Talk:History of Azula (Summer 100 AG)/@comment-98.89.135.70-20120715175426

Everyone thinks Azula missed or was just going nuts when she fired the lightning bolt at Katara during the Agni Kai. I think she had figured out real early into the fight that she was in trouble, (if you watch it you can see the dawning "Oh ****..." look in her eyes after Zuko matches her gigantic fire blast). So in keeping with her style of combining psychological and physical warfare, she noticed a perfect shot lined up at the unsuspecting bystander which Zuko could either take, throwing himself into a position where he wouldn't be able to redirect properly, or let his friend get anhialated and lose his temper, which would tip the scales back in Azula's favor because nobody ever managed to even slow Azula down when they were angry.