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[skygiants]

The short version: Avatar's politics make me SO HAPPY.

The slightly longer version:

With this Sokka episode, they did two things that I LOVE.

First of all, they showed how much the group needs him, and in a way that's not just about the comic relief. And we all know I'm a sucker for the unpowered characters becoming seriously kickass and relevant, so . . . yes, it's not surprising that this made me happy. I always felt like Sokka provided a lot of the drive and ambition of the group and that they should listen to him more, and show proved me right. AWESOME.

Second - well, it would have been easy to make this an episode about Sokka Learning to Kick Sword Ass in a Manly Fashion.

But how did this come about? It came about because Sokka loves SHOPPING. And RAINBOWS. (He added the rainbow to the picture! <333333) And the show doesn't go 'heeheehee, Sokka is a guy who loves shopping!', it goes, 'Sokka can be cheered up by going shopping and isn't that great! Meanwhile, Toph hangs around and picks her toes for fun. And I love that SO MUCH, and I love even more how the show doesn't make a big deal out Subverting Gender Stereotypes, just does it.

. . . and yes, Iroh was awesome.

Comments

[agoodshinkickin.livejournal.com]

Iroh = Sarah Conner (T2)!!!

[skygiants]

Except more huggable.

*would gladly hug even Buff New Iroh; would be TERRIFIED to hug Sarah Connor*

[thursdays-son.livejournal.com]

Iroh reinforces my love of huge manly face-eating beards. One of these days...

[skygiants]

Dude, manly face-eating beards are EVERYWHERE this season of TV. Even Sokka was sporting one a few episodes ago. Clearly the Time of the Beard has come!

[(Anonymous)]

Jake and I found Sokka's manly face-eating beard HILARIOUS. "I can't, it's permanently glued to my face *stroke*"

[e-mily.livejournal.com]

That was me. Not logged in, for some reason.

[skygiants]

MR. FIRE.

*loves Sokka so much* *if this was not evident before*

[sophistry]

I love SO HARD that without Sokka, the Gaang just sort of sits around twiddling their thumbs aimlessly. PLAN GUY. ♥ ♥ ♥ And okay, SHOPPING (I think I hurt my spleen from loving too hard when he became trapped in an agony of indecision over buying a new bag in 'The Blind Bandit'), and RAINBOWS. lskdjfaldsklfjas and when the sword-master is all, "Well, I could go for a drink right now..."

[skygiants]

I KNOW. Especially after last week when they were all, 'we don't need no schedule!'

I am not usually a shopping person but I would SO go shopping with Sokka. I would give him better advice than Katara does! AND RAINBOWS. I need an icon of the rainbow drawing RIGHT NOW.