Wuko

Wuko
GENERAL
The Legend of Korra
Character	Mako
Character	Wu
Canonical?	Fanon
Status of Relationship	Close Friends, Bodyguard/Protector
IN FANDOM
Type (?)	Slash

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Wuko is the slash ship between Mako and Wu from The Legend of Korra fandom.

Canon

Mako met Prince Wu when he was appointed as his bodyguard. Wu had moved to the Republic for his coronation, and the detective Mako was chosen to be his bodyguard. Mako had to be with Wu all the times and do everything with him. Mako found Wu extremely annoying, so much so that he had to bang his head against the wall for an hour every day. Mako could not wait for Wu to leave so he could go back to being a detective.

Mako later learned from Lin that he would be going to Ba Sing Se with Wu and staying as his bodyguard forever because President Raiko had signed off on the deal. It turned out that Wu had personally asked for this because he felt he could not live without Mako. Later, a bunch of Kuvira supporters started throwing pies at Wu so he picked Wu up and ran away from the Kuvira supporters.

Mako later attended Wu's coronation and witnessed Kuvira's direct opposition to him. Wu later tried to comfort Mako after an argument with his brother Bolin over their opposing political positions. While the two were at a shopping mall, Wu became depressed over his lack of supporters, and Mako finally tried to get him to get his act together. Later, Korra returned to Republic City, so he joined her and Asami for lunch, but was forced to take Wu with him. Mako was upset when he found out that Korra had written to Asami but not to him, so Wu tried to comfort him by saying that Korra had not written to him either.

Wu went to the bathroom, but Mako refused to go with him because he was tired. In the end, Wu was kidnapped and Mako had to rescue him together with Korra and Asami. Mako decided to keep Wu safe by taking him to the Sato estate. Mako decided to work with Wu on self-defense. Mako ended up telling Wu about his past relationships with Korra and Asami and Wu willingly listened to everything. He was impressed to learn more about Mako's past.

Later, Wu came up with the idea of evacuating Republic City when Kuvira attacked. Mako was actually impressed by his idea. Mako had trouble getting the citizens to evacuate, so Wu stepped in and gave an inspiring speech that impressed Mako once again. However, it turned out that Wu was only trying to impress Korra, which irritated Mako. After the final battle, Mako was impressed with how well Wu handled the evacuation, but still refused to set him up with Korra. Wu was fine with this, as he wanted to act for the good of the people. Wu announced his plan to abolish the Earth Kingdom's monarchy and establish a democracy instead. Mako agreed that this was a good idea.

Fanon

The Wuko ship became popular as soon as Wu was introduced. Despite the fact that Wu hit on several women, many fans felt that Wu was "obviously gay". Many saw the fact that Wu felt he could not live without Mako, and the fact that he liked having Mako carry him, as a sign of a crush. While Mako was initially annoyed with Wu, he was also cold to Korra at first, so many fans felt that he might eventually fall for Wu as well. Wuko is primarily shipped with Korrasami and the other canon pairings, as it resolves the fact that Mako was the only main character not in a relationship at the end of the series.

Fandom

FAN FICTION

Mako/Wu tag on AO3

Mako/Wu tag on FanFiction.net

DEVIANT ART

Wuko tag on DeviantArt