I don’t know if this is weird or not, but I totes read Mulan as a trans woman! I tend to read all “women who pretend to be men” stories as very similar to my experience. In contrast, I’ve never imagined that a character presented to the audience as male was actually a trans woman.
the fact that it’s toph specifically who speaks up on behalf of zuko + mentions his “messed-up family” has me feeling Emotions on this fine Saturday night.
anyone else: what avatar relationships are you into????
me, pointing at my elaborately engraved carving that says “toph and zuko become found-family weird sibling buddies who are both intolerably snobby in a very aristocratic way to each other but like would actually Die for each other”: oh, nothing in particular
toph reassuring zuko that he’s done his uncle proud and then thumping him really hard in the arm is everything i ever wanted from this friendship and also fictional media in general, thanks.
Harvest Guardian 