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

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

How the hell is Zuko's scar supposed to be a symbol of Zuko and Katara's love?

That's as bad as the one I heard about how it means it's TRUE LUV that Katara could heal him with normal water when it took Spirit Oasis water to heal Aang. To me, all that meant was that Zuko's wounds were non-fatal and Katara's technique has improved with practice.

Agreed on all points. I figure if Azula had to snap (and with a lack of stabilizing friends, I can accept it), it should have been a more . . . coherent madness. Not the hair-cutting crazylady but more of perhaps a Howard Hughes, carefully screening everyone who gets within 100 feet of her to ensure they're not secretly an assassin or something, or sending out random fire blasts to keep servants on their toes.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

How the hell is Zuko's scar supposed to be a symbol of Zuko and Katara's love?

Because, like, he totally got it saving her! I mean, I ship Zutara, but no. That's not the way it works.

Agreed on all points. I figure if Azula had to snap (and with a lack of stabilizing friends, I can accept it), it should have been a more . . . coherent madness.

YES! That is it exactly!

[fairest1.livejournal.com]

Well . . . wait, wait. Might they be referring to scars left by the lightning rather than the face scar? Because then it makes more sense. Still more likely to leave him thinking of family betrayal, but more potential for, say, a thoughtful caress during a shippy scene with Katara.

Snorting fire at random intervals, possibly muttering deranged ramblings under her breath, but with severe control. Walking like a clockwork doll, bending like a living diagram. She seeks perfection at the cost of, well, not being wacky races.

[redbrunja.livejournal.com]

Yes, there were referring to the scar Zuko got in the finale. I still think it's a HUGE leap and really doesn't take into account Zuko's issues to say that it's a 'symbol of their love.'

Walking like a clockwork doll, bending like a living diagram.

Exactly. That would have been more IC.