"But I'm not happy, how they worked on with Azula and the family in the comics." While I do like the comics, I have a few issues with them. For one thing, as you said, they seem to be dragging them out. I wish that they would decide what they want to do with Azula once and for all. But more than that, I don't particularly like how they are handling her mental illness. For one, they don't really seem to know what she has. I'm thinking Schizophrenia. But they're giving her what looks to me like bipolar mood swings. I know a few people with bipolar and I can tell you right now that they are not portraying it right. In most cases, the patient's mood won't flip like a light switch. They can be in a manic state for days, sometimes even months before falling into the depressive or angry state. That's the experience the people I know have had. Basically, the comics give her a very stereotyped version of the disorder. "Because I fear they start to loose her interesting character this way, by denying her a clearer direction." This too though. "And if I think about Zuko, who only seemed to start to be interested in her, when it comes to his own benefit (so much like Ozai)." And this is another thing that gets me. He didn't seem to visit her except for when he needed to use her. Over on tumblr I wrote an analysis on how I feel like people tend to use Azula. Granted, she has used people too. But she has also been used. I feel like no one has ever really showed her genuine love. But yeah, the silver lining is that it leaves fans room to speculate and have fun.
"I'm a fan of happy ends, especially when it comes to such a tragic story, like Azulas. But I must also admit, that I like the opposite solution, when it's done right." Same here. Like I'll take any ending as long as it's done right. But honestly in the case of Azula I feel like a tragic ending wouldn't be as satisfying. The show had this very strong 'redemption is possible', 'people can change', 'hopeful' message. And it would drive me crazy to see them write a tragic ending for a fourteen-year-old abuse victim. It would be like me ending Wan High with Azula never overcoming her disorder, after establishing a hopeful them.

"I love the way you compare her physical and psychical development. Physically an early bloomer, but psychically a late one." Thanks! I feel like she'd be a little embarrassed to realize she blossomed so late mentally lol. "And I think it's a smart idea to let her start again missing her mother, when she had to deal with the changings, her body made, when she came to puberty." I mean that's a scary time and she only had her dad to walk her though it. He's not exactly the most understanding person and even if he did have the compassion of a good father, he still wouldn't understand in the way Ursa would have. "She had managed to take care of it on her own (because she had to), but she had also figured out, where to get assistance, as she needed it." But yeah, I feel like she would try to whether in in silence to avoid embarrassment. She's an independent person. "A heart-warming scene in the end to see that the family is grown together again." Tbh I'm a sucker for that family making amends and being happy. "Nice work! Keep on having fun with your stories" Thanks again!


The babe squirmed in Ursa's arms and her eyes welled with tears. "She's beautiful." She whispered as the newborn curls her little fingers around her pointer. "Look at her, Ozai, she's…"

"She's perfect." He agreed.

The baby blinked and opened her eyes. She seemed disoriented, but who wouldn't be, so new to this world. She babbled something and started to cry. Ursa rocked her gently until the crying slowed again. She brushed tentative hands over the infant's soft fuzz of hair. And the baby was back to soft coos and gurgled babbles. Curious gold eyes tried to take in the room, but Ursa couldn't imagine that they were able to make sense of anything they fell upon.

But that stare.

It was vivid and intense.

"She has the eyes of a promising firebender." One of the fire sages noted.

"She has that spark." Ozai noted with a head nod. It took all of his willpower to not mention that it was the spark he didn't see in his son. He held his arms out.

Just as Ozai had withheld commentary, Ursa did her best to not spitefully mutter, "oh, you actually want to hold this one?" Instead she helped her husband cradle the baby in his arms. "I picked out our son's name, would you like to name our daughter?" She hoped that he would, after having almost nothing to do with Zuko.

He looked at the squirmy baby for a moment. Watch her aimlessly kick her legs out, as if trying to get a sense for them. She let out a particularly loud coo. She was indeed going to be a fierce one. "She is Azula. A great firebender shall be named for a firebender just as powerful." He declared.

Something in Ursa churned unpleasantly. Azula was just a babe and the man was already setting high standards for the poor thing. She pushed back her fear, today was a happy day. It was going to stay a happy day.

"Send for Zuko, I'd like him to meet his sister before the ceremony begins."

Azula mumbled some more baby talk as Ozai passed her back to Ursa. Ursa held the child close and let her nestle her head against her chest. She tickled the baby's tummy just as she had done Zuko when he was a newborn. Azula doesn't give the same chirpy, delighted giggle that Zuko had. But she was smiling. Smiling a teeny, toothless, baby smile.

And Ursa smiled back.

She had a daughter. A precious, beautiful, daughter.

Zuko bursts through the door. "Lemme hol 'er lemme hol 'er mama!"

Ursa smiled. "Not right now Zuko." She replied gently. "Babies are…" she tried to think of a way to explain it. "Remember the toy ship I gave you?"

He nodded.

"And the toy palace?"

He nodded again.

"What did you do with those?"

He gave her a wide-eyed innocent stare before picking the vase off of the nightstand and dropping it. "Whoops."

Ursa sighed. "That is why you can't hold the baby yet, Zuko."

"Oh." He replied. "I won't akadenly drop her."

"That's the thing about accidents, Zuko, you don't ever think that they are going to happen. Your sister, Azula, isn't a toy that we can fix or buy again. Does that make sense."

"Mmmhmm."

"Alright, come here." She beckoned him forward and hunched over enough to let him see his little sister.

"She's so squishy." He pokes at her cheek.

"Careful." Ursa cationed.

"Oh, sorry, mama." He held his hand out and let Azula grasp at it. He beamed wider than she had even seen. "I like her mama."

"We all like her." Ozai commented from across the room. "She's a true firebender. A true heir."

Ursa didn't want to think about that yet. Instead she focused on watching Zuko kiss Azula's forehead. The baby smiled again.