I'm cynical, so I can believe this was intended to tie up romantic loose ends more than a well-thought out subplot, but we'll see.
Yeah, my take on Mai is that she's amoral and content to follow to Azula's leadership. She's go along with whatever will make her life most comfortable/entertaining/easy. Right now, she goes along with whatever Azula has concocted, stays in Azula's good graces and gets the handsome prince as a boyfriend - a win/win for her.
I don't get the impression that she would be willing to take the rocky path with Zuko if it meant crossing Azula, unless she thought Azula was going to lose out in a battle with Zuko. There may be more to Mai than we've been showed but I think the writers actually did a pretty credible job of developing her character for a very specific purpose.
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Date: 2007-10-08 03:03 am (UTC)I'm cynical, so I can believe this was intended to tie up romantic loose ends more than a well-thought out subplot, but we'll see.
Yeah, my take on Mai is that she's amoral and content to follow to Azula's leadership. She's go along with whatever will make her life most comfortable/entertaining/easy. Right now, she goes along with whatever Azula has concocted, stays in Azula's good graces and gets the handsome prince as a boyfriend - a win/win for her.
I don't get the impression that she would be willing to take the rocky path with Zuko if it meant crossing Azula, unless she thought Azula was going to lose out in a battle with Zuko. There may be more to Mai than we've been showed but I think the writers actually did a pretty credible job of developing her character for a very specific purpose.