Gathering0Gloom wrote:
I think the reason that Suki is mostly overlooked is because:
1) She didn't spend that many episodes as a member of Team Avatar so it's hard to consider her a main character - I know Zuko didn't have that many more than she did, but she was a one-shot character in Book 1 and only had two appearances in Book 2 whereas Zuko was a main character from The Boy in the Iceberg.
2) She isn't ever brought up in the Legend of Korra - the only hint we get at Suki's existence in the sequel is her being in the image that depicted the whole Team at the beginning of Welcome to Republic City. So we didn't get a lot of reminders that she existed.
3) The episodes she did appear in as a member of Team Avatar were mostly taken up by other plot points - the field trips with Zuko, the Ember Island Players' play and Sozin's Comet. It wasn't really linked to her plot-wise and if you're just focused on what's going on in the fore-front, it can be easy to overlook her.
But I agree that she is underrated. I wish we could have gotten Book 4 so we could have seen more of her and I am furious that she didn't get at least a MENTION in Legend of Korra.
I definitely agree. She is an awesome character. Once the writers decided to change her from a one shot character to an ongoing character, they should have given her more consistent development, and more episodes.
The only thing is, they also wanted to make Azula's revelation that Suki was her prisoner, during the Day of Black Sun, a real gut punch for Sokka, and that required it to be a shock reveal on Azula's part. A section of 'Suki's Lost Days' would have been a really great addition, telling the story of what happened from the moment of her capture to the time of the Boiling Rock.
The only problem is, that by that time, the season, and the series, was on track for ending, so it was a bit problematic. Had there been a book four instead of a movie everyone wants to ignore, that might have been a really interesting point of contention, requiring major resolution by Zuko, between herself, Team Avatar and Mai and Ty Lee.
She also definitely deserved to be mentioned during the Legend of Korra. What they did to her was horrible. Luckily, she is getting a lot of treatment and reunions with Sokka and Team Avatar in the comics.