#i need more people to understand that Ursa isnt a good parent

[gh0st-city]

Thinking about Azula again...

#i need more people to understand her character and not just dismiss her as an evil person #a pawn or an emotionless husk #i need more people to understand that Ursa isnt a good parent #she married a monster and only realized her mistake after it was too late #once she had Zuko she finally had someone to pour her love into and to make her feel less isolated #so she coddled him and would spend all of her time with him #Ozai is a smart man im sure he noticed and figured out exactly why she was always preoccupied with Zuko which made him have a certain #disdain for his son which only grew as he got older and didnt meet his father's impossible standards #and then came Azula #her mother already had her perfect child so she didnt get as much attention from her #especially when she started showing certain characteristics that were reminiscent of her father #ursa was unnerved by Azula and her difficulty understanding certain things such as empathy #she was certain this child would grow up to be a monster like her father #so she never bothered trying to teach her to be better than him #which left her all to her father #who could groom her into the fire bending prodigy and brutal warrior that we knew in the show #he controlled her and manipulated her into being exactly what he wanted #a puppet and a weapon to be used as he saw fit #and when the curtains lifted ever so slightly from her eyes showing her the reality of her situation she broke #rambles #avatar the last airbender #princess azula