sokka really said “murder is ok” and the narrative just let him be. i wonder why that is (it’s because he was right.) despite aang’s decision not to kill ozai and katara’s decision not to kill yon rha being framed as good choices (and they are — narratively and thematically speaking) sokka is never put in a wrong light for being down with murder, except maybe when he was actively pressuring aang to kill ozai, but literally nothing else happened to sokka because of it other than aang yelling at him. sokka also kills two men three episodes later, and there is no shocked gasp from toph or regretful look from sokka. in fact, these killings are both covered with explosions and overshadowed by sokka losing his sword and boomerang, and the bodies are almost immediately covered by other soldiers. so the killings themselves are almost discreet – very few people notice sokka just killed two people when they first watch (and with good reason, this is a kid’s show!). there’s no lesson for sokka about how murder is bad or murder hurts you, and that is because sokka is down with murder only when the situation calls for it. his morals are shaped by war, his choice to kill is a survival strategy, and the narrative knows this is a valid point of view to have, and someone in the group having this instinct was necessary in order for them to survive. the same way aang’s morals persist through the horrors of war and that is what defines his character his role as the avatar and his duty to bring justice and peace to the world, these little moments and pieces of dialogue that are so definitive to sokka’s character, who does not have the weight of an almost extinct culture or of saving the world. but he does wear the weight of the war, just like any other person would.
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