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03:51 am
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re; zuko's choice
i'm going to play devil's advocate a bit and justify him.
i think for him that was the only right choice. first, he was raised to believe a certain worldview and set of values, and it's only in the last couple months that he's really begun to realize that worldview is flawed. in addition, every decision he's made over the course of the series has either been motivated by his need for his father's affection or self-preservation. all three of the people he's faced with have tried to kill/imprison/seriously injure him at one point or another, so he's put in a life-or-death situation, panics, and falls back on what he's been raised from infancy to believe is right. plus, he has this fundamental need to be loved/wanted/accepted, and to have earned it (thank you, ursa), and he knows that need will be fullfilled if he chooses azula. he's known for three years that if he does this thing, he will be loved. azula reinforces this by flat-out telling him so. on the other hand, his entire association with the gaang, other than a brief moment during the chase, has been violent. he has no way of knowing that choosing them at this point will wipe the slate clean and give him the affection and acceptance he needs. plus (and this is my weakest argument, i know, but i have to point it out), his little sister has been cornered. whatever his flawed relationship with her, she's still his little sister. i mean, sokka would go at least as far for katara. so i think the head-bashing only really applies when you look at it from a braod perpective, under the bias we as viewers have been pushed to assume. yes, from that perspective, he fucked up. from his, though, it's not so simple.
...and that went on way longer than i planned it to. sorry XP
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