Talk:Azula/@comment-3028289-20110412223620/@comment-3028289-20110415032840

Kaizuh, Kaizuh, Kaizuh... You shouldn't let your personal opinion cloud your judgement. As an Azula fan I would love for her to be happy, but I recognize that Azula being happy isn't the Azula that I grew to love in the series. Azula is a megalomaniac, and her reactions to Mai and Ty Lee betraying her are what define that. She was overly confident in her use of fear to control those around her, and when it foiled, she become paranoid and manic depressive -- all which is textbook examples. Azula identifies to viewers about her mother and the resentment ( she looks into the burning fire, another very obvious imagery of resentment ) of their relationship, but it isn't till the finale we learn the specifics. Azula could not be confused unless she was aware of two facts and struggled deciding which is right. Azula is the product of her father, but her mother's traits battle within her just like Zuko. Azula and Zuko have the same dilemma, but contrast due to her father's dominance in her raising and Zuko's mother in his. So as Zuko struggles to battle off the evil inside him, Azula battles off the good. That is why Ursa says she is confused, and that is when Azula even admits she feel she "HAS NO CHOICE" ( which proves she is aware of her choices ) but to follow what her father taught her. "FEAR IS THE ONLY WAY" shows she is a megalomaniac, because she "USES FEAR TO CONTROL PEOPLE." Azula denies her mother ( by shattering the mirror ) and sobs because she is fighting human nature -- She sacrifices relationships to be the perfect image of what her father would want her to be: ruthless. The one thing the series never clarifies is how she responds to these recognitions, because until the very end, Azula acted consistent. Her crying proves nothing other than she is confused ( which Ursa pointed out already ), but when it came down to it, she was more than willing to murder Zuko ( hence, a sociopath )-- which she would have accomplished without Katara's intervention.