Because she's a great villain with tons of depth and how they made me both sympathise with her in the end while also glad she got her comeuppance was brillantly done. I don't like the woobified version of Azula though that some of her die hard fans like to base her off, but actually canon Azula, I love.
The real answer, is that we don't know. Maybe they could but choose not to or maybe lightning was something created by mankind in the avatar world.
Why did you do this to me? I can't just pick one Zuko! There all so good in their own ways. If I had to pick, It would be a choice between good Zuko and Earth Kingdom Zuko, I also actually like Fire Lord Zuko as well but he's not an option, but Book 2 and the second half of book 3 provided some of my favourite Zuko moments.
It's better than Tyzula I suppose but it's a ship that will never happen.
Azula blue fire is because she's a prodigy and because the writers thought it would provide nice visuals when she fought Zuko. There's nothing really mysterious about Azula's firebending although it's still good to hear theories on it. Azula didn't really enter a state of depression and mental instability until after everything came back to bite her in the ass but she was able to bend blue fire way before this point.
They meant fighting in general but not really bending. Zuko did become one of the most powerful benders by the end of the show, Aang is the Avatar so of course he's going to be more powerful than pretty much everyone but Zuko at the end could go toe to toe with Azula.
Zuko is one of the most of powerful fighters and even one of the most powerful benders by the end of the show. I say he's up there with the likes of Suki and Ty Lee when it comes to being one of the best fighters. They are all different type of fighters though and I say out of the three Zuko is more versatile since he's actually got a lot of skills in his arsenal. Azula and Zuko were evenly matched throughout the fight, in fact Zuko actually was doing better compared to Azula since Azula's attacks were being easily dealt with while Azula struggled to deal with Zuko's attacks. Zuko would have redirected the lightning but Azula cheated and because Zuko form was off, since he had to jump to intercept the lightning before it hit Katara, he couldn't redirect the lightning properly, although he still managed to redirect most it and so some of the electricity went into his heart. This happened because Azula cheated not because she was more powerful.
But if one don't want to call him one of the most powerful fighters than there's no doubt that he's at least one of the most, if not the most versatile fighters in Avatar
Aang would be worse. Azula might be a prodigy but she's not a teacher and she's not the type of teacher Aang needed at the time. In fact with Azula teaching him it's likely he would have failed and not been able to bend fire at all because he wouldn't have gotten over his road blocks in terms of firebending and Azula would not have been patient with him. The reason why Zuko was such a perfect candidate for teaching Aang over Azula is because he allowed Aang to finally come to terms with firebending and that firebending isn't only for destruction.
I don't see either P'Li or lightning Bolt Zolt being related to Azula for one I feel like it would have been mentioned if that was the case. I can't really picture Azula with a family to be honest I feel she would be one of those workaholics that is all about their career.
How do you think he could have been a better sibling? Just curious.
This shouldn't even be up for debate in my opinion. Azula might have shown moments that she cared but most of the time from what we see she was cruel and mean towards Zuko. She tried to kill him multiple times without any ounce of regret, The first time we see her she's seen smiling while Zuko is having his face burnt off by their father. Azula is the definition of a horrible sister.
Zuko isn't the best brother either but the only mark against him is that he can be hostile towards Azula, which you can't blame him for. Unlike Azula though he does regret how their relationship ended up and he is trying his best to help her and hopefully mend their broken relationship. Zuko probably isn't going about it the right way but at least he's trying.
I wouldn't be so sure about that. Don't forget that Azula failed quite a lot throughout book 2 until the very end when she finally did succeed, it's unknown however how much Ozai actually knows what happened through book 2 though. Then you have book 3 where after Zuko leaves Azula is sent to capture or kill her brother but yet fails twice. Knowing Ozai he probably thought Azula should have seen Zuko's betrayal coming as well. Ozai was starting to see Azula's limitations and to him seeing her have limits means she's a failure because he seeks perfection and she wasn't perfect.
That said just because Ozai might have started to see her as a failure, it doesn't mean that he thought she was on the same level as Zuko. Ozai kind of sees Zuko as the ultimate failure mainly because he couldn't get rid of his kind and compassionate nature, even though he tried. Zuko is a failure because of who he is. Azula on the other hand, her failures come from not being perfect no matter how hard she tries to be.
Let's face it the only non-failure in Ozai's eyes is Ozai himself.
I agree I don't think it was for glory reasons because he would have gotten all the glory with or without Azula there because he would have simply taken all the glory. My guess why he chose to leave her behind, well I think it was for two reasons.
He was already done with her. I think Ozai saw Azula as someone who didn't have anything more to offer him after he destroys the Earth Kingdom and finally wins the war. On top of that I think he was beginning to see her as a failure and had likely lost trust in her.
He wanted to show Azula that he was the one in control and wanted her to know it. It was his way of saying that no matter what she did, what she achieved she will always be beneath him.
That's my take on it.
I'm not sure I think each trilogy had their good points and their bad points.
Comics would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that they are usually only a trilogy of stories which means you can't do that much. So either Azula will have to have a quick redemption arc which wouldn't be satisfying to me or it would have to be dragged out. It also doesn't help that Azula will never be the sole focus of the comics and would only really be apart of Zuko's story. A novel would be good. They aren't canon, at least I don't think they are but I did enjoy reading the earth chronicles where you get to see inside each characters' thoughts through their journey through the earth kingdom.
I should rephrase a little. I think Azula has good inside her but I don't think she is purely good on the inside, her cruel, ruthless and controlling personality traits are very much who she is with or without Ozai. Ozai just honed those traits and made her suppress her good traits. She's suppressed her caring side which we only get little glimpses of in The Beach. So while her good traits or possible good traits shouldn't be ignored nor should her bad traits either and they shouldn't be placed solely on Ozai because we see when she was extremely young she had shown cruel behaviours.
Same although I'm more interested in her journey rather than her end which could quite honestly end great for her or tragically. She's a character that's on the abyss edge where she can either pull herself away or jump deep into the depths of the darkness. I really wish that Azula's redemption wasn't done through the comics though since I don't feel that it's the right format to be able to pull off a long and complicated redemption arc which Azula's would need to be,
Azula is definitely not a good person deep down, her personality isn't just down to her father, it's also her own nature however that doesn't mean she can't become a good person or at least a better person.
It depends on how you mean. Do you mean is she a well written character? Which the answer is yes. Or do you mean was a good character as in personality good then the answer has to be no.
Iroh, Ozai, Azula and Zuko will be too busy trying to kill each other instead. It will turn into a Ozai and Azula vs. Iroh and Zuko while Aang just watches on the sidelines unsure what to do.
I think it's simply because Aang is the avatar that ended the 100 year war and Zuko is the Fire lord that helped change and redeem the Fire nation. Katara, Toph, Sokka and Suki probably are famous as well but they were never going to be as famous as the avatar or the fire lord, mostly because the two would be more renowned around the world. I mean we see this in one of the comic series, I think it was imbalance where they meet two firebenders who only really know of Aang and Zuko because of their high ranking status in the world.