That's what's weird about this removal to me, it's so quick and easy to show, even if I disagree about it being a huge important part of his character, it's like a very minor removal in terms of screen time
In film it is often important to compare impact to screen time. All you need for this arc is 4 scenes. The opening fishing scene with the sexist comments. The backstory of the men leaving to go to war and leaving sokka with too much responsibility. Him being shown as a fairly shit warrior. Then the kyoshi scene where the boy with the weird complex and shit for skill thinks he can beat professional warriors because they are women. First off, thats hardly any screen time for a satisfying arc. Its not the highlight of book one but its quick and doesn't take away from anything else. And the thing is that all those scenes will probably be in this show, they just won't provide character development. So they took away character development without freeing up screen time for other arcs. Amateur.
I can only guess that they thought some people might stop watching during the opening scene with the sexism. The thing is though that those dudes still exist. Sokka is a saint compared to your average 13 year old andrew tate/alpha content stan. Its still a relevant arc, unlike the "girls like bad boys" bit in book 2 (the sokka teaching aang how to flirt bit not the Jet arc). Idk even that one. They could change it to pick up artist shit I guess. I'd rather can it though.
That's what's weird about this removal to me, it's so quick and easy to show, even if I disagree about it being a huge important part of his character, it's like a very minor removal in terms of screen time
In film it is often important to compare impact to screen time. All you need for this arc is 4 scenes. The opening fishing scene with the sexist comments. The backstory of the men leaving to go to war and leaving sokka with too much responsibility. Him being shown as a fairly shit warrior. Then the kyoshi scene where the boy with the weird complex and shit for skill thinks he can beat professional warriors because they are women. First off, thats hardly any screen time for a satisfying arc. Its not the highlight of book one but its quick and doesn't take away from anything else. And the thing is that all those scenes will probably be in this show, they just won't provide character development. So they took away character development without freeing up screen time for other arcs. Amateur.
I can only guess that they thought some people might stop watching during the opening scene with the sexism. The thing is though that those dudes still exist. Sokka is a saint compared to your average 13 year old andrew tate/alpha content stan. Its still a relevant arc, unlike the "girls like bad boys" bit in book 2 (the sokka teaching aang how to flirt bit not the Jet arc). Idk even that one. They could change it to pick up artist shit I guess. I'd rather can it though.
Yeah Im on the same page as you, Im surprised they bothered to take it out considering how easy to put in it is