Yeah...having re-watched avatar with my son not that long ago I don't see where the issue is. Downplaying/removing his chauvinism and sexism only serves to negate his character arc and more importantly undercuts the hilarity of watching his shit get kicked in by Suki and the Kyoshi warriors. I think if anything: the only part that has aged poorly is the part where Suki falls for him. Still kinda would have preferred it if he had thought that's where it was going and she'd have been like "....whoa....dude...we're not...no...just no...". Too many of these stories end with these characters getting romantically entangled with each other and not enough end with them just coming to respect each other as peers.
I feel a big part of the finale is that Sokka, previously believing that women are useless on the battlefield, leads two women in destroying the airship fleet.
The best part of his character arc is that he doesn’t simply become more humble or something, like half of it is basically just “oh yeah I’m smart AND other people are smart too, it’s all coming together”
Yeah I just rewatched recently too and the sexism seems unnecessary. Just being a know-it-all or even just fighting his own twisted sense of warrior masculinity is enough of a start point for his arc.
The space sword episode being his redemption, one of my favorite episodes
Yeah...having re-watched avatar with my son not that long ago I don't see where the issue is. Downplaying/removing his chauvinism and sexism only serves to negate his character arc and more importantly undercuts the hilarity of watching his shit get kicked in by Suki and the Kyoshi warriors. I think if anything: the only part that has aged poorly is the part where Suki falls for him. Still kinda would have preferred it if he had thought that's where it was going and she'd have been like "....whoa....dude...we're not...no...just no...". Too many of these stories end with these characters getting romantically entangled with each other and not enough end with them just coming to respect each other as peers.
yeah but on the other hand suki and sokka are kind of a cool low key part of the last season. Sokka with the lei is so funny.
Suki is a really bland character though, if you took her out of the final season not much would change
I feel a big part of the finale is that Sokka, previously believing that women are useless on the battlefield, leads two women in destroying the airship fleet.
Also Sokka going from an incompetent know it all to a capable leader and tactician.
The best part of his character arc is that he doesn’t simply become more humble or something, like half of it is basically just “oh yeah I’m smart AND other people are smart too, it’s all coming together”
Yeah I just rewatched recently too and the sexism seems unnecessary. Just being a know-it-all or even just fighting his own twisted sense of warrior masculinity is enough of a start point for his arc.
The space sword episode being his redemption, one of my favorite episodes
If they leaned into the toxic masculinity aspect that would work great, but it might make a new generation of eggs