#birdbros musing

[myherobirdbros]

Straying from my usual posts to say man the narrative fucked Azula over. When I was a kid I really liked her. Like I distinctly remember whenever we had flashback scene and saw her and Zuko with their chubby cheeks and baby selves I was sure it was a way to foreshadow some kind of redemption for both of them. Where Iroh saves Zuko and then Zuko saves Azula. It felt like (at least to me) that's where the story was heading. But then around season 3, I think I started to realize that wasn't going to happen. Because no matter how compelling that story could be and how young Azula was, the narrative really really wanted me to believe she was some kind of irredeemable moster. Which made no sense because we had the beach episode and those little flashbacks of her and Zuko running around the fields, laughing together and Zuko saying his family used to be happy once. Like, did the show writers want to take the easy way out? Did they want Zuko to also defeat a biiiig bad (Azula in this case) so they refused to give her a lifeline? Because I felt blindsided. Apparently Iron the colonizer and Zuko deserve redemption but not Azula. She was just crazy. Like I watched the first airing of avatar as a kid and looking back it's frustrating knowing how little the writers cared about Azula's humanity when it was so easy as a kid to see how sad and angry and scared she was.

#atla azula #atla #azula #birdbros musing

[flock-keeper]

A VERY DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF YOUR MUSE

NAME. Fearghas Allan Lesley

NICKNAME(S). Fearless, Birdbro

ALIAS(ES). Grunt #823 (When he was with Team Plasma)

AGE. 22-25 (depending on timeline)

SPECIES. Human.

PRONOUNS. He/Him

ORIENTATION. Gay

ZODIAC. Taurus

MORAL ALIGNMENT. Chaotic neutral

ABILITIES / POWERS. Talented at playing multiple instruments, such as guitar and piano. Also can sing. Also is very strong

INTERESTS. Music, watching gym battles, video games, exercising, snowboarding, surfing 

GUILTY PLEASURES. Anime

FEARS. Being homeless, losing friends and family

SPOKEN LANGUAGES. English, French, Japanese

PROFESSION. Musician, former Neo Plasma Grunt

BODY TYPE. Buff (Strong af)

HEIGHT. 6'6'' (He’s tall haha)

COLORS. Black, Red, Blue

DRINKS. Iced Tea, Lemonade, Cappuccino, Latte, Smoothies, sports drinks

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES? Any drink that's mixed with fruit juice

SMOKES? No tobacco, but smokes weed and sometimes vapes

EVER BEEN ARRESTED? Lots of times

#about fearghas