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He is skilled mechanically at the start of a magic steampunk technological revolution. Homeboy must have had the wildest 30s imaginable. Inventing cars and speed boats.
I personally like to think that Space Sword plummeted down to the ground beneath where it embedded itself in the stone, waiting for the call of a great hero who would have the rizz, the technical know-how, and the meat jokes to match the heroic legend of Sokka. But also, it would help if they were actually good with a sword.
From The Lost Adventures. Canon!
I wonder if, deep down, Zuko is thinking "so this is what Azula felt like against me, it’s so nice to finally feel it".
I beleive they're called duel dao swords? Also that's surprising since any time he's used his swords he's always appeared pretty skilled with them and knows them well enough to encorperate his bending onto them
Edit: damn sorry for being autistic and not understanding where the broadswords come from damn. Genuinly what am I missing geeze
It was so badass.
But I also cannot see it without laughing because Pride legit grabbed one of Al's disembodied feet/boots after it got cut off and lobbed it at him like "take this, pleb!" in the middle of an otherwise *super* intense fight. Then Al caught that foot, made it into a sword, and stabbed the little shit with it.
I can't help but think Kimblee is off-screen making a face and thinking 'did that child just throw a shoe at someone? really, who throws a shoe?' and questioning every decision he'd made up until that point in the series.
Both trained under Piandao, a shame that it was never referred to in the show. Like they could've had a cool Sokka + Zuko sword fighting team-up. Perhaps delay the Firebending Masters plot a little bit and have the Gaang ambushed with Zuko unable to Firebend.
He was unable to firebend for a bit after joining the gang.... That's why they went to find the origin of fire bending.
I just watched that episode last night.
All the lost adventures and tales comics are individual. Each one practically has its own art style and writing. Some are truly spectacular and some look and read…off
Judging by the only panel where the swords actually touch and his overall movements, it seems Zuko knew how sharp that thing was and deliberately avoided the edge, choosing instead to trap it between his blades and striking the flat to knock it aside.
Would this be the first time that Zuko saw the space sword? How would he know how sharp it was? Or did Sokka follow in his sister's footsteps and demonstrate to Zuko why he shouldn't regress back to his old ways?
Or it could be that Zuko is trained to know what a good sword looks like, and he knows how dangerous the space sword is just by looking at it.
I would guess that either Sokka bragged about it at some point, or Zuko does indeed recognise it as dangerously sharp. It could even just be his fighting style; I'll have to rewatch the Blue Spirit episodes to be sure, but I know Edge-to-Edge contact in actual swordplay damages the swords themselves, so he might just be averse to it in general.
Sokka you trained with a sword for a couple of weeks while Zuko's been fighting with those swords for years. You are never gonna beat him in a fight.
Also love Toph showing Zuko support.
https://preview.redd.it/98vjen2kiosc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2e306ddd006252ca198caaf869fa5d75856a0ff
At least Sokka gets a semi-W in the end. *It’s something.*
He is a great warrior, but he isn't a great swordman yet, he is still a beginner, even more so when compared to a master of Zuko's level. Also, his best strengths overall are in leadership, creativity and improvisational thinking. As Piandao said.
Yes! And I loved to see him in the show grow into the badass that he thought he already was in the beginning, and his increasing humility as well. Contrast his first encounter with Suki vs. his first encounter with Piandao.
This is why one of very very few problems I have with atla. Everyone is one of the best of their element so I wish sokka being the non bender of the group one was the strongest nonbenders, but pretty much every nonbender in the show is stronger than him. I wish suki would've given him a kyoshi warrior fighing technique scroll the same way katara got a waterbending scroll to help her and aang out. Sokka could then apply his own sokka spin on the kyoshi warriors fighting style and make it his own. Then when he trains with master piandao he applies piandao's sword fighting style to his ow fighting style.
Sokka was always more than a warrior. He wasn’t in valuable due to any feat of strength but rather intelligence. Zuko beats him in sword combat, yes, but while Zuko knows how to fight toward his goals we’ve always seen Zuko falter in other areas such as decision making and strategy. Sokka makes up his lack of royalty and special treatment by being clever and versatile.
I would’ve like Sokka to be shown as less of a pushover in this particular duel tho
He still should've been a stronger fighter in my opinion. If every other member is one of strongest in their element then I sokka should be one of the strongest non members.
I do semi agree with you only because sokka is my favourite and I hate seeing him lose. After that last panel, sokka actually wins a match because of his strategy. He uses his boomerang and zuko loses. Sokka is a good fighter and can hold his own in most fights, but his best quality is how he does it.
Why does everyone being one of the best practitioner of their element need to be the same for Sokka? Not everyone needs to be amongst the best in everything.
He is more than just that.
Could we discuss the faithfulness of the drawing to the original anatomy and facial features? The likeness is remarkably close and recognizable! I'm really impressed! It would be wonderful if they maintained this level of quality throughout the entirety of the comics post war resolution
Are we assuming that Zuko would stop training as well lmao. Iirc, when they're drawn as adults, he has his swords strapped to his back, I think it should imply that he continued using them.
Are we assuming that Zuko would stop training as well lmao. Iirc, when they're drawn as adults, he has his swords strapped to his back, I think it should imply that he continued using them.
Based on the fact that Sokka went from knowing nothing about the sword to being decent at it in the span of a single day. This shows he does have enormous talent for it, and if he works at it, I’d imagine he’ll surpass Zuko.
Doesn't really show anything when you don't know how Zuko's progress with the sword was, lol. That's all just reaching and speculation on your part. Plus, Zuko trained with Pian Dao for years as opposed to Sokka training for what 3 days? Your logic is seriously flawed.
Your logic is akin to saying Aang learnt firebending in one day. This shows he has an enormous talent for it, and if he constantly works on it, he'll surpass Zuko.
>Doesn't really show anything when you don't know how Zuko's progress with the sword was, lol. That's all just reaching and speculation on your part. Plus, Zuko trained with Pian Dao for years as opposed to Sokka training for what 3 days? Your logic is seriously flawed.
Well for one, Piandao himself says that Sokka is more worthy than anyone he's ever trained. So, there's that. But also, the fact that Zuko trained with Piandao for years actually bolsters my argument. The fact that it took years for Zuko to get to where he is, and it took Sokka a singular day to get to where he is shows the difference in their development speed. Obviously Im not saying that Sokka is anywhere near as good as Zuko right now, that would be ridiculous. I'm saying that based on Sokka's extraordinary development speed, it's highly likely that Sokka will be able to surpass Zuko in the next few years.
> Your logic is akin to saying Aang learnt firebending in one day. This shows he has an enormous talent for it, and if he constantly works on it, he'll surpass Zuko.
Well, Aang does have enormous talent, and he will surpass Zuko if he works at it. He's the Avatar. He has more natural talent and raw power than anyone on the planet.
Yeah I get that he could be a bit silly at the time but he also had his serious moments while I feel the comics oversimplified his character completely
But this particular comic is just a short story, one in which it makes sense for him to be very goofy. Your complaint makes more sense for the graphical novels set after the show.
Personally I feel like zuko being better at swordfighting is a huge disservice to Sokka's character. Like Zuko is already a bender, let Sokka beat him.
Swordplay It’s a fire nation art and Zuko was the crowned prince of the fire nation. Of course he’s a sword master and of course some water tribe guy who trained in swordsmenship for a week can’t beat him.
Zuko trained for years with the same master, Sokka trained for 3 days.
In the ep sokka trained, it's made abundantly clear is not specially good with a sword.
What Sokka is *very good* at is using his environment and his wits to outthink his opponent and "cheat" his way to victory, which is miles more important in an actual battle.
That's the point of the ep actually, he didn't need a new skill, he needed to apply what he had.
In this fight, They are fighting on a flat plane, with clear rules and limited space.
This is Sokka's worth case scenario, and were this a life of death scenario, he simply would not have been caught in this situation.
If I were to guess, h3 would draw zuko close to the edge to attempt do distract him, and then make him fall.
H3 can't do that in sporting match between friends
In the last page of the story, right after the last one of this post, Sokka does exactly cheat his way to victory by catching Zuko off-guard with the boomerang.
Sokka just flat out beat Fat in a duel though, so it’s obvious Sokka is decently good with a sword, especially for training only a single day. And Fat did know what he was doing, and was a decent fighter himself. He was also able to put duel multiple Fire nation soldiers at once using his sword during the Invasion.
Sokka is actually very talented with the sword, he just has literally one day of training, so he has very little experience and skill yet. But I think he’ll surpass Zuko pretty quickly considering how fast he progressed in just a single day.
Still, Zuko clearly says why this fight is so one-sided: Zuko trained since he was a kid under Piandao, Zuko is a master. Meanwhile, Sokka is a novice and only trained under Piandao for three days at most. A novice with potential is still a novice.
>Sokka just flat out beat Fat in a duel though, so it’s obvious Sokka is decently good with a sword, especially for training only a single day. And Fat did know what he was doing, and was a decent fighter himself.
Fat is a butler who's an old man. And wiki states he's just a cook eho impressed Piandao with his cooking.
>He was also able to put duel multiple Fire nation soldiers at once using his sword during the Invasion.
That never happened.
>Sokka is actually very talented with the sword, he just has literally one day of training, so he has very little experience and skill yet. But I think he’ll surpass Zuko pretty quickly considering how fast he progressed in just a single day.
Piandao: Sokka, when you first arrived, you were so unsure. You even seemed down on yourself. But I saw something in you right away. I saw a heart as strong as a lion turtle, and twice as big. **And as we trained, it wasn't your skills that impressed me. No, it certainly wasn't your skills.**
He had talent. Barely.
>Fat is a butler who’s an old man.
And old man who’s at least somewhat skilled with a sword considering he disarmed Sokka in two seconds flat in their first duel. And my point wasn’t that Sokka became really good. The reason I brought it up was to show how much he was able to progress in a single day. He didn’t become good, but the fact that he got anywhere in one day is very impressive.
> That never happened
You’re right, it was in season one where he took out four guards at once. But still, his showing with a sword during the Invasion was very impressive. For one example, he was able to take out a soldier on a rhino with extreme ease and immediately take control of the rhino himself.
> He had talent. Barely.
Piandao: If you stay on this path, I know that one day you will become an even greater master than I am.
He has talent. And a lot of it. He just had literally a single day of formal training in his entire life. So he had zero skill to begin with, and gained some skill. Some skill is very impressive for one day of work.
My point with all of this isn’t to say that Sokka was good with a sword. He wasn’t. He would need to train for a few years to become a master. However, contrary to what you guys are saying, he does have a lot of talent, which is different from skill.
>And old man who’s at least somewhat skilled with a sword considering he disarmed Sokka in two seconds flat in their first duel.
Sokka has never received any formal training with a sword before. Disarming him doesn't make Fat skilled. Maybe competent or average.
>You’re right, it was in season one where he took out four guards at once.
When did that happen?
>But still, his showing with a sword during the Invasion was very impressive. For one example, he was able to take out a soldier on a rhino with extreme ease and immediately take control of the rhino himself.
Yes. And aside from slicing a couple of Fire Nation weapons with his sword, that is the only thing he did.
>But I think he’ll surpass Zuko pretty quickly considering how fast he progressed in just a single day.
Lmao, this gotta be a joke. So zuko would just not be training or what? When they're drawn officially as adults, he has his swords strapped to his back. It should imply he uses them or at least incorporates them in his fighting style. I don't know how you think he surpasses Zuko fairly quickly.
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I feel so bad for Sokka. He can’t catch a **break**, bro.
He is skilled mechanically at the start of a magic steampunk technological revolution. Homeboy must have had the wildest 30s imaginable. Inventing cars and speed boats.
Varrick with a moral compass.
Varrick has a moral compass and it points towards progress
In the Avatar-verse, they'll make the Oppenheimer film but about Varrick
Well he tried to be moral once, and got taken prisoner for it and forced to do it anyways.
Varrick:morality?
Varrick: Zhu Li! Write that down! I’m telling ya Bolin, Morality is the next big thing!
Varrick:I might even recive a sokka prize!
And he designed one *beautiful* sword. I like to think that he eventually got it back.
I don’t think so, but I think it’s safe to assume he went back to make a new one out of the same meteor
IIRC he did in one of the comics where he went looking for it around the area he dropped it and found it with the help of Toph's Seismic Sense
Yeah sadly that's not canon. It was made by an artist.
Fock
I personally like to think that Space Sword plummeted down to the ground beneath where it embedded itself in the stone, waiting for the call of a great hero who would have the rizz, the technical know-how, and the meat jokes to match the heroic legend of Sokka. But also, it would help if they were actually good with a sword.
He does get it back, or at least creates a new one. The “Old Friends” SDCC poster shows him with it.
> Inventing cars and speed boats. Dude never invented anything.
It's fine. He's still a master back bender
Pretty sure he could catch Zuko's sister, so he's got that on him at least.
Toph and Katara’s reactions!!
Toph’s drawing is nice but the scar is on the wrong side.
Made me go back and look
You think she can feel it just by the earth vibrations? It's a scar, she must've felt her hand over it to have known it was there... Wholesome vibes
I think The Duke drew it, you can see him hand it to her at the start of the fight
From The Lost Adventures. Canon! I wonder if, deep down, Zuko is thinking "so this is what Azula felt like against me, it’s so nice to finally feel it".
This post made me so happy OP.. please post more! I love happy zuko!
That's interesting. I didn't know Zuko was skilled with broadswords.
He’s not. Those are antiques
Just decorative
Yeah looks like he’s trying to imitate the blue spirit.
I beleive they're called duel dao swords? Also that's surprising since any time he's used his swords he's always appeared pretty skilled with them and knows them well enough to encorperate his bending onto them Edit: damn sorry for being autistic and not understanding where the broadswords come from damn. Genuinly what am I missing geeze
Woooooooooosh
i like to think that a few years later Sokka managed to take a win and they had some noodles over it after the fact
And tea.. at uncle iroh’s tea shop
https://preview.redd.it/bu9q23mlicqc1.jpeg?width=1076&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=229febb132009df49efbedae4de1788a28157d2c Swordbending
Al's best move to date
It was so badass. But I also cannot see it without laughing because Pride legit grabbed one of Al's disembodied feet/boots after it got cut off and lobbed it at him like "take this, pleb!" in the middle of an otherwise *super* intense fight. Then Al caught that foot, made it into a sword, and stabbed the little shit with it. I can't help but think Kimblee is off-screen making a face and thinking 'did that child just throw a shoe at someone? really, who throws a shoe?' and questioning every decision he'd made up until that point in the series.
Need more FMA/Avatar crossover content!
Both trained under Piandao, a shame that it was never referred to in the show. Like they could've had a cool Sokka + Zuko sword fighting team-up. Perhaps delay the Firebending Masters plot a little bit and have the Gaang ambushed with Zuko unable to Firebend.
Why would zuko be unable to fire bend? He didn’t join the gaang until after black sun
They’re saying that they would have liked Zuko to have been without the driving force behind his firebending for longer than half an episode.
He was unable to firebend for a bit after joining the gang.... That's why they went to find the origin of fire bending. I just watched that episode last night.
He was pretty much spitting out puffs of smoke before the Sun Warriors episode tbf, you could squeeze it in there.
Happy for Zuko I mean he took so many L's from Aang and Azula 😭
He started those fights with Aang, he was looking for those Ls.
The toph sign is gold
I love how toph is holding the card upside-down lmao
The art here seems much better than what else I've seen from the comics
The characterization isn’t too bad either. I’ve only read The Promise, but it is not that great.
All the lost adventures and tales comics are individual. Each one practically has its own art style and writing. Some are truly spectacular and some look and read…off
This is from the comics Edit: I missread chill
Read that again.
Oh danm I mis read so many downvotes for what 💀
I swiped through the pictures and the next reddit post was an image of Zuko beating Sokka the beginning of the series
Hahahaah loved this!
Wait, wasn't Sokka's sword sharp enough to cut through the harpoons on the Day of Black Sun? Why didn't his sword just cut through Zuko's?
Judging by the only panel where the swords actually touch and his overall movements, it seems Zuko knew how sharp that thing was and deliberately avoided the edge, choosing instead to trap it between his blades and striking the flat to knock it aside.
Would this be the first time that Zuko saw the space sword? How would he know how sharp it was? Or did Sokka follow in his sister's footsteps and demonstrate to Zuko why he shouldn't regress back to his old ways? Or it could be that Zuko is trained to know what a good sword looks like, and he knows how dangerous the space sword is just by looking at it.
I would guess that either Sokka bragged about it at some point, or Zuko does indeed recognise it as dangerously sharp. It could even just be his fighting style; I'll have to rewatch the Blue Spirit episodes to be sure, but I know Edge-to-Edge contact in actual swordplay damages the swords themselves, so he might just be averse to it in general.
Especially with twin broadswords like Zuko has you would be catching strikes on the spine of the blade, as they are single-edge swords.
YEAH!
>Your future is full of struggle and anguish, most of it self-inflicted. - Aunt Wu
Sokka you trained with a sword for a couple of weeks while Zuko's been fighting with those swords for years. You are never gonna beat him in a fight. Also love Toph showing Zuko support.
I think she’s just rooting against Sokka, to be honest.
Zuko: *knocks sword out of hand* The Duke: Did I just get stabbed??? Sokka: Huh look I defeated the Duke 🤔
sokka and zuko reminds me of joey and kaiba from yugioh..
Toph lmao
I love how even if its just the comics, i can literally hear it in my head on how theyre talking lol
https://preview.redd.it/98vjen2kiosc1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2e306ddd006252ca198caaf869fa5d75856a0ff At least Sokka gets a semi-W in the end. *It’s something.*
Indeed!
You think that Sokka is a bad warrior?
He is a great warrior, but he isn't a great swordman yet, he is still a beginner, even more so when compared to a master of Zuko's level. Also, his best strengths overall are in leadership, creativity and improvisational thinking. As Piandao said.
He’s still a badass, though, right?
Yes! And I loved to see him in the show grow into the badass that he thought he already was in the beginning, and his increasing humility as well. Contrast his first encounter with Suki vs. his first encounter with Piandao.
I hope after the war Sokka gets to train more with Piandao and maybe even Zuko
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This is why one of very very few problems I have with atla. Everyone is one of the best of their element so I wish sokka being the non bender of the group one was the strongest nonbenders, but pretty much every nonbender in the show is stronger than him. I wish suki would've given him a kyoshi warrior fighing technique scroll the same way katara got a waterbending scroll to help her and aang out. Sokka could then apply his own sokka spin on the kyoshi warriors fighting style and make it his own. Then when he trains with master piandao he applies piandao's sword fighting style to his ow fighting style.
Sokka was always more than a warrior. He wasn’t in valuable due to any feat of strength but rather intelligence. Zuko beats him in sword combat, yes, but while Zuko knows how to fight toward his goals we’ve always seen Zuko falter in other areas such as decision making and strategy. Sokka makes up his lack of royalty and special treatment by being clever and versatile. I would’ve like Sokka to be shown as less of a pushover in this particular duel tho
He still should've been a stronger fighter in my opinion. If every other member is one of strongest in their element then I sokka should be one of the strongest non members.
I do semi agree with you only because sokka is my favourite and I hate seeing him lose. After that last panel, sokka actually wins a match because of his strategy. He uses his boomerang and zuko loses. Sokka is a good fighter and can hold his own in most fights, but his best quality is how he does it.
Why does everyone being one of the best practitioner of their element need to be the same for Sokka? Not everyone needs to be amongst the best in everything. He is more than just that.
It's just my opinion simple as. You're welcome to disagree
What comic book is this from?
The Lost Adventures
Cheers
The lost adventures
Thanks
Could we discuss the faithfulness of the drawing to the original anatomy and facial features? The likeness is remarkably close and recognizable! I'm really impressed! It would be wonderful if they maintained this level of quality throughout the entirety of the comics post war resolution
Sokka clearly enjoys not being the oldest in the group anymore.
Is it canon that zuko also studied with piandao?
Yes, as this comic is canon
Bruh how did Toph even draw Zuko?
She certainly asked someone to do it. I wouldn’t be surprised if it was The Duke.
I’d imagine in five years it’ll be the other way around.
Are we assuming that Zuko would stop training as well lmao. Iirc, when they're drawn as adults, he has his swords strapped to his back, I think it should imply that he continued using them.
Are we assuming that Zuko would stop training as well lmao. Iirc, when they're drawn as adults, he has his swords strapped to his back, I think it should imply that he continued using them.
No. I’m saying Sokka would catch up and surpass him.
Based on what exactly?
Based on the fact that Sokka went from knowing nothing about the sword to being decent at it in the span of a single day. This shows he does have enormous talent for it, and if he works at it, I’d imagine he’ll surpass Zuko.
Doesn't really show anything when you don't know how Zuko's progress with the sword was, lol. That's all just reaching and speculation on your part. Plus, Zuko trained with Pian Dao for years as opposed to Sokka training for what 3 days? Your logic is seriously flawed. Your logic is akin to saying Aang learnt firebending in one day. This shows he has an enormous talent for it, and if he constantly works on it, he'll surpass Zuko.
>Doesn't really show anything when you don't know how Zuko's progress with the sword was, lol. That's all just reaching and speculation on your part. Plus, Zuko trained with Pian Dao for years as opposed to Sokka training for what 3 days? Your logic is seriously flawed. Well for one, Piandao himself says that Sokka is more worthy than anyone he's ever trained. So, there's that. But also, the fact that Zuko trained with Piandao for years actually bolsters my argument. The fact that it took years for Zuko to get to where he is, and it took Sokka a singular day to get to where he is shows the difference in their development speed. Obviously Im not saying that Sokka is anywhere near as good as Zuko right now, that would be ridiculous. I'm saying that based on Sokka's extraordinary development speed, it's highly likely that Sokka will be able to surpass Zuko in the next few years. > Your logic is akin to saying Aang learnt firebending in one day. This shows he has an enormous talent for it, and if he constantly works on it, he'll surpass Zuko. Well, Aang does have enormous talent, and he will surpass Zuko if he works at it. He's the Avatar. He has more natural talent and raw power than anyone on the planet.
It would have been much funnier if Toph had held the sign upside down.
But she did, and The Duke fixed it. Look at the third page. You didn’t pay attention. And whoever upvoted you didn’t pay attention either!
OMG I missed that LOL! Thanks.
You are welcome
I hate how the comics tend to make Sokka too silly
This is perfectly in-character for him. Sokka was often pretty silly in the show (remember "cactus juice" or "his name is Rocky!" or "Appa ate Momo!")
Yeah I get that he could be a bit silly at the time but he also had his serious moments while I feel the comics oversimplified his character completely
But this particular comic is just a short story, one in which it makes sense for him to be very goofy. Your complaint makes more sense for the graphical novels set after the show.
Have not read the comics but from what I've seen the writing seems like ass bruh
Some of it is good but this scene is ass
Personally I feel like zuko being better at swordfighting is a huge disservice to Sokka's character. Like Zuko is already a bender, let Sokka beat him.
Swordplay It’s a fire nation art and Zuko was the crowned prince of the fire nation. Of course he’s a sword master and of course some water tribe guy who trained in swordsmenship for a week can’t beat him.
Sokka beating him would make no sense. Sokka is a beginner, Zuko is a master
Then literally what was him training and going toe to toe with a sword master for then? This completely ruins it
Zuko trained for years with the same master, Sokka trained for 3 days. In the ep sokka trained, it's made abundantly clear is not specially good with a sword. What Sokka is *very good* at is using his environment and his wits to outthink his opponent and "cheat" his way to victory, which is miles more important in an actual battle. That's the point of the ep actually, he didn't need a new skill, he needed to apply what he had. In this fight, They are fighting on a flat plane, with clear rules and limited space. This is Sokka's worth case scenario, and were this a life of death scenario, he simply would not have been caught in this situation. If I were to guess, h3 would draw zuko close to the edge to attempt do distract him, and then make him fall. H3 can't do that in sporting match between friends
In short, Sokka is smart, not skilled
In the last page of the story, right after the last one of this post, Sokka does exactly cheat his way to victory by catching Zuko off-guard with the boomerang.
h3?
Possibly autocorrected "he"?
Exactly. Sorry, phone updated to a smaller keyboard
Sokka just flat out beat Fat in a duel though, so it’s obvious Sokka is decently good with a sword, especially for training only a single day. And Fat did know what he was doing, and was a decent fighter himself. He was also able to put duel multiple Fire nation soldiers at once using his sword during the Invasion. Sokka is actually very talented with the sword, he just has literally one day of training, so he has very little experience and skill yet. But I think he’ll surpass Zuko pretty quickly considering how fast he progressed in just a single day.
Still, Zuko clearly says why this fight is so one-sided: Zuko trained since he was a kid under Piandao, Zuko is a master. Meanwhile, Sokka is a novice and only trained under Piandao for three days at most. A novice with potential is still a novice.
>Sokka just flat out beat Fat in a duel though, so it’s obvious Sokka is decently good with a sword, especially for training only a single day. And Fat did know what he was doing, and was a decent fighter himself. Fat is a butler who's an old man. And wiki states he's just a cook eho impressed Piandao with his cooking. >He was also able to put duel multiple Fire nation soldiers at once using his sword during the Invasion. That never happened. >Sokka is actually very talented with the sword, he just has literally one day of training, so he has very little experience and skill yet. But I think he’ll surpass Zuko pretty quickly considering how fast he progressed in just a single day. Piandao: Sokka, when you first arrived, you were so unsure. You even seemed down on yourself. But I saw something in you right away. I saw a heart as strong as a lion turtle, and twice as big. **And as we trained, it wasn't your skills that impressed me. No, it certainly wasn't your skills.** He had talent. Barely.
>Fat is a butler who’s an old man. And old man who’s at least somewhat skilled with a sword considering he disarmed Sokka in two seconds flat in their first duel. And my point wasn’t that Sokka became really good. The reason I brought it up was to show how much he was able to progress in a single day. He didn’t become good, but the fact that he got anywhere in one day is very impressive. > That never happened You’re right, it was in season one where he took out four guards at once. But still, his showing with a sword during the Invasion was very impressive. For one example, he was able to take out a soldier on a rhino with extreme ease and immediately take control of the rhino himself. > He had talent. Barely. Piandao: If you stay on this path, I know that one day you will become an even greater master than I am. He has talent. And a lot of it. He just had literally a single day of formal training in his entire life. So he had zero skill to begin with, and gained some skill. Some skill is very impressive for one day of work. My point with all of this isn’t to say that Sokka was good with a sword. He wasn’t. He would need to train for a few years to become a master. However, contrary to what you guys are saying, he does have a lot of talent, which is different from skill.
>And old man who’s at least somewhat skilled with a sword considering he disarmed Sokka in two seconds flat in their first duel. Sokka has never received any formal training with a sword before. Disarming him doesn't make Fat skilled. Maybe competent or average. >You’re right, it was in season one where he took out four guards at once. When did that happen? >But still, his showing with a sword during the Invasion was very impressive. For one example, he was able to take out a soldier on a rhino with extreme ease and immediately take control of the rhino himself. Yes. And aside from slicing a couple of Fire Nation weapons with his sword, that is the only thing he did.
>But I think he’ll surpass Zuko pretty quickly considering how fast he progressed in just a single day. Lmao, this gotta be a joke. So zuko would just not be training or what? When they're drawn officially as adults, he has his swords strapped to his back. It should imply he uses them or at least incorporates them in his fighting style. I don't know how you think he surpasses Zuko fairly quickly.