this is one of my favorite episodes, you know why? Because Sokka’s moment of weakness is not trivialized, is not cast aside. Sokka feels like he doesn’t matter and his sister- a girl with enormous power, wants to reassure him that it is genuinely not the case and Sokka matters. She then proceeds to indulge Sokka in one of his interests that is not normally portrayed as something manly but that SHE KNOWS HE WILL LIKE, because she cares and she knows Sokka. Then the entire rest of the episode focuses on Sokka’s talents being unconventional but USEFUL while the Gaang feels acutely his lack of presence. Without Sokka they fall apart, no plans, no morale. He is more effective than he realizes and it is because of him being so much more than just a ‘regular’ guy.
And another thing - even though Katara reassures Sokka that he does matter, she also validates his feelings by saying “I’m sorry you’re feeling so down.” That is so important to me!! She doesn’t say “well you shouldn’t feel that way because your reasoning is false!” Nope - she acknowledges that his feelings are valid, and then tries her best to make him feel better by reminding him that they all care about it, and then helping him recover via distraction. Now that is a healthy sibling relationship, folks.
Remember when Bumi had them guess his name and Sokka was like “Well, he’s a earthbender, right? Its Rocky!” Instead of Katara mocking him she goes “We’re gonna keep trying but that is a good back up!”
Also considering that Bumi means earth/the ground (at least in two languages that I speak: Malayalam/Hindi) so he wasn’t far off.
Sokkas greatest skill is his quick wit. It allows him to formulate plans on the spot, come up with unconventional solutions and also keep up morale.
Did You Know: In Saarthal, when Tolfdir says “I’ve never seen this in Nordic ruins before. Look at all these coffins!”, he’s referencing the ceiling rather than the tombs on the walls?
never once in my life and hours of gameplay have i ever looked up in this chamber
you could probably write a paragraph or two about how they could have led the player’s eye upwards in some way since this is legit some cool environment design but they just completely failed to cause the player to see it
They could’ve done better certainly, but like, “Gamers Don’t Look Up” is a super interesting psychology/design problem that game designers have to work around. You have to try really hard to make people look up. They just don’t want to do it. If you’re gonna put anything at all above line of sight of your players you better have the equivalent of a giant blinking arrow pointed at it or they will literally never see it.
They could have made a statue of some ancient nord hero and made it so big that the player has to look up to see it all.
“Perhaps we can make a deal? You play our Game and maybe we won’t just keep him.”
Unnamed AU sketch?
Yes.
Aang in the show: I don't want to learn firebending because it brings the image of fighting firelord Ozai, an incredibly evil and cruel man, closer. Even if I never escape it I can at least pretend it doesn't haunt my dreams. | Your Aang: haha fire don't go brrr
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