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masterpug53 posted...

Like I've explained many times in previous topics, that...is...the...point. It's a subversion of the usual sexist male character trope who's slow to learn and adapt; in any other show it would've taken a character like that an entire season to finally throw out a begrudged "y'know what, you gals are alright." The fact that Sokka quickly 'gets over it' by admitting the error of his ways and learning from it shows the viewer early-on that, in spite of being overtly labeled as the sarcastic comedic punching bag of the group, deep-down Sokka is uniquely bright, humble, and thoughtful.

Sokka is one of my favorite characters in popular fiction, to the point where I will immediately respond positively to characters in other stories who exhibit similar traits (Steve Harrington from Stranger Things immediately springs to mind). So my personal enjoyment of the Netflix adaptation hinges upon whether or not they get these characters right, Sokka in particular.

Now there's one of two ways the writers could approach this change. They could contrive some alternate backwards-thinking trope for Sokka to subvert early-on and display his intelligence and good nature in equal measure. Or, they could approach it with your mentality, handwave it as 'eh, it's not that important, no one will miss it,' and the show will end up falling flat as a result; not because of that one alteration in particular, but because they inevitably approach more and more little character-building nuances as being irrelevant.

Fair enough. Hadnt really made the Steve connection despite loving Stranger Things and his character. I can definitely see it from your point of view then.