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13 years late, an observation:

I reeeeeeeeeeeally don’t understand why some folks seemed to get so peeved when you label Azula as a sociopath, when it seems so very clear that that was the writers’ intent.

Like, it’s maybe not the most nuanced portrayal cause, you know, it’s not like Bryke are psychologists, they’re art school kids. So you know…it’s gonna be a writer’s idea of a sociopath more than anything else.

But she’s like, literally a text book case: intensely intelligent, absolutely incredible liar, a fascination with fire and other destructive processes, abuses animals, sees people as tools because of a lack of empathy, and has to first observe and then mimic emotions and social behaviors that are otherwise taken for granted.

I mean, I get that she’s a woman and a villain and we all love to stan for woman villains, but—that’s a sociopath.

Which you can still stan for, like heck, I think her story is even more interesting with that lens, cause it makes her character journey after the war that much more challenging, but your mileage may vary.

Anyway. Can you tell I’m rewatching these series?