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Mai truly is for us emotionally repressed girlies like

Her whole character arc is like she’s emotionally repressed and was never allowed to express herself so she puts up all these walls and acts like she doesn’t care about anything and is so closed off.

And then her whole arc culminates with her loudly and proudly declaring the love she feels so deeply for Zuko. she expresses just how deep these emotions go, she is willing to die for him. Because she cares so much. Her emotions, her care, her love are so strong that they overpower her fear. Not just her fear of Azula but her fear of expressing herself, of stepping out of line, of standing for what she believes in. Which at this moment is Zuko- she doesn’t even fully understand what he’s doing, but she knows she trusts him more than anyone else. More than the fire nation propaganda and brainwashing, more than Azula, more than her parents. She knows Zuko has a good heart, she loves him for it, and she trusts it.

And that trust and love empowers her to finally express just how deeply she feels.

I don’t know if I’m articulating this very well but as someone who has always struggled to express myself Mai is just so fucking good and powerful to me.

It’s Maiko Week! The theme for day 1 is “Dawn,” so I drew my own take on the scene of them watching the sunrise.

Apparently, Tokka Week happened already this year, but I missed it due to not having seen this show yet. I won’t let that happen again, especially since I love this ship. So wholesome.

Characters and art © me

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“The Avatar Club”

I noticed that the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode “The Beach” is very similar to the movie The Breakfast Club, so I created a fan edit of the episode that uses music from The Breakfast Club. See if you can spot the differences. ;)

I saw that these were becoming a thing again, so I decided to make one for my own works! Technically, I already made one a few years ago, but I’d like to believe I’ve become a better artist since then.

Art featured in this image (clockwise, from top center):

#TweetFur (Clean)

Feels Like Summer

Winter to Spring

Noodle

Dawn

Melon Lord

...Father?

Autumn

All art © TheHappySpaceman

Side note: The fact that the images are organized in such a way that the characters appear to be looking at me is pure coincidence.

You are a genius and I think you're correct on all counts!!

But I want to add that after hearing Mai and Kei Lo call each other babe in 'Smoke and Shadow', Zuko really despises that pet name. Consequently, they only call each other babe when they're irritated with each other 😂😂

I really convinced Zuko called Mai firelily/FireLady/my lady... and he called Izumi turtleduck.

Any ideia how Mai called them? I can’t believe she didn’t use pet names, but I can’t imagine it either.

I headcanon Mai is very soft with Izumi, so Izumi is her sunshine, and a baby girl, and mama's girl, and a lil sneaky dragon, and Zumi-Zumi, and her whole heart, and definitely not a turtleduck, Zuko, for Agni's sake!! But when Mai is calling her daughter by official titles that means she's really angry. If Izumi hears young lady or Princess Izumi, especially with that warning in mother's voice, she knows she's in trouble straight away.

With Zuko I cannot imagine sweet pet names either.

Do you remember that line "Being prince and all...-"? I headcanon Mai is calling him Fire Lord in a teasing-flirting way. When she gets annoyed by the court ladies (Zuko's unofficial fan-club) she tries to impersonate them, "Oh, Lord Zuko!! Oh, my lord!" and doing this with such a poker face and monotonous voice that Zuko is crying from laughing.

Mai is the only person in the world who can call him Hotman and be met with a smug boyish grin, not anger. Sometimes she gets sassy and calls him Hot Stuff (Zuko's blushing is so precious!)

Mai calls him Lee when she's mad at him. "Whatever, Lee" is the best way to close the conversation in Mai's opinion.

She calls him Fatherlord once Izumi is born.

And honestly, she just has dozens of variations of sighs "Zuko", from irritation to... well, you know ;)

bonus: Zuko absolutely adores when Mai calls him husband, and being Mai's husband is the honorary title <3

Thank you for the ask! As you can see, I just imagine them all very sweet.

OH THIS IS DEFINITELY THEIR SONG!! THIS AND THE GREAT WAR

#MAIKO: so scarlet, it was (maroon)

One small moment I always loved in ATLA, is when Sokka asks if Mai is the gloomy girl who’s always sighing and Zuko says, “yeah” all softly with a smile; like he genuinely finds that to be a truly endearing and lovely trait of hers.

I don’t know - I just always found that moment to be super cute and sweet.

Mai may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but she certainly is Zuko’s and that’s what love is all about.

Maiko edition: Numbers 1, 3, 8, 16, 21, 28

ship headcanon meme

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

I’m procrastinating. If you fancy it send me a ship and a number and I’ll tell you my headcanon.

1. Who makes the first move and how? 2. Who is the most insecure and what makes them feel better? 3. Who is the most romantic? 4. Who can’t keep their hands to themselves? 5. Who says ‘I love you’ first? 6. Who would they ask if they ever had a threesome? 7. What do they get up to on a night out? 8. What do they like in bed? 9. What is the most embarrassing thing they have done in front of each other? 10. What two songs, two books and two luxury items do they take to a desert island? 11. What do they hide from one another? 12. What first changes when it starts getting serious? 13. When do they realise they should get together? 14. When one has a cold, what does the other do? 15. When they watch a film what do they choose and why? Who gets the final vote? 16. When the zombie apocalypse comes, how do they cope together? 17. When they find a time machine, where do they go? 18. When they fight, how do they make up? 19. Where do they go on their first date? 20. Where do they go on holiday? 21. Where do they get nervous about going with one another? 22. Where does their first kiss happen? 23. Where is their favourite place to be together? 24. Where do they first have sex? 25. Why do they fight? 26. Why do they need to have a serious chat? 27. Why do their friends get annoyed with them? 28. Why do they get jealous? 29. Why do they fall a little bit more in love? 30. Why does it work (or not work) between them?