I officially have a head-cannon that Sokka was meant to the next Avatar. Why? Because I really the like the idea!!!
You don’t have to like it but i think its cool
A bit more explanation…
We all know that after Air, Water comes next. Hence Korra.
But we also know Aang disappeared for a 100 years. So technically if he had lived his natural lifespan, never went into the ice, and lived anywhere to be like 80 something years old. A good long lifetime, (Avatar Roku lived to be 70 but Kyoshi lived to be 230 years old. In the show Aang lived close to age 70 but a different life means a different ending)
There’s a good chance someone else would’ve been the next Avatar, not Korra.
But because Aang didn’t die when he should’ve the person that was REALLY meant to be the next Avatar didn’t get to fulfill their destiny.
What if this person was Sokka.
Why not Sokka?
Sokka who is still the same Sokka. Except for this one, he always thought he was normal. Until… he didn’t. And argument with Katara causes both of their powers to unleash a giant explosion.
Not long after Sokka is told he’s the next Avatar
This image is pretty much Sokka all through Headcannon Book 1.
Everyone keeps their storylines.
Katara is super powerful Waterbender sister. They would’ve learned together.
Zuko would’ve still hunted him down
He still would’ve met Toph.
Aang, before he died, would’ve put as many Airbenders underground as possible where the Fire Nation couldn’t find them. Maybe had kids of his own. Grandchildren. One of which would’ve help Sokka learn his abilities.
Zuko would’ve had the same story arc/
So again, why not Sokka.
Sokka who had the ability to master all four non-bending fighting styles from each nation. Sokka who had the ability to adapt no matter where he was and learn from everyone around him and grow.
Sokka who can honestly say he once dated the MOON!
Sokka was legitimately was of the most badass character of the show.
Even Azula instinctively knew Sokka was a threat.
Honestly, I understand that Sokka went through a shit ton of character development and became bad over time. But…
For my headcannon, I think that Sokka always had this power inside of him waiting to be tapped into and unleashed… His Avatar state
But because Aang never kicked the bucket, Sokka could never reach it so instead it manifested in other ways.
For my senior English I took Shakespeare. Although all English classes at my school were required to read one per year.
Julius Caesar
King Lear
Hamlet
Macbeth
Othello
Henry V
Romeo and Juliet
A Midsummers night’s dream
Twelfth night
Much ado about nothing
Tempest
Merchant of Venice
As you like it
For science:
I’d like to see which Shakespeare plays people were required to read in high school (not that you chose to read, but ones that were actually assigned and discussed), so reblog or comment!
Okay, so I just got shampoo in my eye (luckily my blind eye; it could have been a lot worse) and as I was grabbing said part of my face in complete agony, it hit me…that’s exactly how Zuko got his scar. Not the ‘shampoo’ bit, the ‘grabbing the face’ bit. Ozai put his hand to Zuko’s face is what I’m getting at.
I guess part of me always knew that, because his scar does look a lot like a handprint:
But still, whenever I thought about the agni kai, I’d imagine Ozai standing over his thirteen-year-old son and firing haphazardly like:
But no, I think he brings his hand right up to Zuko’s face.
Which would explain, you know, this:
At first, I thought that he backhanded Zuko, like Azula does here.
But when I looked up these photos, it hit me (no pun intended) that we’ve probably seen the exact move that Ozai made:
Just at a different angle, because I imagine that he was standing over Zuko, due to the whole symbolism of height differences.
Still, I think he slowly brought his fire-encased hand up to Zuko’s face and held it there, burning him, just like he was about to do with Aang. The difference being that Aang is able to deflect the attack:
Which he was able to do, because he learned from Zuko.
I swear this show has more circles than a cheese grater…
imo the most iconic gayle moment is that one where she electrocutes herself using a dog collar to bake an apple pie with the edge of seventeen by fleetwood mac playing in the background