Post by Millie on Aug 23, 2006 23:25:40 GMT -5
Every shipping board needs a "Why I Ship [insert ship here] Thread". Everyone has their reasons for shipping a certain ship . Let me start.
I ship Maiko because Mai is the one and only character who has shown romantic interest in Zuko.
I enjoy shipping for the predictive factor of it. Objectively reading into canon and hypothesizing is a FUN.
While I do fanon ship, I lean towards canon more. My heart tends to go out more to things that are grounded in truth.
And when you have a canon romantic interest in one party, you're already halfway there. [You're 'there' when the other party reciprocates!]
Especially because Maiko is childhood love, it gets 'pure' and 'true' points.
Mai is the only character who has shown a romantic interest in Zuko, therefore canonically Maiko >>> any other Zuko ship.
I ship Maiko because Maiko is childhood love.
And as I have said, childhood love is pure and true.
That's not always the case in real life, but this is fiction. And in fiction [repeat with me]: things always have to make sense. In fiction, childhood loves are pure and true.
I ship Maiko because their personalities fit better together than with anyone else's.
I'd explain but it would be far too long. But if anyone does want to hear why, I'll surely indulge you.
I ship Maiko because Zuko does not need 'healing' from any girl, and Mai will be just the girl to allow him to solve his own issues--as should be done.
I'm sick of all the 'so-and-so-character will heal Zuko' nonsense. Zuko can solve his own problems--and he should. It would be so cheap if all it took to turn Zuko's life around is a nurturing little girlfriend. NO. Zuko will earn his happy ending by working for it.
Mai is the perfect girl to allow him to do that. She'll just be there for him and not meddle in his affairs. She wouldn't feel the need to verbally communicate with him all the time--they'll have moments of comfortable silence. She wouldn't attempt to quell his rage [that my friends would be controlling him], instead she would let him rage, not go all comforting or scolding or be scared, but let him express all those things he tries to repress. And she would let him pursue his destiny.
I ship Maiko because Mai is the only character suitable to become Fire Lady.
Zuko's destiny is to become the Fire Lord, yo!
Mai's Nick profile says: The daughter of Omashu's reigning Fire Nation governor, Mai is a depressed-looking goth teen, seemingly bored with everything. Mai is fifteen, and one of Azula's best friends since they were kids. Like Azula, Mai grew up as royalty in the Fire Nation and attended the Royal Fire Academy for girls. Mai is not a Firebender, but she is an awesome warrior.
It's interesting that she was equated to Azula, the well-respected princess. I'd say, she's canonically 'good enough' to marry a future Fire Lord.
Interestingly enough, 'grew up as royalty in the Fire Nation' sounds a lot like 'born to Fire Nation royalty and was raised as such'--the latter being Ursa, who is later said to be 'the perfect match for Prince Ozai', who of course later becomes Fire Lord.
I ship Maiko because of Mai.
I love Mai. Period. People tend to ship the characters they love because they want developments in the characters and happy endings for them.
Maiko lets me ship Mai, hoping for developments in her character and a happy ending for her while still keeping it in character for both characters.
I ship Maiko because I grew to love Zuko because of Maiko.
I have a strong dislike for angsty, privileged, good-looking teenage boys. But I forgive them when they 'reform'. [And Zuko's in his 'reforming' period.]
And I grow to love them when they can be canonically shipped with an awesome female character--especially when said female character is really romantically interested. Think transitivity: Mai is awesome, she likes Zuko, therefore there must be something awesome about Zuko.
I ship Maiko because of Azula.
Maiko is all the more interesting because of Azula. Azula is both the bridge and the barrier between Zuko and Mai. I am interested in how that will play out.
I ship Maiko because Mai is the one and only character who has shown romantic interest in Zuko.
I enjoy shipping for the predictive factor of it. Objectively reading into canon and hypothesizing is a FUN.
While I do fanon ship, I lean towards canon more. My heart tends to go out more to things that are grounded in truth.
And when you have a canon romantic interest in one party, you're already halfway there. [You're 'there' when the other party reciprocates!]
Especially because Maiko is childhood love, it gets 'pure' and 'true' points.
Mai is the only character who has shown a romantic interest in Zuko, therefore canonically Maiko >>> any other Zuko ship.
I ship Maiko because Maiko is childhood love.
And as I have said, childhood love is pure and true.
That's not always the case in real life, but this is fiction. And in fiction [repeat with me]: things always have to make sense. In fiction, childhood loves are pure and true.
I ship Maiko because their personalities fit better together than with anyone else's.
I'd explain but it would be far too long. But if anyone does want to hear why, I'll surely indulge you.
I ship Maiko because Zuko does not need 'healing' from any girl, and Mai will be just the girl to allow him to solve his own issues--as should be done.
I'm sick of all the 'so-and-so-character will heal Zuko' nonsense. Zuko can solve his own problems--and he should. It would be so cheap if all it took to turn Zuko's life around is a nurturing little girlfriend. NO. Zuko will earn his happy ending by working for it.
Mai is the perfect girl to allow him to do that. She'll just be there for him and not meddle in his affairs. She wouldn't feel the need to verbally communicate with him all the time--they'll have moments of comfortable silence. She wouldn't attempt to quell his rage [that my friends would be controlling him], instead she would let him rage, not go all comforting or scolding or be scared, but let him express all those things he tries to repress. And she would let him pursue his destiny.
I ship Maiko because Mai is the only character suitable to become Fire Lady.
Zuko's destiny is to become the Fire Lord, yo!
Mai's Nick profile says: The daughter of Omashu's reigning Fire Nation governor, Mai is a depressed-looking goth teen, seemingly bored with everything. Mai is fifteen, and one of Azula's best friends since they were kids. Like Azula, Mai grew up as royalty in the Fire Nation and attended the Royal Fire Academy for girls. Mai is not a Firebender, but she is an awesome warrior.
It's interesting that she was equated to Azula, the well-respected princess. I'd say, she's canonically 'good enough' to marry a future Fire Lord.
Interestingly enough, 'grew up as royalty in the Fire Nation' sounds a lot like 'born to Fire Nation royalty and was raised as such'--the latter being Ursa, who is later said to be 'the perfect match for Prince Ozai', who of course later becomes Fire Lord.
I ship Maiko because of Mai.
I love Mai. Period. People tend to ship the characters they love because they want developments in the characters and happy endings for them.
Maiko lets me ship Mai, hoping for developments in her character and a happy ending for her while still keeping it in character for both characters.
I ship Maiko because I grew to love Zuko because of Maiko.
I have a strong dislike for angsty, privileged, good-looking teenage boys. But I forgive them when they 'reform'. [And Zuko's in his 'reforming' period.]
And I grow to love them when they can be canonically shipped with an awesome female character--especially when said female character is really romantically interested. Think transitivity: Mai is awesome, she likes Zuko, therefore there must be something awesome about Zuko.
I ship Maiko because of Azula.
Maiko is all the more interesting because of Azula. Azula is both the bridge and the barrier between Zuko and Mai. I am interested in how that will play out.
