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    Today J dives into the world of Avatar the Last Airbender to discuss everyone's favorite evil fire bending princess and answer the question: Why Are Azula’s Flames Blue?
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  • @SuperCarlinBrothers
    @SuperCarlinBrothers  3 года назад +732

    Who is your favorite character in Avatar and why is it Azula?

  • @joshuawyckoff9895
    @joshuawyckoff9895 3 года назад +567

    “While Azula thrives under perfectionism, zuko totally suffers under it.” That was a beautiful sentence that describes both of those characters. Zuko is pushed to perfectionism and fails and is shamed for it. Azula strives for perfectionism and achieves it. In the end, zuko realizes that it does not matter and grows as a character while Azula is devoured by it and breaks down as a person. This simple depth is what makes this show so great.

    • @wonder_platypus8337
      @wonder_platypus8337 3 года назад +10

      The show is amazing on so many levels. Nearly ever character is a real person going through real; if not fantastical problems. The reactions of the characters and how they grow and fall based on the situations that unfold are portrayed with so much sincerity too.

    • @michaelram4276
      @michaelram4276 2 года назад

      Truth

    • @voxtur__7
      @voxtur__7 Год назад +1

      From what I observed, the reason Zuko suffers under perfectionism while Azula largely flourishes is that he has not internalized and solidified his dilemma-he still often questions (thanks to Iroh) what his father wanted him to accomplish, and because of that, his efforts weren't as ‘focused’ and lethal as Azula's were. She, on the other hand, had become one with her father's desires and fully amalgamated them with her own. In her perfectionism, thoughts equalled actions because the former were unimpeded by a dilemma. Personality and morals (inculcated by different parents) could have had a role to play here, in addition to the fact that Zuko was more recently exposed to Ozai's conditions, but Azula grew up with them since she was closer to Ozai than Zuko was, so she had more time to be moulded by him, whereas Zuko was shaped by Ursa and Iroh for the significant part of his life.

  • @alejandralopez6354
    @alejandralopez6354 3 года назад +382

    Azula is the perfect villain: scary, dangerous, badass, and yet tragically sad

    • @leoneyamada5408
      @leoneyamada5408 3 года назад +9

      NO. i refuse. iroh was the perfect villain. now hear me out before you throw your pitchforks at me for calling iroh a villian..... iroh is a villain that became a good guy before our story starts. iroh was going to be the firelord and was in the middle of destroying the entire earth nation. meaning he has 100% killed at least a hundred people or more but then had a change of heart

    • @firewingy
      @firewingy 3 года назад +2

      @@leoneyamada5408 did you even watch the show??

    • @havewissmart9602
      @havewissmart9602 3 года назад +8

      @@firewingy What? It's true. Iroh was a military general. He almost broke ba sing se's wall.

    • @azula9714
      @azula9714 2 года назад

      @@leoneyamada5408 did you watch only parts of the show?
      Where does it say being a fire bender is a bad guy?

    • @leoneyamada5408
      @leoneyamada5408 2 года назад +2

      @@azula9714 did you only read part of my comment because i never say all firebenders are evil... its just the entre plot of the show is the fire benders at the top militarized fire bending and started a war that lasted a hundred years.... so only the fire bending generals and the fire lord is bad... iroh happend to be next in line to be fire lord and was a great fire bending general... and the whole reason he is how he is was because he seen how bad he was and then changed

  • @Autumnly
    @Autumnly 3 года назад +1185

    Azula’s blue flames are undoubtedly gorgeous.

  • @blakea3323
    @blakea3323 3 года назад +142

    The creators said Ozai was “the most powerful fire bender period” but the more efficient flames made me think that Azula would, or will surpass him with experience.

    • @a_fine_edition2746
      @a_fine_edition2746 3 года назад +10

      The comics have already shown Azula leave Ozai in the dust.

    • @blakea3323
      @blakea3323 3 года назад +2

      @@a_fine_edition2746 I haven’t read the comics, but I’m glad they touched on that.

    • @Kevynmorgan
      @Kevynmorgan Год назад

      Lol 😂

  • @msjkramey
    @msjkramey 3 года назад +767

    Why am I just now realizing that both Zuko and Azula have cutting their hair as an important part of their character arcs. My God, they're such perfect foils

    • @sirmyself
      @sirmyself 3 года назад +68

      They explain in "The Rise of Kyoshi" and "The Shadow of Kyoshi" that the fire nation is a very proud people and that the whole society is guided by honor and pride. (Zuko ain't the only one).
      Part of that pride is actually their identity and their hair is a representation of their identity. Cutting a fire nation's person hair is not a trivial doing and marks either loss of their honor (if it's done unwillingly, but can also be that if done willingly), or a will to change their identity.

    • @zm4362
      @zm4362 3 года назад +55

      And notice how all the airbenders shave off their hair as a symbol of freedom!!!!! Notice how a lot of water benders got their hair pulled back and 2 loopies reflecting the duality and push/pull very flowy nature of water!!!!!
      I also like how, when they go to sleep, their hair is down instead of up in a ponytail or bun it’s kinda like they let their guard down, let loose when they’re sleeping
      I could honestly go in depth about every character and their hair. Zuko has the most phases of hair. Mai’s Hair is the darkest, slickest of the show and it covers her face. Tai Lee’s hair is very light, fun and UNIQUE and it looks like a scorpions tail!!!

    • @nyla559
      @nyla559 3 года назад +21

      @@zm4362 wait I want to know more. Keep going

    • @llmstewart268
      @llmstewart268 3 года назад +4

      The Rise of Kyoshi explains that in the fire nation, hair is associated with honor

    • @Umbreon1715
      @Umbreon1715 3 года назад +5

      @@zm4362 amazing attention to detail, but not all avatars shave their head! BUT most AIRBENDERS do for a very practical reason that's explained in korra.. to feel the wind easier. It's also why they wear draping loose clothes!
      Avatars are airbenders after all so most follow suit

  • @selendrasama44
    @selendrasama44 3 года назад +54

    My theory about the blue fire. In high school science, we used bunsen burners. When you first get it going it has a normal red/orange fire, then you control the flow and focus it, then it turns blue. Azula has focused and controlled it to the point that it turns blue.

    • @ramaziotivegito6853
      @ramaziotivegito6853 Год назад +13

      She does sometimes shoot her fire from two fingers, like Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon. Instead of using the usual punching motion most firebenders use, she probably focuses all of the chi in two fingers, heat concentrates and increases all the way to blue like you said in bunsen burners.

    • @AidenB1010
      @AidenB1010 6 месяцев назад +3

      this would work, but when she became the firelord she maintained her entire throne room full of blue fire and once sozins comet hit, she was throwing out giant shots covering their entire fighting space of blue fire

  • @darkecofreak23
    @darkecofreak23 3 года назад +1310

    In the history of animation, Azula is probably the most effective object lesson in why perfectionism SUCKS.

    • @kingbranden1369
      @kingbranden1369 3 года назад +62

      If Azula had just one person who genuinely loved and cared for her she would never have had a breakdown. All her life she had no one.
      Ursa was a neglectful mother. Ozai was a twisted father. Iroh stepped in to help Zuko but didn't even try with Azula.
      She was like 14 at the end of the series and Zuko didn't show her any sympathy. He just condemned her and locked her away in a prison. His own sister who went through the same rough childhood he did but had no one there to help her.

    • @katt-katt2606
      @katt-katt2606 3 года назад +10

      @ilove bigbrother i don’t think arrogance was her main issue, dude

    • @darthvader0219
      @darthvader0219 3 года назад +16

      If she was named after her grandfather, I wonder if firelord Azulon ever bent blue fire? The flashbacks suggest he controlled regular orange fire toward the end of his reign. However he might have had the ability to produce blue fire in his youth considering he had Sozin as his father. We all know how evil that man was.

    • @SerathDarklands
      @SerathDarklands 3 года назад +5

      Object lesson? Yes. But Mayuri Kurotsuchi's explanation of why perfection is a terrible thing was SO much more brilliant.

    • @dranupamamathur753
      @dranupamamathur753 3 года назад +2

      Stop Insulting the cartoon

  • @FreedomAnderson
    @FreedomAnderson 3 года назад +47

    Toph is my favourite character. I make jokes about my wheelchair like she does with her blindness.

  • @rachellesch8681
    @rachellesch8681 3 года назад +356

    Evil, unstable, and makes blue flames: Azula or the gas burners on my stove.

    • @CBCook
      @CBCook 3 года назад +13

      This comment made me laugh, thank you! :)

    • @beccag2758
      @beccag2758 3 года назад +10

      Trick question: it’s my creme brûlée torch

    • @porcupinethecat5073
      @porcupinethecat5073 3 года назад +5

      Azula, easy.
      Gas burners are typically stable.

    • @legendofzeldarules44
      @legendofzeldarules44 3 года назад +4

      If your gas stove has issues you should get your gas lines and stove checked

    • @Umbreon1715
      @Umbreon1715 3 года назад

      @@porcupinethecat5073 you missed the joke

  • @blixxae967
    @blixxae967 3 года назад +50

    “And possibly Iroh, and, let’s not forget, the actually Avatars”
    Jeong Jeong: “Am I a joke to you?”

  • @herbdandilion3434
    @herbdandilion3434 3 года назад +272

    Honestly the downfall of Azula's mental health and personality break down is so touching and incredibly personal to me. I connected with her very deeply, seeing the parts of myself that I do therapy and take medication for to work with reflected in an untreated, unhealthy way. I feel for her.

    • @bluehairedemon
      @bluehairedemon 3 года назад +12

      yeah, I personnaly relate more to Zuko and his insecurity, but they are both so relatable

    • @jeffpayne4697
      @jeffpayne4697 3 года назад +7

      If your interested at all this video goes pretty deep into Azula's psychology, warning it's an hour long video
      ruclips.net/video/R4544ZUr_gA/видео.html

    • @tabithabehring8082
      @tabithabehring8082 3 года назад +9

      So true I have been a perfectionist my whole life and I now do nothing all day cause I hit my breaking point

  • @bradiedean7466
    @bradiedean7466 3 года назад +52

    Azula is so perfectly tragic, but there's something to be said for how perfectly unsympathetic Ozai is. I don't need any guilt for despising him, and sometimes that's what I need in a villain 😅

  • @biancadawson4302
    @biancadawson4302 3 года назад +168

    "Maybe you should worry less about the tides whove already made up their mind about killing you and more about me, who still mulling it over" BEST QUOTE OF ALL TIME ALONG WITH "Dont flatter yourself you were never even a player"

    • @helenmersek8554
      @helenmersek8554 3 года назад +4

      Or the Earth Kingdom if you're Zuko or Iroh.

    • @crazypandakitty1095
      @crazypandakitty1095 3 года назад +10

      I agree... but don't forget
      "That's a sharp outfit, Chan. Careful, you could puncture the hull of an empire-class Fire Nation battle ship, leaving thousands to drown at sea. [Points] Because... it's so sharp."

    • @biancadawson4302
      @biancadawson4302 3 года назад +4

      @@crazypandakitty1095 😌😌 how could I forget, shed be the most awkwardly funny protagonist if they decided to go that way

    • @crazypandakitty1095
      @crazypandakitty1095 3 года назад +2

      @@biancadawson4302 right lol

    • @DarkShadow-hy6iq
      @DarkShadow-hy6iq 6 месяцев назад +1

      Nah bro it's
      "I am a 400 foot tall purple platypus bear with pink horns and silver wings"

  • @khadijasenghor286
    @khadijasenghor286 3 года назад +31

    Azula always infuriated me. Always interfering with the Gaang (Like when she was taunting Sokka about Suki being in prison.) But I felt so, so sad seeing her mental breakdown. She had spent so long to please someone who saw her as disposable, that she hadn’t been happy with herself.

  • @TrippaMazing87
    @TrippaMazing87 3 года назад +80

    1 view, 1 comment, 1 like
    *Perfectly balanced as all things should be*

    • @debbieware4838
      @debbieware4838 3 года назад +1

      The balance is off .Thanos
      I am inevitable SNAP .Thor NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @JonathanGarcia-ke1pc
    @JonathanGarcia-ke1pc 3 года назад +57

    "No matter what, she'll never be good enough for herself"
    That hit hard 🙃 (I'm kinda perfectionist sometimes)

  • @MILOPETIT
    @MILOPETIT 3 года назад +82

    Also never forget Kyoshi's girlfriend making fire so hot it turns white

    • @rollieb3888
      @rollieb3888 3 года назад +3

      We need a video on this right now

    • @MILOPETIT
      @MILOPETIT 3 года назад +2

      @@rollieb3888 Yeaa the novels add so much in worldbuilding

    • @robot8290
      @robot8290 3 года назад +1

      Wait that really happened?

    • @MILOPETIT
      @MILOPETIT 3 года назад +6

      @@robot8290 Yeah some benders in these novels are so powerful they almost break the rules of the world

    • @gunchar06
      @gunchar06 3 года назад +5

      But you do know that Blue Fire > White Fire, right?

  • @KG-jj7cb
    @KG-jj7cb 3 года назад +82

    My head cannon was always that some fire benders have like a recessive trait to bend blue flames. Her name is Azula...azul=blue. She was named after Azulon, her grandfather. Again azul is the base word here. In my cannon, she inherented uncommon trait from her grandfather, who could also bend blue flames.

    • @amarisb7596
      @amarisb7596 3 года назад +19

      if it was recessive she wouldve had it in childhood, which we see she does not. also she wouldve had to have bent blue fire early enough for her to be named for it. good head cannon though, you had me thinking for a second there!

    • @sirmyself
      @sirmyself 3 года назад +12

      @@amarisb7596 That, and Azulon didn't bend blue fire.

    • @saikulkarni2799
      @saikulkarni2799 3 года назад +1

      Ya I noticed that too

    • @Ryan-lr9gw
      @Ryan-lr9gw 3 года назад +1

      I wonder if Azulan's fire was also blue.. we never see him bend.

    • @Indie-pendentUser
      @Indie-pendentUser 3 года назад +4

      @@Ryan-lr9gw
      Fire Lords conjure the wall/ring of fire surrounding their throne, as evident by the blue flames summoned by Azula when she became The Fire Lord, so I'm pretty sure Azulon didn't produce blue fire, because his wall of flames was regular orange in the flashback.

  • @z-herb8006
    @z-herb8006 3 года назад +33

    Saying Azula is your favourite character isn’t a unpopular opinion she’s often considered one of the best, an unpopular opinion would be saying zuko isn’t even in your favourite character list

  • @ttungi
    @ttungi 3 года назад +162

    An explination that barely makes sense is that Azul means blue in spanish. AZULA💙🔥

    • @catarinaoliveira2886
      @catarinaoliveira2886 3 года назад +10

      And in portuguese too

    • @redis.cover98
      @redis.cover98 3 года назад +5

      I was waiting for J to mention it in the video, buuuuut well 😅

    • @Your-1839
      @Your-1839 3 года назад +3

      Azula would mean the female from of blue. And 3ED REPLY!

    • @menollyesteb592
      @menollyesteb592 3 года назад +3

      My thought exactly

    • @blazinglion5288
      @blazinglion5288 3 года назад +4

      *spits milk* I've been watching this since I was 11 (28 now). I've combed through all trivia and random facts and behind the scenes stuff and I never made that connection...I feel like a f*****g idiot🤣🤣

  • @iansandoval818
    @iansandoval818 3 года назад +28

    When Azula first meets Aang, she slowly sets a building on fire with her blue flame, and that flame turns orange as the building catches. I think this was the show writers spelling out that her flame was hotter.

    • @zarkahmed3199
      @zarkahmed3199 2 года назад +1

      Not only that, the building also changes its design when Azula shoots at it!

    • @Boss_Isaac
      @Boss_Isaac Год назад +2

      No, that Azula's blue-colored flames are hotter is a misconception, rather blue is the *actual* color of fire when burning with 100% pure oxygen, a _perfect_ combustion. It's the presence of other non-oxygen contaminants in the fire that sees it take on the characteristic red & yellow color.
      Whence Azula's flames coming into contact with the wooden debris and taking on the typical red/yellow color.

    • @shanerye6092
      @shanerye6092 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@Boss_Isaacperfect combustion results in more heat though

  • @kaedetsukishima
    @kaedetsukishima 3 года назад +169

    The reason why Azula has blue colored fire is because she is more mentally damaged than Zuko. Blue fire is hotter and red fire, so im sure this represents that Azula has more rage in her heart than Zuko. The Fire Lord showed more interest in Azula because she has hotter and more damaging fire than Zuko
    Edit: yes I'm aware that at the beginning of the series, Zuko has his mind set on 'honor ' so it might seem like he has more rage, but I guess Azula 's rage has been built over time until the end of the series. An example of this is the last season (i dont know what seasons exactly dont quote me on this)where she is literally HALLUCINATING that her mother is there. That's mental damage alright. Would have loved to see her in TLOK tho.

    • @sanjim5156
      @sanjim5156 3 года назад +24

      Also if you didn’t know blue fire can also be caused by salt. So ig azula is salty

    • @yrmom3063
      @yrmom3063 3 года назад +2

      SanJim best reply I have ever read

    • @Vixen1409
      @Vixen1409 3 года назад +1

      Probably true by the end but I refuse to believe that earlier in the series Azula is more damaged and has more rage

    • @gunchar06
      @gunchar06 3 года назад +2

      @@sanjim5156 Uhm no.

  • @fake_robin9045
    @fake_robin9045 3 года назад +52

    I love how he said unpopular opinion when everyone loves Azula.

  • @Ant-ru8gd
    @Ant-ru8gd 3 года назад +98

    It's sad to mention but she was also only 14 in ATLA. Imagine going through all that trauma and perfectionism at such a young age.

    • @brookekennel744
      @brookekennel744 3 года назад +4

      That is sad

    • @Ant-ru8gd
      @Ant-ru8gd 3 года назад +5

      @@brookekennel744 yeah most people seem to forget it's pretty heartbreaking

    • @Rifat.Rafael.Birmizrahi
      @Rifat.Rafael.Birmizrahi 3 года назад +9

      In my head cannon everyone is 4 years older than they are, the show and the characters would make more sense that way. Also, I believe it is what the creator would've done if Nickelodeon wouldn't have forced them to have child leads. Indeed it was they did with Korra when they have already proven themselves and had more freedom.

    • @bluehairedemon
      @bluehairedemon 3 года назад +2

      sadly I don't need to imagine it, because I was aperfectionist from a very young age and it demaged my mental health so much

    • @Ant-ru8gd
      @Ant-ru8gd 3 года назад +2

      @@bluehairedemon I'm sorry but I hope you've gotten better or at least handle it better 😔❤️

  • @writethepath8354
    @writethepath8354 3 года назад +13

    A feature I absolutely adored about the finale fight between Zuko and Azula was the sound design. Zuko is represented by a BELLOWS, the lungs that fuel the fire, and Azula's sound is a BLOWTORCH. I just don't get the opportunity to share this enough.

  • @dedenne1341
    @dedenne1341 3 года назад +30

    Loving the return of the avatar theories!

  • @evelina2548
    @evelina2548 3 года назад +11

    Azula is my favorite character too. She is what Zuko could have been if he had been the favorite.
    Azula is not evil for the sake of being evil or for her own cause. She doesn't fight for a cause or really for power. She doesn't want power because she likes power. She strives to be powerful to please her father. She always does what she thinks will please her father. Her sense of right and wrong stems from being the favorite and being raised by Ozai. Her mother being openly disappointed and disapproving of her from a young age drives her closer to her father, who sees potential in her rutlesness. You can relate to her because she tries so hard to be perfect but underneath she is really an unstable scared little girl.
    Don't forget, she is only 14 in the show.
    I love that you have started to make ATLA videos. 😊❤️️

  • @rachelwarren0829
    @rachelwarren0829 3 года назад +49

    I remember when the brothers would try so hard to get Hank and John’s attention via Twitter and that the Green Brothers were such a huge inspiration to the start of this channel. Knowing that Hank and Jonathan were able to collaborate (even as a guest expert) on this video brings such a huge smile on my face.

  • @passionthevirgo
    @passionthevirgo 3 года назад +10

    I cant be only one who realizes that Azula's name is also a play on the Spanish word for blue: Azule

    • @mgames3209
      @mgames3209 6 месяцев назад

      But Azulon’s fire isn’t blue…

  • @cryptic_sunflower
    @cryptic_sunflower 3 года назад +114

    Me and someone in my class literally had this conversation earlier

    • @SuperCarlinBrothers
      @SuperCarlinBrothers  3 года назад +41

      Oh awesome!!

    • @deuspalirroia
      @deuspalirroia 3 года назад +3

      Hah

    • @cryptic_sunflower
      @cryptic_sunflower 3 года назад +8

      @@SuperCarlinBrothers I just thought it was to symbolize her going insane

    • @brookekennel744
      @brookekennel744 3 года назад +4

      @@cryptic_sunflower ooh maybe

    • @shelbypersonal1
      @shelbypersonal1 3 года назад +1

      @@cryptic_sunflower It’s just hotter fire, do I think it’s representing her rage and hated.

  • @crispybacon-1663
    @crispybacon-1663 3 года назад +16

    I always thought that Azula had more rage built up inside her, and she probably just hid it all away until her breakdown. Zuko said that Suzin made fire bending off of rage.

  • @debbieware4838
    @debbieware4838 3 года назад +28

    Zuko because he has one of the best character arcs in all of Avatar

    • @TheDragonaf1
      @TheDragonaf1 3 года назад +1

      Not just avatar. Arguably the best among Anime. Period.

  • @binarywolfcia85
    @binarywolfcia85 3 года назад +7

    0:09 I thought it was obvious, she is the hottest person in the fire nation.

  • @Valpak223
    @Valpak223 3 года назад +38

    Azula is the greatest character on ATLA I just wish she had a redemption arc.... Better than the one she had in the comics

    • @talisechan8884
      @talisechan8884 3 года назад +4

      No, it would be cliche because we already have an awesome redemption ark in zuko

  • @jow2716
    @jow2716 3 года назад +7

    J: "Unpopular opinion, Azula might be my favourite character of the show"
    Me, watching my cat named Azula specifically after this character: "Well, kitty, I guess we are unpopular"😅

  • @chasehedges6775
    @chasehedges6775 3 года назад +143

    Azula is one of the best villainess’ ever.

    • @joyellesjourneys7892
      @joyellesjourneys7892 3 года назад +2

      Period!!!!

    • @brookekennel744
      @brookekennel744 3 года назад +3

      This is a fact

    • @justinehercthehuman
      @justinehercthehuman 3 года назад +1

      villains* tbh

    • @christianrose9166
      @christianrose9166 3 года назад +4

      ​@@justinehercthehuman Definition of the word "villainess": A female villain.
      Unless you are trying to imply that Azula is somehow not female, I don't think you properly understand the word you're trying to correct. That said, the correct plural would be "villainesses", so the word was still incorrect, but not in the way you've corrected it to be.

    • @despicablepenguin
      @despicablepenguin 3 года назад

      @@christianrose9166 the apostrophe does the same thing so it was never incorrect

  • @NerdEmoji1067
    @NerdEmoji1067 Год назад +11

    Her fire is blue because her emotional turmoil regarding her mother has driven her with a lot on anger. Azulas anger drives her firebending and because she’s so angry her fire is hotter, and more intense making it blue. In flashbacks before her mother left her fire was orange like normal. But when she left it became blue.
    Just read the comics, the search trilogy explores Azula’s emotional state more.

  • @rikkimolsbarger9286
    @rikkimolsbarger9286 3 года назад +55

    Hama isn't a main villain or anything but she just opened up the door for me to respect water benders more and omg how resilient 🧡

    • @TheDarknash
      @TheDarknash 3 года назад +8

      The first time I saw that episode it was terrifying in the best way possible, I literally had chills at the end of it (Just a few I don't mean to exaggerate)

    • @christopherb501
      @christopherb501 3 года назад +2

      Possibly the most tragic backstory of any character still alive by the last time we see them.

    • @beccag2758
      @beccag2758 3 года назад +4

      I loved how creepy and resilient she was! That’s why it annoyed me when in LoK they just went around mind blood bending not during the full moon, like what? Hama had sooo much more drive I’m sure if blood bending was possible not during the full moon she would’ve taken the town over by now

    • @SPOOFY_D
      @SPOOFY_D 3 года назад +3

      @@beccag2758
      I mean the whole point was that Amon's family were the only ones able to do that outside of the full moon. Granted they never explain WHY but it's not meant to be a universal buff to all water benders or a diminishment of Hama's threat.

    • @zoes.4210
      @zoes.4210 3 года назад +2

      I was hoping someone would mention her! I think Hama is such a notable villain, not only because she's complex, with a tragic backstory that serves as a cautionary tale for the gaang and the audience, but because she twists our assumptions on their head. Water is the healing element, it's life and resilience and two of our main heroes are water tribe! All of the villains we've met thus far have been fire or earth benders, so when suddenly here comes a water bender who uses her bending for bad, and in such a disturbing manner as blood bending, it's doubly upsetting.

  • @remylabeau5140
    @remylabeau5140 3 года назад +9

    Azula! Is definitely my favorite. Grey DeLisle really outdid herself. It’s why I love playing the female wizard in Diablo 3 because it’s like playing a heroic version of Azula.

  • @a-bomb777
    @a-bomb777 3 года назад +20

    Azula, as psychotic as she is, I'd probably want her to be the one to teach me firebending

  • @yusheitslv100
    @yusheitslv100 3 года назад +5

    "Azula is menacing."
    JoJo reference?
    Also, "Azula" is the feminine form of azul, spanish for blue.

  • @GINeric_
    @GINeric_ 3 года назад +12

    The reasoning I always had was that her fire was blue due to the better firebending accompanied with her emotions.
    Just like how Zuko lost his firebending for a bit after his emotions were were shuffled, azula's flames became blue due to the pressure she and her environment put on her.

  • @theonefee2270
    @theonefee2270 3 года назад +11

    My take on the reason is that it comes from depression, Zuko says he used rage a strong emotion to fire bend and depression is very strong. When you are depressed there’s a lot of time that you don’t feel anything which she obviously struggles with. And in the end she literally has a mental break down, her screaming always reminds me of crying.
    Since she didn’t feel her like her mother loved her could lead to this, as a child she even has orange fire not blue she still had a bit of childhood innocence. And finally the dragons with the rainbow fire also made me think that the different colours are different emotions.

  • @lilabenford7159
    @lilabenford7159 3 года назад +23

    yes azula is also one of my fav characters 😔

    • @brookekennel744
      @brookekennel744 3 года назад

      I feel like it is in most people’s top 6

  • @TheEmptySkys
    @TheEmptySkys 3 года назад +20

    Listen, Azula IS my favorite character. There are tons of layers and nuances written into each interaction she has with other characters. She's a character you can sit down and analyze for hours, piecing together why she acts the way she does, what insecurities she has that she covers up, how the traumas she's experienced and never dealt with led to her mental breakdown and so much more. Not only is there an insane amount of depth to her character, she also (to me) had the most tragic story in Avatar. It's truly heartbreaking and leaves me tearing up anytime I watch a video about her story. What can I say, her character is amazing. With everything she went through growing up, I just wish she got some kind of happy ending or ended up finding peace.
    A lot of people tend to overlook the fact that she was a child during this show. All that trauma, mental manipulation and abuse, abandonment, pressure from her father, betrayal and her isolation from her peers occurred while most kids are in 8th/9th grade. Which is why after rewatching the show and understanding her character better, I wanted to punch Iroh. He looked at a mentally unwell child, being raise by someone he KNOWS is cruel, and says "She's crazy and needs to go down." NO IROH she needs help and a good role model. I love Iroh, but that scene will never sit well with me.

  • @Kilthan2050
    @Kilthan2050 3 года назад +11

    She is a great villain and her descent into madness is a beautiful train wreck.

  • @noakatie
    @noakatie 3 года назад +6

    FINALLY! SOMEONE ELSE WITH AZULA AS THEIR FAVORITE CHARACTER!

  • @Din0saur108
    @Din0saur108 3 года назад +98

    You never know, maybe it’s blue because the creators were like, “hey let’s mix it up a bit and make her fire blue!”

    • @MerijnH
      @MerijnH 3 года назад +7

      Yea this is definitely the outside explanation, out of the AATLA world. But that's boring so we try to find an in world explanation

    • @b2curious
      @b2curious 3 года назад +3

      The official reason they did it was to make it easier to tell who’s fire was who’s when she and Zuko fought and to show she was more powerful than him. But honestly just so the viewers can tell the difference makes more sense than she’s just more powerful since Iroh and Ozai are more powerful than both of them and their fire is still orange

    • @rockyman1011997
      @rockyman1011997 3 года назад +3

      @@b2curious this theory isn't saying that she's more powerful, it's saying that due to her perfectionism she's more efficient than other fire benders, even ones who have more raw power

    • @b2curious
      @b2curious 3 года назад

      @@rockyman1011997 yeah I know, I was just proving a couple of the official reasons

    • @simplebutpowerful
      @simplebutpowerful 3 года назад +3

      english teacher: "the curtains were blue because of the sadness in the main character's heart"
      author: "the curtains were frickin blue"

  • @xXImikoXx
    @xXImikoXx 3 года назад +2

    For what it's worth: Azula is also my favorite character in all of the Avatar-Verse.

  • @mreevee7785
    @mreevee7785 3 года назад +7

    I've always wondered about this, thanks for the explanation!

  • @Metalhammer1993
    @Metalhammer1993 3 года назад +3

    Man I'm a chemist and how long did it take me to get to the term "complete combustion" or "perfect combustion" although you were harping on her perfectionism. it would fit her to literally practice her combustion to a point where it's complete.

  • @danilodesouza6461
    @danilodesouza6461 3 года назад +7

    Azula and Katara are my favorite characters in ATLA. I love their tragic backstories and the parallels between the two of them, the fact they're both bending prodigies and how great fighters they are

  • @totallytusa2711
    @totallytusa2711 3 года назад +5

    All I can say is.....FINALLY!
    Also J Azula is also one of my favorite characters. Her story is so complex and it parallels Katara. I’ve done more thinking than I like to admit about her mentality, story arc(including her father’s manipulation of her), and it’s parallels to katara 😅

  • @chasesguitar
    @chasesguitar 3 года назад +21

    I thought today's video would definitely be a The Falcon and Winter Soldier video. Guess we'll have to wait til Thursday for that one eh?

  • @joshuawyckoff9895
    @joshuawyckoff9895 3 года назад +16

    “Ahead of her is ... possibly Iroh”?!?!? Most definitely Iroh!!! Uncle Iroh takes her down in like 10 seconds in their first battle. The only reason he doesn’t absolutely destroy her is because he actually cares about people.

  • @Destro1107
    @Destro1107 3 года назад +7

    U do now that "azul" means blue in spanish

    • @nickgarcia6572
      @nickgarcia6572 3 года назад +1

      Was waiting the whole video for him to mention that; surprised he didn't!

    • @SyedMHashimK
      @SyedMHashimK 3 года назад

      @@nickgarcia6572 yea!

  • @hal3ylyons
    @hal3ylyons 3 года назад +5

    I am so glad you all added ATLA to the fandoms. I honestly keep reverting to it as one of my favorite all time stories. Such well developed and multidimensional characters. 20 years later I still cry, laugh, and feel content on every watch.

  • @tmbline
    @tmbline 3 года назад +12

    Clicked way too fast for myself 😆

  • @JesusHasRisen1
    @JesusHasRisen1 3 года назад +4

    I'm just gonna be honest. Azula is my favorite villain in the show.

  • @aerasol6282
    @aerasol6282 3 года назад +5

    I clicked so fast when I saw the new video!!!! 🥰😎🥰

  • @sewitseams
    @sewitseams Год назад +2

    Good theories, but I like to think she's just gassy, blue flaming everywhere! 😂

  • @Sarriuz
    @Sarriuz 3 года назад +5

    The BoUlderrrr ... is the best villain IN ALL ... of the show. And he WILL crush you.

  • @isabellamariefletcher1568
    @isabellamariefletcher1568 3 года назад +2

    AZULA IS MY FAV CHARACTER AND IM SO HAPPY SOMEONE ELSE AGREES AHDUWJUAJQ!!! 😭❤️

  • @taylordacquelclayton
    @taylordacquelclayton 3 года назад +5

    Yes! Back to the avatar theories. Don’t get me wrong I love all your theories, but this theory series is elite!

  • @jooliax.
    @jooliax. 3 года назад +2

    Am I the only one who heard J say Azul at least a few times? (Azul=Blue in Spanish)

  • @liammcmeekin1885
    @liammcmeekin1885 3 года назад +6

    I want to shake the hand of whoever wrote "wut a noob" next to ang bending all four elements

  • @fruitsofanarchy2905
    @fruitsofanarchy2905 3 года назад +2

    i LOVE azula. i know she’s one of the bad guys but oh my god i’m obsessed with her

  • @saraza4977
    @saraza4977 3 года назад +6

    I always thought it was from where she drew her fire from. Zuko was fueled by a hate. I thought this showed how tapped in she was in being able to control an otherwise inconsolable rage. How deep it ran in her, how much hate she held.

  • @elijahlacroix9741
    @elijahlacroix9741 3 года назад +1

    Cabbage man is clearly the main villain, he’s so good at it Bc no one knows he’s pulling the strings.

  • @Ace_T
    @Ace_T 3 года назад +8

    Emboar:
    Shiny Emboar: I am the more perfect version of you

  • @camilles4441
    @camilles4441 3 года назад +3

    One of my favourite videos on Azula is the “psychology of Azula” amazing analysis of her character.

  • @lily-hh9ty
    @lily-hh9ty 3 года назад +5

    I finished ATLA a few months ago but still obsessed with it!

    • @SuperCarlinBrothers
      @SuperCarlinBrothers  3 года назад +5

      Its sooooooo good!

    • @futbol_rolf9624
      @futbol_rolf9624 3 года назад +1

      @@SuperCarlinBrothers i feel bad i came on to the Avatar bandwagon with netflix not Nick😞

  • @meghna4613
    @meghna4613 3 года назад +2

    DANG that is a fascinating explanation for why her fire is blue

  • @downdtube1343
    @downdtube1343 3 года назад +8

    Maybe because her feelings of anger and rage are constantly burning because of her poor mindstate?

    • @yubelious5584
      @yubelious5584 3 года назад

      If that was the case, every angry character would have blue flame. No, this is something she chose to do. Not something her body forced on her. Like lightning, it's probably very dangerous.

  • @zerpf2660
    @zerpf2660 3 года назад +2

    Those descriptions of azula sound a lot like me.... Huh...

  • @justsomerandomguy8210
    @justsomerandomguy8210 3 года назад +24

    I believe the actual reason was because having 2 fire benders on screen was hard to draw so they just decided to make her fire blue. Or at least that is the rumor

    • @Romanus6824
      @Romanus6824 3 года назад +2

      Essentially, because they were always going towards that last Agni Kai w/ Zuko & you had to be able to tell who's who.

    • @kristianavolika4337
      @kristianavolika4337 3 года назад +1

      But they could have made her use just lightening instead then.

    • @MerijnH
      @MerijnH 3 года назад +1

      @@kristianavolika4337 would've been a quick fight:
      - Azula shoots lightning
      - Zuko redirects it back
      - Azula is surprised and doesn't know how to redirect it herself and then she ded

  • @Your-1839
    @Your-1839 3 года назад +2

    Azula was Grey Griffin’s favorite character to voice.

  • @deuspalirroia
    @deuspalirroia 3 года назад +12

    YAY
    Edit: plus I love Azulas flame

  • @HoracioAmiritoDiaz
    @HoracioAmiritoDiaz 3 года назад +4

    Azula has the best lines in the show.
    The "never even a player" line always gets me.

  • @FakeDavyCrockett
    @FakeDavyCrockett 3 года назад +6

    You guys should do reactions. Sure it’s a bit on the unoriginal side, but with your charisma and energy it could be really entertaining.

  • @theshinobii3031
    @theshinobii3031 3 года назад +2

    Love the theory and all but the blue fire actually comes from her mastering all forms of fire bending.

  • @longlivehellokitty
    @longlivehellokitty 3 года назад +5

    Jay, that's a common opinion. Azula is one of the most well made villians. She's more popular and scary than her father!

  • @Universeknight10055
    @Universeknight10055 Месяц назад +1

    Good afternoon. I'm fan of azula🔵🔥 and ty lee 🎀🎪 and mai. Everyone have great day and next day and week and weekend and next week and full happiness 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊.

  • @kathrynunknown1365
    @kathrynunknown1365 3 года назад +7

    When the animators just wanted it to be pretty.

  • @anderswenell2765
    @anderswenell2765 3 года назад +2

    Part of her issue was misogyny like when iroh gave her a doll but gave zuko a knife which is mirrored when her father gives her the title of fire lord only to make a better title for himself, effectively making the fire lord title yet another doll for her to play with. She even though she basically is a perfect fire bender and perfect daughter she will never be good enough in the eyes of her father because when it comes down to it she’s still his daughter

    • @DogsandPennies
      @DogsandPennies 3 года назад +1

      That can make sense with Iroh, but with the firelord there was 100% zero misogyny. He always valued her over Zuko, and she first gets mad because she hated that he’d treated her “like Zuko”. The firelord gave himself a better title because he wasn’t ready to step down, and because Azula was only 14 (the fact that she was given a leadership role at all was honestly a hudge compliment).

  • @marymohr2799
    @marymohr2799 3 года назад +4

    🌌Aesthetic🌌

  • @567secret
    @567secret 3 года назад +2

    The blue fire is semi-explained in the canon.

  • @moondoor9031
    @moondoor9031 3 года назад +6

    I think this have something to do with her mental state... The amount of frustration and hatred she have combined with her firebending make the color blue. In the comics the color becomes blue permanently

  • @Deathsight23
    @Deathsight23 3 года назад +2

    Smoke and shadow part 1 zuko bends rainbow fire so technically she isn't the only one able to bend blue fire

    • @gunchar06
      @gunchar06 3 года назад

      He never made any blue flames, and the dragons also not.

  • @JeremyWS
    @JeremyWS 3 года назад +4

    Azula doesn't deserve a redemption arc, which is why I am happy that she never got one. Not every villain deserves a redemption arc. Azula is one of those types of villains that is gonna be a crazy evil person her entire life. Everything about her just screams "I'm bad, and that's good. I will never be good, and that's not bad. There's no one I'd rather be than me." I liked this video.

  • @emilytrip8676
    @emilytrip8676 3 года назад +2

    As soon as I met Azula on screen I loved her. The people watching with me thought I was crazy, but I love her

  • @BillionsFR
    @BillionsFR 3 года назад +2

    *It’s soul fire from Minecraft!*

  • @Pierre.Wagner
    @Pierre.Wagner 3 года назад +1

    Zaheer with all my heart,he literally and almost definetly broke the avatar system by himself,he showed air bending control to another level,and showed how powerfull and destructive it could be if the air nomads werent a pacifist people

  • @safraberries4962
    @safraberries4962 3 года назад +2

    SuperCarlinBrothers and Hank Green is the crossover I never knew I needed.

  • @Doomzdeh
    @Doomzdeh Год назад +1

    THEORY: Azula is secretly, unbeknownst to even her, a Combustion Bender due to her Air heritage through Roku’s wife.
    I always believed that Azula’s flames demonstrated that she had a natural affinity for Combustion Bending that she perhaps never noticed or realized.
    Blue Flames typically are so much hotter because they completely combust all of the gas necessary to spread a fire and feed it. To me, blue flames seemed a result of Azula’s true combustion powers.
    It would also make sense in lore too, because Azula is a direct descendant of Avatar Roku and his wife. Avatar Roku’s wife noticeably possesses a similar face to Aang, and her eyes are gray-a typical quality of an Airbender or Air Descendant. Furthermore, Kyoshi fell in love with a Fire Descendant, Aang fell in love with a Water Descendant, Korra arguably fell in love with an Earth Descendant (Asami’s eyes were green, a common Earth trait), so it would make sense that Roku’s wife is confirmed to be an Air Descendant. This would also follow from each new Avatar’s face matching the beloved of the last Avatar. Aang greatly resembles Roku’s wife, which would be most likely if she was an Air Nomad or descended from them.
    Air + Fire Heritage would make sense to be combined into Combustion Bending, just as Earth + Fire seemingly combined to create Lava Benders. And perhaps even Air + Earth to create Sandbenders. There has to be something like this to it because not all Earth Benders can bend Sand or Lava. Just like how not all Fire Benders can Combustionbend.
    This might have even been part of that Fire Nation prophecy that Sozin’s descendants mixing with Roku’s would create extremely powerful offspring. Azula has a rare and extremely powerful power, Combustionbending, alongside a boost to her Fire. Zuko, on the other hand, is nominally weaker than she is, but instead possesses the compassion and qualities necessary to heal the world of its division. Two sides of the same coin. You have a Sozin and a Roku right there. Someone with great power who uses it in the wrong ways, and another with great power who uses their political influence for good.

  • @cherrybomb_8270
    @cherrybomb_8270 3 года назад +1

    "Yes Azula is, well... a monster"
    Azula: Yea thats true

  • @Jan_Koopman
    @Jan_Koopman 3 года назад +1

    I have an Avatar theory.
    Remember Yue, the Northern Watertribe princess who turns into the Moon Spirit (that's rough buddy)?
    Yeah, she didn't get the best deal.
    Her entire arc is based around her being martied off to someone she doesn't even know personally with her having no choice in the matter, even though she would like to have that choice. And I believe that by becoming the Moon Spirit, she automatically became La's wife, therefore being married to someone she doesn't know personally with no choice in the matter.
    Why do I believe this? Well, it is heavily implied that Tui and La are husband and wife: They are always together, keaping each other in balance (also: they ran off together from the Spirit to the Human world, basically getting new identities as koi fish). Off the two, it makes sense that La is the husband (black = masculine). It would make sense that the relationship between moon and ocean is still one of marriage once Yue takes Tui's place, because of this balancing rhetoric.
    Therefore, Yue automatically became La's wife when taking Tui's place.

  • @DomCOuano
    @DomCOuano 3 года назад +1

    I forget which youtuber said it, but there was another theory that Azula's fire turned blue when her mother was banished. In all the flashbacks, she's bending regular orange fire. So the theory is she always wanted some more love from her mother, and so when her mother was banished, and she never saw mommy again, she became even more enraged and more focused (with a boost of perfectionism) and her fire turned blue.

  • @chechantal
    @chechantal 3 года назад +1

    👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 *standing effing ovation*
    This explanation is only second to the Gryffindor-sword-missing-horcrux theory for me.