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I swear Zuko is the only character where people can look at a scene of him terrorizing an indigenous civilian population who his people have been decades committing a genocide against and go "look how soft and not truly bad he is" merely since he left after he got the thing his terrorization was after.

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people tend to talk more about the doll iroh gives azula as a spoil of war that directly illustrates iroh’s attitude of colonial paternalism, but there’s something so fascinating to me about how iroh gives zuko a knife that says “made in earth kingdom” on one side and “never give up without a fight” on the other, reducing a call to action, direct resistance through any means necessary, into an abstract, inspirational quote. a weapon that symbolizes the strength of a nation of resist imperialist conquest/colonial occupation is put in the hands of a ten year old who has no way of truly understanding the implications of that slogan. of course, zuko eventually does come to understand, and he does refuse to give up without a fight, as does iroh, but at the time that iroh gives zuko the knife, he is perverting that symbol of revolutionary action & resistance into a colonial artifact, a mere child’s plaything, its blade dulled and its power denied through the act of gifting it to the sheltered prince of the nation against whom they are fighting. yes, zuko has his own fight, and must face his own struggles, and he is largely defined by his persistence, so it’s easy to forget what this knife means within its original cultural context: “made in earth kingdom” isn’t just a dismissive joke, it’s also a grave reminder of who iroh was, what his “gifts” represent, and where they came from.

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For me it's crazy how Zuko was always afraid of Azula, as young as probably 4y old? While Azula was like... 2?

Azula was really born and everyone already taking their prejudice on her cuz Ozai decided that was her favorite cuz she was born with the spark while the kid was still on diapers, are you kidding me? No wonder she's the way she is 😭

No matter how badly they write her in some comics, I could never hate on that kid. Literally the entire world is against her and the fact her mental health have gone worse and NO ONE decided that maybe those institutions are bullshit makes me want for her to just go her own way and never ever again go back to her family.

Girl fuck ur family and supposed friends, get urself a cat, a nice therapist and some bad bitch as ur gf, the rest will come alone

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For me it's crazy how Zuko was always afraid of Azula, as young as probably 4y old? While Azula was like... 2?

Azula was really born and everyone already taking their prejudice on her cuz Ozai decided that was her favorite cuz she was born with the spark while the kid was still on diapers, are you kidding me? No wonder she's the way she is 😭

No matter how badly they write her in some comics, I could never hate on that kid. Literally the entire world is against her and the fact her mental health have gone worse and NO ONE decided that maybe those institutions are bullshit makes me want for her to just go her own way and never ever again go back to her family.

Girl fuck ur family and supposed friends, get urself a cat, a nice therapist and some bad bitch as ur gf, the rest will come alone

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Aaron Ehazs's idealistic concept of Azula's redemption with Zuko ~guiding her out of abyss~ doesn't sit right with me considering Zuko, intentionally or not, played a great reason why Azula hit rock bottom in the first place. Yes, Ozai ruined her life, but Zuko was the one who pushed the domino that led to her most traumatic breakdown she'd ever experienced. Not to menion 90% of the series he viewed her as an obstacle/rival and suddenly the next season he would supposed to be her Iroh?

It also rubs me wrong that Zuko is the only person he mentioned, almost like Azula's healing, her identity, her world, her agency, HAS to be centered around her brother. Thank god there wasn't fourth season.

I have to agree. Zuko and Iroh are the people who both never showed her an ounce of kindness and who are directly responsible for ruining her life. Having her "redemption" be about her forgiving and obeying them and hating herself and her actions due to their "kindness" feels wrong. It feels like Azula is crawling back to people who never cared about her when it mattered, just because she's so deep in despair that she can be bribed by the slightest trinket, the slightest sliver of hope that someone might slightly care about her

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Does Azula (before her breakdown) think that her friends consider her a monster?

Maybe deep down, but the idea probably wasn't on the top of her mind. She is always is a bit afraid that her friends only are her friends because she's princess, though.

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Aaron Ehazs's idealistic concept of Azula's redemption with Zuko ~guiding her out of abyss~ doesn't sit right with me considering Zuko, intentionally or not, played a great reason why Azula hit rock bottom in the first place. Yes, Ozai ruined her life, but Zuko was the one who pushed the domino that led to her most traumatic breakdown she'd ever experienced. Not to menion 90% of the series he viewed her as an obstacle/rival and suddenly the next season he would supposed to be her Iroh?

It also rubs me wrong that Zuko is the only person he mentioned, almost like Azula's healing, her identity, her world, her agency, HAS to be centered around her brother. Thank god there wasn't fourth season.

I have to agree. Zuko and Iroh are the people who both never showed her an ounce of kindness and who are directly responsible for ruining her life. Having her "redemption" be about her forgiving and obeying them and hating herself and her actions due to their "kindness" feels wrong. It feels like Azula is crawling back to people who never cared about her when it mattered, just because she's so deep in despair that she can be bribed by the slightest trinket, the slightest sliver of hope that someone might slightly care about her

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Is Sokka also an underdeveloped character?

I would say that he's pretty decently developed.

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How do you deal with anon hate?

Just realize that those people had to click a button to remove their name cause they’re scared of you. They ain’t shit.

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Do you have azula fic recommendations where she is being a psychologically damamged murder-buddy with someone? It's a nice concept, but I never came across any like that

Just about every Maizula fic ever written? Being "a psychologically damaged murder-buddy" doesn't necessarily mean actually going around murdering people, but that Azula and her partner are united by their propensity and talent toward violence, their aggression, etc. and that's why they find a kindred spirit in each other and respect each other. Sure, canon Azula and Ty Lee care about each other deeply, but what holds them together isn't "look how caring and comforting Ty Lee is toward Azula" or even the more canonically-supported opposite, it's that they like to wreck shit, kick asses, take names, and make mean comments together.

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it would have been really funny if palpatine enacted order 66 only to be immediately killed by one of his own clone guards who doesn’t really understand the difference between the sith and jedi and just sees palpatine with a lightsaber and goes “oh a jedi!” And point blank shoots him without hesitation

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It doesn't matter which Azula slash ship it is, they're all better if they written as Azula and her girlfriend being psychologically damaged murder-buddies.

Azutara? Better when it's Azula and Katara being psychologically damaged murder-buddies.

Tyzula? Better when it's Azula and Ty Lee being psychologically damaged murder-buddies.

Azuki? Better when it's Azula and Suki being psychologically damaged murder-buddies.

Tophzula? Better when it's Azula and Toph being psychologically damaged murder-buddies.

Maizula? Better when it's Azula and Mai being psychologically damaged murder-buddies, and one of the best things about the Maizula community is that the majority of authors actually realize that.

We can name this the Yuezula rule, after the one lesbian ship which is an exception. Yuezula is best written when it's Azula and Yue being being psychologically damaged princesses.

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i want 60 thousand votes by next thursday

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Stay safe!

You never know what's going on in someone's life. I just had a near death experience holy shit I could've fucking died I could've been fucking shot I hope i safe now

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I find it very annoying when someone finds one of my posts and tries to argue with me in the replies. It's much harder to respond to than if they reblogged it.

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That's what I thought. There's not enough information to tell.

so if it takes place after imbalance isn't azula 18 in her solo comic?

I don't try to track the internal chronology of the comics. You would be better off asking an actual comics expert like @loopy777