Talk:Agni Kai/@comment-108.18.206.168-20100815171413/@comment-3041111-20100918201658

No no no. According to Agni Kai rules, a duelist has lost when their opponent knocks them off balance or they become too exhausted to fight. Azula became too exhausted to fight, and then Zuko knocked her off balance. She had already lost. While Katara's running into the arena was obviously a plot device, I still say that she ran in because

1. She was concerned for Zuko.

2. It was killing her that she couldn't help.

3. She didn't trust Azula to fight fair, so she was prepared to step in and help at any moment.

I seriously don't think she would have had time to move out of the way. With the shock of realizing that you're about to die, combined with the intense horror therein, and the tension of the whole scene, there's just no human way she could have dodged that lightning blast. She would have died a horrible death of not for Zuko, hot, strong, honorable Zuko.