Azula & Unpopular Fandom Opinions

[redbrunja]

Okay, so I'm doing 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.

Comments

[rabidline.livejournal.com]

Just read your entry, btw and I loved it.

I read Azula's downfall as family issues. The catalyst might be Mai and Ty Lee betraying her, but the root is Ozai and Ursa (faceless as they may be)- you can see her reaction when her dad basically dismissed her in the finale.

The popular opinion is there because it gives more reason for Dangerous Ladies femmeslash (mostly for Azula/Ty Lee, if I'm not mistaken).


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.
Ah, yes. Agreed.


Ozai as the faceless villain is one reason I don't find his last stand against Aang as epic as I find Zuko's and Azula's.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Honestly I read it straighter (pun intended) that it was really the loss of her friends that cause her insanity. Now, I don't think that he dad leaving her behind helped, but she was clearly on the edge in the first episode after Mai and Ty Lee abandoned her.

Ozai as the faceless villain is one reason I don't find his last stand against Aang as epic as I find Zuko's and Azula's.

For me, it was more how Aang's arc was played out that made me find that fight not-epic.