Me, shooting awake: what if Ty Lee was a descendant of an escaped Air Bender. That would explain why she has grey eyes when the rest of the Fire Nation appear to have either yellow, gold, or brown eyes. When Hama escaped from the prison as a Southern Water Tribe Waterbender, she stayed in the Fire Nation, so who’s to say that some Air Benders survived and also blended in with the different nations to survive.
Ty Lee was extremely agile and it almost seemed as though she’s aided by air with how light and floaty she is in some moves she does throughout the series. It could be very possible and very canon that she is an Airbender descended from one of these Air Nation survivors and didn’t say anything because she herself didn’t know it, only her great great grandfather or grandmother did. Maybe she’s the only surviving Airbender in her entire family and that’s why she never noticed too, because nobody else would have been suspicious and looked out for any signs of Airbending in the rest of the family.
Maybe that’s why she joined the circus, why she wanted to seem different, and why she was so bright all the time too - because Airbenders have great senses of humour and fun. They also deflect a lot, which Ty Lee also seems to do when Azula, or even some boys are involved… she was a peace keeper between Mai and Azula right up until one’s life was threatened by the other and she had to act. Maybe she was a fucking Airbender without realising it herself…
Me, five seconds later: *falls back asleep*
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