Talk:Azula/@comment-75.94.60.254-20120112131542/@comment-75.94.60.254-20120113041256

I am, in no way, saying that she should be deprived from the character development she had during the finale. As Zulo noted, it made her more than a stereotypical villain. In fact, it would be good for the audience to see cracks in the mask, the human under the skin, the girl under the lies. I am in no way advocating to take that away But at that point she had lost everyone she cares about and she is about to lose everything she strives for, everything she worked and made sacrifices for. It would be nice to at least have her at a 100% during the last battle, fight Zuko and Katara in a 2 v 1 battle if needed and suffer her defeat while standing on two legs. Have her knocked out or chained as it was in the end, no need to kill her or make her look mad. If they needed bonus friendship points they could have put a scene where she is making amends with those she consider family and friends.

Overall, I'm just bitter about her fate. There are a few characters in fiction I truly respect and sure, Azula was a bully and a b!tch, but she was also extremely intelligent, had an internal drive, worked hard, was willing to go above and beyond and, I believe, was a patriot. This is something I can respect, even more so because she was a female character who never used seduction as a tool to reach a goal (Chan doesn't count, it was a party, and it ended with a failure). It would have been nice to at least have a 10-20 sec. epilogue in which we are told she recovering.