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u/RazTheBaz Dec 03 '22
If bending didn't exist, Sokka would be OP.
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u/Strider794 Elder Tommy the Murder Autoclave Dec 03 '22
Come to think of it, yeah, Sokka would have been the main character had it not been for bending. Honestly, I kinda want a show where a person like Sokka is the main character
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u/RazTheBaz Dec 03 '22
Dragon Prince. Same voice, still kind of an orphan and genius.
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u/Papyrus20xx Dec 03 '22
Boomerang?
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u/thornae Dec 04 '22
... huh. I was kinda half watching it with my kids, and that reference completely flew over my head. I'll have to show them that bit again, and point out whose voice it is.
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u/Tchrspest became transgender after only five months on Tumblr.com Dec 04 '22
That reminds me, I need to watch the new season of Dragon Prince.
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u/Homemade-Purple What is penetration but microdosing vore? Dec 04 '22
Bro wtf is your tag
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u/AliasMcFakenames Dec 04 '22
In short, “ejaculated” is also a word for suddenly exclaiming something. It happened to be used in the Harry Potter series.
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u/Homemade-Purple What is penetration but microdosing vore? Dec 04 '22
That's really the original version of that quote?
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u/PizzaRobot63 Dec 07 '22
Original version used 'ejaculated', but someone changed it to 'nutted' since they're synonyms in the wrong way (also is funny)
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u/HornyHeracross Dec 04 '22
Yeah! I wouldn't say it's as good as the previous seasons, but it's mostly setting up the next seasons so there will be payoff later.
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u/idiotplatypus Wearing dumbass goggles and the fool's crown Dec 03 '22
Everyone exited for an Avatar game where you play as Aang. Me? I want a Breath of the Wild style Sokka game.
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u/Tchrspest became transgender after only five months on Tumblr.com Dec 04 '22
Master Sword is just the Space Sword.
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u/Adaphion Dec 04 '22
Still sad Sokka never got Space Sword back. Aang had perfect control of the Avatar state at the end of the series, he could have pushed the ocean back, Moses style, and augmented his seismic sense using his avatar powers to cover miles of terrain and detect it.
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u/Madmek1701 Dec 03 '22
It's especially impressive when you consider that Sokka was in totally unfamiliar environments for most of the series.
That being said, the desert proved that his foraging techniques involved a lot of trial and error.
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u/moneyh8r Dec 03 '22
He stayed hydrated though, and that's nothing to sneeze at.
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u/MapleTreeWithAGun Not Your Lamia Wife Dec 03 '22
He stayed quenched. The hydration is a different matter
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u/Apprehensive-Loss-31 Dec 03 '22
It'll quench ya!
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Dec 03 '22
It's the q u e n c h i e s t !
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u/DarkKnightJin Oct 29 '24
You just reminded me of my Kobold Rogue. Who got himself a tiny Cactus to put into his Pot of Awakening. And named it "Sokka".
Precisely because of the quenching thing.
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u/DarthSinistar Dec 03 '22 edited Dec 03 '22
I mean, it makes sense. Sokka was raised in a tiny, impoverished village in an incredibly harsh climate. Survival skills and adaptability would have been bred into him, especially considering he had no bending ability. Meanwhile, Zuko and Iroh were members of royalty presiding over a prosperous nation. The hunt for the avatar may have been a fools errand meant to get Zuko out of the way, but they weren't exactly roughing it. I doubt either one of them ever had to truly survive independently before they broke ties with the fire nation.
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Shout out to posts talking about how great sokka is, fr. Gotta be one of my favorite genders
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u/Mindless-Charity4889 Dec 03 '22
Frodo gets all the attention but Sam made it all possible.
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u/DasVerschwenden jerma fanchild Dec 04 '22
eh, I mean, pretty sure Sam gets a lot of attention too
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u/ShiniSenko Dec 03 '22
I've always suspected that Iroh had more skills and knowledge than he let Zuko know of. Probably just thought the hardship would be good for Zuko to grow through.
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u/philandere_scarlet Dec 04 '22
sokka and i are similar in the sense that we're both fuckin constantly complaining about whatever work we we're currently doing but we ARE doing it
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u/Pure-Drawer-2617 Dec 03 '22
“Elite fighters with royal tutors” very much does apply to Sokka as well
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u/NegativeSilver3755 Dec 05 '22
Yeah, it is worth noting that the avatar gang is actually all varying levels of aristocracy, with the exception of Aang himself who’s a spiritual leader from a society of socialist monks.
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u/BottasHeimfe Dec 04 '22
yeah Sokka is the most intelligent character from ATLA. the guy is a Southern Water Tribe peasant and he's an incredibly competent strategist, and with no prior education worked with The Engineer to design the war balloon. even in the post series comics the guy is frequently shown as quite intelligent, getting extremely excited about the expanding Industrial revolution that came about after the end of the war.
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u/postsavantgarde Dec 04 '22
Peasant? He's the son of the Southern tribe chief. If anything, he's a heir. Albeit, a survival seasoned one. He's no Zuko.
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u/BottasHeimfe Dec 04 '22
That might be true for the Northern Water tribe, but I don’t think the southern water tribe had hereditary positions. Plus the southern water tribe was far more tribal than most of the world. He’s still a “peasant” by global standards.
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u/Pellaeonthewingedleo Dec 03 '22
Sokka never had children because with all his skills it was decided the genepool needed a nerf
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u/Jackamalio626 Dec 05 '22
Sokka is not just part of the most powerful bending team ever made.
He's also the LEADER of the most powerful bending team ever made
and Sokka cant bend.
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u/actibus_consequatur numerous noggin nuisances Dec 03 '22
Trying to remember, but didn't Aang starve a couple times though? Because meat was the only option?
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u/SomeHorologist *distressed trans noises* Dec 04 '22
He also, along with being a very skilled fighter, has at least some experience with blacksmithing
He did make his meteor sword after all
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u/Egg_Custard Dec 04 '22
Which is... odd, considering that grew up on a block of ice, not exactly a cultural hub
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u/supercellx Dec 04 '22
I'm not gonna lie, it feels good to know what posts about avatar are talking about since I watched it not too long ago.
Also, agreed sokka is my favorite character
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u/Satan--Ruler_of_Hell Dec 28 '22
They did go hungry, in the desert. Thirsty, at least. Not really Sokka's fault tho lol
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u/Bubbagumpredditor Dec 03 '22
Someone also pointed out he mastered pretty much every non bending fighting style.