#you have less braincells than Zuko has left eyebrows

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Ursa faked letters saying that Zuko wasn’t Ozai’s son leading him to hate him more. She weaponized her own son against Ozai knowing he already hated him, and still a great mother??

she used it as ammunition against Ozai to show she had power over him.

No one here is calling Ursa a "great mother." She was an abuse victim as much as her children were. Being understanding and cognizant of Azula and Zuko's struggles with being abused while berating Ursa for it is hypocritical and completely incorrect. Her decision making as a mother was skewed by the fact that she was ripped from her village at 19, forced to marry a man she didn't love, speed-groomed into the role of a royal family member, and then forced to have children with said man that she didn't love. Oh, and that man was a narcissistic, psychotic, violent, war-hungry asshole.

She is not a great mother, but she did the best with what she could. Pretending she was actively some horrible mother or that she was not generally a positive influence (perhaps the ONLY positive influence) on Azula and Zuko is just scapegoating, which is fucking RIDICULOUS considering her abusive, tyrannical husband was right there and the cause of ALL OF IT.