when people you hate get into things you like
when people you like get into things you hate
Although I can’t help but think this pairing is cute, it feels like it’s missing something. I get that they’re both non benders, so it’s kind of cool for Sokka to want to pick a girlfriend who can’t bend, just like him… If he had to choose an earth nation girl, why Suki? Why not Toph? Like had he chosen Toph or something, then she would’ve been so much more useful to the family with her bending, allowing off spring who can bend as well. Again, if that’s not what he wanted that’s cool, but also again, I’m up at 5am speculating on cartoon characters… Still, Sokka + Ty Lee would’ve been kind of cute too. Water Tribe + Fire Nation.
Maybe it’s because you wrote this at 5am, but you’re making it seem like Suki is useless because she isn’t a bender. Just because someone is a bender doesn’t make them more important or more “useful” than someone who isn’t. It’s so sad to think of Suki like that and something the Equalist are fighting against. If anything, this show teaches us that it doesn’t matter what your skill-sets are, you can be strong no matter what you do. A bender isn’t necessarily stronger than a non-bender. I mean, clearly Suki can go toe-to-toe with a bender, and she an amazing learner, who can learn how to work an airship in no time flat (mainly because it was either learn or die).
Also, just because your parents are benders doesn’t mean your kids will be benders. Bumi, Aang and Katara’s son, isn’t a bender. While the opposite is true as all. Hakoda and Kya weren’t benders, but Katara is. A person being a bender has no say whether or not their children will be benders as well. We even see in The Fortuneteller that even siblings can be different, one being a bender and the other not being one.
Not to mention, if we’re going purely on the fact that people should only marry people who will benefit them and their off-spring, then Toph has no reason to marry Sokka. He isn’t a bender and he doesn’t have money. Toph is the greatest earthbender in the WORLD, marrying someone of such low class would not be beneficial to her at all.
Usefulness should not be the centerpiece of who you marry. It should be love. From what we see in the episodes, Sokka loves Suki. He chooses her after she tries to apologize for pushing him during Serpent’s Pass. And he tends to shower her with love and cheesy gifts that she adores. Not to mention their comfortable with each other to poke fun at no another and not get mad. Fake pout, yes, but there’s no real anger there.
Mainly, my point is marriage shouldn’t be about usefulness, it should be about love~ <3
