Suki Deserved Better

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WHERE IS SUKI?? Today, I finally reveal the answer and cover so much more in this deep-dive episode on the full life of Suki!

Do Sokka and Suki stay together? Why isn't she in the leaked animated Team Avatar Aang movie poster? What happened to Suki in the Legend of Korra, and what's the deal with Tokka? This Avatar video essay explains everything about Suki's history, character arc, and relationships!

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[BabyLionTurtle]

Suki clearly consumed the Kool-aid and is currently completely committed to the cute & culty Kyoshi club.... and we love that for her! ❤💚

[BingBangPoe]

The fact Suki isn't even adressed in Legend of Korra is extremely depressing. You never know what happened to her.

[OldManMcLoyf]

Suki is vital to the team, she does one thing that’s extremely important, keep Sokka serious.

[tamerafarly]

I'm not a Simp, but this low-key made me sad. I love Sokka and Suki. They were the one stable couple in the show. I didn't even notice that she wasn't around that much, because she just seemed to fit.

[MILOPETIT]

When I say "Suki is part of the gang" I mean she deserves to become a main character and get more fleshed out

[Zinervawyrm]

So, hot take for some, but, I find Suki far more rememberable as a character than Asami ever was.

[aris]

See, I ignore all cannon that says they break up. Bc these two are just too perfect. She did what seemed impossible in early season one: she humbled him. She took sokka’s sexism and showed him how wrong he was, and when he apologized she gave him a second chance. And then she did it AGAIN in season two! They balance each other in so many ways!

[clpcharlii]

Suki needed better writing Aang should have thanked her for saving Appa that would have defined their freindhip even better + she is literally a product of a PAST AVATARS work, Zuko, Aang and Suki are all technically interwoven by the fact that they are in some way, related to Avatars, if only the writers had paid more time into it. Also, Katara consistently begged for another girl on the team, and when they got Toph, a tomboy she was dissapointed. I wish they had a scene where Katara feels some relief that another girl is on the team, in the end I'd consider her a member but the WRITERS are at fault for the vagueness of her membership !!!

+ another thing to mention, Suki consistently remained an ALLY of the team while Zuko hunted them down, if a former adversary is on the team, why isn't a consistent ally??

[avej]

Suki is that side character that absolutely deserves to be a main character and has some of the most clutch saves/assists in the series. She’s saved the main members numerous times before.

[Greenweeper]

I would absolutely say Suki is an honorary member, like a 6th ranger type thing. But she ABSOLUTELY deserves more love and to be part of the team.

[ILikeNerdShit]

Had TLA had another season, Suki 100% would've been confirmed an official part of Team Avatar.

It would've been really cool too, having another non-bender, another female, and another Earth Kingdom representative.

[rockmegently]

She is captain of Zuko’s guard, learned chi blocking from Ty Lee, and is very much alive and well and with Sokka in the comics. She’s also with Team Avatar in several of the comics. Beyond that, I really don’t know what y’all are talking about.

[rohinlok]

I don't really buy into the whole it was just a teenage fling. Both of them share similar values of wanting to help others, and they both deeply admire and respect each others abilities and character. They have also been in multiple life or death situations (I mean it wouldn't be surprising that two people fighting a war together in their teens would still be very close in their old age)

[pegasBaO]

It's a shame they really decided not invest into Suki, because the little screen time we did have of her she was amazing

[Evergreen_Wizard]

Fun fact: because “suki” means “bitch” in some of the slavic languages, including Russian (where it means “bitches”, plural), in the Russian dub of the ATLA she was renamed as Suyuki.

[stephenmartinez]

You’re damn right Suki was an instant fan hit. She fits in the story perfectly and I absolutely love her, the kyoshi warriors, and their costumes. I can’t even imagine the show without suki and the kyoshi warriors .

[D_C_H_A]

Minor counterpoints: I'd actually argue Suki ISN'T Sokka's first love, and that title actually goes to Yue. Sokka can be seen as Toph's first love, so them ending up together would kinda be like being with the person you liked in your teen years, which goes against that point you made. Discounting Su Yin (possibly), we don't see any of Sokka's kids IF he had any. It's entirely possible he and Suki just didn't have kids and he was embellishing to seem cooler, not purposefully hinting at them breaking up. It's also equally possible they DID break up as well. We don't know either way.

[jmalfonso]

Seriously, Suki should be part of Team Avatar, when times were low for them, should we be reminded on the Serpent's Pass, where there were times when Team Avatar were at their lowest, Aang just lost Appa, Sokka trying to get over his loss with Yue, and while journeying on their way to Ba Sing Se on foot, helping a poor couple while the wife was expecting a child?

Plus in Appa's Lost Days, where Suki along with the rest of the Kyoshi Warriors helped calm and clean Appa from his previous adventures and moments of being captured while Aang and the others were situated in Ba Sing Se.

Suki helped Sokka overcome his grief, as well as assisted Katara and Toph in helping the wife give birth to her child in that episode. Plus in the finale, she also helped Sokka and Toph in infiltrating and hijacking the Fire Nation War Ships while Aang and Ozai were duking out on each other.

[cinderschitt]

While I don't disagree with what's stated, I figure the toph reminding sokka about sukki in the letter bit could be because sokka was helping toph write one (Since toph is blind and all), and sokka read his aloud for her after he'd already wrote it, hence toph reminding him was at the end so that at least is understandable

[ioannispaxinos]

I think you're confusing main characters from a marketing perspective with story based relationships. Suki is obviously a member of the squad. Not just because she's Sokka's girlfriend but because she played a huge part in preventing the destruction of the Earth Kingdom during Sozin's comet. Storywise these are unbreakable bonds of friendship and comradery. But obviously she wouldn't be on the poster. The same way Luna Lovegood wouldn't be on a Harry Potter poster, it would just be the main 3 protagonists, but are you doubting the bond she and Neville have with the rest of them? Marketing and story are different things. Someone has to get the leading role, but their characters are still just human with real relationships.