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Turns out the real beard was me the whole time

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Air Man, Wood Man, and Heat Man from Mega Man 2

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It’s easy when you aren’t a coward

yesterday I was explaining the intricacies of lok to my friend who has only seen atla, and he (like the rest of us) just couldn’t get over the fact that they made toph a cop. he was trying to figure out what about toph’s personality (you know, considering that it’s entirely antithetical to becoming someone who acts as an agent of the state to enforce systemic violence) would lead the writers to this conclusion. and it occurred to me that I do think many people, even those who vehemently denounce toph’s copness, do sort of assume that toph loves violence for the sake of violence. she is introduced as saying “I love fighting, and im really really good at it,” and she is shown committing various acts of violence against others (including her friends) with a grin on her face. but I still wouldn’t characterize toph as someone who employs violence for violence’s sake.

toph is, externally, defined by her limits. she is small, she is blind, she is young, she is a girl; she was raised to be soft and delicate and helpless. toph’s first true expression of freedom is when she learns to use her disability as a boon and uses her earthbending not as a weapon, but as an extension of herself. to toph, earthbending is a form of self-expression. it is an artform. I think people tend to forget that when toph says that she loves fighting, she’s not just saying that she loves the thrill of beating arrogant, gigantic, muscled men thrice her size (although of course there is also that), but she’s also saying that she loves practicing a martial art for artistry’s sake.

unlike the boulder, who only listens to his big muscles, toph waits, listens, innovates, creates, hones her craft. and while her earthbending is indeed a martial art, it is also a site of innovation, a visual art, and most importantly, a disability aid. the earth is an extension of herself; it is her artistic medium. yes, of course toph does love being able to exert power over others as a ragefilled tiny twelve year old blind girl who has been denied agency her entire life, but power is not her primary motivation when honing her earthbending. she cares about craft, about innovation, about being one with the earth. unlike all the other earth rumblers and dai li agents and earth kingdom soldiers, toph is a deliberate, thoughtful, considerate earthbender. fighting is an art, and toph is an artist.

I agree with this deeply. I, like OPs friend, have also not seen Korra but I feel like several of the choices made were very... puzzling. Toph in the original show revels in the mastery of her craft and a joy in her work, she loves what she does. As OP says, she's reveling in her agency and ability to be taken seriously as an actor in the world, and to me that doesn't translate into being the founder and head of a police force.

I've seen a lot of talk over the years of Brike's politics and so it really feels like they see a story of a child who needs to get the rebellion out of their system before they're ready to come back into the fold, the same way my parents told me I'd understand their political position when I got older (spoiler; that still hasn't happened and also I'm a girl now). I just fundamentally don't believe that's true for this character. I'm not advocating for a Peter Pan sort of interpretation where she continues to be a shit-stirrer, but I think that she'd find a much more interesting outlet that being a fucking cop.

She could even become a major advocate against the White Lotus and their huge hold on the avatar along with being a teacher, I may not have seen Korra, but I read things and it sucks that the 'Right But Too Much' Red Lotus has like four people in it.

Anyway uh.... OP is right and don't forget to do stretches because one day you'll be older and glad for the mobility and reduced joint issues