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Shipping Meme #26
Sep. 26th, 2010 10:22 pmDay 26 - A pairing that you hated and ended up loving?
I didn't hate Mai/Zuko when I first saw it, but I wasn't enthusiastic about it. I blame the writing. Before this pairing officially started, the writers didn't give much personality to Mai (at least to me) besides her being a bored teenager with a crush on Zuko. Also, when she and Zuko got together, a lot of the writing... felt a bit rushed and cheesy to me.
However, my opinion on Mai and the ship changed after the boiling rock episode. For Mai to still save Zuko after how he treated her takes a lot of character, especially if you're facing Azula and Mai knew exactly how Azula would react. Also, after the season finale, the pairing has grown more on me and now I find it cute.
With that said, I do wish the show had given Mai more show time and character development. She's really grown on me since the show ended. It would have been great to see her and Ty lee interact with the gang more as friends than enemies. Actually, there wasn't much interaction between Mai and the main group at all. Oh well, at least there's fanfiction to read.
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I didn't hate Mai/Zuko when I first saw it, but I wasn't enthusiastic about it. I blame the writing. Before this pairing officially started, the writers didn't give much personality to Mai (at least to me) besides her being a bored teenager with a crush on Zuko. Also, when she and Zuko got together, a lot of the writing... felt a bit rushed and cheesy to me.
However, my opinion on Mai and the ship changed after the boiling rock episode. For Mai to still save Zuko after how he treated her takes a lot of character, especially if you're facing Azula and Mai knew exactly how Azula would react. Also, after the season finale, the pairing has grown more on me and now I find it cute.
With that said, I do wish the show had given Mai more show time and character development. She's really grown on me since the show ended. It would have been great to see her and Ty lee interact with the gang more as friends than enemies. Actually, there wasn't much interaction between Mai and the main group at all. Oh well, at least there's fanfiction to read.
( The other shipping questions )
