#older sokka

[3cosmicfrogs]

I wanted to go a bit more in-depth with this piece that I did for zukka week 2023 because i got inspired to do more insane clothing details. ID in ALT.

Ramble about the influences/inspirations below:

Design inspirations for Sokka's clothing are mainly Inuvialuit and Yup'ik, with Nenets, Tlingit, and Chukchi inspiration for the tassels, patterns, belt and beadwork. I mixed these with the ornaments canon shows us used by the Northern Water Tribe, and also in Legend of Korra. I got particularly excited about drawing from Inuvialuit sources since the tassels we see in canon look like they could be inspired by this. Going beyond canon's animation-friendly colour scheme, I drew from Nenets patterns/embroidery/sashes and Yup'ik beadwork for accent colours. I think in the future I'd like to find ways to incorporate more Tlingit-style patterns since I rarely see them in fanart (which is a shame - they're stunning), but since they tend to be very big I ultimately decided to only include them as a nod in order to keep the regalia recognisable as 'Water Tribe'. I wonder if I could start using Polynesian influences as well?

Zuko's headdress and particularly the shoulder garment and beaded embroidery draw heavily from women's clothing styles of Lê Dynasty Vietnam. The other main influence is men's royal clothing in Tang Dynasty China, and patterns worn by Mongolian Khatun. Since we have a bit more to go on in canon as to what fire nation regalia looks like, I blended that in as well. I got particularly excited about the embellishments on Lê Dynasty clothes because I could give a little nod to Zuko's dragon-fire by adding more colours to the embroidery. In the future I think I'd want to make the Mongolian influence a bit more obvious... perhaps even push the envelope by incorporating some Bashkir designs, though I'm not sure how well that will go.

#artfromthefrogs #zukka #sokka #zuko #avatar: the last airbender au #avatar: the last airbender #atla #atla fanart #avatar: the last airbender fanart #zukka fanart #zuko fanart #sokka fanart #water tribe #fire nation #older sokka #older zuko #older zukka #dilves zukkae #as i believe they are called #'i want to add more mongolian maybe even bashkir elements' <- man pushing the siberian agenda

[mothmanavenue]

for ur consideration i humbly present prince consort Sokka, the greatest mind of his generation

#zukka #zukka fanart #older zukka #older sokka #sokka fanart #sokka atla #sokka x zuko #sokka avatar #sokka #sokka avatar the last airbender #sokka/zuko #prince consort sokka #firelord zuko #zuko #atla #avatar the last airbender fanart #avatar the last airbender #avatar #avatar fanart

[a-todd-illustration]

Uncolored version. Will color later

Tricking the firelord into your guest chambers and having a fun night!

#myart #fanart #avatar the last airbender #atla #avatar #sokka #suki #zuko #zukki #sokka x suki #avatar au #firelord zuko #older sokka #older suki #older zuko #avatar slash

[sleepyfriend]

guys! i love hair-down sokka just as much as the next person, not only does he look cool but often times hair is used as symbolization in atla, like with what we saw with azula and zuko, we saw the same with some other characters, including our boy sokka. the times we saw sokka with his hair down or out of place in a way, it was a time of exhaustion or during a moment sokka felt vulnerable in some way, I love that! meanwhile when sokka had his hair pinned up, whether it was a ponytail or bun, depending on the book or what sokka decided to call it. we saw a more confident, energetic side of sokka, he takes a beautiful amount of pride in his culture and the ways of living and goes the extra mile to grow and put his own beliefs in the mix. I’d love to see that shine more through art or fanfiction. pinned-up haired sokka remains underrated!!

although we didn’t see a ton of the gaang as adults in tlok, the times we did see moments regarding sokka, those things never changed about him, he was still most comfortable and confident in his culture and expressed that with his hair, i will always adore that about his character, all hail sokka’s favorite hairstyle/haircut the ‘wolf-tail’

but moving on, what do you guys think? <3 

#sokka #sokka avatar the last airbender #atla sokka #sokka <3 #older sokka #tlok sokka #sokka tlok #sokka atla #atla #atla discourse #sokka discourse #alta thoughts #avatar gaang #gaang discourse #atla culture #sokka and katara #Avatar The Last Airbender #avatar the legend of korra #the legend of korra #atla and tlok

[nemkero]

atla au but nothing changes except sokka is taller and zuko is shorter

#just wanted an excuse to draw zuko getting picked up #but also #the interactions. theyd be so funny #“why is a 12 year old chasing us” #“IM 16” #“YOURE OLDER THAN ME??????” #au where zuko peaks at 13 then never grows #he wears platformers probably #sokka: me and the oomfieee :33 #zuko: WHAT THJE FUCK IS AN OOMFIE #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #avatar fanart #atla fanart #atla zuko #atla sokka #atla zukka #zukka #(not drawn to be but ig u can interpret it as zukka)

[chiptrillino]

ID: Katara and sokka in swimgear. in the first image, sokka is searching for something in the water. his hair getting wet. katara leans over to him saying "don't you think, its time for a haircut?" in the second image sokka rose form the water, a dog-shark creature in hand, swinging his hair in Katara face splashing her. smugly he says "no <3". End ID

i know its winter! i know it likley snowed by now on the northern hemilsphere! but... on the southern side is summer time right??? so... its fine.... this is fine!!!

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!!! please do not use or repost this artwork without permission!!!

#chip!art #atla #sokka #katara #water tribe #teeny tiny aang #loong hair!sokka #katara i am sorry i promis i will draw you a nice image soon! #also may or may not inspired by my brother. #but my brother is like 13 years older then me. and i was like... tiny compared to him when he did that #and i think i also got smacked by a swiming bord in the face #so whats better? swiming board or wet hair? i will never know... #i think... i overdid the lenght a bit this time though hahaha #or maybe its the same lenght... i kinda think sokka has kya's hair while katara hakodas #so stright hair is the onlything straight on sokka....

[meliake]

rewatching Avatar is so weird because Sokka is literally the only thing keeping them alive and fed. He constantly is like,

'guys we're out of supplies/ we need to stop/ we're attracting too much attention with the flying bison we should walk' etc.

Like in the ´The Storm' when they're completely out of money and supplies the one to get a job in hopes of making money (he never actually gets paid, the world hates him) is Sokka.

In 'The Waterbending Scroll,' it's Sokka who's concerned about their lack of supplies when Aang sends them in a wave down the river, and is making sure they're careful with their spendibg when in town shopping.

He's also seen to catch fish and gather nuts (I know more often than not he fails to catch things on screen but it's implied he's the one that does most of the hunting and gathering)

It's like- Aang totally would have starved to death or gotten completely off track with often they're completely out of food and money

#atla #avatar the last airbender #sokka #Katara #Aang #He's such an older brother #in the waterbeding scroll when he asks Katara when shes learned #like aughhhh #I also live for him and the Kyoshi warriors #totally love him and Suki

[petricorah]

POV you're being lectured by someone who talks with their hands [id in alt]

+bonus gaang reaction

#sokka #sokka fanart #atla #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #avatar the last airbender fanart #avatar fanart #avatar #myart #i had way more details. had to restrain myself #sokka talks with his hands ok #I drew sokka as older and then completely forgot and drew the gaang as their younger selves so just imagine that it's been going on since #they were teens #SO done with the colors. they look super washed out on my phone and darker on my computer. i give up #gaang fanart

[iamnotdirtylaundry]

zukka smooch

#is it yuri or do they just have long hair when they get older #you decide #atla zukka #fem zukka #zukka fanart #zukka #atla zuko #fem zuko #prince zuko #zuko #zuko fanart #atla sokka #fem sokka #sokka #sokka/zuko #sokka avatar the last airbender #avatar the last airbender fanart #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #atla

[acarillustrated]

hi guy. hello. once again im posting avatar but all i have are sketches so thats what ur gonna get haah. um. ive had a good amount of wine on this night so. lol. i will reblog this w id later translating my handwriting yayyyyyyy

my boyfriend has never seen avatar!! a crime i know. im forcing him to watch it but also i just wanted to rewatch. so far sokka is his fav! these doodles r from the train so they're a lil goofy dont wory abt it

also some mom katara + my oc kallik as her daughter bc no hate to lok but they did my girl so dirty. ive rewritten her whole part in that in my head

#softboy art time #atla #avatar fanart #avatar the last airbender #atla fanart #zuko #sokka #aang #uncle iroh #iroh #atla older au #anyway i have to pack #and clean #fuck its midnight #katara #i misspelled my girls name first time around

[comradekatara]

i rly don't like when ppl draw older sokka being buff or ripped or shredded or broad-shouldered, even. i know that people who design him this way are probably basing those designs off of a) hakoda b) his frankly heinous design in lok c) the logic that since sokka is hot, he must have a six pack, because hot guy have big muscle, or d) all of the above. but the thing about sokka is that he is, fundamentally a skinny scrawny little nerd. he cannot win fights with his brawn alone, so he must rely on his brain. he finds creative ways to use his weapons, he learns the technique of the kyoshi warriors (using an opponent's strength against them) and the ways of the sword (creativity, versatility, intelligence) and is an excellent fighter and warrior despite his malnourished victorian orphan physique because he is so excellent at learning and adapting and knowing how to use every resource to his advantage in creative ways during fights. and obviously he isn’t frail, he is very strong, especially evidenced when he uses his sword to slash through solid metal, or when he carries toph like she weighs nothing. but he appears frail, much more so than zuko (in books 1 and 3b at least) or even aang (buff baby). and i think it’s thematically significant for sokka to maintain that physique as an adult. people see him and think he's just a pencil-pushing non-bending nerd who weighs 10 pounds soaking wet, but they'd be in for a rude awakening if they ever actually tried to fight him. and that discrepancy represents such an integral part of his character, so it’s a real shame that it’s so ignored in favor of imagining him as being more conventionally attractive, because it betrays a fundamental aspect of his character for shallow purposes. not mention that implying that guys can only be hot if they’re buff is just plain silly.

#I hate you lok older gaang character designs kys official older gaang character designs #sokka #hot takes #I also feel this way about ppl who draw twelve year old toph w huge muscles #bc the fact that she’s actually tiny & ‘frail’ is crucial to her character #but I think drawing older toph w big muscles is fine as long as you are also butching her up in general #also SUKI should ALWAYS be drawn as buffly as possible. obviously #anyway.

[mothmanavenue]

will someone please tell the fire lord he is in fact flirting with his best friend and no, it is not an appropriate activity for council meetings!

#zukka fanart #zukka #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla #atla fanart #avatar fanart #sokka #zuko #zuko avatar #zuko atla #sokka atla #sokka avatar #zuko fanart #sokka fanart #sokka x zuko #older zuko #older sokka #older zukka

[fanfic-gremlin-ft-trauma]

The “Googoo eyes when the other person isn’t looking” trope IS Zukka.

#zukka #zuko x sokka #zukka fanart #atla #Zuko and Sokka are already ADHD x autism and this #just fits nicely :) #I think that Zuko fell first when they were teenagers and Sokka fell harder when they were older #also yes prison is where people fall in love #but what about the inherent homoeroticism of sitting by sunsets and taking with your homie? #ie. klance

[billsbae]

zuko and katara: *kiss*

baby kya: gross

sokka: agreed little one

#he's their nr 1 supporter and hater #zutara #older zutara #steambaby #kya II #uncle sokka #katara and sokka #sokka #katara #zuko #zutara incorrect quotes #atla #avatar #avatar the last airbender #atla netflix #atla incorrect quotes

[cienie-isengardu]

Zuko and Azula in "The Beach"

Lately I think a lot about "The Beach" episode [x], especially about this small detail of great teamwork Zuko and Azula have during the game.

Zuko is looking ahead, directly facing their rivals (who had the control of the ball at this moment) but his body is clearly lowered to the ground, left hand most likely touching the ground, legs bent and widely spaced - a clear contrast to Mai standing near and how he stood before on two separate occasions

which is why I think Zuko willingly create an opportunity for Azula, so she could jump higher - something she definitely used to their team’s advantage. If Azula simply jumped on her brother’s back when he wasn’t expecting it or wasn’t ready, he would probably just fall face down from the impact but as the scene shows, he had no such problem nor was angry about it in the following scenes.

During the game sequences there was no dialogue shown between our protagonists, so it is hard to determine if Azula in advance called Zuko to give her a “lift” or Zuko offered on his own, or did they were that much in sync they just acted without thinking. Regardless I like this few seconds long interaction, because for me it implies how they trusted each other despite all the rivalry and bitterness from previous episodes. Like Zuko trusted Azula won’t use that moment to hurt/humiliate him by overuse of force, the same as Azula trusted in Zuko’s strength and that he won’t mess up by losing his balance. It is a small thing but no less sweet to see them working well together when fighting for the same goal - what reminds me a bit their teamwork from the previous season finale.

Interestingly, it was also the second time Zuko assisted Azula in scoring against their rivals while not scoring himself any point on screen. The first time happened almost right at the beggining of the game (second from total five sequences)

while each girl have the solo sequence of winning a point:

Azula's first attack,

later Ty Lee landing on the net

and Mai kicking the ball (and presumably scoring)

while Zuko’s two actions are shared only with his younger sister while there is no sense of competition between the siblings, something contrasting a lot with some previous and later episodes.

Azula is bossy and competitive through most of the episode and her brother lets her be that without a complaint. Azula and Zuko get along pretty well and A) do not argue (with the exception of the campfire scene and then they argue not even for the whole scene itself) and B) don't get on each nerves the way they do in the palace, with Ozai's presence looming in the back of their mind. I absolutely adore this episode, as it humanizes all our Fire Nation characters by showing them as teenagers outside the war zone but also giving us a bit of insight into what Azula and Zuko could be if Ozai didn't pit them against each other. And they could be a great team!

#atla #avata #avatar: the last airbender #prince zuko #azula #mai #ty lee #zuko and azula #fire nation #fire nation siblings #avatar: the last airbender - the beach episode is such a great mini story #look i have a lot to say about zuko and azula and their messed up relationship but this episode just make you realize how much azula & zuko #are socially awkward teenagers who have no idea how to interact with their peers #but also the deep of their bond shattered by ozai's abuse and yet somehow still connecting them on emotional level #when they can be just kids not ozai's perfect soldiers and heirs #also zuko just tagging with azula's friends is both funny and sad he has no friends of his in fire nation #while sokka will be the first boy befriended close to his own age (with aang a bit younger and lu ten some years older) #i think a lot about the tragedy of azula and zuko okay? a lot as in too much

[sapphicyanli]

#look i know sokka is the sillier one but i think he'd be confident about keeping a lover #his only wish is that they're not turning into a celestial being (again) #beside zuko is the one that would overthinking about a dumbass question you can not convince me otherwise #eventho he doesnt really show it #its get better as he gets older tho #zukka #mine