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I just know she's fuming at the name terry hdjdjdj 😭

Since there's so many drawings of Azula with dragons I thought why not give a modern azula a ball python

Everybody meet "Terminator, all powerful celestial beast, ender of worlds and destroyer of mankind" or what ty lee calls it "terry" 🫶🏻

I originally wanted to make a ty lee version with her own pet as well but got burnout hallway 😔

Could you maybe draw some mailee please? I love your style!

Thank you! Here you go Mailee as promised!

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Ozais Angels 😇🩷

Guys last week I almost choked on a cherry pit.. is that..? is that avatar reference????

It's okay. You can laugh. It's funny.

All my Atla screenshot redraws so far

Would you give us a Mai/zuko fanart? Loved the tyzula first kiss post!

Yuri maiko because drawing men is exhausting

I hope that's okay 😭😭

"I heard you telling someone you'd be partying from dusk till dawn. It's dusk. So we're here 😸"

@the-genius-az I couldn't stop thinking about your JD jet idea so here he is 🙏🏼

What do you mean this isn't how the boiling rock ended????

The one time azula is genuinely happy

Prompt by @draw-the-squad-like-this

Ty lee, Mai, Azula and someone

Please for the love of god tell me I'm the first one who thought of this crossover and I actually have an original idea for once

what if: punk toph joins azula's polycule

Omg yes!! I love Azula x Toph and I think Toph would bring the perfect amount of unbridled chaos to the group that they lack!

Posted this on tiktok but I think Tumblr will like this more

snippet of my maizula fic called ‘you said it was a great love (one for the ages)’:

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“Mai,” Azula said suddenly. “Ty Lee told me something quite interesting the other day.”

Not paying much attention, Mai continued to toss her knives and grab them above her head. “What did she say, princess?”

“She told me...she seemed to think you were in love with me.”

Mai did not catch the knife. —

dw Mai is okay haha! this actually isn’t the main setting/plot of the fic, just a flashback of Mai’s :) the real fic is a lot darker than this 💀

Mai in Zutara fics: *emotionaly stunned and/or a shitty ex

Mai and Zuko in Zukka fics:

Zuko: I have to tell you something, I'm gay

Mai *looking at Ty Lee*: same

TIL that zuko canonically took mai out on a romantic date to a picnic on the burial site of his ancestors and i think that’s honestly the most on brand thing ever

To the non-maikos it’s always: mai and zuko boring. mai and zuko no passion. maiko only based on logistics. people only like maiko bc it’s canon.

To me it’s: mai and zuko share a cultural background which helps them empathize with each other. mai and zuko have a deep understanding about how the other was raised. mai and zuko take comfort in each other because of that. mai and zuko fit like puzzle pieces. mai calm and is his peace. zuko passionate and brings out her inner fire. mai and zuko are each others safe spaces. mai and zuko both made mistakes during the war and need to grow from it. mai and zuko have Fire nation roots and therefore have experiences that help them envision a better nation. mai and zuko team.

I'm in my Maiko feels today, and I gotta say: we don't talk enough about the fact that Mai is too shy to say she loves Zuko to his face.

On The Headband she says "I don't hate you." On The Beach she says "I care about you." In the finale she says "I actually... kind of like you." The ONE time she full on says the word LOVE, is at The Boiling Rock, when she's talking to Azula.

She can call him her boyfriend, act flirty, make out at any time, say he ripped her heart out with the break up letter and jokingly "threaten" him to never do it again... but she just can't say "I love you." She literally started blushing when she tried in the finale, and couldn't get the right words out.

It's such a cute little detail. She's not used to expressing how she feels, so she doesn't know how or when she should say it.

She'll 100% just let it slip someday, in some casual conversation. Zuko is gonna stare at her all wide-eyed and happy, and she's just gonna feel her very soul screaming in agony and embarrassement.

Anyone else finds Teashop Lee x Flowershop Mai adorable?

katara: wow, the stars are beautiful tonight.

zuko: yeah, they are.

katara: you want to know who else is beautiful?

*at the same time*

katara: aang

zuko: mai

Mai's Crimes :

Being goth

Sighing

EATING

Having a not good childhood

Talking to a male that is not her boyfriend

Being angry at being wrongfully accused of cheating

Not jumping up and down in glee because her boyfriend gifted her something he picked up from the ground

Poking boyfriend in shoulder

Joking with boyfriend

Being angry at being dumped over text

Allegedly having sex with boyfriend

Not unlearning years of propaganda in five minutes

Joking with boyfriend AGAIN

Not liking when boyfriend yells

Throwing a sheet of paper at boyfriend

Sitting in a pallenquin

Asking for stuff from servants

exactly! mai would not take any risk that could involve endangering the students.

and how is it ooc when there’s nothing from the og source material stating that mai is so obsessed with her weapons she does absolutely everything with them? 😭 no hate whatsoever but it seems like people are just making up headcanons on the spot to find things to complain about since the comics are so easy to attack because of their unpopularity in the atla fandom

mai not having knives because they're "dangerous" is the biggest ooc possible. it's ridiculous. she sleeps with knives, she eats with knives, she works with knives. don't tell me she didn't snuggle a few shurikens under her sleeves and didn't pin some darts to her ankles

If Mai and Zuko don’t get back together and have at least two romantic scenes in the upcoming atla movie of the gaang as adults then what the fuck is the point?

A real atla fan never speaks ill of Katara or Mai

in another life, maybe it was you and me, maybe there we loved each other right

and while katara and mai are in the battle of their lives and absolutely dominating their enemies there’s a cutscene to zuko and aang arguing over paperwork

so what and who do we have to sacrifice to see this concept happen….

Personal take: Even in 2025, I adore Maiko being emo teens 😄. I hope they keep their emo vibes in the future content.

Ps: imagine Izumi being a sweet girl, all smiles and giggles, while being raised by two edgy parents 😆

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.