* RAGE

so, i’m going to keep this short and sweet because i know a lot of you don’t like drama on your dash. normally, neither do i, but this person is a confirmed pedophile and he is possibly STILL IN CONTACT W/ MINORS. i won’t get into my experience with him but there is a full call-out with screenshots that you can read through @cinnadibfilthpedoproof on Instagram here . 

in addition to having a tumblr, his last known discord was proxy#7777. 

ㅤ ❚ ❙  ⦂  𝖨𝖭𝖢𝖮𝖭𝖲 + 𝖧𝖤𝖠𝖣𝖤𝖱𝖲

      ━┅ 𝘍𝘢𝘯 𝘉𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘉𝘪𝘯𝘨 ⸼

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I just read the atla comics on telegram and holy shit it's really TERRIBLE! I just fucking hate it so much UGH! I hate how they did with Azula! And before y'all Azula antis coming for me saying "You're just mad that she didn't get redemption! Bla bla bla" It's not about that I'm mad of how they treated their mentally ill abused character! As a mentally ill person myself who had been called names like crazy, psycho, psychotic, possessed and many more to list I find the comics ableist and harmful.

I hate how they did with Mai too in the comics. I absolute hate comics Mai. When reading it I rolled my eyes and had to take a break from reading. These words triggered me so bad I felt like crying. I had been called offensive names all my life whether it's on the internet or real life so this really triggered me. This is one of the reasons why I absolute hate the comics.

I absolutely have no problems with the trope mentally ill villians but the problem I have is how they treat their villians. I think atla show did a good job portraying an ill villian in my opinion but the comics they COMPLETELY villianizing Azula's mental illness. A lot of the readers of the comics take that Azula is 'far too gone' and 'crazy psycho' which is really harmful for mentally ill people irl. I bet some of those people too sees schizophrenic people irl as 'crazy' because of the representation of schizophrenia in the comics. You have to remember children reads the comics too and you know children brain are like sponges.

Also the writers are probably ableists too. There's a photo where a fan asked the writer a question whether Azula will get a happy closure and the writer responded back "Well do you think she's capable of having happiness?" it's something along those lines. I will add the photo here when I find it.

But yeah that shows that the writer just sees Azula as a irredeemable traumatised teen and again it's very harmful to picture that an abused person especially a teen have no chance at getting better and having peace in their life.

The comics has serious issue of villianizing a mentally ill kid and I hate that. Ugh still waiting for the day where mental illness is no more stigmatised, romanticised, glamourized and villianized. And some people still think our society has progressed when in fact we still have a long way to go 😒

I also have a problem with how they drew Azula;

I don't really know why but considering that they only sees Azula as a 'crazy bitch who have no hope in redemption' I get a little uncomfortable with how they drew her. I feel like they way they drew her is to make her look stereotypical insane I guess. It's like this is how they see mentally ill person irl. I might be overreacting but this is just my feelings about it and you don't have to agree with.

Also the fact that they put her in a straitjacket is horrible! Literally people when they think of insane people who got admitted into mental hospitals they would be put in straitjacket and people will associate straitjacket with 'crazy'. Azula's mental health had been villianized enough this shit is just hard to see.

I think the comics are absolute ableist and feeds off the idea that all mentally ill people out there are all 'crazy psychos who have no hope in redemption and commit crimes and shits uwu~'. I hate the comics I regret reading it and I feel like pouring soap on my eyes to get rid of the bs I had seen today.

Let’s talk about bebe Azula for a moment, shall we?

Most people point to the flashbacks in Zuko Alone as evidence that Azula is some type of psychopath because she exhibits a lot of psychopathic behaviors (lack of remorse, disregard for others’ feelings, won’t follow rules, puts others in harm’s way, mistreatment of animals, consistent lying) but you know what a lot of these behaviors also point to? A false self as a means of protection.

I think Azula, even as a child, was dealing with the heavy burden of performance anxiety. She was told she was a prodigy from a very young age. While many child prodigies (most often defined as those with an IQ above 130-140) may purposely sabotage their successes in order to not fail in the future when the stakes are higher, some prodigies are known to develop a specific subtype of performance anxiety that essentially blocks off their authentic emotions and behaviors in favor of those that will help them succeed. It’s called developing a false self. It’s essentially a shield and it’s how Azula decides to cope with her world.

Let’s explore how a false self could exhibit psychopathic behaviors:

A lack of remorse makes sure that you never have to accept that you’re wrong, that you failed.

Disregarding others’ feelings allows you to always focus on how the situation will benefit you, and stops you from considering how it may hurt others.

Not following rules ensures that you do what is best for yourself at all times, regardless of social norms or legalities. Like burning a doll that you dislike or spying on your father’s meeting.

Putting others in harm’s way might save you from being in danger. If you don’t care about how others feel, you don’t care if they’re about to fall off the side of a gondola.

Children mistreating animals is shown in the media as Psychopath 101 but many children mistreat animals not out of maliciousness but because they feel the need to exert power. Azula grew up in a family that valued power over everything else. Why wouldn’t she try to exert what little power she had over anything she could? Her friends. Her brother. Turtleducks.

Consistent lying is just a means to an end for Azula. Lying gets her what she wants. The truth won’t. Simple.

These all boil down to a lack of empathy on Azula’s part. But I don’t believe she actually lacks this at all. She’s just grown up in a world where empathy gets you teased and viewed as weak, affects your focus (which in turn affects your bending), and (later on) may leave you burned and banished.

Azula: Hey Aang, can I borrow your glider for a while?

Aang: Sure, but what do you need it for?

Azula: You'll see.

*Jumps off a cliff and uses firebending to propel herself in the air*

Aang: What? You can use firebending to fly on a glider? I can't believe I've never thought of that!

Azula: Of course you didn't. You're not me.

Aang: Azula, let's go gliding together! This way, you can use both hands to shoot fire while I hold you by the waist.

Azula: Now that's the right way to use a glider.

Zuko: Wait, where did my sister go?

There is all this hate for a 14-year-old girl who is heavily brainwashed and hasn't even done much wrong (in the specific circumstances).

The major things Azula did in the show were: try to kill Aang, Zuko, and Katara (and I guess the rest of the gaang), imprison Suki and take over Ba Sing Se. I'm gonna talk about these all individually for a moment. Because people seem to forget they were at war.

Attempting to kill any member of the gaang (including her brother) is just war, would you call any person who fought for either side of a war in history massively evil for doing it. I don't think so. The fact that she never actually succeeded in doing this on top of that. Why does she get hate for this? Please remember that for a while the gaang were actively trying to kill her father (excluding Aang) and Aang only refused because of air nation principles. Everyone else was still massively for it.

Suki's and the rest of the Kyoshi warrior's imprisonment. Absolutely justifiable. Once again they were at war. We don't even get a mention of them being physically harmed or tortured here (that could be because it's a kids show though). But still imprisoning someone on the opposite side of a war to you is absolutely justifiable - in fact, expected.

The take over of Ba Sing Se especially was a bloodless coup. That means that the only person who was harmed in this entire takeover was Aang, one person, and Azula managed to take an entire city. This isn't just a war tactic this is actively non-violent. Iroh spent years at the siege of Ba Sing Se and was actively violent (his son wasn't the first soldier to die on the field I can assure you).

Basically, Azula's actions can all be justified as classic war maneuvers that were relatively non-violent (especially for the fire nation). The only time she was violent was when people were actively attacking her as well - she didn't harm random innocent people for fun.

There are a lot of people who are like Azula's mental health issues don't excuse her actions. No, they don't, what excuses her actions is the fact that she was at war. And none of her actions are particularly cruel or unexpected.

I fully agree that Azula is on the wrong side of the war. But if she had done this against the fire nation. No one would have a problem with any of her actions. And the reason she was on the wrong side of the war is that she has been fed propaganda since she was a child.

She grew up believing in the superiority of the fire nation - this was never challenged from her perspective. She likely hadn't left the fire nation until the show started and we see that in fire nation schools they believe that their colonisation of the world is to share their greatness and technology.

Azula isn't inherently a bad person, she has been taught (read brainwashed) into thinking that what she is doing is the best thing for the world.

Azula deserves redemption because she isn't inherently evil. But rather has just been fighting for a cause that she believes is correct when it isn't. All this girl needs is some love, some psychological help, and someone to show her why the fire nation is in the wrong.

I believe that Azula truly cares for her people and just wants what is best for the fire nation and its people. She just doesn't understand why what she is doing is wrong currently because no one ever taught her that.

Zuko had Ursa and Iroh to guide him and his morals but neither of them paid any attention to Azula. She gathered her morals and her ruthlessness of Ozai.

I'm gonna put in a comparison to Zoya Nazyalensky here (Spoilers for Shadow and Bone if you haven't read it). Very similar characters in my eyes. Ruthless, determined, initially led wrong. If Zoya had stayed with the Darkling she probably would have ended up the way Azula did in the show. And I think that if Azula got the healing and teaching and love that she needs that she can end up like Zoya.

Zuko: what?

Azula: Trust fall!

Azula, to Zuko: Don't say I never defend you.

small comic abt how id like to think they maybe met when they all were at the royal fire academy.