#not thrilled with sokka's but i'm satisfied with the others
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Watching Avatar, Part 8
Wow, this was a thrillride! I'm glad I'm watching this on DVD because waiting through the season break on this must have been excruciating.
16. "Appa's Lost Days": APPA WE MISSED YOU! Also, man, this episode was unexpectedly brutal. I was expecting a little more "wacky hijinks that sent Appa all over the place" and a little less animal cruelty and tragedy. Thrilled to see Suki for a hot second until WTF, did they actually kill her off? There's no way, right? Azula and co continue to be excellent high-level threats. Really interested in the kindly old guy who sent Aang that message. Fuck this Long Feng guy.
17. "Lake Laogai": Man, this episode was a Lot. On one hand, YAY Uncle Iroh gets a tea shop! On the other hand, everything else. Again, this creepy brainwashing authoritarian government stuff is surprisingly hardcore for a kids' show. (I don't always get Long Feng's goals here. Just give the Gaang back Appa and refuse Ba Sing Se's help permanently and they'll probably leave! You don't seem to want them here anyway!) All the Joo Di stuff is intensely creepy and very effective. Wasn't originally happy to see Jet, but the Gaang did untangle all that faster than I expected, and the ending there was surprisingly moving. Zuko Get Yourself Together Whatever-Year-This-Is Challenge. YAY APPA'S BACK!
18. "The Earth King": Didn't love the Zuko half of this episode, but hopefully he's finally on the right path. Did love Aang bribing the Earth King with a ride on Appa, that was good thinking, and the whole plotline with the politics was very satisfying. Not sure if the letter from Toph's mom was real (as in written by her as part of the plot) or faked. I hope it was faked, I hate the idea that her mom would condone this. And then that ending, which was a fabulous OH SHIT moment. Of COURSE Azula would have all the Kyoshi Warriors' gear after defeating them. (IS Suki dead??)
19. "The Guru": TEA SHOP TEA SHOP A little necessarily slow, dividing between the meditation sections and everything else. And oh yeah, this choice to not open all the chakras isn't going to come back and bite Aang at allllll. /s But either way, THERE'S OUR GIRL TOPH teaching herself metalbending! Man, I love watching her be the tank. Nice to see Sokka with his dad. Azula remains a brilliant villain.
20. "The Crossroads of Destiny": Holy crap, that was a ride. I just about died laughing at Azula telling Long Feng, essentially, that she's going to rule because she's a boss and he's just a little bitch, and him agreeing. Headdesking forever at Zuko STILL not getting his shit together yet. I guess it makes more sense to give him what he thinks he wants and then have a Realization but ugh. Also, I thought Sokka was going to be the big stumbling block to the group's eventual acceptance of him, now I suspect it'll be Katara. Which will actually be harder to overcome, since Sokka doesn't tend to be taken seriously the way Katara is, especially on matters of trust/ forgiveness. Iroh remains the absolute best throughout, and I am heartbroken that he lost his tea shop! He just got it! You guys didn't tell me he only gets his tea shop for like a day!!! Katara is the other MVP of this ep and the spirit oasis water and "death in the Avatar state" bits definitely paid off here. Where are they going to go now? They aren't going to try to invade the Fire Nation just the four of them, are they?
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Omg!!!! Okay one of my favorite favorite FAVORITE scenes you've written was in "Of Tea and Turtleducks". I've always been a sucker for Sokka being taken care of. His whole character is always about being strong for the ones he loves. Taking care of people and planning for them is something you do SUCH a good job at expressing for him!!! Then when you write Zuko, the angsty recluse, having a soft spot for Sokka??? And taking care of him instead of the other way around?!?!? So sweet!!!!
"Though not so easy that Sokka doesn’t feel the so-quick-he-might-have-imagined-it kiss that Zuko drops to Sokka’s pinkies before switching to the fingers of Sokka’s other hand. Sokka nearly gasps aloud—fuck, he nearly moans—disbelief warring with the tingling skin-memory of Zuko’s lips as Zuko finishes out the ritual without a waver in his expression, like there’s nothing at all notable about it, nothing at all remarkable that’s been done.
“Better?” Zuko asks when he’s finally finished, still holding Sokka’s hands pressed between his own, his attention shifting to Sokka’s face, searching his expression and looking somehow unbothered and unconcerned by everything that’s just happened, his unscarred cheek still a little bit pink with cold."
I will be fucking screaming about this scene for the rest of time!!!! The warmth! The care!!!! Zuko who is so easy to interpret as angry and unkind, being a total sweetheart to Sokka?!?!?!? In love with that shit. It's so good. Makes my heart all melty! ❤️ And the so quick you could miss it kiss!!! And the fact that Sokka wants to write it off as friendly affection or just an accident but Zuko is SO careful with his actions that he can't!!! Lmao I adore them!!!! Every part of this library scene will be repeating in my head forever! Especially the kiss on the hand from Sokka as they say goodbye. So simple, but so satisfying. You've perfected little acts that MEAN SO MUCH MORE!!!
Anon this is so amazing and sweet!!
I am also so weak for scenes of Sokka getting taken care of, especially when it catches him by surprise and he's in 100% Caring For You mode and then gets bowled over by someone going out of their way to care for him! (And especially when that person is angsty grumpy Zuko who is not good at verbalizing his feeling but is very good at showing them in actions)
And I'm so thrilled you enjoyed that scene between them so much! I was so giddy finally getting to write it (it was one of the first scenes that came to me when I was coming up with ideas for the story) and I'm delighted that you loved all the warmth and care and Zuko's secret ooey-gooey center so much!
And the kiss, of course :P With all of Sokka's tangled-up confusion and trying to be a good friend but also wanting and being scared to hope--but like you say, Zuko is SO careful with his actions so--!!
Lovable idiots the both of them, and I'm so happy the library will be living in your head on a loop forever! (And that I've perfected little acts that mean so much more to you--anon, I'm swooning!)
For this ask game!
#ask games#asks and answers#Very very sweet anons#Truly this has been so amazing to read like 5 times a day since I got it
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