Talk:Boys' Day Out/@comment-3338975-20111123192043

Chuckles. The fact that Toph, of all people, had to be the one to stop Katara from getting into a barfight has always stricken me as hilarious. It does actually say something about the nature of the two characters: Toph resents being looked down upon for being a girl, but conflates it with her person in general being looked down upon by others (which does not necessarily mean for that reason), whereas Katara specifically resents the sexism of being looked down upon for being female. Hence, Toph, though annoyed, is ready to move on and go to a "frilly tea shop" (though only reluctantly, given the language used) to get something to eat, whereas Katara feels the need to have them both disguise themselves as boys and in that way bascially flaunt the sexism just aimed at the two of them. This would extend to when the two of them entered the bar in disguise, Toph concentrating on getting what her condescenders wouldn't have allowed her had she not been undercover, whereas Katara (after Toph implicitly suggests she might not do well automatically) feels the need to prove the men wrong in every fashion by acting as masculine as possible. Thus, Toph is the more stable of the two in their situation, her self-concern preventing Katara's feminist nature from getting out of hand right before it landed the two of them in an unnecessary mess. . . which continues to strike me as incredibly funny even after I analyzed the whole thing.