Talk:Azula/@comment-4991841-20120815172323

Azula is arguably one of the best written most complex characters in Avatar. I mean come on think about it. She grew up thinking her mother didn't love her while training under her fathers eye. She had no desire to disappoint her dad, who I am not sure was capable of love, so she trained feverishly to impress him. As she got older she wanted to achieve totally perfection so she manipulated and practiced until life was perfect. Then when Mai and Ty Lee turned against her it planted the seeds for the end. We can see through the last episodes of the show that her mental stability decresed tremendously. Once Ozai told her to stay in the Fire Nation Azula realized that Ozai uses her. Now with her spiraling down fast, banishing all the people around her being the example, she starts having hallucinations of her mother. Ursa always loved Azula but she never could see it all she saw was how much Ursa loved Zuko. So she had notions that her mother hated her and thought she was a monster. Finally, when Zuko and Katara showed up and defeated her everything she hoped for was lost. She probably though she lost her fathers affection, she was defeated by her brother, who she thought all her life was not as gifted as she was, and Katara, a filthy pesant. Being from the aristocracy this just added to her descent to madness even more. I am positive being beaten by someone "below" you would have been humiliating. After Katar a finally chained her it was it Azula's flawless demeanor was shattered she lost everything including the throne and subsequently lost her mind. She is really an anti villan. When she is introduced and throughout book to you have to view her as the enemy. But when you know the whole story you really feel sorry for her.

AZULA IS MY FAVORITE! <3