Talk:Azula's relationships/@comment-3327121-20110110101639/@comment-74.44.8.193-20110301191958

I would guess that she probably was closer friends with Mai and Ty Lee when younger. if she had never been kind toward them, they wouldn't have bonded. if it was always a matter of control, I think she would have passed them up in favor of less independently minded companions

In the Zuko Alone flashbacks it's obvious that 8yr old Azula was a spoiled brat, but other then her picking on Zuko, and mocking Iroh, I wouldn't say she had developed that cold cruel demeanor that dominates her personality later in life until after her mother was no longer in the picture and Ozai could mold her whatever way he desired, without interference from his wife. True she did mouth off some very twisted things, like when she commented about Iroh possibly not coming back from the war, and how she teased Zuko about Ozai being commanded to sacrifice his son. but at the age of 8 and especially being as sheltered from the hardships of life as a princess would be, she probably didn't fully grasp what she was talking about. Plus more than likely she was merely reiterating things she had heard her father, her major influence in life, say.