Three thousand words' worth of pure warm fuzzies, and sweet enough to win over the most rabidly anti-Maiko person. A refreshing break from the usual angsty "cleaning up after the war" fare, it has an optimistic but still realistic tone. As usual, aliwildgoose writes a perfect Zuko and her Mai is pretty spot-on too. You can feel Zuko's frustration and stress in his dialogue, and you can just see it all melt away when Mai comes in to comfort him. Part of this troper's personal canon, and a nice pick-me-up after reading something depressing.
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Three thousand words' worth of pure warm fuzzies, and sweet enough to win over the most rabidly anti-Maiko person. A refreshing break from the usual angsty "cleaning up after the war" fare, it has an optimistic but still realistic tone. As usual, aliwildgoose writes a perfect Zuko and her Mai is pretty spot-on too. You can feel Zuko's frustration and stress in his dialogue, and you can just see it all melt away when Mai comes in to comfort him. Part of this troper's personal canon, and a nice pick-me-up after reading something depressing.