the fire palace should hire some child psychologists

[ivy_chan]

A conversation over chat had me realizing that Mai and Zuko would be the most fail parents ever. Okay, maybe not as fail as Jet and Azula, but still pretty fail. Mai would be the most horrible mother out of all the sane Avatar ladies, because she does not seem to have that sense of...compassion? Empathy? That I think is necessary for a good mom.

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[lalachoy]

You know, now all I can imagine is a Maiko kid pulling an Ariel from the Little Mermaid and escaping all the time.

[ivy_chan]

That kid would be a ninja, too. They're born from ninja parents who MUST have taught them mad ninja skillz. It's just natural for the kid to be a ninja.

[lalachoy]

And then Mai and Zuko get into arguments over who messed up more. "You were the one who taught them to climb cliffs!" "You taught them to throw knives!" and the guards are thinking to themselves "I think you guys both kind of shoulder this..." while having knives sticking out of their armor.

Yes. It pierced their armor. This is totally realistic I swear.

[ivy_chan]

Oh, god, seriously. Zuko would teach them stuff like how to run sideways on walls, how to fight with dual swords, how to defeat firebenders with nothing but a bucket of water, and how to swim in ice cold water without getting hypothermia. And Mai would teach them how to throw knives with unparalleled strength and precision and how to perfect the poker face. And Aunt Ty Lee would teach them how to chi block and do cartwheels.

And Aunt Toph would teach them how to swear like sailors.

[lvsinsanity]

Why can I imagine Uncle Iroh in the background just shaking his head...?

[ivy_chan]

He'd definitely be facepalming all over the place if...he was there. I really disagree with him being in Ba Sing Se in a tea store in the finale, really I do. Along with being politically irresponsible, that's also just..bad uncling. I mean, his nephew's stuck in the Fire Nation islands, and Ba Sing Se's waaay out there. He's basically just leaving Zuko totally alone.