Sick day memes

[lizbee]

I'm having an Arthritis Day, which means resting my hands. Which means, um, scanning sketches and doing memes, apparently.

Name a character I've written about, and I will tell you three things that I think are essential to keep in mind when writing that character.

Comments

[yukinoomoni]

"(Things no one has written: fic where Tom Tom is Mai's son, not her brother.)"

*stares* Oh wow. I hope you write this. Or I will.

Everything you write here is so amazingly in line with how I write her as well. I'm so glad I'm not the only one who realises that Mai is actually 17 and not 15. It frustrates me when people try to correct me about her being a year older than Zuko, when basic math proves otherwise!

[lizbee]

"*stares* Oh wow. I hope you write this. Or I will."

The problem is that the timeline prevents it from being Zuko's spawn. And while I totally believe that Mai's parents would offer her to Ozai in exchange for favours, I don't feel like I have anything new to add to the perfectly good Mai/Ozai fics that already exist.

[yukinoomoni]

UNLESS! They had a meeting during his exile that no one knew about! Like when her family was transferring to Omashu?

[fyrdrakken]

Huh. I just had a thought about Iroh's late son having been old enough, if he was serving in the army when he died. (Though I can't remember how long ago he died -- more than three years would rule him out.) And if her parents had designs on offering her to Ozai (either for himself or for his son and heir), that gives room for all sorts of upset when they discovered she had something going on with the wrong branch of the family... ETA: Also, now I'm wondering how long Ozai has been the Fire Lord and how long ago Iroh went from being heir apparent to passed-over general. Because while Iroh was the presumed next Fire Lord, his son would have been more likely for Mai's parents to have designs on marrying Mai off to, probably from her childhood. I can't remember the timing because I've only seen the series once, I'm afraid.