#sokka: tell my family i love them 😭

[stardust948]

How would Azula react to a 50 foot tall Sokka?

This but Azula standing on Sokka's shoulders stroking him with a tree branch. Azula enjoyed her time as a giantess, but Sokka would be freaking tf out paranoid that he'd accidentally crush someone.

[survivalove]

I hate to do this but someone reblogged one of my posts and I scrolled down their tl, hoping to mutual, and saw this mess:

Do people actually somehow watch the show and not see every single moment where Katara blushes or plays with her hair around Aang, gets shy at the thought of kissing Aang, is clearly attracted to him in Book 3, gets jealous of any girl that’s also attracted to him.

Or Aang comforting Katara several times: hugging her in the Serpent’s Pass and validating her feelings to the point she cried, comforting her when Jet died and getting the whole group to hug her, telling her how she inspires people and gives them hope, literally tells her she’s a hero??

Aang and Katara literally having several disagreements, Aang’s perception of Katara changing over the three seasons, him agreeing with every single idea she had to flat out rejecting her advice, then wrongly blowing up at her after zuko and the rest were flat out racist to him?? Aang telling her to confront the man that killed her mother after she rejected his advice??

Mind you Katara can barely tell Aang likes her back until season 3 and clearly shows feelings for him way before he starts initiating romantic acts with her after TWO seasons of her touching, kissing him on the cheek and hugging him unprompted 💀 not to mention “forces non-romantic feelings on her” when she is the one that said he was her family after a week of knowing him?? what does that even meannnnn

And I’m supposed to believe that these people actually watched the show, paying attention to… KATARA?

On top of that, to say (not pictured) the only person to ever comfort her was the guy that attacked her several times 💀 and he didn’t even do anything??? used Sokka’s trauma to come up with a plan he didn’t even agree with (nor did he ask him, like you can ask him to retell the most horrible moment of his life, but you can’t ask him if taking his sister to confront the man is a good idea? you can’t even ask him if he wants to go??? that is literally the most horrible writing i’ve ever seen but i digress). on top of that doing it for the most obvious ulterior motive of getting her to forgive him. standing there while she bloodbended and almost killed a man, not knowing she just swore off doing the former weeks ago because all he knows her to be is hostile until that moment. He doesn’t know Katara to be someone that expresses love and kindness until she forgives him but apparently this is how you comfort someone over every single moment of Aang comforting her that I listed above. okayyyyy

Just to contrast for contrast’s sake, Aang:

1. offers to take Katara to the North Pole with zero ulterior motive,

2. gets her mother’s necklace back with zero ulterior move,

3. helps her destroy a factory with zero ulterior motive…

4. helps her get Haru back, stands up for her to Pakku, calls her Sifu when she complains, comes back to save her home and gives himself up, comes back to save her in ba sing se and I’m sure a million things I’m missing, all with literally zero ulterior motives at all.

Meanwhile antagonist does one nice thing for female mc with shady undertones that might as well be overtones and now he’s allegedly better than her friend who helps her several times for no reason other than the fact that its something she wants.

Like am I supposed to believe that these people actually like Katara or are media literate at all? I feel like I’m going insane 😭

[spaceflower07]

taang in the comics part 2

Last panel is literally THE taang panel fr. Also, the third pic is literally the only in-character moment of them. Even if Toph were canonically against the past so strongly (which she isnt the show,, she just wants her parents to love and recognize her properly. never does she want to run away from her past, she faces it head-on, like she does with everything else), THAT is how she would've done it. She would've at least explained herself like that, communicating about what she feels, instead of going straight to cruel behavior and rude insults. Is this rlly the same girl who felt so guilty about Appa, even though it wasn't her fault and she had done her best?

All in all, I HATE the Rift. I read it just for the smallest taang crumbs of seeing them side-by-side, even if it meant enduring the never-ending 'sweetie' of Kataang—Not that im entirely against Kataang, its just in these comics theyre so😭 like omg there is a time and place for that and its not here!!

Butchered my girl Katara so bad. Like theyre so...overly affectionate, kissing every few panels, calling each other 'sweetie' (im sorry thats so cringe), and its every soft romance wattpad I've ever read. Katara in the GLY comics is like those memes where the girl is so uwu crybaby-ified. I was a few pages into the Promise when I screamed WHY IS SHE JUST STANDING THERE. And when she finally did fight, she had to ruin the moment with "Don't set my boyfriend on fire!" girl...just fight they dont need to know Aang's ur bf omg, as if the sweetie wasn't obvious enough.

But honestly,, the worrying part for me is that the in-character Kataang IS the GLY comics imo. If Katara and Aang from the show were in a relationship, it's the GLY comics. Katara suppressing her feelings (like in the Promise with those fangirls) and apologizing to HIM even when he's the one in the wrong. Aang being irrationally angry and going into the Avatar State in emotional ways (like in the Promise,, again. Can you tell I HATE the promise). Katara having to calm him down with 'sweetie this isn't you🥺pls calm down sweetie🥺for me🥺🥺' the way she has to calm him down in the show (ofc not the sweetie part,, but she still has to, as if it's her responsibility). Her being damselled for the sake of Aang's development (like, again, in the Promise. When Zuko gripped her wrist a lil too tight to stop her from attacking his people, you know damn well Katara wouldve smacked the shit out of him with her own waterbending. But no, instead we got 'ow zuko ur hurting me!!' and Aang going into the Avatar State for it. No wonder he died early; the State shaves years off ur life, and he kept spamming it irrationally. And again in the Rift, when she was with Toph in the cave under the rubble. I feel like Katara was put there with Toph just so Aang would actually care. When he heard from Sokka that "Toph and the others are down there," he only asked about Katara, and visited them twice to, yet again, talk to Katara. And that's why he had sent for Toph's students to get them out. And! When they did get out, Katara ran straight to start making out with him instead of healing her friend, who passed out from saving them. Like hello?? There is a time and place for that. The Katara I know would've healed Toph first. No one, except her own students and dad, showed gratitude or worry for Toph for literally saving their lives. Another Appa situation I see.)

Another problem with Kataang I have in the comics is also in the Promise. Aang was about to ban mixed families bc he felt offended that a few well-meaning fangirls tried to participate in his culture, yelled at them, and ran off. He only changed his mind after he realized it would mean he and Katara couldn't be together—basically realized it would affect him too. Also rubbed me the wrong way that a girl who's such an activist looked at a family facing injustice and didn't feel defensive on their behalf (which she would be in the show—if she weren't with Aang), but instead, imagined herself having a family with her boyfriend. Its not too bad ig but it just rubbed me the wrong way when I read it. Like, why is THAT what you thought of when u saw them girl😭

Unfortunately, I believe that's how they would be canonically in a relationship, as their personalities in the GLY comics are regrettably more on par with the show (I can imagine Katara's character becoming like that post-show...unfortunately. Aang's influence.)

[creampuffqueen]

WIP ASK GAME

rules: make a new post with the names of all the files in your wip folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. tag as many people as you have wips. people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, then post a little snippet or tell them something about it!

thank you for the tags @btheleaf and @kingwuko !!

gonna be honest i think most of my writing mutuals have already been tagged + i have like five million wips so i don’t really feel like tagging anyone 😭 if you see this you’re tagged 🫵

anyway, here are a bunch of wips from my atla/tlok writing folder:

* yet another collection of silliness

* we love a prepared bitch

* tales from the canon-ish sukkaverse

* suki x sokka stuff because i’m weak for them

* pov you find out some families actually like each other

* my silver lining

* merry crisis

* legend of korra except it has sukka

* is it casual now?

* half-baked hot shit

* brain fungus central

* birf

* atla/tlok gen 2 somebody stop me

* a lil oopsie

* a change in plans

some of these actually have writing in them, some of them are just outlines. you’ll have to ask to find out which ;)

[ssreeder]

Hi pook 😢 ( sorry if u don’t like the nickname) but I’ve been reading your series and I am reading Into the Fire (chapter 8) and I’m just wondering why you made Sokka give in so easily when people tell him to control himself that’s not Zuko. Because I would imagine that he would be more stubborn and more focused on what he wants instead of being caring. Even though he’s a caring and kind person I feel like being in prison would make him more selfish and less understanding of other people if than makes sense 😭

Like it just aggravates me when I see Katara try to idk really baby him and control him a bit (not mentally) it just kind of annoys me. Because even though Sokka loves his Sister I feel like he shouldn’t listen to her for real.

But that’s just me because that’s my opinion coming from someone behind has anger issues/ gets angry easily 🤷‍♀️

I love love love this series btw!!!!

I added your other ask too so I could respond to both! Hiiii hellooooo I don’t mind nicknames it’s actually nice because then I can keep anons apart haha

as for your comment about sokka I gotta say you’re probably the first person to tell me sokka isn’t angry enough haha. Which is fine because everyone’s allowed to have their own opinions, but my thoughts on LIAB angry sokka is his intelligence is often battling his emotions. I think sokka is smart enough to know he isn’t supposed to be lashing out at people the way he is or clinging to Zuko so tightly to where they both can’t breathe. i also think he is desperate to be back to his “old self” without actually wanting to be his old self. I do think he is fighting his path to healing every step of the way but even with all the time spent in prison he is still SOKKA. He cares for people he loves his family and he knows from watching his parents growing up what a healthy relationship looks like - his codependency to zuko is probably not it. I doubt it will change much, but when people tell him ‘you need to chill’ Sokka is very much like I FUCKING KNOW BUT I HAVE NO CHILL!!! NONE! ZERO CHILL.

but I can’t imagine sokka wanting to hurt anyone who doesn’t deserve it. Or fighting his friends and family to isolate himself anymore than he already is. I have learned that writing a more emotionally triggering fic does stir up emotions in people and causes them to project onto the characters a bit which is fine but everyone processing trauma differently. & sokka is doing it his own way just like zuko is.

Also…. This is a fanfic and I don’t know if people wanna read sokka being a raging asshole for 50k… so some of the realism in healing gets lost to word count because unfortunately I can’t spend years and 1000k helping these boys overcome their trauma so some of it has to be rushed a little for word count / plot purposes haha.

Liiiiiiisten here pooki-anon you come yell at me anytime about liab I’ll be right here to soak up every word! Thanks for the ask I’m glad you’re enjoying the series!!

[nerdylizj]

So I decided to reread ✨the fic✨ and ngl Zuko being the one getting his face beat but sokka being lowkey insulted was hilarious as hell. Also Toph telling Aang he broke up a happy couple. The humor found throughout the story is great. It fits what’s going on. I am excited to see more of their bss adventures and for when they both remember more.

But also how dare. I can feel my heart breaking as more of their memories return because they aren’t on the same page and that has to lead to some doubts and even anger. It also has to be weird as hell to learn that your memories are all wrong and hey your family is actually alive and apparently you married and procreated (twice!) with the enemy.

My babies, they suffer but I enjoy reading about it. I like the drama and the pain ngl, makes my chest do that painful squeeze thing, alive and all that.

Also, I saw that you’re also a woman in STEM… Ahhh me too!! I’m reading fanfics instead of finishing up my grad school applications. 🤭

i’m glad that the humor lands well, I wasn’t sure if it would 😭 especially between those two idiots omg. they both think the other is the dumber one between them and they are both wrong

“but also how dare.” KILLED me 😭😭 yeah it’s already a massive offense to be brainwashed and then to realize you (unknowingly) married someone who you’ve fought/chased/loathed… and also share children with.... this is why I had to write this story after reading the fic it’s based on!

what does remembering mean in terms of identity, parenthood, family, love, choice? if we are shaped by our memories, how do you coalesce 3 versions of yourself (before, during, after the brainwashing)? what DO the past five years matter if the good can’t outweigh the bad? and to figure all this out in the middle of a war

another woman in STEM.. LFG!!!!! good luck with ur grad school apps <3

[zukkaart]

10 characters | 10 fandoms | 10 tags

Thank you @fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma for the tag ily 😭 and I love talking about my faves so here we go 🤸 *long-ish post*

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1. Sokka: A:tLA: Okayyyy so as someone who is Inuk she whole S/NWT meant so much to me as a kid and still means so much to me now but Sokka just hits on a different level because he’s the oldest sibling (as am I) and therefore charged with everyone else’s safety in one way or another. He also is the one who deals the killing blows bc the others can’t or won’t stomach it which I relate to hevily

2. Bolin: LoK: He reminds me of my husband what else can I say? They think he’s a pretty, strong, stupid, earthbender/ which to an extent- he is. But he’s just smart in different ways than others and genuinely has a heart of gold and just wants to give everyone endless love

3. River Song: Doctor who: we have the same hair so immediately yes. She also has one of the best and most heartbreaking arcs in cinema history and I will fight about it. She destroyed the universe to save her husband then said “I don’t do weddings” and honestly…I get it bc same

4. Castiel: Supernatural: MY SON DESERVED BETTER. He lost his home, his family, his faith, everything he had known for THOUSANDS of years because he fell in love with humanity Dean. He constantly tried his best and yes messed up but was always treated so harshly as if he didn’t have to LEARN how to have human morals and the only people he had to base off of was the boys who are in no way a good bar to measure that by

5. Amber: House of Anubis: oooh pretty ditzy blonde girl comic relief character- but she becomes one of the most fully fleshed out deep characters and ends up being the reason they solve most of the riddles and find the artifacts. She loves her shopping and texting but when the heat is up she always rises to the challenge and shows out. Queen of my heart

6. Flame Princess: Adventure Time: raised to be evil but falls in love and has to learn how not to harm people even though it 100% goes against her nature. And even after all that she is still treated like a villain by everyone but Finn basically. I have ASPD and I constantly feel like I also have to be something I’m not in order to not harm the people around me and the ones who let me be me are few and far between. She is me I am her

7. Sherlock: See above lol, he has ASPD (sociopathy) and so do I. Plus I’m studying to be a CSI. Seeing a character with my same illness shown in the real raw form and not like the “yeah they’re a sociopath but their character arc is learning how to be a good person!” Ew. They let him be cruel and clever and just authentically HIM. Of course he’s checked when necessary but ultimately no one ever tells him he needs to be fixed because of it bc they understand that part of him can’t be changed

8. House: kind if similar as above. I don’t super love the drugs but he takes no shit and dicks around because he knows he’s the best there is. Endless pranks, self destructive tendencies, smartest person you’ll ever meet, what more could you ask for? It’s also super awesome to watch a character/show that isn’t so focused on being “politically correct” that it forgets how to make good jokes.

9. Sejanus: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (book): People say Katniss is Lucy’s revenge but NO she’s Sejanus’ revenge, and so is Peeta. Sejanus was the one who hated the games, tried to actually help the tributes and districts and stop the games. He wanted revolution way back when Snow was a teenager and didn’t even live to see it. The only difference between him and Everlark is the fact that they had a whole rebellion ready to back them. He should have been alive to take the place of Coin/Snow and I stand by that.

10. J.B. Merlin: Bundle of Joy: this is so crazy niche if anyone knows it DM me immediately I’m begging you. An absolute icon this entire movie. The center of a comedy miscommunication trope. Has no idea what’s going on but refuses to let his son walk out on his baby (that’s not actually his but he thinks it is), immediately assumes the baby was named after him, then delivers the iconic line “I don’t care who the father is! I’M the grandfather” homie wanted a grandkid and didn’t care what he had to do to get one 😂 10/10 wholesome character

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Now for tags. Sorry if you’ve been tagged already! And if you haven’t please participate if you so wish

@avatar-lorra @judebellinghamswifereal @momos-servants @chitsangenthusiast @dancergirl131 @zukosasukelovebot (I think you’ve been tagged already but ily 🤟) @picnicbitchsokka @your-royal-momoness @oldpotatoe @bisexuallsokka

[gilmores-glorious-blog]

i finished my atla rewatch tonight and all of sozin’s comet is making me insane i have,, Thoughts:

- zuko joining the group hug <3

- “get out of the bisons mouth, sokka. 😐”

- the way we get such a good look at azula’s trauma when ozai tells her to stay behind as he goes off to conquer the earth kingdom is so interesting,, we see how differently she’s been treated than zuko (“you can’t do this! you can’t treat me like zuko!”) but that she’s still been manipulated and hurt by ozai

- the whole phoenix king shit is so dramatic, i see where zuko gets it from… drama definitely runs in this family

- jun is so hot god bless <3

- omg gramp gramp :D i totally forgot pakku married their grandma

- god the iroh and zuko reunion……… i am so unwell…

- “fatherlord” is funny but also kinda devastating

- the lion turtle is so fucking cool i forgot about this guy

- sokka hugging piandao :’)

- god toph is so cool

- nooooooo not the one fire nation guy who’s birthday it is 😭😩😭😩😩😭😭 genuinely feel so sad for him wtf??

- mark hamill shut the fuck up challenge (only as ozai though. i love you mark hamill.)

- azula’s descent into madness over the course of this finale is actually so devastating :(

- the final agni kai is soooo cool holy shit

- not sokka’s boomerang and his space sword 😭😭

- the scene with sokka and toph almost falling just ruins me,, something about it really reminds me how young they are,,, god these poor kids :(

- yessss the goatee grab

- the shot of aang using all four elements at once will forever be iconic

- iroh burning the fire nation insignia is something that can be so personal

- katara’s bending when she chains up azula is insane

- man fuck grey delisle for being such a good voice actress because azula’s sobbing and screaming after she’s been defeated genuinely hurts me to listen to,, she makes me so sad :,(

- god aang is so cool

- sokka seeing ozai and immediately sauntering over to him and going “welllll look at you, buster” is so fucking funny to me

- oh oop i forgot zuko and mai get back together lmao (love them both just. really do not ship them.)

- kyoshi warrior ty lee :) now she has all the girlfriends

- zuko’s coronation… him and aang.. fire lord zuko……. i can and will cry about this character so much

- the whole ending scene makes me so soft,, what a good found family and good characters and good show i love it all so much :,)

[lovelyelbowleech]

MS. LEECH!!!! Hello!!!!! hair anon here!!!!! apologies for not writing something for the last chapter; i promise i read it (like. five times, at least, lmao) and LOVED it but the last few weeks have been kind of a shitshow for me lol and I didn’t have the energy to do…. pretty much anything that wasn’t work-related. without getting into it though i am trying to wade my way through the shit as best i can and part of that is telling you how much i LOVED both this chapter and the last because i LOVED them >:0 SO much

Oh man where do I even start??? Wait that’s a dumb question the answer is Obviously suki (my beloved). I love the way you write her!!!! So much!!!!!!! Her voice and characterization is accurate to the (sadly very little bit) that the show gives us and you build on it in a way that is deeply enjoyable to experience as a reader AND a fan because it feels like how she would act and speak if she had. more screen time. laksks Anyways i deeply love her character and the way you’re writing her. AND the way you’re writing her interacting with shen and zuko!!! especially as zuko and her bond in the most recent chapter. suki being subjected to zuko trying to tend to her wounds had me in hysterics. (I hope you know i absolutely picture zuko just slapping the shit out of whoever’s unfortunate to need his medical aid lmaoooo.) also, sokka acknowledging that suki and zuko could both absolutely beat him up if he tries to stop a fight between them made me giggle. OH and the way sokka described zuko to suki (being inherently ridiculous as a person) + zuko make that little round motion when describing dumpling made me melt a little. but ALSO made me laugh.

katara’s portion was…… woof. (i mean that in the best way possible, lmao.) the portions where you write katara NEVER fail to make me actually cry. I definitely needed the cry this chapter, too. The line where she yelled at iroh that all her family left her felt like an actual punch to the stomach—and that was AFTER the line where iroh lowkey winced because katara was yelling about tea and reminded him of zuko. And after all that was iroh admitting he wasn’t sure how to comfort hurt teenagers because Zuko had never let him 😭 One day I’ll be able to put my thoughts on the way you’re able to convey these emotions and the hurt these characters carry with them in a way that makes sense, but for now all I can say is holy fucking shit. That shit hurts lol. I don’t know how close we are to any reunions, but I am gripping my metaphorical fingernails into a metaphorical surface waiting for them. I just need Katara to be less sad 😭 (…… and then I really want to read your take on the angst of Katara and Sokka’s reunion after the immediate aftermath, because they’ve both changed [Katara trying to be more like Sokka and Sokka trying to be more like Katara was physically painful to read about so I can’t even imagine how they’re going to act around each other once they’re there again], and I imagine Katara’s going to find out at least Some of what Sokka went through, regardless of what Sokka wants, and I further imagine that won’t be pretty in any regard, for any parties involved.) (I also feel VERY similarly about Iroh and Zuko’s reunion, but I’m guessing [BIG emphasis on the guessing] that Katara and Sokka’s will come first….. maybe? I genuinely have no idea, which [off topic lol] is really exciting to me. I analyze plots and story structure on the reg both academically and professionally, so finding stories that keep me guessing but that are also coherent and with an obvious, planned arc that I trust will end satisfactorily is SO incredibly fun and exciting for me. Fuck, I love fanfiction, lol. And I LOVE your writing. 💖)

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the end of the chapter. To which I say: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HOLY FUCK I’M STRESSED. That’s as about as succinct as I can be about it.

Thank you so, so much for sharing your writing and world with us, and for taking the time to read and respond to my LONG-ass comments. It genuinely means so, so much to me. I hope you’re well, and that you’re having a good morning/day/night. I will be waiting patiently (and so, so eagerly and nervously—to reiterate again, AAAAAAHHH) for the next chapter. Please take your time, and thank you so much, again 💖💕💖

Hello! Oh I know that feeling when there is nothing but work sucking you brain and energy, so there no room for anything else, I know it well!

It is always great to get your lovely comments, but don't feel bad if you can't leave one for whatever reason!

Glad you enjoyed Suki! I wan't really sure how she would turn out, but she has been really fun to write.

I am so cruel to Katara in this fic, I didn't mean to be! The girl deserves the world, but instead I give her wall to wall grief 😅 Things will get better for her eventually. Probably.

I hope work and stuff becomes either chill or the fun kind of hectic and you have a good week!

Thanks again for your awesome comments - I really do love each one😁

[anileahvictoria]

4, 6, 7, 8, 9 for the Fictional Asks

If you could have any two fictional characters be your parents, who would they be: This one is hard! Gosh, my mom is already the perfect mom for meeee. They've gotta be a weirdo, and I've gotta relate to them like I do my mom, but literally, one of the main things I love about my mom is her personality, and I can't think of a single character like her... Aaaahhh idkkkkk! Ok, ya know what, I think Ty Lee would be a good mom for me. She's weird and eccentric, and I think we'd connect over our common struggles. She'd help me open up and talk about stuff like 💀 emotions 💀 which I would hate at first, but it's something I need to learn how to doooo. As for my dad, I'm gonna say James Lake Junior cause he'd make a great dad (and low key reminds me of my dad), and he's best friends with a weirdo (*cough cough* Tobs), so we'd vibe.

Out of all the canon ships in any fictional world, which would you want to be your parents: Definitely Sokka and Suki!!! 100%!!! A good marriage is a crucial ingredient for good parenting, and this power couple has got that down! I have to refrain from listing all the reasons why cause we'd be here all day. They love each other and respect each other SO MUCH! Their love is unconditional and not based solely on passionate love (*cough cough* Sokka and Yue). They are a companionship, and their love grew as they got to know each other instead of that stupid love at first sight nonsense. They love each other despite their faults and constantly help each other improve. Gosh, this turned into more about why I love THEM and less about why I'd want to be their kid 😅.

Out of all the found families in any fictional world, which would you want to be a part of: I wanna be part of the Rogue One found family 😭😭😭!!! What they have, that's the stuff 🥺. The only thing is, Idk where I'd fit in in all of it... but that's ok 🥲. Batfam is a close second, and honestly, I feel I'd be able to find a place there pretty quickly. I love all of them so much, and I'd do my best to bring them together and keep us that way. They have trouble saying they love each other, but they all know deep down that they all care.

Out of all the blood families in any fictional world, which would you want to be a part of: THE WEASLEY'S!!!! YASSS! Gimme that crazy, weird, hectic home! Getting pranked by and participating in said pranks with the twins, learning about heckin cool dragons with Charlie, vibing with Jenny, bugging Percy, fighting with Ron, following my big bro Bill around, talking mummy Moly's ear off, and starting my own collection of muggle things with Author, that's what I want! Not a dull moment in that home, but who needs peace and quiet when you've got family? Oh, and the red hair would be a cool perk 🙃.

If a fictional character had to kill you, who would it be, why, and how: If it was a bad guy, I'd want it to be Loki, sacrificing me for the soul stone... idk why... If it was a good guy, I'd want it to be I'd gone evil, but at the last second, I'm able to come to just long enough to tell Leo Valdez where my Achilles heel is.

[boomerangguy]

Holy guacamole this do be angsty 😭😭😭 @light-miracles but I do have thoughts on Sad Baatar. (I’m gonna pull a subtle little slight-of-hand here and slip in part of my Ultimate Sukka Family Heacanon, because I live in a Sukka-centric universe.)

So Baatar, like his mother and paternal grandfather, has now suffered the premature, violent death of his spouse. He’s imagined growing old with Suyin for a while now—retiring and getting to spend time with the bazillion grandkids that they seemed to be on-trajectory to have, letting Zaofu prosper and grow, watching the metaphorical garden they’ve planted flourish and bloom.

But now, thinking about all that just leaves him broken and empty. Nothing is the same without her—not his job or his home or the city, and how could it be?He’s living the same nightmare that Suki fell into after Sokka’s death (while protecting Korra from the Red Lotus??) and Hakoda did after losing Kya. Their own children remind him of Suyin more than they ever have now, and it’s almost difficult to look at them.

Lost and sick and lonely, he goes home to Kyoshi Island where his old-af-but-still-absolutely-deadly mother lives with his older sisters and their families—and runs “The Boomerang” restaurant (which only serves meat, of course). They cry together for hours—Suki loved Suyin like a daughter, and, of course, was the mother of her grandbabies—but after a week of mourning and misery, Suki inexplicably wakes up Baatar at 4 a.m. and tells him ‘it’s time’…

“It’s time to stop wallowing in despair. It’s time to climb out of the abyss. It’s time to stand tall and start remembering Suyin’s life instead of her death. You don’t have to move on, and I don’t expect you to—I certainly never did. But you’ve already shed enough tears, and Suyin doesn’t need those. She needs you to live for her, now…just as I did for your father.”

Baatar knows how Suki helped hunt down the Red Lotus after Korra’s attempted kidnapping, and he starts to understand. He cries one last time, then makes a silent promise to do just that—to focus on living for Suyin, not living without her. For the next month, he works as a dishwasher at “The Boomerang,” spends with his mother and older sisters, plays with his 538279346 nieces/nephews and grandnieces/grandnephews before bidding his mother farewell and returning to Zaofu.

It doesn’t get easier right away—sleeping in an empty bed, working in an empty office, returning to his old life without her—but every step he takes towards strengthening Zaofu or bringing his wife’s assassin(s) to justice makes Baatar feel more alive again—and it makes Suyin seem more alive, too. She’s not standing next to him anymore, but she’s still a part of him, and in that way, he’s never going to let her go.

Hey chikibeibi! So I thought about leaving an ask if you don't mind.

I just thought that chronologically, LoK is a world pre WWI. That war was caused by the assassination of a famous political figure the archduke Franz Ferdinand. Thinking about who is important enough in loks world to fulfill that role, i think that probably would be Suyin.

My ask is: how do you think the rest of the family (for drama's sake, specifically Lin) would react to Suyin being assesinated? And how do you imagine the political repercussions?

Anyway have a great night!

Hey there G ;) So lovely to chat with you again!! And holy cow, what an AU this would be 0-0

If this comes after the events in LOK, I think there would be some very interesting and also serious ripple effects from the death of Suyin. For one, it's known that Lin reestablished her relationship with Su, so she'd be devastated. Like, after spending a week with her sister again, Lin was ready to become combustion dust and act as a decoy with P'li and said "I love you" to her. I can't imagine how she'd react if she lost her baby sister after she just got her back...

All the world leaders are basically supporters, close friends, or work closely with Suyin, so I can see it primarily uniting the different areas of the ATLA world because of it. Tarlok would voice his support because Suyin saved his daughter once, the Fire Nation would be there with the Water Tribes because Izumi and Suyin were basically cousins. Tenzin, while is a RC council member, may have the tendency to stay neutral, but I think with a more familial matter like this, he would try to help Lin as much as he could without voicing his support for a war. And then while most of the Earth Kingdom is now broken up into different leaders for the cities, I think many would rally behind Zaofu after they lost their matriarch.

Lin wouldn't rest until she found the assassin, and when she does and kills the person (because no matter how rigid Lin is with the laws and rules, she takes things into her own hands when the matter concerns family. This is as personal as it gets), I can see her breaking down somewhat. Just... her family was broken for so long, but then it became whole again (for her, at least), and now its basically gone. To make this angstier, perhaps Toph just passed away and then Suyin was assassinated. Lin never had time to grieve her mother, and now she has to avenge her sister and then grieve for the both of them. She'd be beside herself and so sad. (But also what if Toph was also assassinated with Suyin? Double ouch).

As far as what happens with the political environment, I can see a bit of disarray for a while, perhaps fingers being pointed at different cities and nations on who they think killed Suyin, but I think in the end, Zaofu would find another leader and they'd pick up where they left off. Had Zaofu claimed more cities in the Earth Kingdom as part of their land and now suddenly were unclaimed, then I think that would be cause for a war for territory. But Ba Sing Se basically already fell from the monarchy, and most towns had local politics to deal with. The only kind of war I can see being waged would be against a group that claimed responsibility for Suyin's death. So something similar to the Red Lotus, but a group that incites more chaos and destruction for the sake of destroying things and for greed.

Okay, I think that covers most of my thoughts when it comes to this scenario! Feel free to stop by with another question or two if I didn't answer anything, though. :) But seriously, what an interesting situation this would be! Thanks for sending this in, and I hope you have a great day! :D

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