Talk:Azula/@comment-5118879-20120530232408/@comment-109.186.24.160-20120531055946

As a mom I can tell you that a child like Azula needed more loving, as well as discipline. A child of 6,7,8,9 is too young to abandon the way she was. And if she was indeed "crazy" from a young age (and I do think she probably was) she needed even more support and help to naviagate the world. One doesn't blame a blind person for not knowing the color of the cloth one holds up and one doesn't blame a person who is "crazy" as she was for not knowing how to act.

Children are great manipulators, not just some, all.

As we only see things really from Zuko's point of view, I think if the spotlight were really turned on her we'd see a child who was abused by her father, not physically, but mentally.

Whether or not Ursi meant to abandon her, or Iroh, she was. If she could only rely on her father for modeling that is how she would turn out.

Zuko was pretty much of a wimp/mama's boy until his mother sacrificed herself for him. When you see him next he is vicious and angry. He steals from people, even those who help him. He relentlessly pursues Aang. He even sends an assasain after the Avatar and this is after three years with Iroh teaching him different behavior.