unequal distribution of ice cream

Tylee: we could seduce her.

Azula(blushing): I errr why would you suggest that???

Mai: she is trying to help you accept your gay. But it's fine. I got this. Give me 15 minutes.

Azula: you think can seduce her to be on the same side as us in 15 minutes?

Mai: yeah.

12 miniature later

Mai(covered in kisses): alright good news and ok news. Good news is you all get to come to the wedding.

Azula: did you get her to be on the same side as us?!?!

Mai: uh yes. Congratulations we are now on team avatar.

Azula: what?!?

This goes for Azula/Ty Lee, Azula/Mai, Mai/Ty Lee, Azula/Katara, Mai/Katara, Ty Lee/Katara, Toph/Mai, Yue/Azula, etc.

I kind of wish that more lesbian Azula fanfics positioned lesbianism and homosexuality within a different, non-modern cultural and social context. There are quite a few ways that lesbianism could exist, be understood, etc. within the context of Fire Nation society but it’s very unlikely things would be like 2010s American society or even 1950s American society. It might not even be understood as a “sexual identity” as opposed to a behavior people engage in.

There’s actually a lot of ways Fire Nation culture could treat lesbianism:

The society could be highly homophobic with lesbianism illegal or socially taboo.

At the other extreme, lesbian marriage could be normal, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily treated the same way as in modern Western society. One possibility is that one partner in a lesbian couple is regarded as symbolically taking on a male role.

Society could just completely ignore the subject. There isn’t a taboo against lesbianism, but lesbian behavior has been completely ignored, period culturally.

There could be informal institutions liked “Boston Marriages” that are not perceived as sexual or romantic by broader society.

Lesbian behavior could be considered completely acceptable in some contexts (like between the wives/concubines of the same man) but not in most others.

Lesbian sex might just not be perceived as sex at all(since there’s no penis involved). It might be completely socially accepted but not be seen as “sex.”

Lesbianism might be perceived as a behavior, not as an identity. Lesbian sexual acts might be completely accepted (and maybe even encouraged in some contexts), precisely because they’re not seen as interfering with women’s reproductive and familial obligations. It’s actually quite unusual historically for societies to see gayness as an identity, rather than seeing particular sex acts as a behavior.

it all might depend entirely on social contexts.

the Fire Nation might generally view sex through power dynamics, with lesbianism fitting into this somehow.