Avatar: The Last Airbender
Summary
Avatar : The Last Airbenderdirector Giancarlo Volpe explain what motivated Azula ( Grey DeLisle ) to give Zuko ( Dante Basco ) cite for striking down Aang ( Zach Taylor Eisen ) in season 3 ’s opening installment . The season 2 finale , " The Crossroads of Destiny " , check Team Avatar caught amid the Earth Kingdom coup , lead to surprise alliances and betrayal . While Aang finally attain the Avatar State , a lightning hit by Azula struck him down , nearly guide to his demise had Iroh ( Mako Iwamatsu ) not given the mathematical group a chance to run away and tolerate Katara ( Mae Whitman ) to treat his wounds .
As Volpe rejoined Janet Varney and Basco for theAvatar : Braving The Elementspodcast episode focused onAvatar : The Last Airbenderseason 3 ’s opening installment , the director explained why Azula throw overboard the glory to Zuko when meeting their father , Fire Lord Ozai ( Mark Hamill ) . Being aware of waterbending healing abilities and seeing Katara aid Aang , Volpe excuse how Azula ’s determination was strategical , allow her to pass the blame onto Zuko should Aang reemerge once heal , clearing her name of any failures . Check out Volpe ’s full explanation below :
I was trying to put myself in Azula ’s shoes , veracious ? So , you have the Avatar dead to rights , like , he ’s raising up and you ’re like " I have a clean-cut shot , this is gon na be gentle . " And she goes [ Electric noise ] , she charges up , and boom ! Nails him in the back . Probably hit his heart .
And he falls , and she ’s like " That ’s how it ’s done , Zuko , like , you ’ll never be … " And then Katara swoop up in , and Azula knows that Water Benders have healing power . Katara swoop in and takes him away , she ’s probably like " I have to be prepared for the possibility that those Water Benders , especially that one , heals him . "
And now , what should have been a W for Azula is more of a interrogative Deutschmark . Of course , she ’s thinking she ’s not gon na go back to dad and say " Dad , I ’m so sorry . I had the Avatar dead to right and I could have killed him , but Katara swooped in at the last moment , and I call back she had healing water . " ‘Cause that ’d make her face spoiled , but if she goes " Zuko finally get something correct and obliterate the Avatar … "
Now , Fire Lord is like " Wow ! What a surprisal , Zuko of all the great unwashed ? " And then when we find out he ’s still alert , " Of course Zuko screwed that up " is what Ozai ’s gon na think . This is the chess game board that Azula is working with .
Did Azula Always Despise Zuko In Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Azula ’s game to scapegoat Zuko was just one action mechanism in a long history of scurrilous behavior she designate toward her elder comrade . Influenced by her father ’s cruelty as his favour child , eagerness to gain his approval , and her jealousy toward Zuko ’s family relationship with their mother , Ursa , Azula took delight in get word her brother tolerate , be it through her own handling or others ' actions . When Zuko invite his cicatrix and expatriation from their father inAvatar : The Last Airbender ’s flashback , the princess can be seen smiling at her brother ’s mistreatment , feeling he deserved it .
By the ending of Avatar : The Last Airbender , Azula was captured by Zuko , but that was n’t the end for her . Here ’s what bump to Azula after the finale .
However , their relationship became more complex in later episode ofAvatar : The Last Airbenderand its expanded medium . Zuko ’s abbreviated coming back to the Fire Nation in time of year 3 allow the siblings to spread up to one another . The continuation comics indicate Zuko trying to care for the distraught Azula rather than jail her with Ozai before working together to find Ursa . While their human relationship would always be fractured , Zuko ’s seek to get to out opened Azula ’s eyes to his compassion despite everything she did , moderate Azula to somewhat worry for her chum . It is also anticipate thatNetflix ’s live - actionAvatar : The Last Airbenderwill amplify on Azula ’s arc , but it is nameless what those item are .
Azula and Zuko ’s rivalry is one ofAvatar : The Last Airbender’smost complicated dynamics . The products of a broken childhood and parental neglect , each sib responded in drastically different shipway because of how the figures they looked up to mold their growing into adults . While Iroh helped Zuko gain a different perspective in his travels , Azula ’s willingness to do anything necessary to stay ahead of her older brother indicate how her avidness to prove herself had go out her warp by Ozai , emphasizing her villainy and the tragedy behind her fostering .
incarnation : The Last Airbenderis useable on Netflix , Paramount+ , and Prime Video .
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