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Recently I've been seeing a lot of people say that during the agni kai when Azula says she's sorry things had to happen like that she really is and that Zuko just isn't. Which in my opinion is just such a grave misinterpretation of his character and what Azula means to him!

Like, we can see in the beach episode that they can actually work really well together and do have a degree of trust and mutual care for eachother when they're not being pitted against each other by the adults around them (sometimes even Iroh) . Zuko is sorry that things had to end this way but acknowledges that Azula can't be saved by mere words anymore. When the day comes when Azula and Zuko can see past their different traumas which we see them come close to in the comics then they can work together, they still obviously care, but that care (and maybe even love) has been tainted by both their parents.

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Y’all ever just wonder if Zuko sees pieces of Azula in Toph and Katara?

Except not what Azula was turned into by their father, but what she could have been if she had been properly loved by the adults around her (like Katara) or if she had been allowed to find other people who did (like Toph found the Gaang).

Katara and Toph were both master benders at a young age, like Azula. They were fierce and loyal. They’re basically her foils (mostly Katara, but Toph too) and I feel like Zuko 100% would recognize that. Then they became his friends, his new family. They all loved each other to the point that Zuko was willing to take a lightning blast for Katara (he would have for anyone in the Gaang, but still).

They probably heal that big brother piece of his heart while he waits to see if Azula will be willing to heal herself.

I think about this a lot-

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My favorite kind of Early Azula Redemption is when her loyalties are just slightly to the left of canon in Zuko's favor because she's still cold and calculating, but it changes from I'll do whatever my father says to well, I guess we have to usurp our father now.

Because if Zuko and Azula were more aligned with each other, they would have staged a coup before Aang made it out of the iceberg.

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Really wished Zuko and Azula shared a "She’s your mom too" moment in like Vi and Jinx.

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"Do the tides command this ship?"

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Fire hazard siblings time)

I'm sucker for them being really closed and powerful together

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Honestly Ozai’s treatment of zuko and Azula was probably less about who they were and more about him projecting what he wishes his father would have done for him with Iroh.

He is after all a second born child himself and he’s always just wanted his father to see that he was the better child.

Azula was never a person to Ozai not really she was just his self insert in the fanfiction he was writing himself. It’s why she stops mattering the moment he finds something bigger than being fire lord.

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Zuko and Azula in "The Beach"

Lately I think a lot about "The Beach" episode [x], especially about this small detail of great teamwork Zuko and Azula have during the game.

Zuko is looking ahead, directly facing their rivals (who had the control of the ball at this moment) but his body is clearly lowered to the ground, left hand most likely touching the ground, legs bent and widely spaced - a clear contrast to Mai standing near and how he stood before on two separate occasions

which is why I think Zuko willingly create an opportunity for Azula, so she could jump higher - something she definitely used to their team’s advantage. If Azula simply jumped on her brother’s back when he wasn’t expecting it or wasn’t ready, he would probably just fall face down from the impact but as the scene shows, he had no such problem nor was angry about it in the following scenes.

During the game sequences there was no dialogue shown between our protagonists, so it is hard to determine if Azula in advance called Zuko to give her a “lift” or Zuko offered on his own, or did they were that much in sync they just acted without thinking. Regardless I like this few seconds long interaction, because for me it implies how they trusted each other despite all the rivalry and bitterness from previous episodes. Like Zuko trusted Azula won’t use that moment to hurt/humiliate him by overuse of force, the same as Azula trusted in Zuko’s strength and that he won’t mess up by losing his balance. It is a small thing but no less sweet to see them working well together when fighting for the same goal - what reminds me a bit their teamwork from the previous season finale.

Interestingly, it was also the second time Zuko assisted Azula in scoring against their rivals while not scoring himself any point on screen. The first time happened almost right at the beggining of the game (second from total five sequences)

while each girl have the solo sequence of winning a point:

Azula's first attack,

later Ty Lee landing on the net

and Mai kicking the ball (and presumably scoring)

while Zuko’s two actions are shared only with his younger sister while there is no sense of competition between the siblings, something contrasting a lot with some previous and later episodes.

Azula is bossy and competitive through most of the episode and her brother lets her be that without a complaint. Azula and Zuko get along pretty well and A) do not argue (with the exception of the campfire scene and then they argue not even for the whole scene itself) and B) don't get on each nerves the way they do in the palace, with Ozai's presence looming in the back of their mind. I absolutely adore this episode, as it humanizes all our Fire Nation characters by showing them as teenagers outside the war zone but also giving us a bit of insight into what Azula and Zuko could be if Ozai didn't pit them against each other. And they could be a great team!

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i love it when the sibling relationship is giving "when the fire is out and theres nothing but smoke you will always try to rekindle the flame"

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SPOILERS ?? firebending siblingism tragically mixed with the Radiant Emperor Duology siblingism

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I had a thought that, if they could use the firebending to boost they jumps, so why not give a big boost to each other.

It's olso was inspired by the same fic by @fireflaked (hi, again), but also by every fic where Zuko & Azula basically work together/have a better relationship)

It's also my first action animation... I don't like it, but I tried

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thinking about what zuko means to azula and weeping. he's a traitor but he's your brother. he held you when you were born. he's banished for being too weak to hurt your father and you learn to hate his goodness. he is somewhere in the world carrying your eyes. he misses your absent mother more than he loves you but that is the price you pay for being the one who stayed. he never grants you this same kindness. you are faster and deadlier and better but it doesn't change the fact that your brave big brother used to tell you stories of dragons every time it stormed because you were so afraid of the thunder. he is the only one who understands what it means to bear the brunt of your bloody inheritance. he crumbled under the weight of it, but you stayed. you always stay. he is half of you. you hate being betrayed.

you don't love him. he's your big brother. who could you possibly love more?

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auntie azula (DIES) (DIES) (DIES AGAIN)

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queen clarion and lord malori✨❄️

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So after reading Wings of Starlight, am I the only one re-analyzing all the Tinkerbell movies?

Like OF COURSE Queen Clarion was so gentle and sweet with Tinkerbell when Tink wanted to go to the mainland because she definitely saw herself in her, and when Tink fucks up and destroys MONTHS of work for spring she isn't furious, she clearly see herself as a young governing fairy failing to accept her role and deal with the task at hand and of course, she believes in Tink when she comes up with a solution to get spring on time to the mainland because Elvina didn't believe in her to deal with the nightmares.

Also! I am absolutely sure that the minister of Spring is different from the one from WoSL, like there is no way they are the same minister which makes me SOOO sad thinking that her good friend is no longer there, like the way the minister od spring is all skittish makes me believe he is only been doing this for a year or two max, however, I DO think that the minister of autumn is the same, like for sure! their conversations in The Lost Treasure are so old friends, the way he probably tells her how Tink reminds him of her, ILL CRY

DO we think that any of the ministers of the other seasons are aware of the relationship between Milori and her???

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the way 'you're as beautiful as the day i lost you' applies to these two always hits me like a brick wall

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Tell me you don't understand the realm you rule over without telling me you don't understand the realm you rule over. Queen Elvina, who plans to get Clarion to take a lightsaber and sever Winter from Pixie Hollow, is going to go first.