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You are a genius and I think you're correct on all counts!!
But I want to add that after hearing Mai and Kei Lo call each other babe in 'Smoke and Shadow', Zuko really despises that pet name. Consequently, they only call each other babe when they're irritated with each other 😂😂
I really convinced Zuko called Mai firelily/FireLady/my lady... and he called Izumi turtleduck.
Any ideia how Mai called them? I can’t believe she didn’t use pet names, but I can’t imagine it either.
I headcanon Mai is very soft with Izumi, so Izumi is her sunshine, and a baby girl, and mama's girl, and a lil sneaky dragon, and Zumi-Zumi, and her whole heart, and definitely not a turtleduck, Zuko, for Agni's sake!! But when Mai is calling her daughter by official titles that means she's really angry. If Izumi hears young lady or Princess Izumi, especially with that warning in mother's voice, she knows she's in trouble straight away.
With Zuko I cannot imagine sweet pet names either.
Do you remember that line "Being prince and all...-"? I headcanon Mai is calling him Fire Lord in a teasing-flirting way. When she gets annoyed by the court ladies (Zuko's unofficial fan-club) she tries to impersonate them, "Oh, Lord Zuko!! Oh, my lord!" and doing this with such a poker face and monotonous voice that Zuko is crying from laughing.
Mai is the only person in the world who can call him Hotman and be met with a smug boyish grin, not anger. Sometimes she gets sassy and calls him Hot Stuff (Zuko's blushing is so precious!)
Mai calls him Lee when she's mad at him. "Whatever, Lee" is the best way to close the conversation in Mai's opinion.
She calls him Fatherlord once Izumi is born.
And honestly, she just has dozens of variations of sighs "Zuko", from irritation to... well, you know ;)
bonus: Zuko absolutely adores when Mai calls him husband, and being Mai's husband is the honorary title <3
Thank you for the ask! As you can see, I just imagine them all very sweet.
Azula brain rot go brrrr
@missaccuracy I forced myself to read smoke and shadow so I'll try to draw kiyi and azula till next week 🩷
Azula brain rot go brrrr
@missaccuracy I forced myself to read smoke and shadow so I'll try to draw kiyi and azula till next week 🩷
Sisters 🥹💗 @missaccuracy here's a little colored sketch of them fire bending together + kiyi idolizing azula 💗
Avatar: The Last Airbender - Smoke & Shadow Part1 is OUT TODAY!
Some process from layout to final inks and color.