Talk:Azula/@comment-4562082-20120424130319/@comment-5044930-20120425021742

Hmmm...I disagree. Sure the royal family was messed up, but I don't think it was that simple. First off, Ozai CLEARLY showed Azula more attention than Zuko, giving the prodogiy more praise and approval (It's not love but it is better than what Zuko recieved) and Ursa, I'm sure, noticed this and tried to make up for the lack of approval Zuko recieved, unintentionally alienating Azula. I don't believe Ursa is like Ozai at all. She loved BOTH of her children, she just didn't know how to communicate to Azula that her fathers teachings, were wrong. Also Azula, even in her mental breakdown, knew her mother loved her (hence the hallucination of her mother telling her so).

As for Zuko, well of course he wasn't the worlds greatest big brother, just look at how Azula acted as a sibling! Due to her fathers influence, and perhaps even a big head from all the praise she most likely recieved from the court, she really did see her brother as inferior and weak. She even called Zuko little brother in quite a few comics, when she is the younger sibling. So things are bound to be complicated between those two. Yet Zuko HAS to care for his sister because, if he didn't he would've just thrown Azula in a prison cell, or even executed her. But no, he had her admited into a place where she can heal and hopefully become a better person (or at least learn to act like one)

So In short, I see Ozai as the main infection in the royal family. Ruining the relationship the family could've had.