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Once again, Toph was originally going to be a boy to have a love triangle with Katara and Aang, while Iroh was going to be a twist villain, Azula was going to be Zuko's older brother, and Suki was supposed to be a one-off character.

There's also silly things like a storyboard of the cabbage guy officiating the wedding between Azula and Haru, or the showrunners suggesting several ships to fans, like Iroh with both Li and Lo, or Azula with the Blue Spirit (aka Zuko, her brother).

Ty Lee was a victim of abuse by Azula. Ty Lee didn't want to be there. Azula FORCED Ty Lee to come. Ty Lee was terrified of Azula and at the first sign that Mai was brave enough to stand up to her, Ty Lee finally felt strong enough to.

It's not enough to say "but ty lee was bright and bubbly and acted like she cared about Azula."

Yeah. And Ty Lee didn't want to even travel with her. Ty Lee was brought away from her life where she was *happy* because Azula felt like she wanted company and Ty Lee was her personal property.

You want to ship her with a girl? Go nuts. Idc. Ship her with one of the girls giggling on the beach at Zuko for all I care.

But shipping her with Azula is fucked up. And yes I will die on this hill.

Abuse is abuse no matter the gender.

and don't tell me, "oh well mai specifically said she loved zuko more than she feared azula" you know why she said that??? because azula was slipping mentally. ty lee and mai saw that. they, for once, couldn't agree with azulas methods and ideology.

in the beach; there is a specific line where azula says something along the lines of, "im so used to these people worshipping us." and you know what ty lee FLAT OUT SAYS? so bluntly she says, "yes, and they should!" afterwards azula agrees and states that she loves it.

i wrote a whole essay about tyzula in the beach episode and how azula does care and appreciate ty lee. in a short sense it went something like this;

azula is mean which causes ty lee to get upset which is when azula comforts ty lee which is something we don't see her do to ANYONE except zuko. she literally apologizes. im very positive that this is the first, if not only, apology we actually hear from azula. azula even admits her insecurities to ty lee about being jealous. when do we see that again? fucking never. actually never.

and the mirror scene where ursa scolds azula for using fear, azula becomes extremely distressed. she loves ty lee and mai. the only reason the image of ursa brings it up is because ursa is a manifestation of azulas insecurities and intrusive thoughts. it's obvious in the comics too but i won't get into that can of worms.

it's actually sad because you don't go reading actual tyzula shippers arguments about this sort of stuff. even then it's so blatantly in your face that azula genuinely does love and care for ty lee.

Ty Lee was a victim of abuse by Azula. Ty Lee didn't want to be there. Azula FORCED Ty Lee to come. Ty Lee was terrified of Azula and at the first sign that Mai was brave enough to stand up to her, Ty Lee finally felt strong enough to.

It's not enough to say "but ty lee was bright and bubbly and acted like she cared about Azula."

Yeah. And Ty Lee didn't want to even travel with her. Ty Lee was brought away from her life where she was *happy* because Azula felt like she wanted company and Ty Lee was her personal property.

You want to ship her with a girl? Go nuts. Idc. Ship her with one of the girls giggling on the beach at Zuko for all I care.

But shipping her with Azula is fucked up. And yes I will die on this hill.

Abuse is abuse no matter the gender.

and don't tell me, "oh well mai specifically said she loved zuko more than she feared azula" you know why she said that??? because azula was slipping mentally. ty lee and mai saw that. they, for once, couldn't agree with azulas methods and ideology.

in the beach; there is a specific line where azula says something along the lines of, "im so used to these people worshipping us." and you know what ty lee FLAT OUT SAYS? so bluntly she says, "yes, and they should!" afterwards azula agrees and states that she loves it.

i wrote a whole essay about tyzula in the beach episode and how azula does care and appreciate ty lee. in a short sense it went something like this;

azula is mean which causes ty lee to get upset which is when azula comforts ty lee which is something we don't see her do to ANYONE except zuko. she literally apologizes. im very positive that this is the first, if not only, apology we actually hear from azula. azula even admits her insecurities to ty lee about being jealous. when do we see that again? fucking never. actually never.

and the mirror scene where ursa scolds azula for using fear, azula becomes extremely distressed. she loves ty lee and mai. the only reason the image of ursa brings it up is because ursa is a manifestation of azulas insecurities and intrusive thoughts. it's obvious in the comics too but i won't get into that can of worms.

it's actually sad because you don't go reading actual tyzula shippers arguments about this sort of stuff. even then it's so blatantly in your face that azula genuinely does love and care for ty lee.

Well to me it sounded like survival tactics to stay in the line, except for the beach episode part, but you're right that tyzula fics should point out why ty lee is inspired by azula and is loyal to her

There's a lot of room for interpretation about Ty Lee and her relationships, since we see her so little, but we have every reason to think that she genuinely thinks highly of Azula and admires her. Azula is a pretty amazing person and we're told that she tends to be very well liked in the Fire Nation, not to mention that Azula is unique and the center of attention in, something Ty Lee wishes Ty Lee had herself.

Zuko: [Frontal view.] No, you don't. [Close-up.] You're stuck in your little "Ty Lee world" where everything's great all the time.

Mai & Zuko:, [Frontal view.] leave her alone.

Zuko : [Walks away. Frontal view of campsite. Imitating Ty Lee.] "I'm so pretty. Look at me. I can walk on my hands. Whoo!" [Does a handstand. Frontal view of Ty Lee, upset. Close-up of Zuko, as he falls to the ground. Frontal view of Ty Lee, Zuko's face in the foreground.] Circus freak.

And

Mai : [Frontal view.] Guess that explains why you need ten boyfriends, too.

And even then, Azula doesn't view Ty Lee's disposition as a negative thing. She found Ty Lee's way with men enviable, even taking her advice on the topic.

Another example of this (though I will admit this could be me reaching) was at the drill:

Ty Lee: [Looking through the telescope.] Hmmm, what about those muscle-y guys down there?

She peers through a periscope at several Earth Kingdom troops using earthbending to create large trenches, Fire Nation forces following them in hot pursuit. Qin: [Strikes the periscope roughly alarming Ty Lee.] Please. The drill's metal shell is impervious to any earthbending attack.

Azula: Oh, I'm sure it is, War Minister Qin, but just to be on the safe side ... [Sharply while looking at the two girls.] Mai and Ty Lee, take the earthbenders out!

Minister Qin dismisses Ty Lee's comment while Azula takes her into consideration.

After azula endangers her during her own show, she doesn't act usual around azula, and is just acting , her compliments toward her (good one azula), (nice speech azula it was very poetic but also scary in a good way), (azula you're right it is the avatar), (gosh you're so confident I really admire that about you), were more to pease her ego rather than genuine admiration [but I doubt about the beach episode's part], because ty lee was forced to join her and was looking for a fake reason pretending to be willingly join her "the universe gave me a strong hint that its time for career change"

In boiling rock part 2 ty lee looks at her with a grudge in her eyes when azula orders the guards to throw her and mai away from her sight to rot

This shows how she really thinks of azula,

In the beach episode before zuko lashing out at ty lee there is this moment where zuko tries to comfort mai by "are you cold?" but mai slaps his hand and ty lee steps in "Iam freezing!!" and then zuko smiles and tells her that he will make a fire,

This shows that zuko cares about ty lee and ty lee might've had some interests in zuko too due to her later disappointment reaction for not giving her perhaps attention , but he was overwhelmed by his identity when he burnt the painting of his family and felt that ty lee dismissed his pain for assuming things she does not know and assuming that he cares about his family because he did not have a good experience with his family, mai literally tells zuko to back off when he lashes out at ty lee while azula laughed at her for being called a circus freak, and as you said by yourself azula was jealous of her ability to attract boys and called her by ignorant and tease, and ty lee encourages her to be with a boy with no problem, so why both of them will be interested in each others?

In the comics things are worse

Ty lee immediately goes chi blocking azula as she does something a bit threatening without even zuko wanting her to do it

Ty lee couldn't even keep a peaceful aura because of azula as she knows that azula is still roaming around and is afraid that she might suddenly show up punishing her