If Mai And Zuko Don’t Get Back Together And Have At Least Two Romantic Scenes In The Upcoming Atla

“zutara represent yin and yang!! they’re tui and la!!!!!” but both of them are yin/tui LMAOO

I can't stop laughing

this is incredible

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zuko closeup under the cut lol

To the non-maikos it’s always: mai and zuko boring. mai and zuko no passion. maiko only based on logistics. people only like maiko bc it’s canon.

To me it’s: mai and zuko share a cultural background which helps them empathize with each other. mai and zuko have a deep understanding about how the other was raised. mai and zuko take comfort in each other because of that. mai and zuko fit like puzzle pieces. mai calm and is his peace. zuko passionate and brings out her inner fire. mai and zuko are each others safe spaces. mai and zuko both made mistakes during the war and need to grow from it. mai and zuko have Fire nation roots and therefore have experiences that help them envision a better nation. mai and zuko team.

Katara: Valentine’s day is just a consumerist holiday that holds no real value other than drive people insane buying heart shaped chocolates for their significant others and pos-

Aang: I wrote you a poem.

Katara, already crying: You did?

Overhated complex female characters be like:

TIL that zuko canonically took mai out on a romantic date to a picnic on the burial site of his ancestors and i think that’s honestly the most on brand thing ever

i feel as if the atla fandom argues about a lot of meaningless shit but one of the biggest (and MOST inane) points of contention to me is that....katara didn't get a statue in lok. like. i could go on about how katara's presence in lok was way more meaningful than anyone else in the gaang appearing and how she was a steady solid presence for korra who had far more of an impact than just a quick punchy fight scene and was actually compassionate and skilled and her political presence sets SO much of legend of korra's worldbuilding up and how the fandom is really notorious for reducing katara to a poor helpless victim as much as possible because she had a complex and significant and emotional character arc that didn't always have the most "classic" #girlboss plot points but the truth is like. its a statue? its a fucking statue??? a fucking hunk of rock im sorry??? i could not care less about a piece of rock over a character's actual presence?

ok, so we all know that mai is the most apathetic character in atla. conquering ba sing se for her is nothing (“just take the bear”), “victory is boring”, colorfulness “making her nauseous”.

she always complains about how bored she is, hates almost everything/everyone and nothing/no one can make her smile.

and THEN this ‘emotionless-cold-flat-gloomy-whatever’ girl aka ’the most bored/impassive person in the universe’ cuddles around zuko, chuckles and says that would be IMPRESSIVE if he finds a fruit tart for her.

impressive.

freaking fruit tart.

and she looks at him with such fondness as if he’d already given her the whole world and even more.

if that’s not love, then I don’t know what is.

SHE’S SO CUTE

I never want to hear the flat and expressionless allegations ever again

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