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swan2swan · 4 months ago

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"Okay, but in the Avatar comics--"

In the Avatar comics, Mai's father is plotting against Zuko to bring Ozai back to the throne while his daughter is first in line to produce the next heir to the throne. The man is a proposal away from having his name on the Royal Family Tree, and you want me to believe that he's going to be trying to restore the guy who probably wanted him executed for failing to keep King Bumi imprisoned, let alone keeping the city of New Ozai, the one with his name on it, under control?

Where's the political savvy? Where's the logic?

"Oh, but Mai broke up with--"

Then have him trying to push her back. Make THAT the story. "Daughter, are you OUT OF YOUR MIND?!?!? Your whole family is counting on this!!! Don't you love us? Didn't we raise you for this? You can sit on the throne! You'll never have to work a day in your life! You'll be the most important name in the family legacy! Why would you leave him?"

So, yeah, I just...don't have a lot of respect for them.

#IT'S ABOUT THE WORK #mai #atla #atla comics #ukano #mai's a noble daughter and they do practically NOTHING with that #the show isn't to blame at all for this in fact her upbringing is very crucial to her character #and there's SO MUCH that goes on behind the scenes #her actions at the Boiling Rock become so much rawer when you realize that her whole family legacy is riding on her decision #and she burns it to the ground #if they were going for a villainous dad they should have introduced Ty Lee's dad #had all her sisters be enemies too #especially if they were all chi-blockers #woulda been a stellar boss rush #but...eh

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