The world of Avatar: The Final Airbender has no scarcity of fan-favorite {couples}, some which really grew to become a factor — Kataang followers, you received — and a few which didn’t — who is aware of, Zutara loyalists, your time should still come. One which’s having fun with renewed recognition proper now’s the Sokka/Suki romance.
Within the live-action Netflix sequence, Suki is launched within the present’s second episode, “Warriors,” and regardless of her function because the fierce chief of the Kyoshi Warriors, she instantly develops an emotional reference to Sokka, because the pair bond over being the protectors of their properties — she the Earth Kingdom’s Kyoshi Island and he the Southern Water tribe. Regardless of Suki solely showing within the one episode, the chemistry Maria Zhang and Ian Ousley share has made them an prompt hit with viewers.
However, by episodes seven and eight, Sokka has seemingly moved onto a brand new love curiosity, Northern Water tribe princess Yue (Amber Midthunder). Trapped underneath a nasty wig that’s leaving the internet comparing her to Ice Spice, Midthunder’s Yue was doomed by no means to earn the identical type of affection from audiences as Suki — so Netflix viewers are desirous to know if the latter may return as The Final Airbender continues.
Sokka and Suki’s relationship in Nickelodeon’s Avatar: The Final Airbender, defined
Within the authentic Nickelodeon animated sequence, Sokka and Suki’s first assembly — in season 1, episode 4 — performs out largely the identical because it does in live-action. The one main distinction is that the pair begin out with a a lot pricklier relationship, on account of Sokka’s internalized misogyny — he initially dismisses that girls can combat in addition to males — a personality trait that was, considerably controversially, faraway from the Netflix model.
Creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko have admitted that Suki was absolutely supposed to be a one-and-done character, however her recognition with viewers ensured that they needed to deliver her again in season 2. Certain sufficient, the Gaang bumps into Suki once more in episode 12 of E-book Two, “The Serpent’s Cross.” With Yue sacrificing herself to turn into the Moon Spirit within the E-book One finale (that’s tough, buddy), Sokka and Suki merely decide up the place they left off and are handled as sustaining a long-distance relationship from hereon in.
Tragically, Suki and the remainder of the Kyoshi Warriors are imprisoned and impersonated by Azula and her pals for the second half of season 2, which leaves Suki locked in jail for a protracted stretch. Because of the subsequent invasion of Ba Sing Se, the Earth Kingdom metropolis, Aang’s near-death expertise at Azula’s hand, and the gang’s infiltration of the Hearth Nation, it isn’t till E-book Three episode 14 that Sokka and pals are lastly in a position to free Suki from The Boiling Rock, a cruel Hearth Nation jail.
From then on, Suki turns into a fully-fledged member of Crew Avatar and accompanies the Gaang throughout their ultimate battle in opposition to the forces of the Hearth Nation. Memorably, she saves Sokka and Toph from sure loss of life by rescuing them from a crashing airship. After the conclusion of the struggle, Suki resumes command of the Kyoshi Warriors, even letting Azula’s former crony, Ty Lee, be a part of their quantity.
Though Suki doesn’t return for sequel sequence The Legend of Korra, it’s understood that she and Sokka keep collectively. The Darkish Horse continuation comics additionally broaden on what Suki received as much as after the occasions of E-book Three.
Might Suki return in Netflix’s Avatar: The Final Airbender?
With Netflix’s The Final Airbender proving so profitable that it’s been confirmed to final for 3 seasons, it’s absolutely anticipated that the live-action will mainly mirror the story development of the unique animation. That stated, with nary a touch at Aang and Katara having romantic emotions for one another within the first season, there may be an open window for the showrunners to modify up the connection subplots in the event that they so want, even when they persist with the identical main plot factors.
However, with followers taking each live-action Suki and Maria Zhang into their hearts, it will be a bizarre transfer if she isn’t introduced again in a significant approach for seasons 2 and three. And in the event that they resurrect Princess Ice Spice as an alternative we’ll know that they’ve formally misplaced their minds.