Lemon M.
Eruden Ki
Lemon M.
Of Ninjas and Pirates
Eruden Ki
You do realize that AvatarSpirit.net isn't run by people who work on Avatar, correct? I should know, I'm a moderator there. And, the episode The Drill (which I cited in my original ) is later, so it could be a character change, somewhat. ^^
Anyways, I've already ranted about this. Mai is better for Zuko than Katara would be, and that's one of my main reasons for supporting it, other than the whole 'years of unrequited crushing' schtick that hits my heart strings.
There might be a time where Mai doesn't know what to do. Maybe Azula will make her choose between Zuko or the Fire Nation (if Zuko ever gets the gonads to go against his sister and father). Maybe Mai will show some hesitation, some uncertainty. Other than that, I don't see Mai as the uberly evil, manipulative b***h like Azula is.
I agree about her personality. Mai's not evil and heartless. She's just bored.
She goes along with Azula because it seems smart and logical, but doesn't automatically do everything Azula says. She is capable of independent thought and could chose to aid the protagonists, if the time came.
Well, but you have to remember that her concept of fun is throwing sharp objects at people. I won't say she's completely evil, but she does have a twisted sense of things. She has tried to kill people, and she did put her brother in danger.
As for independant thought, it's not that she isn't capable of it, but I only have one instance in which she disobbeyed Azula, and until shown otherwise, I don't have that much hope for her.
Take into account Mai's heritage: Fire Nation. I mean, Ozai tried to backstab Iroh when Iroh lost his son, so Sozin said that Zuko had to be killed. What kind of grandfather would kill his grandson to make a point? Sure, it was to teach a lesson, but going on with that, we also are shown how heartless Ozai was when he banished his only son after the Agni Kai.
We don't really know what was going through Mai's head when Azula suggested not trading Bumi for Tom-Tom. And are YOU going to defy a Fire Nation princess with a pissy attitude when she's on your side of the field? Probably not.
We haven't really seen Mai be able to make a decision without Azula around, save for The Drill incident. What with her personality overhaul in the new episode, she might become more rebellious against Azula. Or...maybe just stay on Azula's side, since Zuko seems determined to stay Fire Nation this time around. It's up in the air.
Quite true, but only because she's high up the ranks of society (as in pretty ******** close to royalty)We've already seen how ruthless the royal family can be, but I don't believe a whole nation is like that. For the sake of staying on the original topic, my point with that observation is that killing and putting in danger aren't things Zuko is very fond of (or at least wasn't) it was, after all, part of what got him that scar. That seems like a big personality clash for me.
And Ozai's father's Azulon, not Sozin domokun
And in 'return to Omashu', I don't think Mai would have deffied Azula for anything; she was pretty bored, and they are friends. Mai was very happy to see Azula.
It is up in the air, but the idea of having Mai as some kind of plot point isn't very exciting for me
God, I love italics.
Ah, knew the Sozin/Azulon thing. I just forget, since Avatar was gone for so long. XD
In my opinion, I think Mai would sooner choose Zuko over Azula, but maybe that's just my opinion. Might not even know, since Zuko does want the Avatar eliminated; Zuko can be ruthless if he wants to be. We saw how Mai glared at Azula in this new season. Of course, she didn't have to go, but again there's that whole 'better safe than sorry; listen to the higher-up royalty' thing. But, yeah. Can't think right now. Don't you hate that? Oh well.
