#the answer is simple: ty lee keeps a notebook of azula’s best quotes and then she reads them out loud to mai to make her laugh

[comradekatara]

the idea of modern au mai ty lee & azula being high school friends is so funny to me bc if azula is just some random (rich) teenager instead of an imperial leader, then mai and ty lee would not be friends with her through coercion, and thus there would need to be another, equally viable reason that they are her (only) friends. for one thing, the fact that azula only has two “friends” in the show can be explained through azula only needing a “small, elite team” – why waste time recruiting other fighters when the three of them can singlehandedly take down armies? but in some banal high school setting, azula really just does only have two friends. and why would the quiet & bitter smart girl and the athletic & charming popular girl want to be friends with the intense & high-strung young republican? it’s simple: pity.

#modern au #azula #mai #ty lee #they’re probably closer to zuko in modern au too #since obviously even if ozai kicks him out he can’t banish him from the entire country #so they’d still probably like. hang out #sjdnfkgnfm #they know that they are zuko & azula’s only friends and they bear that burden with dignity #until she befriends the gaang mai is perfectly fine only having one real friend (ty lee) and a sort-of-maybe-boyfriend (zuko) #but ty lee has loads of other friends actually #and none of them can fathom why she chooses to hang out with azula #the answer is simple: ty lee keeps a notebook of azula’s best quotes and then she reads them out loud to mai to make her laugh #it’s worth it :)