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1. Sokka and Yue are pretty obviously the first time either of them has actually had a relationship. Yue being emotional about not actually being allowed to \'\'pursue\'\' a relationship of her own free will is not this trope, it\'s a woman recognizing that she\'s bound by the choices of other people and having a breakdown. Then she basically dies. No crap Sokka has issues over that - the show takes place over a timespan of what, six months? Less? He also doesn\'t \
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# Sokka and Yue are pretty obviously the first time either of them has actually had a relationship. Yue being emotional about not actually being allowed to \\\'\\\'pursue\\\'\\\' a relationship of her own free will is not this trope, it\\\'s a woman recognizing that she\\\'s bound by the choices of other people and having a breakdown. Then she basically dies. No crap Sokka has issues over that - the show takes place over a timespan of what, six months? Less? He also doesn\\\'t \\\"angst throughout the series\\\" - it happens only twice, in the second season, when Yue\\\'s death was at most what, three weeks ago? And these instances were directly related to the fact that she \\\'\\\'died\\\'\\\' when she was under his protection. I think a guy is allowed to be sad over a girl he dated dying when it pretty much just happened and something is happening that dredged it up.
# Sokka and Suki met right at the start of the series. When they meet again, in universe, it\\\'s been only a few weeks. When they meet yet again in Season 3, it\\\'s still not really been that much time. Also, no, they don\\\'t go straight from \\\"I lost my last girlfriend\\\" to \\\"Let\\\'s make out\\\" with no transition. They go from \\\"I lost my last girlfriend a month ago and I\\\'m scared it will happen again\\\" to \\\"Break Suki out of prison\\\" to \\\"Now that I\\\'ve had time to grieve and you\\\'ve survived a life-threatening encounter, we can actually have a relationship.\\\" Time frame - about six months total? And that \\\"making out\\\" is the indication that they\\\'ve \\\'\\\'started\\\'\\\' a relationship, which is perfectly expected given the history they have.
# Uh, Zuko and Mai may not be \\\'\\\'directly\\\'\\\' interacting in season 2, but there was far more than just a flashback that indicated they\\\'d had a long history together before Season 3. So it makes sense that when he goes back home, he follows up on it. Also, they\\\'re shown to be on really shaky ground during that season - which is pretty appropriate for two people that have \\\'\\\'history\\\'\\\' but not much else. Zuko runs out on her and Mai is hard-pressed to actually help him out when he needs it - and when she \\\'\\\'does\\\'\\\' state that she loves him more than she fears Azula, it\\\'s meant to show less that Mai really loves him and more that Mai \\\'\\\'does\\\'\\\' in fact have feelings and that both she \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' Ty Lee are no longer going to be Azula\\\'s flunkies just because she threatens them. This is even with me ignoring that there\\\'s side media that further elaborates on what their relationship is like and I suppose I don\\\'t even need to point out that Zuko and Mai broke up in the comics which \\\'\\\'really\\\'\\\' keeps them out of this trope because having a shaky relationship that eventually ends would seem to suggest the story is NOT implying they\\\'re a great, perfect couple.
# Sokka and Suki met right at the start of the series. When they meet again, in universe, it\\\'s been only a few weeks. When they meet yet again in Season 3, it\\\'s still not really been that much time. Also, no, they don\\\'t go straight from \\\"I lost my last girlfriend\\\" to \\\"Let\\\'s make out\\\" with no transition. They go from \\\"I lost my last girlfriend a month ago and I\\\'m scared it will happen again\\\" to \\\"Break Suki out of prison\\\" to \\\"Now that I\\\'ve had time to grieve and you\\\'ve survived a life-threatening encounter, we can actually have a relationship.\\\" Time frame - about six months total? And that \\\"making out\\\" is the indication that they\\\'ve \\\'\\\'started\\\'\\\' a relationship, which is perfectly expected given the history they have.
# Uh, Zuko and Mai may not be \\\'\\\'directly\\\'\\\' interacting in season 2, but there was far more than just a flashback that indicated they\\\'d had a long history together before Season 3. So it makes sense that when he goes back home, he follows up on it. Also, they\\\'re shown to be on really shaky ground during that season - which is pretty appropriate for two people that have \\\'\\\'history\\\'\\\' but not much else. Zuko runs out on her and Mai is hard-pressed to actually help him out when he needs it - and when she \\\'\\\'does\\\'\\\' state that she loves him more than she fears Azula, it\\\'s meant to show less that Mai really loves him and more that Mai \\\'\\\'does\\\'\\\' in fact have feelings and that both she \\\'\\\'and\\\'\\\' Ty Lee are no longer going to be Azula\\\'s flunkies just because she threatens them. This is even with me ignoring that there\\\'s side media that further elaborates on what their relationship is like and I suppose I don\\\'t even need to point out that Zuko and Mai broke up in the comics which \\\'\\\'really\\\'\\\' keeps them out of this trope because having a shaky relationship that eventually ends would seem to suggest the story is NOT implying they\\\'re a great, perfect couple.
