#and then sokka comes along with his twenty brushes and colored inks and charcoal stained fingers

[ash-and-starlight]

Well if you have a whole ted talk "pulls up chair and popcorn" I wanna hear all about Artist Sokka!

HHRGSGDH so you’ve chosen violence thank you so much LETS GO

DEEP BREATH

So first thing first I believe he’d be an amazing artist simply because like have u seen him? he has the range. I don’t remember who said that sokka was the davinci of the avatar universe but it’s TRUE.


Second his bad doodles were played for laughs and i get it but LIKE. He was 15!! And he grew up in a war zone where I doubt he had much time to practice drawing!! But he’s stubborn and dedicated and creative as hell, and he canonically enjoys drawing a lot (the Appa pictures, the submarine, and the portrait of the gaang in the last episode are just a few I remember), give it a few years and with that kind of practice he’s going to develop some serious skill. 


And lastly my favorite argument in favor of the Sokka artist rights thesis is the entirety of the episode with Piandao. The parallels between art, calligraphy and swordsmanship are made very clear; among common samurai practices (influenced by Zen) there was calligraphy and ink painting, because a stroke of the brush was just as decisive and irreversible as the stroke of a sword. (Oh and also haikus… so yeah while we’re at it poet sokka rights too) SO BASICALLY what I’m trying to say is that since Sokka is a warrior and Piandao initiated him to that philosophy, not only his art would become excellent, but also his calligraphy would be immaculate too. (I still love the idea of Sokka’s writing getting messy when he’s brainstorming or excited because his brain just functions too fast for his hand to keep up lmao.)

Aaaand that’s about it thank you for coming to my ted talk I hope it made sense artist 👏 sokka 👏fucking👏 rights 👏5ever👏

#(last point also brings me to the zukka brainrot) #((what did u expect)) #because for the very same reasons zuko would know how to paint #but I feel like he’d approach it in a very detached utilitarian way #like yeah drawing is another part of the training #and then sokka comes along with his twenty brushes and colored inks and charcoal stained fingers #and is like my buddy my man where have you been hiding that talent all along #and long story short zuko teaches sokka the technicalities of art #and sokka teaches zuko how to be creative and have fun with it #uwu #ask