Talk:Azula/@comment-5118879-20120530232408/@comment-58.164.88.44-20120531073836

Zuko had iroh to try and mentor him, and their mother favoured zuko more than azula, she acted strong and powerful because thats what her father wanted and since her mother mostly ignored her and she thought her mother hated her she had no choice but to follow what ozai told her. It even shows in the show that she went crazy because she had abandonment issues and felt isolated and alone and that the only way she thought she could get people to be with her was through fear. she didnt believe when her mother said in the last few episodes that she loved her and didnt think she was a monster.

it showed in the episode "the Beach' that she clearly didnt know how to interact with people unless she was using fear or her rank as a fire nation princess, she doesnt have a regular personality to just interact with people, even with zuko she mocked him and was more punctual and commanding to him. She followed ozai too much if she was brought up differently, she wouldnt have been so bad. She showed a fierce attitude becaue she was the fire bending prodigy and that was what her father wanted her to be, like him. yes it was mean of her to speak so openly that her grandfather would die soon and iroh would have become fire lord, but she was like what? only 6? she didnt see it as a bad thing. if you are brought up being told to have a shower in the evening, are you in the wrong if you find out most of your friends shower in the morning instead?

People should watch the episode the beach again, and watch azula in how she interacts with people.

The fact is that without ozai she wouldnt have been so cruel, but then its not even ozais fault, he was brought up that way too. You would have to go back to sozin to find the person who started it all.