#“sokka have you met my nephew he's a nice jewish boy and he got a perfect score on the english section of the SAT. i hear wedding bells!”

[sokkagatekeeper]

zuko definitely doesn't regret introducing iroh to sokka because they're two of the people he loves most in the world and he wants them to get along, and because they do, in fact, get along very well. the problem is that it's almost... too well? like, zuko is used to talking to sokka in a language of inside jokes and references, but it seems that sokka and iroh have their own such language—one that zuko does not understand in the slightest. iroh will say some incomprehensible proverb, and sokka will respond with one of his own, and iroh will laugh, and zuko will be left entirely bewildered. or they'll get into a heated argument over how best to conceptualize the spirits, all while seemingly enjoying themselves, and then go back to playing pai sho as if nothing happened. zuko often does not understand them, but at least they have each other?

#iroh&sokka #is a relationship that is so fascinating to me #like the finale was rlly crunched for time but it would've been so cool to see them play pai sho against each other #s #* #iroh #sokka #zuko #zuko&iroh #zukka #< not categorically but. that's their shared tag and honestly it's funnier if you interpret it that way #there's one ck post where iroh's like #“sokka have you met my nephew he's a nice jewish boy and he got a perfect score on the english section of the SAT. i hear wedding bells!” #and. hfserghjkgdssccghg yeah #headcanons #also this is very loosely based on how my mom is often like #“i love you and i love your father but you guys are. a lot. when youre in the same room.”