A MASSIVE BETRAYAL!! 😱 Avatar The Last Airbender 3x15 REACTION! | The Boiling Rock Part 2

[@CarlieAndAnge]

INSANE episode! Mai shoots up the ranks after that! 😆 Our reactions to the rest of the series and the first 5 episodes of Korra our out now over on Patreon! www.patreon.com/carlie_and_ange

[@jonathansantos4547]

I'm so excited for the finale, hope you're enjoiyng korra so far

[@smdownh9]

Sokka father should know the voice of his son

[@denjiiiyttyooo244]

@@smdownh9 if u were in prison and some guard came, u will never assume its ur son be so fr

[@smdownh9]

@@denjiiiyttyooo244 Sokka talked. The voice should have told him

[@denjiiiyttyooo244]

@@smdownh9 many voices in the world are similar, even if u hear it, the least u will expect is to be ur son

[@JohnsonsOP]

“ I love Zuko more than I fear you “ 💯

[@K000H]

"You should have feared me more!" the dialogue in this episode is so good!

[@chrisjacobsen7265]

Such a baddie line. Also "saving the jerk who dumped me"

[@watchmesquatch]

Proof that Zutara shippers are unhinged.

[@اميرمادرا]

I agree with you here my friend but l sil love Azula here have nice day❤

[@danoxusmercenary]

​@@اميرمادرا Same here mate, azula is my favorite character in the show she is the best freaking villain ever 😍🔥👌🏻

[@Ayesha-ps5ze]

I love how Mai and Ty Lee's betrayal made sense. You realize that from the very beginning, it was never loyalty that tied the three together. As soon as Azula pushed them to choose her over people they actually cared about, she lost.

[@twoll5688]

Mai loves zuko and never Azula and Ty Lee loves Mai more than Azula

[@bouboulroz]

And there were a lot of hints sprinkled over the show too. Mai and Ty Lee seemed to give up fights/chases quite quickly as soon as Azula wasn't there. There were also side glances between the two of them in Azula's back, such as during their meeting with the Earth King (ironically while Azula was talking about trust). And let's not forget the stink eye Mai gave her when she interrupted a date with Zuko. They were never here for Azula. Mai just wanted to leave Omashu and Ty Lee was coerced into it.

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

Azula's problem is that she thinks fear equals loyalty. Mai and Ty Lee just proved her wrong in one episode.

[@اميرمادرا]

I agree with you here l fell şad for her here but yes your ritht here❤

[@mori1bund]

Remember when at the end of season 2 Azula said to the earth king: "it's terrible when you can't trust the people closest to you"? Azula thought she's very ironic and clever there - what she didn't know is that at that moment (literally) behind her back Mai and Ty Lee gave each other a very subtle but very foreshadowing side glance... ^^

[@jbearclowater]

That moment where Ty Lee neutralizes Azula is one of the most satisfying moments in the season.

[@AntlionUncletruthin]

I love this one, it's like a season-finale quality episode. For just being the second half of a two parter there is really really good build up and tension

[@battythings]

15:00 Oh, Azula sees it. You guys are onto it. It’s interesting you mentioned the theme of love over fear. Remember that word for the finale 😶‍🌫️ But yes, it did cut her deep. Mai essentially confessed to Azula that she loves Zuko, and she was only associated with Azula because she was afraid of her. She never felt any love or camaraderie for Azula, which I think we can pretty much say for certain is Azula’s biggest fear. “My own mother thought I was a monster”. Not only that, but Azula always knew Ursa loved Zuko. Now she has seen Zuko get the love she wanted from her friend. Another person in Azula’s life has chosen Zuko over her. Azula strives for perfection, in her eyes she’s always done everything that was expected of her. And it’s still not good enough. She’s alone. Every encounter she has with Zuko for the rest of the show ends in a very specific way. Spot the common threads, I think it’s so interesting.

[@Jungkith]

I feel so sad for Azula the way you put it, and the only person she could rely on is their evil dad. Even when Ursa wasn’t around Zuko has Iroh. Azula has no one, she thinks fear is the only way she could connect to people like how her father controls the nations and how her mother scolds her, trully sad.

[@WolforNuva]

Well I think Azula already knew that Mai was only associated with her because she was afraid, that's not news to her. Azula thinks she's a monster, if even her own mother couldn't love her and was afraid of her, then what chance is there for anyone else to? Her early years founded the idea that fear is at the core of all her relationships, so she uses that to force the people she wants as friends to act that way, it doesn't matter to her if there's no genuine attachment behind it because she doesn't think she could even have that anyway. But Mai loving Zuko more than she fears Azula invalidates that whole perception, if her fear tactics can so easily break apart then what chance does she ever have for even something that resembles a normal friendship? And of course there's the aspects of the perfectionist losing control of the situation, and Zuko once again getting all the love. It's a deep cut because it hits pretty much all of her weak points at once. That's my "should probably have been asleep 2 hours ago" take on it anyway.

[@اميرمادرا]

I agree with you k fell şad for Azula and her bother too have nice day my friend❤

[@Mrryn]

And a big part of this, Azula was more than willing to fight Mai, to use force to reinforce the reason Mai should reassess the fear vs love equation. Because that's all she knows. And what happens? Ty Lee takes her out. With zero effort, no words, nothing. Not only did she immediately take Mai's side over hers, but she took away the one thing she felt gave her any power over anyone: her fighting ability. Ty Lee, in a moment and just a couple of strikes, took away another friend from her (Ty Lee herself), took away her ability to take back her other friend (Mai), and made her physically and emotionally powerless, literally not even able to stand on her own. Mai's betrayal was a sucker punch, but Ty Lee's was the haymaker that sent her spinning.

[@therealneal3034]

Zuko had no problems jumping off the ledge and risk falling into boiling hot volcano water because he knew Sokka would catch him. That’s the amount of trust those two built in a short amount of time.

[@CAB4128]

most astute comment made in this whole series

[@GummyCalico]

"i guess you just dont know people as well as you think you do" "you miscalculated. i love Zuko more than i fear you" Mai's voice actor did such a great job there. these lines stuck with me for so long. shes a real one

[@angelar7365]

"I love Zuko more than I fear you." Such a fantastic line from Mai! It's funny to me that with this episode Mai finally won Carlie over. I kinda get it though, she just had to see that there was more to Mai. Ange talking about how he shipped Zuko/Mai early on and how they just work. 😂 They do just work. This episode is another of my favorites, with the betrayal being one of the best parts. Suki just doing her thing to take the warden hostage is one of my favorite scenes as well.

[@kingofsapi]

Oh yeah, as enjoyable as the emo teen drama romance she and Zuko had, this episode solidified her as the ride-or-die waifu for him.

[@chantararix]

I love love the boiling rock episodes. It has some of the most iconic lines: "That's rough, buddy" & "I loved Zuko more than I feared you."

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

I find it hilarious that all the guy had to do to start a riot was take a ramdom inmate, lift him in the air and say "Riot!" 🤣

[@YoruStrauss]

That Zuko's smile when Sokka gets pulled into the family hug... It's so big, shiny and true I just can't. I think it's the happiest we've seen him yet *and he's not even the one who gets a hug or even any kind of appreciation at the moment.* He is happy for someone else, happy to see a wholesome family reunion, a thing made right, and he's just so joyful. My little slightly charred cinnamon roll 😢

[@redblobdude]

I posted this in the Zuko Alone episode in season 2 but I don’t think you saw it so I’ll put it here as well as it’s very relevant. It’s important to keep in mind that everything we see from their childhood is essentially from Zuko’s perspective. We see his experience as a child. We see Azula tormenting him, being the one who always received the validation he desperately sought from his father. And we see his mother being the only nurturing member of his family, trying to make up for the lack of attention he received from his father. But however sad they may be, these are his memories alone. For Azula, these same years are painted as an entirely different picture. She saw Zuko as the one to always receive the attention even though she was better than him at everything. The only one who gave her any validation was her father, whom we know only provided that validation because of her prodigious talent. She learned at a young age that she can only receive praise because of her ability. Ozai’s love for her was conditional on her ability. Zuko’s mom’s love for him was unconditional. Mai had a crush on him. Even with Iroh’s gifts it was clear which one he actually put thought into. In her young developing mind, why was Zuko so deserving of all this love when he couldn’t even firebend well and meet his expectations? We feel bad for Zuko, as we should, but we need to keep in mind that he had a number of loving and guiding forces in his life both in his mother and in Iroh. Azula on the other hand, only really had her father. Now, after all these years again we see someone who favors Zuko over Azula. Mai, despite having been heartbroken by Zuko TWICE, chooses to betray Azula and save him. Ty Lee does the same to save Mai. This cements to Azula that no one is truly on her side, even though she’s supposedly done everything right from the perspective of how she was raised. I know you guys have seen the finale already so I’ll just say this: How do you think she felt after seeing Katara, someone who’s been hurt by him so many times, who directly antagonized him for the better part of 3 seasons, cry for him in the end? That was the final thing that broke her. Everyone loves him. Nobody loves her.

[@kingofbudokai]

"Everything we see from their childhood is essentially from Zuko’s perspective" Except that's not how flashbacks work. What we saw is meant to represent objectively what did happen. There is no bias due to perspective of any kind. Azula WAS already a psychopath at that young age. She DID torment Zuko for fun because she was twisted. What we saw are the exact events that took place exactly as we saw them. Yes, there are other things that took place that we didn't see, but what we did see is the inarguable truth, not simply Zuko's interpretation. Whether Azula sees it differently or not is irrelevant. It ISN'T different than what we saw, end of discussion. Suggesting anything else is just trying to read into things that aren't there.

[@redblobdude]

@@kingofbudokai You’re confusing perspective and interpretation. I didn’t say the flashbacks were his interpretation of subjective events. I said the flashbacks we saw were from his perspective, which is just true. They were his memories. Yes they are things that objectively did happen but they are selected from his recollection of his childhood. We see everything through the limited scope of his memories which paints a picture that allows us to sympathize with him more. Azula was not a inherent psychopath. It’s extremely obvious how much the show favors nurture in the whole nature vs nurture argument. They pretty much tell you the message at the end of 3x06 when Toph exclaims that “it’s like these people are born bad” and Aang replies “No that wasn’t the point at all. Anyone is capable of great good and great evil. Everyone needs to be treated like they are worth giving a chance.” Discounting Azula as an inherent psychopath from childhood is easy to do when you see those flashbacks but its just as easy to realize there are perfectly reasonable explanations for her behavior given the environment she was raised in. It just takes a minimal amount of critical thinking.

[@pare5108]

Actually azula was never really jealous of zuko in the original series and comics. The new netflix avatar made that change which was unnecessary

[@redblobdude]

@@pare5108 It doesn’t take the show directly portraying her being “jealous” of Zuko for anyone to see that she clearly doesn’t have the love and support that he’s received in his life. One could argue she has no right to it which is valid enough but doesn’t discount the fact that you understand what shaped her as a child was her father’s conditional validation. She’s not jealous of Zuko. She just doesn’t understand why people gravitate towards him and is frustrated because in her view she’s better than him in every way. She is a human being who craves human connection. Even she herself clearly wants him around or she wouldn’t have even given him a chance to join her in Ba Sing Se. At that point he was already a disgrace and a fugitive she could’ve easily just taken him prisoner or killed him. I haven’t watched the Netflix live action series nor do I want to but I’d agree that it’s unnecessary to portray her being actively jealous of Zuko as it doesn’t make sense for her character to allow that weakness to be shown.

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

6:57 Of all the guys he could've hit, he went for the one that took therapy 😂

[@TheMickytheboss]

Yall are making some really good points when bringing up azula. And not having her mother around and being raised by her father mainly. That also could imply that the reason why zuko didn't end up as messed up as azula was that he was most likely Always hanging out with his uncle Iroh.

[@npres91]

Not to mention the schism between Zuko and his father after he was maimed.

[@MikeyBarca02]

8:15 don’t worry, that line didn’t go unnoticed 💯

[@2hawn-9aul]

😂

[@rieschelleannjavier-basina7371]

"Brothers!" Too 9:32

[@pullimau8555]

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[@MikeyBarca02]

@@pullimau8555 the most elegant bey, held by the most elegant blader 💯

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

Top 10 biggest anime betrayal 😂

[@vikavanesya3611]

"i love zuko more than i fear you" probably the most hated line that azula have ever heard. bcs thats exactly reminds her of what her mom seeing her and zuko. and shut out to Ty Lee for taking her down in the very accurate time!!

[@Austin.Kilgore]

18:36 Yeah I feel like it was both that as well as Sokka having his back there by coming in with the sword attacks, they showed very good teamwork there fighting together. But also Zuko certainly has had a boost after learning his new fire bending techniques.

[@tigerwoods3729]

i think both of you are right about azula at this point in the series, there IS a lot of subtext you can choose to read into to believe how she got to where she is today, like ange is doing, but carlie is right too, that none of that is actually concrete and being presented to us by the show plainly

[@ImpeccableZentertainment]

A quick note on what Carlie said about their mother being there. Azulka was considere a prodigy so Ozai most likely spent alot of time raising her to be like him and keeping her away from her mother. Just cause the mother was around doesnt mean she was ble to spend equal time with both kids even if she wanted to

[@euomu]

The meat of friendship and fatherhood 😳😳

[@batmanvsjoker7725]

Azula: Because I am a people person Beach episode: You sure bout that? 🤨

[@erikperhs_]

Azula's mistake was the same as Voldemort's: underestimating the power of love.

[@charlenealdave7881]

Zuko and Mai loves each other in a deep way. One of my fave ship❤ Like Zuko can break her heart as long he won't drag her to the mess where the fire nation might hate her as well. While Mai can fight and risk her safety just to make sure that he will be safe, even after breaking her heart.

[@manuelconde-entomologiaeil6173]

Ty Lee making Azula eat dust is the most satisfying thing about this episode! lol And the loss of her friends will have a big impact on Azula's mind too!

[@yusriyarofifahalimah1805]

Azula: i am a people person Mai: you don't know shi- also, "I love Zuko more than i fear you" my top 4 lines of the show, after: 1) "in the darkest times, hope is something you give yourself" 2) "you were never even a player" 3) "you're not the only one who draws power from the moon"

[@rickymoranjr9609]

I was proud that Mai & Tai Lee saw the monster that Azula really was especially when she tried to kill Zuko, Sokka, Suki and Hokoda

[@Daesma999]

soo.. remember the scene when they infiltrted Ba Sing Se as Kyoshi warriors and the king complained about Long Feng? Azula said something like "It must be horrible not being able to trust the ones close to you." In that moment Ty Lee and Mai looked at each other

[@tracim3080]

He didn’t abandon his crew. He was the only survivor of his escape attempt. 😢 Remember, they put holes in the boat and yanked it up on the side, essentially dumping out the passengers into the boiling water. He survived, probably from hanging on, but he’s the only one they talked to afterwards to interrogate so clearly the others weren’t in a state where they could be interrogated……

[@gork8468]

The look of shock and even fear on Azula's face when she was chi-blocked while about to fight a master knife thrower is always fun to see. For one split terrifying second of her life, she had no control over a situation.

[@dannya951]

In his book, The Prince, Machiavelli discusses whether it's better to be feared or loved. He says it's best to be both, but if that's not possible, then being feared is the more reliable option. The caveat is that you can't be so feared that the people under you begin to hate you. It's so interesting how the writers juxtapose Azula, the Fire Nation princess, and Zuko, the Fire Nation prince, as examples of the two competing philosophies here.

[@antoniomaruge8218]

Azula's incredible abilities, along with a few other factors, caused her father to gravitate toward her from a young age. This led to her receiving limited positive influences outside of him. Ultimately, she is a victim of her circumstances.

[@Chaosking5445]

I understand why people would automatically assume that Mai would play a roll in the planning of the second escape attempt mainly because I originally thought that during my first couple viewings of the episode, but after thinking about it the only protagonist in the episode that knows that she is there is Zuko and I don’t think he would be up for that if he knew/found out who the hostage is

[@MiArcangel]

"I love Zuko, more than I fear you" ❤ my favorite line in the show, and it comes from Mei of all people 😂

[@tracim3080]

I would like to note that the warden well, not the best is at least a decent enough uncle, that when he had his nieces ex-boyfriend in his prison, he told her before he told the fire lord

[@marcoftheninja6278]

7:56 well... Mai told Zuko to look her in the eye when he rips out her heart... He did, as he was told

[@Ir1della]

I think Azula having “questionable” behavior despite having her Mother early on..is because, it always seemed to me that Ursa favored Zuko and in a by-product way opened the opportunity for Ozai to influence Azula.

[@easol]

Imo i think when azula showed signs of being a prodigy ozai stepped in and took her under his wing bc he wanted someone powerful to control, he doesn't actually care for his kids, only himself

[@Lucretiel]

One important thing to notice: ever since Zuko learned the other school of Firebending, he no longer shouts and hollers every time he firebends. He’s focused and quiet now.

[@shinryouzen]

The shouting and hollering does a lot of exhaling, him being quiet now means he’s focusing more on his breathing

[@kiml.1565]

I get it, Carlie! I never shipped Zuko and Katara, but I didn't enjoy Zuko and Mai as a couple either -- until this episode. This changed all that for me. Now going back and I enjoy all their emo angsty teen bonding silliness, all because Mai turned everything around here by proving that there was something she cared about, and she was ride-or-die. And "I love Zuko more than I hate you" is FIREEEE. The fact that Azula's core assumptions about people were undermined by the betrayal of her "friends"... that the source was Mai choosing Zuko, the same way she felt that their mother always chose Zuko because she saw Azula as "a monster"... Just a banger episode.

[@twoll5688]

"the MEAT of friendship" hits different after puberty stage 👁️👄👁️

[@brycet93]

“It’s gonna be a running theme that love wins over fear” Yeah, I could see this being a thing later on. A particularly electric fight really.

[@vRED13vTTV]

one of my favorite scenes in the series, is the Mai "i love him more than i fear you" followed close behind by the Ty Lee betrayel

[@BramTheDemon]

It's going to be funny seeing their reaction to Azula's mental health from here on. XD

[@kpoprubix9812]

This episode has one if the biggest plot twist ever. The betrayal was soo unexpected

[@rawiniaedmonds-hall8539]

I love how carlie has been shedding some happy tears these last few eps its so heart warming to see other reactors see how good this show is ! ❤

[@maxim31304]

20:40 no guys its time for the Katara and Zuko reconciliation. You guys know it already but the next episode is gonna be fire

[@punz7777]

Carlie not being able to stop tearing every single episode is the correct reaction to absolute peak 🙏

[@KillaMaNilla92]

you miscalculated I love zuko more than I fear you !!!! barrrrs

[@joshuawedgeworth9824]

Mai has one of the coldest lines in the whole show "You miscalculated I love Zuko more than I fear you..." Dayum

[@CaptainRickey]

So the thing about Azula is that as much as the mother would have been able to "correct" her behaviour, she would just go to her father and boom, progress gone. Ozai clearly shaped her after himself, cunning, smart, conniving, ever plotting, ever scheming, misdirecting, manipulating, toxic, you get the picture. For Ursa to connect so well to Zuko... well it's explained more in the comics, but there's good reason to. And Azula then, in turn, gets kinda left behind by Ursa, partly because she's putting all of her energy into Zuko, but also because she's better at most things than Zuko that Ozai cares for (firebending, ruthlessness, booksmarts, etc.) so naturally, she would become daddy's girl.

[@Sophiex9i]

Azula's greatest flaw is that she doesn't understand that controlling people through fear is a problem no one is there because they genuinely loyal to her. Which clearly showed how being raised and influenced by Ozai prevents her from turning off that intimidating personality she's got in a normal setting it puts people off her.

[@TheTimesplitter95]

A nice little thing is if you notice, Zuko doesn't grunt while he firebends anymore. Since he learned the true way from the Sun Warriors, he no longer relies on using anger and rage to fuel his firebending.

[@Jungkith]

I forgot how good this episode was and itll just get better from this😭❤

[@adiboobruh6453]

ALTA is such a good series, Azula's voice is so iconic and her character is so complex. ❤️ You like azula, wait till you see Delilah Briarwood bro. [You guys like avatar you will LOVE the legend of vox machina - one of the main characters is based off of the avatar story.]

[@maxim31304]

never seeing chit sang again had to be so disappointing for you😂😂

[@YoruStrauss]

And Joo Dee *insert the jumpscare*

[@frozeniota]

Yeah, keep an eye on Azula in the coming episodes; there is a definite effect starting here.

[@CarlosAlexDanger]

This is the only episode that only has one type of bending in it: fire

[@bevondejongh9943]

What about the Boiling Rock part 1?

[@pabloc8808]

I get that Azula's Iron Man firebending is insane, but consider this: while she's in the air, she's completely vulnerable. So while it maintains that she's one of the most powerful firebenders to ever live, it still leaves a weakness. She can't fly AND shoot/deflect fire at the same time. If only the Gaang had had a chance to strike her down mid-air

[@larrydou2315]

8:16 „reach for the moon“ 😂😂

[@crescentmoondriver4343]

Azula character writing masterpiece

[@midoriya-shonen]

I'm gonna have to start calling people goose now lmao goddamn, I forgot just how many god tier fighting scenes were in this episode. what a legend.

[@thegiantowl4538]

Omg I waited for this episode for so long, I’m so happy

[@jbearclowater]

"I love Zuko more than I fear you" Dang, it's a good thing Azula's a firebender, otherwise that burn would have hurt.

[@wantacchiii]

I do believe sometimes people forget that Zuko had his mother's love and Iroh's undying support once she left. Azula had no one but Ozai to serve as a terrible father figure, guide and example.

[@taylorthegamer1757]

I really need to rewatch avatar again it’s such a good show

[@normanbaker7831]

As others pointed out there is a lot of foreshadowing about mai and ty lee not going along with Azula in everything. Ty Lee was in the circus and told Azula no and then Azula was going to make her do more dangerous stunts until she said yes. Ty Lee was literally recruited by fear. Mai was recruited but you can see several times she isn't 'into it'. When the Earth King is betrayed and Azula gloats about trusting those closest to you, Mai and Ty Lee exchange glances. They don't 'trust' Azula but they are afraid of her because she can shoot lightning and kill them. In the final argument, Mai says she loves Zuko and is prepared to fight and die. Ty Lee is holding her hands HOPEFUL that it de-escalates but it escalates and Ty Lee acts when Azula doesn't prepare to firebend at Mai but actually channel lightning and KILL Mai. Ty Lee knows Azula well enough to recognize and see this and that pushed Ty Lee into stopping Azula. She cares about Mai and can't let her die to lightning like that. Both girls would have gone along with Azula for almost anything but when it comes to killing people they care about or one of them, the girls rejected her.

[@biglc034]

Can we give Chit Sang some mad props. He didn't rat. A lesser show would have had him spill the beans, another reason why ATLA is amazing.

[@Kickinthescience]

Azula got too much swag

[@TopNotchWatcher87]

I think a lot of us fully shipped Zuko and Mai after this episode, and it’s bc really we LOVE Zuko at this point and only someone worthy of Zuko does what she did in this episode 😊 I myself thought they were adorable always, but I always shipped Katara and Aang, so I never had that in my way of thinking about who Zuko should be with. I also kinda wanted the girl from Ba Sing Se😂 but I get it.

[@hessiankyojin]

8:17 "Reach for the moon." HAH! You really need to watch the chibi shorts after these.

[@lanafrank6086]

5:33 the mood swing🤣😭

[@RunningTogether]

Azula has many layers… of evil and sociopathy! 😜

[@driezzy]

Top tier episode!

[@maxdon2001]

Great reaction!

[@yellowberry8829]

Ty lee the only one who can beat all of them in one by one 😂

[@curkinho]

The warden knowing Hakoda's identity makes sense and actually has some dark implications, remember that despite this being a "kids' show", it happens in a complex world with major political struggles and a war going on, and we know they try really hard (but masterfully, i must say) to soften this and giving the show a more "family friendly vibe", skipping some of the most terrible things the Fire Nation most likely has done. For example, who can assure that the Fire Nation hasn't brutally tortured rebels to reveal the identities of their leaders? It's never explicitly shown, but the context, being a war of a massive expansionist empire vs the rest of the world, makes it obvious that this type of things happen all the time off-screen

[@Austin.Kilgore]

15:50 Well from my understanding, even when the mother was around she paid more attention to Zuko than Azula. Likely to make up for their dad paying more attention to Azula than Zuko, so to me it seems like it’s 100% due to nurture opposed to nature.

[@1sloo]

Ozai wasn’t precisely Zuko’s biggest fan. And Azula, since they were little, liked to be nasty to him. So, of course Ursa was going to be protective to Zuko. Now, we weren’t shown not even one scene where Azula hesitated to being mean to someone. Something that could point towards a thought like “I don’t really like doing this but this is what I was taught to do”. Nurture do is important, but Azula is more about nature.

[@DFAnton]

@@1sloo There is one moment, I think in the entire series, where that isn't the case, which is when Azula apologizes to Ty Lee at the party, which I think was the one genuine time she shows remorse of any kind for anything she does. Which really just makes this episode hit harder, because the one person she felt she could show the slightest vulnerability to just betrayed her.

[@1sloo]

@@DFAnton She apologized because she was jealous of the attention Ty Lee was getting. She wanted love which is different from wanting to be a different person.

[@DFAnton]

​@@1sloo She said the mean things because she was jealous. She apologized because she regretted making Ty Lee cry. With almost any other person in almost any other situation, she would've just let them cry with a smug smile on her face. You COULD argue that she regretted making Ty Lee cry because she didn't want to lose one of the only people who gave her affection, though.

[@IamnotJohnFord]

@@1sloo I disagree. Azula knows she's being evil and doing evil stuff. But, she suppresses any feelings that interfere with what she thinks is being loyal to the Fire Nation and any actions that wouldn't satisfy her father. She was shaped by Ozai the moment she displayed high level fire bending potential. She was indoctrinated with the ideas that mercy, compassion, love, etc where all weaknesses. To Ozai and Ozai trained Azula: Zuko and Ursa were weaker and losers because they didn't have the strength to believe that the ends justify the means no matter the means. To Ozai, and Ozai trained Azula, anything but strength is weakness. Also, both Ozai and Azula say that they were born to rule, and everyone else was born to serve. Those thoughts were put into Azula's head.

[@AnthonyHologounis96]

This episode is insane. They betrayed her and for good reason.

[@AJ94688]

Highlights of this episode : Hey! Riot!

[@Aidzik]

Also Te Lee didn't actually want to join Azula, she only did so because if she didn't Azula would've destroyed the circus Ty Lee was a part of and loved, and Mai joined her out of boredom. They were never really her friends and she never treated them as such. This had to happen sooner or later

[@gustavojanoski7296]

Throught out the show zuko learns how to bend the other elements and input it on his own fire banding, this moves on the gondola are very similiar to earth bending, by the end we can see that he learns a lot from other inspired by iroh

[@KlooKloo]

no he doesn't

[@Athleticigsmoker]

“Hello zuzu”😂😂😂

[@lightningg252]

I think it's a bit of both nature and nurture with Azula, primarily nurture though and how calculating and evil Ozai is. Ursa likely did her absolute best for both children while they were babies and toddlers, unfortunately they're all trapped under Ozai's thumb. Zuko and Azula are roughly 2 years apart, so by the time Zuko started firebending and it became evident he was not gifted, it was early enough for Ozai to abandon Zuko and sink his hooks into Azula, to favor her and mould her in his image. Ozai heavily neglected Zuko which made Ursa devote more time to her son, which only helped turn Azula away from her Mom's influence. I do think Azula might have a natural lean toward psycopathic tendencies like her father as well. Either way, tough situation for her.🤷‍♀️

[@JosiahReyofdinosaursidk]

this is one of my favorite episodes because this is kinda what almost breaks Azula

[@TheFireMonkey]

Mai is the kind of character that isn't always understood

[@ArasRud]

Well... Mai should have been a character that even Azula could not read that well. They had to write her as difficult to get as possible. 😂😂

[@alkan68]

10:32 Do you guys know just how difficult this move is

[@chrisidornigie]

Extremely hard!

[@suzu8253]

Oh boy the next one is gonna be a good one

[@Kickinthescience]

Mai was only with Azula because she was bored

[@jbearclowater]

This show needs 100% more Suki. She's awesome.

[@Vongola11thYukiyoshi]

Keep in mind “friend” od a strong word to use for Azula Mai and Ti Lee’s relationship Mai family are like dukes or Margaves…. Governors. Who’s home is on the royal Palace so for Mai it’s like “oh whole if there’s are the only kids to hang out with in the neighborhood then I guess.” Though she dose generally Love Zuko, witch is why after growing up she puts up with Azula who she never feared I think. Ti Lee met Mai at the fire Academy for girls and Azula was the extra so I say Mai is ti Lee’s friend Azula is the scary girl Mai hangs out with. There’s good evidence to this. With Ti Lee not wanting to be with Azula and only going when forced because she realized Azula would do worst then set a met on fire to her troop and family. I do not think Ti Lee comes from prominent parents just well off parents. So Azula could do more then she could to Mai. Ti Lee has always feared Azula but her love for Mai out numbered the fair and she acted which out thinking by the look on her face after chi blocking Azula. Keep in mind this is just analyzing from my end and most likely not fact. Uncle iron had go back to his home plant. His people need him.

[@saintjimmy9114]

SOKKA DO NOT SAY "THE MEAT OF FATHERHOOD"

[@demonlady9565]

I just realized 😭 we are at the finale.

[@tanukinoyami]

I know it's convenient for the plot to lock away Mai and Ty Lee since they're not the main characters, but come on, we all know that Mai and Ty Lee can escape the prison even with all those guards.

[@jmjunior341]

Omg ATLA reaction! Yay! ☺️

[@Jackie_Tikki_Tavi]

oh Azula's gonna change alright

[@YSRGAMES]

🤣 brothers

[@alexandre588]

RIP Peak Azula, is all downhill from here