People Really Try And Say Katara Is Izumi’s Mom Like Honey?? That Baby Looks Nothing Like Katara???

THEY’RE SO AWKWARD I’M CRYING

the way avatar fandom would let zutaras live in their delusion if they weren’t freaks about the ship, aang, katara and mai

oh well

the last but no the least alta power couple, completing the series ~

love them all 💚💙🧡

Welp we're definitely getting more fire nation food in the future 😂 they are cooking something with Azula, Ty Lee, Mai and Zuko.

i can’t they’re so cute my goth children 💔💔

i adore maiko 🫶🏼

iroh ii my man i love him i love him i love him 💔💔💔

Please tell me at the very least Iroh II and his sister survive the apocalyptic event and use the values and lessons they learned from Zuko and Izumi to lead one of the havens together in the new Avatar series. 🙏

(But if there was any justice in the world, Zuko and Izumi would be 100+ years old and still kicking in this post apocalyptic era.)

there is a serious lack of discussion about how mai is zuko’s safe space. we see this in their first appearance together (that’s not a flashback). when mai asks him a simple question, “aren’t you cold?” and zuko, who has a hard time opening up and expressing emotions that aren’t anger or angst, freely and openly starts to tell her his worries about going back to the fire nation. and while people love to chastise mai on her reply, “I just asked if you were cold, I didn’t ask for your whole life story”, I think they misunderstand her approach to this. zuko is worrying and overthinking about something he cannot change, something that will only drive him crazy and she tries to distract him with a joke. and it might fall flat, but she realises this and suddenly she is comforting him with her touch. her hand reaching out so casually towards scar like it’s not a big deal, because it’s not. they’ve known each other for a long time, they’ve grown up together and their relationship was a long time coming. and zuko leans into her hand, and her kiss, without thinking twice about it. because mai is familiar, and mai is comfort and that can be seen when you contrast it to song’s attempting at touch his scar, and how quickly he was to stop her. but it’s not only this moment that showcases mai as his safe space, but also when he’s back in the fire nation. when he’s stressed out and going through a tumultuous time, not knowing what’s right and wrong or what he should do next, it’s mai he goes to. we see this in “nightmares and daydreams” when he spends all day at her house, when he can’t stand being in the palace anymore, mai and her house and her bedroom is his safe space. and here we see her trying to comfort him, trying to say the war meeting is stupid, it would be be boring anyway, and shall we go for a ride around town? it’ll be fun… and even though he’s still sad, he goes back to her house on the day of the war meeting and she’s making him tea. and even when he does get invited to the all day war meeting, she goes to the palace with him and waits for him all day, to see if it went well and to comfort him if it didn’t. when he says that it was everything he thought wanted it to be, she’s immediately happy for him, reaching out to touch him with a smile on her face. mai is who zuko feels safe and comfortable around, even in his vulnerable moments and it’s something we should talk about.

Ashes of the Academy is on point about Mai and Zuko not being back together yet mostly because the comic takes place around a year after Smoke and Shadow. And the writer of Smoke and Shadow did say they will get together again after three years after Smoke and Shadow right? that means 2 years after Ashes of the Academy. I personally loved seeing Mai's development and her chosen career for the future. It sounds cute being Izumi's teacher at the academy and teasing her.

I do want a comic about them getting back together though. Maybe if there is a Zuko movie? or comic it doesn't matter. they do need to conclude the Fire Nation and Azula's arc.

average diplomatic visit from the avatar

still figuring out acrylic markers:) have a doodle

zuko closeup under the cut lol