Talk:Azula/@comment-75.62.130.229-20111012224602/@comment-132.160.76.118-20111013083836

I can see what you are going for but you do ignore a lot of important details. Azula enjoyed tormenting her brother in any means necessary whether through humiliation or fear. She burned the doll Iroh gave to her as a present. She showed little remorse to the death of Lu Ten (her cousin) instead wondering whether or not Ozai would take the throne rather than worry about Iroh like her brother. Azula was raised that way in the sense that she believed herself that Ursa favored Zuko over her. So she sought her father's approval seeing as she had the prodigal skills. It could also be that because of Ursa's banishment, Azula more than ever needed to be favored in her father's eyes and remain on top of Zuko. As for her "friends" I truly believe she didn't exactly see theme as friends as the anonymous contributor before me said. She manipulated them, Ty lee especially, to do her bidding and thought that using fear will always keep them on her side. Mai's defection because she loved Zuko more than she feared Azula made her realize that her power can't hold everyone. With that I do feel that Azula had a rough life. But remember that she never truly cared for Zuko so why should he? In the finale she was willing to kill him, going as far to break the tradition of the Agni Kai and target Katara who was not her challenger. Azula was chained and she mentally broke down, spitting fire on the ground. Do you really think Zuko would dare approach her? However if you look at Zuko seeing Azula's breakdown, he shows true pity in her state. If Azula didn't want to kill Zuko, I would agree with you that her ending was terrible, however her cold, sadistic personality, topped with the lust for full control, I feel that Azula's ending is somewhat fitting. Though I much prefer her as the cold, calculating Azula rather than the mentally unstable Azula.