The mikeys!!! I feel like they would be friends
Happy birthday, Shinsou!! You’re going to be a wonderful hero.
do you have any favorite sokka episodes (aside from boiling rock and sokka's master, which i saw someone call a filler today?) sorry if you already answered this :)
okay, a totally underrated sokka episode is “bato of the water tribe.” sokka has a lot of great moments in this episode.
first, sokka manages to identify what happened during a battle just by the direction of some arrowheads, some scorchmarks, and footprints. this moment subtly demonstrates sokka’s keen sense for strategy and warfare.
then, he has a scene of quiet introspection by the fire while katara and aang are asleep, as he remembers being left behind by his father. this flashback really fleshes out & informs later motivations; i find it crucial in understanding sokka as a character.
then, he goes ice dodging, earning the mark of the wise. this scene really demonstrates how sokka is coming into his own as a leader, and how aang and katara trust his guidance.
then, he calls zuko stupid to his face, which demonstrates how sokka thinks zuko is stupid and has no problem telling him as much. (i know this seems like a joke, but genuinely i find it interesting how sokka has no respect for zuko, not for his intelligence or his power. he doesn’t seem to be intimidated by anyone in the fire nation?? he seems to be of the mindset that they’re all violent brutes who take part in war not out of necessity, but because it’s the only thing they’re good at. contrasted with katara and aang, and later toph, this is an interesting position to hold.)
it is also sokka, remembering how he felt when watching his tribe leave him behind, who insists that they go back for aang even if aang betrayed them, being able to empathize with aang’s hurt at the thought of being abandoned. sokka knows that he has the chance now to be there for aang in a way hakoda couldn’t be for him & katara.
finally, it is sokka’s idea to subdue nyla (june’s shirshu) by overwhelming its nose with perfume, which really puts (what piandao calls) sokka’s defining traits on display: creativity, versatility, and intelligence.
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Shinsou and Kaminari ☆ Boku no Hero Academia ep. 91
Aizawa: I’m leaving for three days. Yaoyorozu is in charge. I’ve left notes for each of you with instructions
Kaminari: Mine just says ‘Kaminari, no.’
Aizawa: And you can apply that to every possible situation
JUST FINISHED WATCHING THE ANIMANIACS REBOOT AND THIS “IT” PARODY IS STILL FUCKIN ME UP BC IT DIDNT GO AS I EXPECTED AT ALL AND MY HEART HURTS SO MUCH FOR YAKKO???
((SPOILERS FOR EP 11 AND THE FIRST “IT” REBOOT MOVIE))
IN THE REAL MOVIE PENNYWISE SCARES ALL THE KIDS INDIVIDUALLY AND (SPOILER ALERT) THEY END UP DEFEATING HIM BY WORKING TOGETHER BC HE CANT SCARE THEM ALL AT THE SAME TIME bc what is scary to one kid isnt scary to another etc
SO I WAS KINDA EXPECTING SOMETHING OF THE SAME VEIN IN THE SKETCH bUT IN TRUE WARNER FASHION THE “SCARES” HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO AFFECT ON THEM
EXCEPT
fOR YAKKO???
WHEN HE IS ALONE WITHOUT SOMEONE CONSTANTLY VALIDATING THE FACT THAT HES FUNNY OR THAT HIS JOKES HAVE SOME KINDA IMPACT (EVEN IF THE REACTION IS NEGATIVE) HE FEELS??? WORTHLESS?? INVISIBLE??? VERY VERY ANXIOUS..
first “nickelwise” doesnt react to his jokes, THEN takes away his ability to talk entirely aND YAKKO GETS SO SCARED HE VERY NEARLY GETS HIS SOUL SUCKED OUTTA HIS BODY BEFORE DOT SAVES HIM AND HIS FIRST REACTION IS
;;___;;
i feel like wakko and dot’s scares had little effect bc a) dot always thinks shes cute and b) wakko will eat anything whether or not its food, none of these are fears
bUT YAKKO’S NAME AND WHOLE IDENTITY REVOLVE AROUND BEING THE “FUNNY GUY” THE GUY W THE JOKES! “THE ONE WHO YACKS”
thinking about sokka hugging piandao goodbye before sozin’s comet.