Talk:Azula/@comment-97.101.201.227-20120717043413/@comment-35.9.62.225-20120730152215

^^ Azula's behavior as a child wasn't that unusual though. Bullying your brother and pushing over your friend, quite simply, are normal if reprehensible behaviors for the kid who grows up as the playround boss. When I was little I did similarly cruel things to my peers, although as I grew older I learned that this wasn't right and I stopped. Ozai probably encouraged that behavior in Azula, and Ursa seems to have spent more time with Zuko, so she was never consistantly taught not to act that way. And when Ursa was gone, she had only her father's influence.

^ That's exactly the point. Zuko had Iroh and Ursa's influence to balance out Ozai's; that's why he was so conflicted all the time. But Azula had much more of Ozai's influence than her mom's, so she was less so confused.