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Azula & Unpopular Fandom Opinions
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avatar_contest because I want to get back into the habit of writing for Avatar and honestly, I'm sorry I broke up with that show the way I did.
The last couple of prompts have both reminded me of Azula and you know, the more time goes by the more I realize I am really, really disappointed in how her arc turned out. Even thought I know that she was going crazy because of Mai and Ty Lee betraying her, it still read a lot like another women losing her sanity when when she got power.
I think that Zuko leaving Mai (what was presumably) a really thoughtful letter is a good way to break up with someone in general. Additionally, I think telling her face to face would have been dumb and given Azula a chance to stop him.
It is okay that Ozai was really a faceless villain. That was his role and we didn't need to know/care about his motivations the way we did Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee.
Also, you know Zuko's scar? That is not a symbol of Zuko and Katara's love and when Zuko looks at it he's not going to think about saving Katara; he's going to think about how two of the four members of his family have tried to kill him.
avatar_contest because I want to get back into the habit of writing for Avatar and honestly, I'm sorry I broke up with that show the way I did.The last couple of prompts have both reminded me of Azula and you know, the more time goes by the more I realize I am really, really disappointed in how her arc turned out. Even thought I know that she was going crazy because of Mai and Ty Lee betraying her, it still read a lot like another women losing her sanity when when she got power.
I think that Zuko leaving Mai (what was presumably) a really thoughtful letter is a good way to break up with someone in general. Additionally, I think telling her face to face would have been dumb and given Azula a chance to stop him.
It is okay that Ozai was really a faceless villain. That was his role and we didn't need to know/care about his motivations the way we did Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee.
Also, you know Zuko's scar? That is not a symbol of Zuko and Katara's love and when Zuko looks at it he's not going to think about saving Katara; he's going to think about how two of the four members of his family have tried to kill him.
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She WAS really mad at his for what he did and she got to tell him off! And I'm not saying she doesn't have a right to be angry, because that's a natural emotion with a break up, but I don't think that it was this omg awful text message break up thing that everyone is acting like it is.
Especially after she had to have her UNCLE release her from prison, after what Mai did for Zuko.
EXACTLY! That is one of the few times that Zuko is honestly not treating Mai well, but of course NO ONE pays any attention to that!
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Yes. Admittedly, I got out of fandom after the finale, so I MIGHT not have heard it if people were talking, but I DO know that everyone HARPED on the good bye letter but very few people mentioned FORGETTING HER WHILE SHE WAS IN PRISON (and it was always zutara fans, which was, of course, grounds for immediate dismissal of the idea.)