I'm making this topic because im having trouble not to see Toph as a helpless depressed girl. I think the reason for this, is that she tends to walk a bit ''depressive'' the last few episodes??(sorry, my english isnt well enough to explain this any better, but i guess u got the point). for example,??she always looks down at the ground. I know this is because she's blind and because she hates BSS, but still, i think the writers should ''cheer her up a bit''. I understand that she's lost her family (which she loved) in order to come with Aang and his friends, but she made that choice because she wanted more action and fights in her life. Well, she pretty much got those things right?

what do you think?

i don't really think toph loved her parents i mean the way they threat(sp?) her

Every kid loves their parents and their parents love them. Toph's parents were doing what they felt was in her best interest, they are ignorant and naive but that's not really their fault, in this case.

In the instance of Toph, I think she's not so much depressed as simply aggressive. And she's aggressive because of how she's been treated for being blind.

Toph only acts depressed and aggressive in response to her up bringing - not being allowed to fend or defend herself, under a strict rule and regime. She has basically been unhappy all of her life and has still yet to comprehend how she is finally free. Over time however, she is being shown to gradually drop her barrier to the others ege accepting Katara's advice in training Aang.

As for her parents, of course she loves them! Granted not all kids love their parents, but I would be extremely surprised to find a kid who hates their parents because they love the child so much to allow it to come to harm. Toph just wants them to realise that she isn't defenceless.