The Fire Nation’s Broken Royal Family [Fire Lord Ozai] (Avatar: The Last Airbender)

[@idontuploadanym0re]

i wish Legend of Korra showed how Zuko ended up raising Izumi. from the brief appearance of Izumi, we clearly see that she’s levelheaded and honorable, but i wonder what steps Zuko deliberately took in being a good father.

[@jaclynhayes7875]

He just thoght what ozai would do and did the opposite.

[@Nemo12417]

Spoilers for the Search, but Ursa does return and has her former appearance restored after it was altered by the Mother of Faces. So, Zuko does have parenting tips on hand from his mother.

[@Grim_Sister]

I’d like to think Zuko and Mei got a lot of guidance from Iroh and Ursa (Whom Zuko finds in The Search)

[@tfox1231]

​@Grim_Sister you think they got back together?

[@dinowibisono99]

"It gives us a glimpse of what life they could've had if their father's psychopathy and the one hundred year war didn't interrupt them" *an ad interrupts the video*

[@DrUpauli]

I'm going to pretend like that was on purpose haha

[@themenacingsloth]

Bruh it happened to me too 🤣🤣

[@ShardulIyer]

As a victim of child abuse and gaslighting, ozai gaslighting & maintaining fear in his victims is one of the attributes that narcissistic & machiavellianisn abusers use on their victims thus when zuko's mother called out ozai's bluff - ozai was angry like any narcissistic & machiavellianisn abuser that they are losing control & their victims are fighting back. Not bcoz they are guilty or even remotely ashamed of what they did but only that they might lose the ability to abuse victims anymore and that's a harsh reality. This is very essential to realize bcoz your abusers will never acknowledge that they abused you while your guilt as the victim who let the abuser abuse hurt you simultaneously. Thus when I was in therapy for dealing with abuse, the only main thing I learnt was that it's not my fault as a victim to either confront them nor feel ashamed for being abused. My sole responsibility is to heal myself so that I don't become like my abusers and abuse people who genuinely love me while simultaneously understanding that I need to speak up when I am in a better place so that others don't get abused as much as I did. That's something that ATLA, video essays by people like Dr.Upauli & my therapist taught me and I am proud that I am a survivor while doing maximum that I can do for others abused like me to heal themselves. Afterall, iroh once said - "Sometimes the best way to help yourself, is to help others" I do vouch for this but also emphasize that your healing comes first!

[@shockwavespider3942]

Awesome speech 😎 bro

[@adamjacobs6644]

Well done on your success! Keep going on that rout in life it is so worthwhile! I used to treat people poorly thinking I had good reason too (during childhood and teen years) then I realized though numerous people helping me that I didn't have a good reason and that my behavior wasn't really that bad in the first place. I now spend my time learning to be better and acquire skills needed to advance professionally. I want to get into leadership again and enjoyed my first time (senate at college). I look forward to doing a lot of good and have an inspiring story like you do in the years to come. Forgiveness is the best medicine for sure. It is also true like you mentioned that one cannot heal others until they are healed. Stay blessed and have an awesome life here and beyond!

[@lintytoe7216]

Zuko: Momma’s Boy Azula: Daddy’s Girl

[@tyladecuis3183]

That is soo true

[@enuj126]

DaDdYyYyyyy's GuRLlllllLLLlLlL

[@NoriakiKakyoin694]

I love azula more than zuko, zuko just sucks

[@simpingspartan646]

i cant like this it has 69 likes

[@NoriakiKakyoin694]

@Madden Zain Oh my god

[@kingdeedee]

Absolute banger on father’s day bro

[@DrUpauli]

Thanks boss man

[@tyladecuis3183]

Yesh really

[@hio2220]

Outside of the fact this is a cartoon and Ozai supposed to be a simple symbol of evil, but in my imagination I like to pretend Ozai had a conflicted personality

[@anaverageguy5296]

Hio22 yes truly , I mean we should have gotten backstory of ozai but instead we got episodes like , 1) ember island , 2) painted lady and 3)the dream episode one

[@victoriab7148]

Although it's only briefly hinted at, we see that Iroh was Azulon's favourite child. I can imagine that had great psychological impact on Ozai. Yes, he was most probably born a psychopath but on top of that he never received love, much like Azula. So he never knew what love actually was. It's partially Azulon's fault that he showed favouritism for his second son to turn out this way. After you think about it, lack of fatherly love is a common issue with dictators. Both Hitler and Stalin had bad relationships with their fathers. This shows how important parenting in early childhood is and also how impotant it is to show love and compassion. Similarly, Ozai never showed love to his children (because he was incapable of that), resulting in Zuko's anger issues and Azula going mad at the age of 14! Zuko was thankfully saved by the love he received from his uncle and mother, but his sister didn't have that in her life. Makes you think how messed up the fire nation royal family is. Lack of love form Azulon probably made the situation with the already problematic Ozai worse, lack of love from Ozai ruined the life of his daughter...

[@anaverageguy5296]

Victoria B yes we do get to see that but it's still not enough , his and iroh relation and probably more to him , I mean it would be better to show if he was somewhat redeemable , I mean even iroh was not a good man before lu ten's death

[@victoriab7148]

@@anaverageguy5296 Agree! I would have loved to see an episode about Ozai and Iroh's relationship and Ozai's backstory

[@anaverageguy5296]

Victoria B would've been great , also is their chance of development of more avatar series ? I hope we get one soon

[@snake9991]

I like to think that at a point ozai cared for his family. Yes he was always sadistic and never a good father or husband but zuko says in ember island players episode that there were happier times when they went to ember island as a family.also in the storm and the beach episodes we see ozai sitting beside his family with his hand on zuko's shoulder. I think ozai changed mostly after ursa's banishment and taking the throne. He became more cruel and cold hearted to lead the nation in war and expected his children to be like him as well

[@divoulos5758]

I mean they were next in the throne so it makes sense in a way

[@harleyoyelade9988]

Even tho I still haven’t finished it yet on Netflix my little brother did and he loved it but I’ve learned a lot about it already and I have a lot of respect for it like this I can already tell this show was something else

[@zanir2387]

Funny to notice that all the enemies of the Avatar áre based on USA enemies: Ozai: monarchy Amón:comunism Unalaq: religious fundamentalism. Zaheer: anarchism Kuvira: nazism...

[@adamjacobs6644]

7:23-7:25 The statement by Ozai makes perfect sense, it is ultimately up to the Fire lord to make the right call. "Their is no right or wrong apart from what you (Fire lord) decide", "What you choose, by definition, is right"- Former Fire lord Ozai. Other than that blemish this is an excellent breakdown. I've spent a lot of time studying leadership and practicing it. In fact, that's most of my time spent as a kid, teen and even a young adult. One thing I've found is in life their is really no right and wrong only what needs to be done. This world is about cause and effect. Something causes an action or a reaction depending on the situation. The situation controls the response and the response controls the effect. An extreme example would be a mass shooting incident. The aggressor fires multiple rounds of ammo injuring and killing a number of people. Police and Swat officers are called and strategize how they are going to take the perpetrator down. The perpetrator is taken down and the situation ends. It can also be as casual as a customer wants a product and buys the product from a store after the customer determines the product wanted. I used to think a lot like Ozai, Azula, and Sozin. Now my thought process and behavior is more aliened with Zuko, Iroh, and Aang.

[@johnathanabbott2522]

why doesnt this video have more views wtf

[@DrUpauli]

It's hard out in these KZbin streets. Some shares on any social media would be appreciated tho!

[@arafhamid1785]

Not trying to defend Ozai but I feel like he wasn’t born evil I think that what turned him evil is because he was made to believe that power is everything and also him being his father’s least favourite I feel like he always wanted to show the world that although he is the second born he was still powerful enough to rule the world

[@AndalusianPhilosopher]

I agree this is what happens when you embark on imperialism. It destroys you as much as the victims.

[@AKadir8]

This is a vast research and beautifully explained and put into pieces. Well done.

[@DrUpauli]

Some of my best work imo thanks

[@oitnbfan8817]

The thing is, all that diagnostic criteria could be applied to a narcissist or a sociopath. I think Ozai is a little more complicated than just a pure psycopath because he's a fictional archetype - we don't really know what he suffers from because he fits the categories for all 3 disorders.

[@DrUpauli]

Happy Father's Day!

[@mariojordan9543]

Hah, that was clean

[@DrUpauli]

I wish I could say this was planned. I actually had this video finished since like the tenth? I was just waiting for my buddy to make the thumbnail but this almost works out better

[@keisharivers1132]

to the worst father ever

[@acat3772]

no

[@divad7137]

😂😂😂bruh

[@0.082Ranvierbogumu]

Azula had it as bad as zuko

[@whistleking3407]

THANK U

[@MichaTheLight]

I think she had it even worse, cause the darkness in her had won no figure like Iroh in her life.

[@tylersmith9465]

They need so much therapy

[@rxgomez9000]

I like how you used the Ruins of Alph soundtrack in this

[@AmitCinematicUniverse]

Any one else noticed that Ozai's skin looks darker in the comics after a while in his prison cell? Edit: You would expect a person's skin to lose pigments and look whiter after not being exposed to sunlight for over a year.

[@jameswhite153]

It could be dirt, Iroh wasn't exactly clean when he was in that cell.

[@AmitCinematicUniverse]

@@jameswhite153 I guess

[@qiralyncassette]

@@AmitCinematicUniverse don't forget he's in a dark cell with little to no light.

[@AmitCinematicUniverse]

@@qiralyncassette But he was in the same cell in the show and his skin was brighter.

[@qiralyncassette]

@@AmitCinematicUniverse depends on where the light is hitting and how bright it is.

[@splashnskillz37]

Ozai would have made the perfect Dark Avatar

[@craigpeoples9883]

Now that would be scary the last thing this world needs is Ozai and Vaatu fusing

[@jadenrankins4151]

A Order Brother Saving a Little Sister From Sins

[@ChaoticBumVA]

I wish to know more about Azulon

[@tylersmith9465]

The family trees need serious pruning🌳🌲

[@nehalsamuel4839]

amazing video

[@DrUpauli]

Glad you think so!

[@jasonli2840]

I hope Azula gets a redemption arc but its not likley

[@oaktoro]

the eyes hold the expression of the soul.

[@itsallaboutthenow983]

Thank you for your videos bro :) do you have action series/anime recommendations ? I just finished avatar the last airbender and I loved the spiritual knowledge/important themes about improvement in it ( of the self and the world around us).

[@DrUpauli]

The anime most similar to Avatar imo (from the ones I've seen) are Fullmetal Alchemist and Hunter X Hunter. Both are on Netflix

[@itsallaboutthenow983]

thanks 🙏

[@tylersmith9465]

Family business back in swing on the road so far

[@ericcrabtree-nelson9881]

The father lord

[@dolphinpower1107]

I just found your channel and its great also the music is fantastic especially the pokemon themes.

[@DrUpauli]

Welcome aboard! And yes I put way too much effort in my misic

[@A_RI]

i love how it has 0 dislikes

[@DrUpauli]

My record is 25k views, 980 likes without dislikes

[@tyladecuis3183]

Omg

[@khyreelareau6062]

Damn I can relate to zuko

[@adrielberkshire8239]

What this man say is true

[@josiahcowans6649]

Not even dr Phil can fix this family

[@dswynne]

Yeah, I can't take this video seriously, not because of the video uploader, but because I never was a fan of "cartoon villainy". Hell, even Adolph Hitler didn't start out as "evil", before he ascended to becoming 20th century symbol of evil incarnate...

[@craigpeoples9883]

He didn't say he started out evil

[@LegendXD00]

That's your problem then and your inability to separate fiction from reality. Even then, people have been shown to born psychopaths in real life so you're wrong on both accounts

[@tylersmith9465]

Plot twist the avatars are related to fire prince princesses and blind bandit🔥👸👸🤴

[@NoriakiKakyoin694]

...

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

molding there son like a china cup abuse vs love the would make a nice vase

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

its amazing its under rate as a kids show can we um up the rate to pg 13

[@MrKingYuji]

Show ratings are based on adult content like cursing and nudity. Avatar is very child friendly even at its darkest

[@om8039]

Ozai = Trump = kim jong un = putin… they’re all best friends

[@tylersmith9465]

Painfully ironic

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

if you watch the shadow of kyoshi the fire lord is a chip of the charcoal

[@landonsmith2154]

Am I the only one that thought Fire Lord Ozai was actually avatar Roku until Zuko alone?

[@riusins]

How?

[@tylersmith9465]

Large family problems

[@tylersmith9465]

Large family

[@Sarah_NI2006]

.... Sheees... 😀

[@jesuslovesyou7130]

I'm happy I broke 666 by like the video to 667. I have place my mark on this Earth now that I completely my purpose I am whole.

[@keisharivers1132]

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