God, why? Just... argh. I've already ranted about this.
and she spent most of the show travelling her dorky brother and two twelve year olds.
EXACTLY. Sokka's the oldest and he's smart in some ways, but he's useless in that sense. (Can you imagine when him and Suki have kids? "Suki, something weird is coming out of the baby! OMG IS IT SICK?? SUKI WHAT'S--" "Sokka, the baby spit up. It's okay.") Katara is the only one really qualified to take care of the team, and if she acts like a bitch sometimes it's because she's fourteen and already taking care of a family, essentially, and she shouldn't have to but who else will?
Agreed. I LOVE Toph's smart comments about the other characters, but if no one called her on her behaviour, I would be sorely disappointed.
Much as I adore her, her behavior often gets a pass because she's supposed to be the snarky one, so when Katara gets on her case fandom sees it as Katara being uptight and bitchy, and that's not fair. I'm sorry, but in The Runaway Toph is out of control and is acting like a selfish child, and Katara takes the punch by calling her out on it. How awful.
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God, why? Just... argh. I've already ranted about this.and she spent most of the show travelling her dorky brother and two twelve year olds.
EXACTLY. Sokka's the oldest and he's smart in some ways, but he's useless in that sense. (Can you imagine when him and Suki have kids? "Suki, something weird is coming out of the baby! OMG IS IT SICK?? SUKI WHAT'S--" "Sokka, the baby spit up. It's okay.") Katara is the only one really qualified to take care of the team, and if she acts like a bitch sometimes it's because she's fourteen and already taking care of a family, essentially, and she shouldn't have to but who else will?
Agreed. I LOVE Toph's smart comments about the other characters, but if no one called her on her behaviour, I would be sorely disappointed.
Much as I adore her, her behavior often gets a pass because she's supposed to be the snarky one, so when Katara gets on her case fandom sees it as Katara being uptight and bitchy, and that's not fair. I'm sorry, but in The Runaway Toph is out of control and is acting like a selfish child, and Katara takes the punch by calling her out on it. How awful.
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