Azula
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Name: | Azula |
Occupation: | Firebender |
Relationships: | Zuko (brother), Iroh (uncle), Ursa (mother), Ozai (father), Ty Lee (childhood friend), Mai (childhood friend), Team Avatar (enemies) |
Fandom: | Avatar: The Last Airbender |
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Azula is a character in the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. She serves as the main antagonist of Book Two: Earth, as well as a secondary antagonist of Book Three: Fire, and appears in the Avatar comics.
Canon
Azula is the princess of the Fire Nation and the younger sister of Zuko. She is a firebending prodigy, a master manipulator, and a ruthless seeker of power. At only fourteen years old, she is one of the most formidable antagonists in the series, regularly outclassing even highly competent adults.
Fandom
Azula, Ty Lee, and Mai are collectively referred to as the Dangerous Ladies by the fandom.
After her mental breakdown during the final episodes of the series, many fans found Azula sympathetic and expressed interest in a redemption arc for her.
Shipping
Between October 2013 and September 2019, Azula was most often listed as paired with Ty Lee (63%), followed by Sokka (17%), Katara (6%), and Aang (6%) within the FanFiction.Net’s pairing mode.[1] As of September 2020, Tyzula is also her most popular pairing on AO3.
Pairings
- Azula x Ty Lee (Tyzula)
- Azula/Sokka
Fan Works
Fan Fiction
- Blue Fire and Polar Bear Dogs A Legend of Korra fic in which a reformed Azula teaches Korra firebending.
Fan Art
Cosplay
Meta
- The Psychology of Azula l Avatar: The Last Airbender - meta video analysis
Links & Resources
- Azula (Avatar) tag on Archive of Our Own
- Avatar: The Last Airbender stories and crossovers featuring Azula on FanFiction.Net
- The Azula Nation of the World community on FanFiction.Net
References
- ^ phantomstatistician. Azula’s FanFiction Shipping Chart 2013-Present, posted to Tumblr on 11 September 2019. (Accessed 7 September 2020.)