Remember that time that Zuko got so possessive he hit a guy and Mai dumped him on the spot but also recognized that he’d been through a lot of emotional and physical trauma in his life but still didn’t take him back until he admitted that he had a problem because that was some S-rank relationship writing gosh
I think that in an alternate universe where ATLA started in 2016 instead of 2005, Mai’s dry, darker humor would’ve made her one of the most popular supporting characters in the show