Talk:Azula/@comment-35.14.233.95-20120724162932/@comment-35.11.145.173-20120725033109

Azula did not have sociopathic tendencies at that age. The thing with the turtleducks is pretty silly, especially since Zuko imitated her and laughed about it. Lots of little kids toy with animals that way because they don't know better. The only other sign was her burning the doll, and honestly I used to torture my Barbies when I was her age. Iroh's giving Zuko a knife was just as irresponsible as giving Azula one, and we know that if she wanted Azula could get her hands on a knife. It was the difference in how he treated her that made it insulting.

And Azula wasn't much more culpable than Zuko. Zuko attempted to attack Aang more times than Azula did. He took ages to make his transition from the dark side to the light side or whatever, with Iroh egging him on the whole time. Iroh held out on the hope that Zuko would change for 2 books, but he never gave Azula that same hope. Not to mention that when he chose to leave with Zuko, he basically left an impressionable young girl alone with Ozai, and no wise mentor figure of her own to guide her. I know he had to make a choice, but it seems like he was always looking out for Zuko and never for Azula.