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Avatar: The Last Airbender -- Azula in the Spirit Temple

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No Social Skills: Word of God says that until The Beach episode, Azula seems evil, but perfect. In a social setting, away from battle, she cannot function. This is perfectly seen at Chan's party where her attempts to humor and flirt with Chan completely fall flat, and recquires Ty lee's help and advices to have a real conversation and kiss with him, though her We Can Rule Together offer ruins her effort and causes him to excuse himself. Her face afterward clearly says that she is unhappy about her social inability. Sixth Ranger Traitor: Azula's psychosis overtook her better judgment and she does turn Grapes of Luxury: During the Grand Finale, she gives this a try while initially enjoying her new power but it soon becomes apparent that she has been brought up to conquer, not to rule... The Evil Princess: Since being given the throne by her father and losing an agni kai for the throne did not fare well for her, Azula plots to kill her mother and incriminate Zuko as illegitimate to take the throne.

She made a point that she uses fear to maintain loyalty in both her minions and her friends Mai and Ty Lee. This eventually leads to Mai abandoning her to protect Zuko out of love, and Ty Lee following suit to protect Mai. The realization that her friends didn't actually trust her and ultimately abandoned her is one of the factors that lead to her ultimate Villainous Breakdown. In The Search, she regains a semblance of sanity by pinning the blame for everything falling apart in her life on her mother Ursa. She'd rather imagine a huge conspiracy orchestrated by Ursa than admit that maybe she brought some of her troubles on herself, or that Katara could defeat her on her own. Improbable Age: While all of the main characters are complete masters who are leagues better than people double their age, Azula stands out as being more talented initially than all of them, as well as being drawn as if she's 18, rather than a mere fourteen. Then again, it could be the makeup. Without makeup on, Azula does look more like her age. When reflecting on her mother's seeming disappointment when she first discovered firebending, Azula by the present at least understands that Ursa was scared for her as much as she was scared of her.

Princess Azula (阿祖拉)

How much of Azula's behavior could be construed as outright sadism and sociopathy or as something more akin to a Blood Knight, a result of Ozai and the Fire Nation culture's conditioning to value strength and victory, considering the number of soldiers who do commit petty acts of sadism in comparison to her Pragmatic Villainy. Femme Fatalons: She has long fingernails, though she later cuts them. She also uses the slashing motion in combat in her first episode, giving Zuko three nice straight scars. The Comically Serious: In The Beach where she brings the same intensity to a volleyball game as combat.

In fact, this graphic novel serves as a great character study, showing Azula’s drives and fatal flaws. It explores what she truly wants, and how she sees the events of the story around her It puts her in a situation where she has to confront her past and her behavior, and gives her a chance for some serious retrospection. Then it provides an answer that is still very true to Azula’s character.

AZULA RETURNS IN A NEW ‘AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER’ STORY FROM DARK HORSE AND AVATAR STUDIOS

The scenery, clothing, and set pieces all feel completely at home in the Avatar world as well. The eponymous spirit temple, for instance, has a great Fire Nation design to it, filled with detail both on the outside and inside that make it feel like a real place. In fact, the temple is in many ways as much alive as the characters themselves, and the scenery and shadows within help make it feel that way. Character Development: By the time of the Smoke and Shadow trilogy, not only is she a lot more mentally stable, but she has also reevaluated where her mentality has gotten her up to this point: Break the Cutie: Even when she is Ax-Crazy, Azula qualifies for this especially after her Mommy Issues are revealed. She may not look like it at all considering how calm she is throughout the series, she's only fourteen years old. She only wanted to be loved by her parents and friends, and after she realizes that it's not true, she begins to sob, up to the point Zuko and Katara aren't happy after defeating her.

Except for Ningka (who deserted the group before this comic's events), [5] [6] all unmasked Fire Warriors featured in Smoke and Shadow Part Three reappear in Azula in the Spirit Temple.

Hero Killer: While he got better, Azula still killed Avatar Aang. Not leaving him for dead like Sozin did, but directly killing him. This made her, for a time, the one who completely exterminated the Air Nomads. Arrogant Kung-Fu Girl: Azula tells Zuko when they are children that he will never catch up in terms of firebending skill. That being said, she is still one of the most powerful and skilled fighters in the series, and she is called a prodigy by Ozai, who is implied to be the most powerful firebender at the time.

The Heavy: In Book 2 and most of Book 3 she's the one driving the plot through her confrontations with Aang and Zuko, as Ozai himself is an Orcus on His Throne up until the Grand Finale. Even when her father takes a bigger hand in the conflict, Azula remains a very serious threat and arguably the Gaang's most persistent foe in the series. And on art. Peter Wartman's style continues to shine in my opinion. I think particularly for this more personal and intimate story the soft lines and tones worked quite well. And I'm super happy to see him take on Azula (and Ty Lee ofc) and really experiment with different looks, particularly hair-down Azula.Little Miss Badass: As a child, she was already beginning to master Firebending. And, believe it or not, she was fourteen throughout the series.

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