peanut

[speziauna]

“Zuko and Mai broke up in the comics” they would break up in the show and then be attached at the hip in two to three business days why would this breakup be permanent… God forbid they want attention omg

[rainydelusionalpeanut]

these are the "parallel disguises"

Painted Lady is parallel to Kuzon as they both helped the FN people while Zuko and Mai were up to no good in EK in those outfits

self interest towards the enemy vs selfless help for the enemy, villains and heroes

Cr. yoshipeach & lanjunlazy

[paristexaz]

Do y’all ever think about Mai’s indifference to things come from her parents’ emotional abuse and neglect and she doesn’t care about anything because she’s genuinely scared that things will blow up in her face and so she builds these walls around her to make her unreachable because she’s afraid to be hurt. She was hurt by the first people who were supposed to love her but they stunted her emotional growth.

And what is really sad is that she’s so blind to it that she doesn’t consider herself having had a bad childhood but Zuko and Azula see right through it. Like, dude they messed you up badly.

And Zuko’s line ”My life hasn’t been that easy either, Mai.”

Zuko noticed that. Zuko knew that Mai was in denial and wanted her to be able to express herself. He wasn’t going to let her ignore it because it wouldnt be healthy for her. Ily Zuzu.

((And then people want to blame Mai for all of her problems and that she’s abusive really don’t understand her character, where she comes from or willfully misinterpret Mai just to continue on their anti Mai agenda.))

[maisogyny]

HONORABLE 🗡️🔥

My Maiko Week 2026 contribution!

Commission by the talented @jae__pg, thank you so much!

[myriads11]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

One more chapter of my modern maiko AU is out there already 🖤💚

Hopefully, you would like it and leave comments🍃

Photos from Pinterest 💚

[myriads11]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 5 is out there 🖤

[rainydelusionalpeanut]

myriads11's feeding us good

[beardedmrbean]

[myriads11]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

One more chapter of my modern maiko AU is out there already 🖤💚

Hopefully, you would like it and leave comments🍃

Photos from Pinterest 💚

[myriads11]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapter 5 is out there 🖤

[chiptrillino-art]

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its not like i dislike the canon design! i just... can't help myself ;;;

also aang is my exception to the 'no cape' rule

[myriads11]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

One more chapter of my modern maiko AU is out there already 🖤💚

Hopefully, you would like it and leave comments🍃

Photos from Pinterest 💚

[bluespiritshonour-deactivated20]

No. They aren't the same. But something about this particular genre of women!!! There's something there that I can't name but I'm collecting them like Pokémons. Gimme more.

[maistruly]

they hate it when you serve emo girl with family issues who acts like they don’t care about anyone but have a huge soft spot for certain people

[maistruly]

I love that zuko took mai to his ancestors’s grave for a date, likes he so weird but with the right intention, I imagined that he did tag cuz he just wanted to make mai feel like she’s part of his family 😭☹️

[kashishmusings-deactivated20250]

maiko is a super small fandom but most fanfic that comes out of it is just *chef's kiss* perfect. I love how mai is explored in maiko fics, how she's fleshed out and cared for and just overall how the maiko dynamic is written. This might be an unpopular opinion but from what little I have read, maiko fics have some of the best characterization of Zuko in the fandom.

[bluespiritshonour-deactivated20]

[fireroyals]

by @vago_xd on ig

[ursa-majora]

And when I say

"Zuko abdicated at the random age of 83 because Mai died and he'd spent so much of his life/reign with her he didnt know how to function without her"

you say...

[renewedmotionforjudgment]

I am digging this Wu Jinyan costume. This says "looks like she can kill you AND she can probably actually kill you and you'll thank her."

[aysekira]

damn right she can.,

[bluespiritshonour-deactivated20]

It just occured to me that if Mai had been the one to keep secrets from Zuko in the comics, I'd have liked to see how it'd play out.

Zuko's the one who airs out his problems the second he feels comfortable. Mai, on the other hand, keeps everything bottled up. It would have opened up opportunities to explore her emotional problems and for Zuko to be in the caretaking role for once.

But no. They had to go the trope-y way.