do u think Mai likes reading?? i know this is stupid to ask lol
but what genre of literature do u think she likes to read and what do she hates/dislike??
hello!! noooo, it's a great thing to ask, i like it!
i think that mai is not opposed to reading as long as it's something interesting and not stupid. maybe, reading is not her favorite thing in the world, but sometimes she wouldn't mind finding a quiet, cozy place and sitting with a book/a scroll. i imagine her reading during boring shifts in the flower shop and later, when she lives in the palace.
i think she would definitely despise many sappy romance novels (not romance as a genre but when it's poorly written and nauseously sweet, it's just ugh for her). she wouldn't bother to go through pages of stupid love declarations, no, thank you, she's not her husband.
she also doesn't like reading children's tales or bedtime stories (that doesn't change even when she has a kid) and boring manuals to something. she's not super keen on adventure or action genres but she supposes she can tolerate these types of books. mai is not super into theater plays or scrolls about dragons lives and habitats (and it honestly breaks zuko's heart).
i imagine she likes darker genres but not too nasty. i see her reading detectives, historical novels, and something similar to gothic or mysterious novels (if such a thing exists in the fire nation), the atmosphere and the vibes are important to her. sometimes she also reads scrolls about the art of fight (and one of her favorite writers in this genre is, of course, master piandao).
that's it. thank you for the ask <3