#emily dickinson and susan gilbert (dickinson) rly mastered that strategy lmao

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#their relationship does make sense i just dont get why they would get back together 😭

I know comics are dubiously canon at best, but there is a little side comic set in Ba Sing Se just after Azula takes over where she gets pissed Zuko is moping about Zuko things (Iroh and his guilty conscience). Her solution to distract him from himself after trying a couple other tactics is to push him and Mai into getting (back?) together. It's consistent with the way we see Azula metaphorically orchestrate shoving them at each other in the garden fountain during the flashback in Zuko Alone.

There's definitely a sad internal logic to this that I've seen play out more than once IRL where deeply closeted girls from very traditional (read: American conservative, quite often Mormon in my personal experience) families will push their crushes at any of their eligible male siblings because then, "we get to be sisters for real and we'll have each other forever!"

yeah, I mean, whether or not you subscribe to that comic (I’ve read that comic, it’s fine, I like seeing azula and ty lee scheme, if anything) I definitely think we’re supposed to believe that azula orchestrated their relationship so that she could control them. of course, she also immediately hates seeing them together and comes to regret that decision very deeply at the boiling rock. azula wants them together because she thinks it will cheer zuko up and give him further legitimacy in the court. mai is from a good family, so it’s a beneficial match. but when I said “I don’t get why they would get back together” I obviously meant in the finale, once azula’s influence is no longer a factor, zuko has legitimacy in the court (obviously), and mai has enough agency to know better. going back to her boyf(ag)riend who treated her like shit is a bad move, mai!!! i love you girl but STAND!!!!!! UP!!!!!

#lizardlicks #asks #mai&zuko #azula #mai #i also don’t rly think that’s closeted lesbian behavior I think lots of girls wanna be sisters forever w their besties #then again I’m a lesbian so what do I know #emily dickinson and susan gilbert (dickinson) rly mastered that strategy lmao