#I get disliking the portrayal of the water tribe culture as more sexist bc it plays into stereotypes

[otakusapien]

The making Sokka less sexist thing doesn't bother me because "it's such a big part of his character arc!" so much as it's a sign of how the showrunners will handle character flaws and difficult subjects going forward.

That combined with Sokka's actor being incredibly light-skinned, if not white (which I'm not qualified to get into), tells me the showrunners care more about paying lipservice to progressivism than they do about improving on the source material or being culturally accurate

#atla #I get disliking the portrayal of the water tribe culture as more sexist bc it plays into stereotypes #But I don't trust that that's what these showrunners were going for #Considering they didn't even bother with accurate casting. #Changing it to go against cultural stereotypes is the strongest argument I've seen but only from fans #All I've seen from people who worked on the show is that the sexism was 'iffy' and 'comes off different in live action'