Zuko-Always-Lies

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Maybe he treated her better in the comics though, but I forgot the name of the site I used to read comics on for free, so I guess I'll never know.

There are several times when Zuko makes his inferiority complex about Azula pretty obvious, to the point where he fails to even think of her as a human being, let alone as his sibling. Because of that, he doesn't recognize her (also flawed - by no means am I trying to pretend she was a good sister, but at least she made some attempts, and had a few moments of genuine emotional care, some obvious and some subtle) attempts at reconciliation or her desire for some sense of togetherness.

It’s also very notable that he never stops considering his godawful dad family, just like his mom and uncle, but Azula doesn’t even receive that grace. She is treated more like an uncomfortable physical object than a person. But that’s faaaar from ignorance, or from him simply not giving a shit about her on his part.

He mentions her pretty often, both directly and indirectly - when her name comes up, but also when she exists more as a voice in his head representing a certain philosophy, or as a benchmark for bending prowess, skill, and success that he envies. And I think that’s where the irony lies: the core of Zuko’s misunderstandings with Azula is that he never really takes her as her own person. Instead, he projects his own subjective image of her onto her, and then responds to that image rather than to Azula herself - someone who might have feelings, pain, unmet desires, insecurities, and all the other things that he himself, or any living human being, has.

I mean, fair enough, she’s become a master at hiding those things. But in his mind, she is essentially replaced by an image of her that represents something within his own psyche. She represents success, or power, or Daddy's love, or the standards he feels he can never live up to. She always represents something, rather than simply being someone. she doesn’t really get to exist in his mind as a person who lives a real life, with real pleasures and real pain (he even ariculates it in calling her just "lucky", fully internalizing Ozai's abuse of their sibling relationship), or any real obstacles she has to face daily as he himself does (therefore - lack of empathy towards her). She becomes a myth, a mental image that he needs to overcome, rather than a human being and a sister who deserves to be acknowledged and to actually be seen as such by another human being.

Like Katara and Tylee were enemies and she got chiblocked by her multiple times, and Azula laughing doesn't change that Zuko said it. This isnt meant to be Zuko slander I just dont understand why people have to come for other characters when someone just lightly criticizes Zuko 🤷‍♀️

Maybe he treated her better in the comics though, but I forgot the name of the site I used to read comics on for free, so I guess I'll never know.

Can't believe Azula got Katara pregnant and just left smh

my condolences, anon. only thing worse than an annoying fandom you are not part of, is an annoying fandom you ARE part of...

honestly, zut ara is a really good fanon ship with so much potential to explore in fanworks, for those interested. (yes, actually, I think zut ara is not a bad ship).

it's really frustrating that the fandom has been overtaken by bitter, over-controlling jerks who need to police what even other shippers think, rather than really focusing on just liking zut ara.

i think it really comes down to some of these people just cannot accept zut ara was not made canon, and also it is from a cartoon series from 2005....

the constant need to frame aang as the root of all sexism/evil (rather than as another product of a 2005 cartoon), in contrast to zuko being painted as the prime example of a female gaze love interest, is that this gives them the meta-validation that "Ztr Should Have Been Canon, Thus In Abstract Sense Is".

in essence aang 'becomes' more than a narrative, and is an insert for all the worlds incels, one who forcefully stole katara from her rightful lover.

this sounds quite abstract, but it is really the essence I gathered from them. if you bark in and say something more mild about aang, even while liking ztr, you burst their whole bubble of meta-canon through feminist fix it!zu tara, which really sets them off.

it doesnt matter if what you say is reasonable or factual, you can only base aang's whole entire character on like 3 episodes where we get the examples of him acting "incel adjacent", which works for the theory they made.

Let’s start with the facts as directly provided by the show:

Korra was discovered by the Order of the White Lotus at the age of four.

The OWL kept her in a compound in the Southern Water Tribe for the dual purposes of training and protection and were quite strict about keeping her under constant watch.

Korra’s parents lived outside of the compound, but Korra was still emotionally close to them.

Korra considered Naga to be her best friend; there’s no evidence that the OWL provided her with peers inside the compound or allowed her to make excursions outside to interact with anyone her age.

Now, given these facts, what kind of assumptions can be made about Korra’s background?

Given that, as per point 2, Korra’s protection is at least as important as her training, it is quite likely that she was taken to the compound as soon as it became an option.  It can therefore be assumed that Korra was either immediately taken into the OWL’s custody after her discovery or brought in immediately following the construction of the compound.  Either way, she’s likely been raised by the OWL since the age of four (per point 1).

Per point 3, the OWL kept Korra separate from her parents.  Given the size of the compound, there’s no reason her parents shouldn’t have been given living space inside the compound itself unless the OWL wanted to limit the amount of time they could spend with Korra.  In fact, given that Korra wasn’t completely cut off from her parents, allowing them to live outside the OWL’s protection creates a potential security risk that the OWL ought to have tried to avoid if possible (since it would be quite a problem if the Avatar’s closest family members were taken hostage).  Presumably, Korra’s parents don’t live with her because the OWL doesn’t want her to get too attached (which offers the further implication that the OWL might be averse to close non-familial attachments as well, limiting Katara’s ability to take a mothering role towards Korra).

Point 4 directly implies that Korra was never really allowed much in the way of close peer interactions, either.  It’s quite possible that, if all of her teachers and sparring partners were adults far outside of her age range (as was implied by her firebending test), she never had any close human friends whatsoever.  

And here’s the upshot of all that:

Korra has, for all intents and purposes, been denied consistent affection since the age of four in favor of conditional praise.

Her upbringing was, therefore, emotionally neglectful if not outright abusive (and I sure hope that the OWL didn’t treat her the same when she was five as it did during her firebending test).  The OWL might have meant well, but they had no idea how to raise a child and messed it up as badly as they possibly could given a legitimate desire to do what was best for her.

It shouldn’t be any surprise that Korra has identity issues and a need for validation as the Avatar; she learned from a very young age not to count on her parents love, and ended up filling in the hole by impressing people with her bending.  This is, as can be expected, something of a recipe for disaster in terms of raising a well-adjusted individual.

To make matters worse, the majority of the praise that Korra did get would have been in the context of violence, given that her demonstrated talents are all martial in nature.  Her life was highly controlled, except insofar as she could impress the OWL by showing up her sparring partners or use force/manipulation to get what she wanted over the OWL’s objections.  Violence would have been, essentially, the only way for Korra to define herself and take charge of her own life, which inevitably caused her need for validation to become all the more dangerous.

Sorry but 'Avatarian' literally looks like the stuff that comes out of a Minecraft enchanting table except uglier

It seems to utilise english words, although written phonetically, with symbols equating to the IPA. But the words themselves are essentially encrypted english, and the sentence structure, grammar etc likely also will be. Which will be noticeable. It already is noticeable, as we can see the same syllable repeating in Avatarian's water and fire, because these two words share a sound in English.