markofthewise | Sokka the 78th

[After ditching Ed in the tunnels, Sokka has had some thinking to do. He's lost Suki and now he's lost Edward. His relationship with other people has seemed strained too. When it comes down to it, he doesn't particularly feel bad about this, but he is worried about ending up alone. Being alone is bad. But then, so is the life he had before. Well, if the journals are good for one thing, it's for sorting out dilemmas without giving yourself away. So he heads to the journal, disguises his handwriting, and asks:]

[Written (Disguised)]

If you were changed in a way that made you happier, but pushed other people away, would it be worth staying that way? I mean, it's not worth it to make yourself miserable just for the sake of other people, right? That'd be ridiculous.

[Yeah. Totally ridiculous. That was stupid of him to even ask. He stares at the page, shakes his head, and pushes it away. Later he'll reply to it, but for now, he decides to do work instead of wallowing in pointless contemplation.

For people who might want Sokka in person, he's up to his usual routine.]

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That means you assume the worst of people.

No, it means I assume the worst of people who hide behind masks.

But masks are very comfortable. I'm surprised more people don't wear them.

Nah. Ick. Talk about the fastest way to clog your pores.

Y'know, karmically speaking.

There's more to life than pores and karma.

In that case, maybe there's also more to it than kowtowing to anyone else's vision of what you should or shouldn't be.

So you're saying I should just be whoever I want to be?

I'm saying it's a tough line to draw in sand that keeps shifting with every new breeze. I'm saying you owe it to yourself not to spend all your energy pretending you're something you're not. Hell, you owe it to the people you might push away. Because otherwise...aren't you just lying to them?

What I'm not saying is that we get carte blanch to be as big of an asshole as we might sometimes want to be. Staying connected is important, but both parties should feel a-okay with that connection.

Be honest, but don't be a jerk about it. Okay. I can handle that.

I hope you can. It's generally considered a lost art, in any day or age.

I'll give it a shot, but no promises.

It's not as though I could follow-up and punish any unkept promises.

Lucky me.

For all I know -- I could be one of the above-mentioned denizens of the pushed-away crowd. Maybe you deserve double the punishments from me.

You could be. Guess we'll find out.

And will that be everything, o-unknown-asker?

We're good, yeah.

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