the element of change

if tokka were to have a book, this would be the title 100%

as long as you love them.

the biggest example being aang and katara, where separating them/barely making them interact doesn’t make sense in any way. if you take katara from being one of the most important main characters and reduce her to basically a side one (at best, in this case) you’re also taking away some of aang’s best qualities and vice versa. they balance each other out and even though they both have their own separate arcs, a lot of their growth happens because of each other because of how connected they are. you can’t take that away without the writing feeling dull. aang was never meant to deal with everything on his own, he gets through things with the rest of the gaang and while that applies to all of them, katara is the most important part of that dynamic because she’s the deuteragonist of the show. without her, aang ends up feeling lost and his problems getting magically solved off-screen isn’t going to cut it. making katara irrelevant is wrong for many, obvious reasons! these two are meant to work together, that’s the whole point. whether you ship them or not, you can’t have one without the other because their relationship is fundamental to both of their characters.

because sokka would do anything for the people he loves. when everything is on the line, no matter if their plan is reckless or even if he has to put his own life at risk, they are always his priority. his identity revolves around keeping them safe from the moment his father told him that his place was beside his sister and his tribe, protecting them, no matter the cost. his deep rooted sense of responsibility and unwavering devotion towards them makes him push through anything to ensure their wellbeing.