So true. I mean, Azula is always going to be ... Azula, you know?
It's something I want to read so, so much, but I don't think I have the writing chops, or the in-depth knowledge of mental illness, to pull off.
And as far as I can tell, no-one else on the internet has obliged. Sigh.
But now I so, so want to put Toph and Azula together in some capacity. *Stares at your list, gulps*
If you write it, mind you, I will be there with bells on!
Although:
Which was bad enough, but the prospect of becoming Fire Lord seemed an extra layer of bad to me, like: "I've always been #2. WTF do I do now?!"
I don't know if that's how I read it. Because, I mean, the horrible thing was that she was still number two, because as you say Ozai had abandoned her and palmed her off with the suddenly-subordinate position of Fire Lord.
I mean, if she had somehow come out actually on top (say Aang did somehow defeat Ozai on the Day of Black Sun without managing to seize control of the Fire Nation?) I can see her staying there for quite a while.
She has, after all, had a lot of practice at being perfect. And without her father discounting her ('you can't treat me like Zuko!') ... well.
Though, the idea of Fire Lord Azula is frankly terrifying in a whole variety of ways...
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So true. I mean, Azula is always going to be ... Azula, you know?
It's something I want to read so, so much, but I don't think I have the writing chops, or the in-depth knowledge of mental illness, to pull off.
And as far as I can tell, no-one else on the internet has obliged. Sigh.
But now I so, so want to put Toph and Azula together in some capacity. *Stares at your list, gulps*
If you write it, mind you, I will be there with bells on!
Although:
Which was bad enough, but the prospect of becoming Fire Lord seemed an extra layer of bad to me, like: "I've always been #2. WTF do I do now?!"
I don't know if that's how I read it. Because, I mean, the horrible thing was that she was still number two, because as you say Ozai had abandoned her and palmed her off with the suddenly-subordinate position of Fire Lord.
I mean, if she had somehow come out actually on top (say Aang did somehow defeat Ozai on the Day of Black Sun without managing to seize control of the Fire Nation?) I can see her staying there for quite a while.
She has, after all, had a lot of practice at being perfect. And without her father discounting her ('you can't treat me like Zuko!') ... well.
Though, the idea of Fire Lord Azula is frankly terrifying in a whole variety of ways...