the family on Zaofu or he would meet you at Republic City, the relationship was just great.

When the whole Kuvira situation took flight, you made sure to be by your boyfriend's side as much as you were allowed too and when it ended, you had an idea.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “You want us to visit the Kyoshi island?” he asked carefully, making you nod with a little of slowness.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “I thought... Uhm, since this whole thing took a toll on everyone that... Maybe you can come to the island and have tiny vacations... Just if you want! I'm not pressuring you to anything! If you don't want that's okay.” you talked a little too fast for his liking, but he smiled with such calm before cupping your face in his palms.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “We would love to, my love.” he answered giving you a tiny peck on the lips.

Another thing he loved from you was your personality. Even if when you were fighting people you looked intimidating, at any calm interaction with new people, you would almost make yourself smaller. He knew after your third date how you didn’t like being in such places with large groups of people and he made sure to take you to places were you felt comfortable. When he introduced you to his family formally, he answered every single question for you and the way how he always was thinking of you and your well-being made you fell more in love with him... If that was even possible.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “We are!?” an excited Opal asked at the dinner table, a big smile on her face.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “I asked for permission and was granted,” you nodded. “It's a little vacation trip I want you to have to relax and also as a thank you for teaching me how to metalbend.” your voice got lower at the last part, a little bit withdrawn, your face started to feel warm.

Your boyfriend took your hand in his, smiling. “Nonsense, darling, you were already a natural when you came here!” Suyin exclaimed. “We just helped you activate your potential.”

Plans were made and not even a week later, the whole Beifong family was at the entrance of the Kyoshi island, looking around amazed by it. Even after all those years, the island was restricted to just the people on the village and the warriors, so almost no one in the modern age knew how it looked.

You had asked one of your teammates to do the tour for you and after that, a small welcome dinner was held.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “Uh, sorry–.” you tried to speak to get their attention, Wing made a gesture that he would handle it.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “Family!” he exclaimed loud enough for them to stop talking, once in silence, he smiled. “Thank you, you can go now.” the last part he said your way.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “Hi, sorry, I would like to thank you all for accepting my invitation here.” your fingers were drumming slightly on your side after standing up. “It really means a lot to me to have all of you here, I appreciate you for taking me in as one of your own and... I hope you enjoy the island.” a nervous smile took place on your face.

After that the whole family burst in cheerings clapping at you and smiling with such fond aura. Wing got closer to you after sitting down. “That was sweet, honey, I love you.” he said, a soft kiss was exchanged between you two.

‍ ‍ ‍ ‍‍ “Ugh, that's disgusting! We're eating!” Wei exclaimed in a jokingly way, throwing pieces of bread at his brother.

[zuzus-ponytail]

broke: “suyin is sokka and toph’s daughter.”

gross. they are siblings. that’s like saying kya is katara and sokka’s daughter.

what even is the reasoning behind this claim? suyin has darker skin, therefore her dad MUST be sokka? they don’t even look alike, nor do they share any traits. suyin was made from clay, she doesn’t HAVE a father. and sokka would never be an absent father, dude’s been a father figure since he was twelve & he would never stand for toph sending su to live with her parents. also, how on earth would sokka’s genes create something so dreadful as suyin?

woke: “baatar jr. is sokka’s grandson.”

they’re identical & have similar energy. logical geniuses with a thing for more than slightly fruity women who put duty above all else. also overshadowed by their dads & younger siblings.

bespoke: “baatar is sokka and suki’s son.”

i’ve seen sokka and baatar junior’s resemblance used as an argument for why sokka is suyin’s father, and i think that’s just a very… weak point to make. he’s baatar jr. and takes after his father, bataar, in almost every way.

& that includes his looks.

if anybody is going to be sokka’s kid, it’s baatar.

anyways, that’s my stance on the subject :-)

i don’t really think that sokka and suki would have had kids, they’re the most responsible & logical members of the gaang and i reckon they would’ve gone ‘hm. let’s focus on actually fixing the world before we even think about bringing a child into this.’ also, they’re definitely the Cool Aunt & Uncle. they get to have great fun with their nieces and nephews, and can spoil them rotten & teach them all their non-bending fighting techniques that the rest of the gaang can’t, but at the end of the day, they can give them back to their parents.

[prying-pandora666]

The Bachelorette: Toph Beifong Edition - Who is the Dad?

(Adapted from a Twitter thread of mine)

Since I’ve been asked several times if I know the answer to this question, let’s just compile a post.

Who is the father of Toph’s children? A comprehensive guide of the five most cited candidates.

It’s stated in canon that Lin and Suyin have different fathers. Right away this complicates matters as we can’t use the evidence for one sister and apply it to the other.

So let’s break them down separately, starting with the youngest.

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Suyin Beifong

Bachelor #1: Sokka

We all know who he is. The man, the myth, the legend himself. FOR: Probably the most popular as he’s a fan favorite and canon tells us he never married or had children (not officially).

Toph had a crush on him in childhood, and Sokka considered her his best friend, so it’s not impossible these two developed romantic feelings down the line, especially if Sokka’s long-time squeeze Suki was out of the picture. Suki doesn’t seem to be around for unknown reasons in LOK.

Suyin has a noticeably swarthy complexion compared to her mother or sister, which many credit to Sokka.

Her more light-hearted and free-spirited personality compared to Lin is also cited as potentially coming from Sokka.

AGAINST: Sokka is absent from Lin and Suyin lives in flashbacks. Even though we see he still works with Toph well into adulthood and there doesn’t seem to be any bad blood between them.

After losing his own mother and his father being absent due to the war for most of his childhood, it seems unlikely that Sokka wouldn’t be present in his child’s life.

Some fans argue that perhaps Sokka didn’t know Suyin was his daughter, but considering that Sokka and Toph stayed close friends and worked together into adulthood, it’s hard to believe that brilliant detective Sokka wouldn’t have put it together. Unless Toph went out of her way to deceive Sokka, but given their positive relationship it seems out of character for Toph to deprive Sokka of his own child and vice verse.

CONCLUSION: Unlikely.

Unless more information comes out to explain what reasons there could’ve been to keep Sokka away from the girls, this theory falls apart. There just isn’t enough evidence to support both him and Toph acting so bizarrely unlike themselves

Bachelor #2: Satoru

Satoru was an engineer and industrialist who worked for the Earthen Fire Refinery. Lao Beifong (Toph’s dad) left him in charge after Satoru’s corrupt Uncle had a change of heart and resigned.

Satoru is kind and naive to a fault. He has an “adorkable” quality about him and is a HUGE Toph fan.

FOR: Toph became co-executive-partners for Earthen Fire Refinery with Satoru, and although we never saw them progress to a relationship, there was clear mutual attraction.

Satoru admired Toph greatly and advocated for her against his bosses; his Uncle and Toph’s father.

He has wavy hair that resembles Suyin’s.

Works with metal. Zaofu is made of metal. That’s about it.

AGAINST: There isn’t a whole lot to go off of. Satoru isn’t even mentioned by Toph when he isn’t around, and despite her strong interest in him in The Rift story, in Imbalance Toph seems more interested in Sokka, indicating she may have moved back to her initial crush.

Satoru’s naïveté and capitalist employment practices inadvertently served as a catalyst for the bender supremacy movement in the colonies. Womp womp.

Neither he nor Toph has Suyin’s tanned complexion. So where did it come from?

CONCLUSION: Possible

Satoru’s presence is so vague that it’s hard to make a case for him other than a case from exclusion. There aren’t any huge issues disqualifying him, but neither is there much to support him over other candidates.

Bachelor #3: Sun

Sun was a street urchin and prodigy lava bender competing in underground fighting tournaments until Toph plucked him from obscurity and made him her student.

FOR: The resemblance. He’s swarthy, he has a similar smirk and distaste for authority, and is a young prodigy bender.

His distaste for authority and rebellious spirit make him a suitable match for Toph, especially if she was trying to reconnect with her old self by then.

He was a wild spirit and not fan of Aang and the group due to perceiving them as being subservient to the Earth King. This makes a case for why Toph may not have told anyone he was the father, and is more justified than hiding it from Sokka if he were the dad.

He spent time with

Toph as her student, presumably.

AGAINST: Toph was police chief by then (I know, I hate it). If Sun remained a hooligan, they may not have still been compatible.

Sun is never mentioned outside of the one comic he appears in. Despite her initial fascination with him, Toph seems to have forgotten him.

There is no indication from what we saw that Toph’s fascination with him was in any way romantic, but rather she was intrigued by his bending abilities.

CONCLUSION: Possible

I personally find him the most likely candidate simple due to Suyin’s looks and personality. Sun and Toph not working out due to her job as a cop and him being an anti-authority hooligan could well explain why Toph doesn’t talk about Suyin’s father. Their relationship could’ve ended disastrously.

Sun may have also been a catalyst for Toph reflecting on what she had become and deciding to abandon her job as chief of police, deciding to instead go be a swamp with in retirement.

But this is all speculation.

Bachelor #4: Someone else!

A character we haven’t met and who hasn’t been named.

FOR: We have no information so it could be anyone.

AGAINST: Why name-drop Lin’s dad and not Suyin’s unless there’s reason to hide it?

CONCLUSION: Possible. But why?

The most boring possibility.

Bachelor #5: Kanto

FOR: He’s the only canon relationship for Toph we’ve had confirmed.

AGAINST: It’s been stated clearly that Lin had a different father from Suyin, and there isn’t a good reason to suspect Toph is lying.

CONCLUSION: Unlikely.

That’s about it for Suyin. So let’s get into her older sister.

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Lin Beifong

The GOAT and the most unfairly disrespected character in LOK.

Bachelor #1: Sokka Again

He really was a rizz-bender in the end… FOR: Same reasons. Fan favorite. Him and Toph are BFFs for life.

Older Lin has a hairline very similar to Katara’s. Could that be a sign of Sokka’s genes?

AGAINST: Same reasons. Why would Sokka not be involved in her life? Why would Toph lie about him?

Even worse, Lin was in a serious relationship with Tenzin for years. They were even engaged at one point. Seeing as Tenzin is Sokka’s nephew, if he were Lin’s father it would’ve made Lin and Tenzin first cousins. I doubt Toph would’ve hidden her child’s parentage to the point she would allow incest.

CONCLUSION: Impossible.

For all of our sanity, let’s not make kissing-cousins a thing in Avatar.

As Sokka would say, “MAJOR OOGIE!”

Bachelor #2: Satoru

FOR: Same reasons as Suyin

The hair resemblance is still there, but there’s no longer the issue of skin tone. Satoru is a similar complexion.

AGAINST: Why would Toph lie about Lin’s father being named Kanto? Unless there was a falling out we’ve never heard about.

Toph just didn’t seem to be that into Satoru after their initial appearance, and she never brings him up outside of dealing with the company.

CONCLUSION: Possible

Probably the most likely candidate at this time, though the Kanto question is still an odd curveball.

Bachelor #3: Sun

FOR: Same reasons as Suyin.

Sun and Lin’s hair have some similarity.

AGAINST: Same reasons as Suyin x10.

Toph would‘ve been at the height of her role as police chief. Not exactly a great time to be having affairs with hooligans who oppose authority. (Unless maybe Bryke wants to decanonize Toph becoming a cop? Pretty please? Hey, I can dream!)

CONCLUSION: Unlikely

Although Sun has more reason for Toph to lie about Lin’s parentage and throw out the made-up name “Kanto”, there just isn’t enough to support the idea, especially given how strict and serious Lin’s personality can be compared to her sister.

Bachelor #4: Kanto

FOR: Toph said Lin’s dad was a nice guy named Kanto but that it didn’t work out between them. We’ve been given no concrete reason to believe Toph was being deceptive.

That’s about it.

AGAINST: Who?

Seriously, not even a flashback or a picture? No one else ever mentions him? Sus. Even Asami’s mom got a character design.

CONCLUSION: Possible

It could just be some rando named Kanto no one stayed in contact with.

Anti-climactic but sometimes life be like that.

Bachelor #5: Zuko

Yeah. That Zuko. Fire Lord Zuko. Son of Ursa and Ozai. Great grandson of Roku. The Blue Spirit. Aka the fandom bicycle.

Buckle up. This one is a doozy.

FOR: Politically it’s a smart match. Zuko has to make amends with the Earth Kingdom. Political marriages were a common tool to broker peace between nations. Toph is EK nobility from the fine house of Beifong and would be an ideal candidate.

Toph has the capacity to be a refined Lady and hold court, she just chooses not to.

Toph has a built-in perfect response anytime Zuko starts to spiral about his scar. “Looks fine to me!” She’s the only person who has never seen it and doesn’t associate him with a scar upon mention.

Toph seems to have a small crush by the end of Book 3, insisting on going on a field trip with him and glomping onto him. In the comics, she roots for Zuko over Sokka in a sword match, indicating she may have transferred her crush from Sokka to Zuko.

Iroh would be all for it. He loves Toph. He even calls them a perfect match for each other in Legacy of the Fire Nation.

Mai dumped Zuko in The Promise and as of yet they haven’t gotten back together.

Toph and Zuko are depicted standing under twin doves together during their field trip. One of the doves even has a black spot where Zuko’s scar is, making it clear these doves represent him and Toph. Doves are a sign of eternal love. And just as Zuko walks away from Toph in this scene, the doves kiss. Perhaps a sign of their future?

Zuko and Toph both left abusive homes due to the Avatar. Zuko was banished and sent to chase Aang, while Toph ran away from her stifling home to teach Aang. Parallels.

Both act tough as nails but have a sensitive heart that can’t handle rejection.

Izumi and Lin look quite similar. Izumi has glasses (vision problems, like Toph) and Lin has a prominent facial scar (like Zuko). Were these intentional choices to tie them to their respective parents?

Zuko and Lin have facial similarities, and Izumi shares some with Toph’s mom Poppy.

AGAINST: While it’s easy to make a case for Toph crushing on Zuko, there is no evidence that Zuko has ever returned such feelings. He never even says her name for the entire show.

Toph claims he still owes her a life-changing field trip in old age, implying they didn’t get one.

That would’ve made Toph Fire Lady, even temporarily, and it seems like SOMEONE would’ve mentioned that! Kind of a big detail to leave out!

Zuko shows no interest in Lin. Then again he doesn’t show interest in Izumi either, so who knows?

All evidence is circumstantial at best.

CONCLUSION: Crack but compelling

I love everything about this theory but personal biases aside it’s just pure crack.

Still, I’ll leave you with this: It gives a good reason for Toph to lie about Lin’s parentage. And Kanto can be written as “冠都” which means “crown capital”.

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You’ve heard the evidence! So you decide!