I adore Meng. I think she is adorable and reminds me so much of myself. She is insecure but she longs to be loved. She also is evil, her little floozy remark made me giggle so! She can't help not being as pretty as the other girls, she can't help being a poor orphan (I didn't see parents) and Aunt Wu's servant. (She said assistant a bit too hesitantly) She can't help having gap teeth and a robe too big for her. She can't help that some floozy stole her crush. I bet you can guess my ship. In my mind, Meng is nearly thirteen so don't worry, I am not that sick. In her culture, she is a woman. This is for all girls who ever feel ugly, you are beautiful in the eyes of those who matter! Tell me if I should continue this series and include her feelings on Katara!

Flawed

Each day I watch the maidens go

To hear their fortunes told

Sometimes I worry I'll be alone

Until I am gray and old

I don't have long flowing locks

I'm not pretty like the other girls

I can't move mountains on a whim

My teeth aren't perfect as pearls

I have no powerful relations to turn to

No wealthy clan to call my own

I'm just there, no one really sees me

I smile even as I feel alone

Yet in my dreams, I'm beautiful

In my mind, I have a family

I'm not just a poor servant

Because in my dreams, someone loves me

Each night I wish he'd take me away

And fulfill my every prayer

No more ugly second-hand clothes

I'll have new silken robes to wear

I won't have to mop and clean

And cook from dawn to night

Someday, my true love will come

And my future will be so bright

He'll be so kind and gentle

He'll wipe away my tears

And the best part of all will be

He'll be someone with big ears

Someone with big ears will know

The pain of social ridicule

He will keep me safe

From people who are cruel

I know he'll have suffered

Evil will have left its scar

I wonder if he is lost like me

Wishing reverently upon a star

I know he's flawed right now

But together we will be whole

Because he won't see the flaws outside

He'll gaze deep inside my soul

Inside his eyes, I'm perfect

And in my eyes, the same

I know we are drawn together

Like moth towards the flame...