Hi Twinkles! I hope your day has been okay :)
I've been thinking about Lin and Suyin accidentally calling Sokka, "Dad", and I was wondering if you possibly share your thoughts on that topic :D
Hello there, Moon Moon! I hope you're doing okay, too, and that it's been a good week for you so far <3
I love this so much and it's something that I've thought about and written about on occasion as well hehe.
When it comes to Lin, specifically, I think this would be a huge thing for Lin, Sokka, and Toph. In the case that Bestie Kanto dies when she's too young to remember him or before she's born (I favor the latter scenario) and Sokka is always there, it might just literally slip out on accident as if it's the most natural thing in the world. But then, she'll catch herself and go red-faced and stammer a bit, trying to figure out how to apologize to him. Then, there's Sokka, who hears it but doesn't necessarily believes he heard it, so he just stands there for a second, trying to process what Lin just said while Toph's doing the same. And while, yes, she's shocked, she also saw it coming considering close he and Lin were and how he'd always been there for her and such.
Eventually, Sokka approaches her and tells her that no apology is necessary and if she feels the need to call him "Dad," she could and he would be honored to step into the hard-to-fill shoes because no one will ever be able to take Kanto's place. They hug, they all have a moment, and later on, when Tokka are alone, Sokka gets a bit emotional and spills his guts to Toph lol
When it comes to Su, this could go two ways, I think, depending on whether or not we see her being Sokka's biologically or not. If she is, he just- he's over the moon about it. Like, imagine if it's her first word. He wouldn't stop bragging about it to anyone, especially Toph lmao. It's something he'd consider one of his greatest accomplishments lol. However, if she's not biologically his, I think his reaction would be similar to the one he had to Lin, but slightly different. The difference, I think, would come in the way he approaches the situation bc obviously, her father isn't in the picture anymore for whatever reason, so he would definitely say that if she's okay with calling him "Dad," then she should by all means; he would love nothing more than to be her father, be that male figure that she seems to be looking for.
I hope this answered your question, Moon Moon. I always love your questions hehe
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