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The fandom tries to get around this by putting the Gaang in the Fire Nation for dubious reasons (“ambassador”) as if they don’t have better things to do than orbit around Zuko, a guy they spent one or two very stressful weeks with as an ally after several months of him being their enemy

The blush on her face isn't the scared purple kind of blush because Veronica learned new things about herself after that❤️‍🩹

I always thought this was blue fire Azula shot, but it's clear now that it was actually lightning.

In order to prevent Katara from reaching out to Zuko, Azula shot lightning at the ground between them. She didn't shoot it at Zuko despite it would be easily one hit kill.

She said right after: "I'd really rather our family physician look after Little Zuzu if you don't mind."

Of course, Azula will not let Katara heals Zuko; one enemy is down after all. But this proves that Azula’s motivation is to win, not to kill. And that she was motivated by anger not bloodlust (besides of being in the middle of a mental breakdown). It's the same thing with the Southern Raiders entry; when Azula’s anger faded upon seeing Zuko falling but smiled when he appeared again.

People often forget that Azula in Book 2 and 3 was under orders from her father and Fire Lord to kill her "traitor" brother but Azula was often holding back.

In Book 2, she went against "kill on sight" orders to bring him home in the first real opportunity to redeem him in the Fire Lord's eyes.

In Book 3, the Boiling Rock, she refrained from choosing the easy way of cutting off the lines and choose the hard way to fight and defeat the escapees who Zuko (and important others) was among them

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Two thoughts on these scenes:

When Azula is trying to recruit Ty Lee, she says "I would be honored." When she's trying to recruit Mai, she says "I need you." Ignoring whatever psychological element there is, this suggests that Azula thinks that Mai will respond to being told that Azula needs her in a way Ty Lee won't. Azula thinks that showing a little vulnerability to Mai will lead to Mai wanting to help her, but doesn't think the same of Ty Lee. And yes, I know she technically says "I need you both," but Ty Lee is already recruited at this point.

Azula is much more direct, to the point, and warm with Mai than she is with Ty Lee. With Ty Lee, there is a lot of polite, awkward beating around the bush, while with Mai it's just "It's great to see you" and "I have a mission and I need you."