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The “I don’t hate you” “I don’t hate you too” exchange we see in “The Headband” is a relationship in-joke for Zuko and Mai. It starts because they’re both severely emotionally repressed and aren’t sure they’re ready to verbalize their feelings in such a weighted, concrete way as saying “I love you”. Then they find humour in it, aware that they’re both percieved as not really loving anything. It quickly becomes a game between them to find new ways to not-confess: “I don’t particularly dislike you”; “I’m not sick of you yet”; “You’re the least annoying person I know”; “I can stand you”; “You’re my most tolerable friend”. Dancing around it, stepping closer each time. Zuko is habitually active and Mai is habitually quiet; for them, actions have always spoken louder than words. They don’t need to say those three. They both know it, what more would stating it aloud accomplish? That’s what they tell themselves, anyway.
After Zuko leaves, Mai uses this to try to convince herself it wasn’t a real relationship. That he’d never cared about her that much. It was all just wishful thinking. Right?
When she looks Azula straight in the eye and proudly declares, “I love Zuko more than I fear you”, it’s the first time either of them has ever said that they love the other. It’s possibly the first time she’s said that she loves anything or anyone. And it sounds so right, so perfect. That was the moment they both knew that this was far more than a teenage fling.
Just thinking about how Zuko really does look at Mai like she is his sun, moon, and his entire universe. It is rare screenshots like this that really show how much the artists put into showing the amount of love Zuko has for Mai.
Hot take: Mai might not have a flashy backstory but she’s still an incredibly strong and complex character. As someone who’s grown up with pressure and high expectations I relate to Mai refusing to feel anything.
I love Maiko because Zuko helps Mai learn that expressing herself is ok and Mai helps Zuko understand and control his anger. Zuko wasn’t paired with a “depressing” or “flat” character who would “drag him down,” he’s paired with another nuanced character who helps him grow and is a good narrative foil for him.
And I remember when I met him, it was so clear that he was the only one for me. We both knew it, right away. And as the years went on, things got more difficult – we were faced with more challenges.I begged him to stay. Try to remember what we had at the beginning. He was charismatic, magnetic, electric and everybody knew it. When he walked in every woman’s head turned, everyone stood up to talk to him. He was like this hybrid, this mix of a man who couldn’t contain himself.I always got the sense that he became torn between being a good person and missing out on all of the opportunities that life could offer a man as magnificent as him. And in that way I… understood him. And I loved him. I loved him, I loved him, I loved him. And I still love him.
I love him.
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Izumi means "fountain" in Japanese
zuko x mai
they so cutee
Modern day Zuko would drunk singing You Were Beautiful by Day 6 at the top of his lungs after Mai broke up with him ❤️🔥
We don't talk enough about Zuko holding Mai's waist
Finally! I can contribute to making my own Maiko content. Just posted my first Maiko Fanfiction for this Fandom who has always been so kind to me since the D-1 ✨
I am kinda nervous. Since all the Maiko Fanfic that I’ve read are beautifully written. I wasn’t confident enough at first, but eagerly wanted to write them since they were my comfort couple at this moment. I hope you enjoy it! ♥️
Summary:
Maiko Modern AU. It’s been 3 Months since she broke up. Ty Lee encouraged Mai to go on a date with someone new and she thought maybe the bubbly girl was right. At first, she thought that would be easy moving on from Zuko. Little did she know that silly little things would remind her of him.
Inspired by Red Velvet’s Wendy – His Car Isn’t Yours.
Been a maiko shipper since day one❤️
“A ʟᴏᴛ ʜᴀs ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ sɪɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴀʏs ᴡʜᴇɴ I ᴜsᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴡ ᴍᴜᴅ ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ꜰᴀᴄᴇ. Bᴜᴛ ɴᴏᴛ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ’s ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ.”
Hi everyone! It’s been quite a while since I’ve been posted my original post here.
So here I am bringing you my updates from my Fanfiction on AO3 that I forgot to announce the update here since I posted chapter one.
I am always excited about writing this as this is my first Maiko multi-chapter fanfic that I wrote. So here are some of the Summaries for Chapters 2 to Chapter 5.
It’s still ongoing but we are so close to the ending since it just has 7 chapters.
I hope you enjoy and happy reading my lovely Maiko Nation <3
mai & zuko, avatar: the last airbender
© @clashpistols
Zuko in the comics is like “Baby, stop being mad. Please come back to me.” 🥺🫶🏻
Just thinking about how Zuko really does look at Mai like she is his sun, moon, and his entire universe. It is rare screenshots like this that really show how much the artists put into showing the amount of love Zuko has for Mai.
I just picture zuko falling deeper everytime mai smiles or laughs
ok but hear me out please.
that's zuko's reaction when song wanted to touch his scar:
that's zuko's reaction when katara touched his scar:
and that's zuko's reaction when mai nuzzled his scar:
one more.
that's zuko's reaction when jin wanted to kiss him:
and these are zuko's reactions when mai wanted to kiss him/they wanted to kiss each other:
maiko is one-sided, they said.
zuko wasn't happy, they said.
yeah yeah, of course.
My first attempt at drawing Maiko:)
This couple is so cute. I fell for TT
mai and zuko by @vnnrae on twitter
THEYRE SO CUTE