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* ContrivedCoincidence: Aang's idea to find Ursa is to ask the Mother of Faces, a powerful spirit who will likely know more than what a mortal can comprehend. [[spoiler:It just so happens the spirit actually ''met'' the woman. What were the odds?]]
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* FacialFacade: The animals surrounding the [[ManyFacedDivinity Mother Of Faces]] home all have face like patterns on their body due to her influence.
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** Taken to the extreme in a flashback at the end of Part 3. [[spoiler: Ozai was very aware that the letter Ursa wrote to Ikem was a lie. When Ursa stated that she wished that Zuko wasn't his son, he accepted by stating he'd never treat him as such again. So all the abuse that Ozai laid at Zuko's feet from then on was simply doing everything he could to spite Ursa.]]
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** Taken to the extreme in a flashback at the end of Part 3. [[spoiler: Ozai was very aware ''knew'' that the letter Ursa wrote to Ikem was a lie. When Ursa stated that she wished that Zuko wasn't his son, he accepted by stating he'd never treat him as such again. So all the abuse that Ozai laid at Zuko's feet from then on was simply doing everything he could to spite Ursa.]]
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** When Noren firsts approaches Team Avatar, he does so while wearing the Blue Spirit mask. [[spoiler: In a way, this is apropos, as his persona as Noren is basically Ikem wearing the "mask" of a different face.]]
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** Towards the climax, [[spoilers: Azula literally drops in on Noren and Noriko's home rather violently before she confronts the latter of the two (really Ursa wiped of her memories). This gives an atmosphere that despite her intentions to forget her pain and start over, Ursa's past life in the palace and consequences for forgetting said-life have caught up with her, in the form of her troubled daughter Azula.]]
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** Towards the climax, [[spoilers: [[spoiler: Azula literally drops in on Noren and Noriko's home rather violently before she confronts the latter of the two (really Ursa wiped of her memories). This gives an atmosphere that despite her intentions to forget her pain and start over, Ursa's past life in the palace and consequences for forgetting said-life have caught up with her, in the form of her troubled daughter Azula.]]
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* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: [[spoiler: When Ikem approaches Ursa as Noren, they initially hit it off, until he scares her off [[INeverToldYouMyName by bringing up her name without introduction]]. To stop her, he brings up a childhood incident only they would remember, signaling to Ursa who he really is. For good measure, he confirms his identity by bringing up the memory of when she [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim broke up with him]] to spare him from Ozai's wrath.]]
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** Towards the climax, [[spoilers: Azula literally drops in on Noren and Noriko's home rather violently before she confronts the latter of the two (really Ursa wiped of her memories). This gives an atmosphere that despite her intentions to forget her pain and start over, Ursa's past life in the palace and consequences for forgetting said-life have caught up with her, in the form of her troubled daughter Azula.]]
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* IronicEcho: A rather wholesome one concerning [[spoiler: both of Ikem's visits to Forgetful Valley. The first time, he has his handsome face, but he's alone and miserable. The second time, he has Ursa in tow, and even though he has a different face than his own, he's much happier in her company.]]
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** At one point in the comics, Zuko's frustrations get the better of him when dealing with Azula, and he frustratingly yells at his sister "Why does our relationship have to be like this?" to which Azula doesn't even properly reply because she isn't lucid at the moment. It captures a dark truth about dealing with a loved one who is suffering from mental illness in that sometimes it's really not easy to deal with it and those types of frustrations happen more than we'd like to admit they do. It's also a reveal in a way that Zuko also could do with some therapy; as even though he does want to help his sister get better too; he also has a lot of trauma (inflicted by Azula as well) since the beginning of the series that he needs to come to terms with.
** For people to change, they have to want to change. Zuko was willing to change and mend ways with his sister; but his sister was barely lucid to try to change; and even when she was, she was clearly only humoring Zuko long enough to find Ursa. It made mending bridges harder to do between them as a result of it. You can't mend a relationship unless both parties are willing to try. Doubly so when, again, one of the two people in the conversation isn't consistently mentally healthy enough to try.
** At one point in the comics, Zuko's frustrations get the better of him when dealing with Azula, and he frustratingly yells at his sister "Why does our relationship have to be like this?" to which Azula doesn't even properly reply because she isn't lucid at the moment. It captures a dark truth about dealing with a loved one who is suffering from mental illness in that sometimes it's really not easy to deal with it and those types of frustrations happen more than we'd like to admit they do. It's also a reveal in a way that Zuko also could do with some therapy; as even though he does want to help his sister get better too; he also has a lot of trauma (inflicted by Azula as well) since the beginning of the series that he needs to come to terms with.
** For people to change, they have to want to change. Zuko was willing to change and mend ways with his sister; but his sister was barely lucid to try to change; and even when she was, she was clearly only humoring Zuko long enough to find Ursa. It made mending bridges harder to do between them as a result of it. You can't mend a relationship unless both parties are willing to try. Doubly so when, again, one of the two people in the conversation isn't consistently mentally healthy enough to try.
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* ForegoneConclusion: In ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' Katara indicates that Ursa's story does get a happy ending. [[spoiler:Sure enough Zuko does find her in the end, and Katara was there to see it]].
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* ForegoneConclusion: In ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' Katara indicates hints that Ursa's story does get a happy ending. [[spoiler:Sure enough Zuko does find her in the end, and Katara was ''was'' there to see it]].it, so she knew what she was talking about]].
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After the events of ''The Promise'', the Gaang is attending a lecture to figure out how best to create a new peaceful world, when Zuko is struck by the philosophy that how a ruler treats his family is indicative of how he will treat his nation. Disturbed by what seems to be a dire prophecy for his own rule of the Fire Nation, he decides he not only must find his long-missing mother Ursa; but repair his family as broken as they are. However, Ozai refuses to say a word to him about her since his imprisonment and so must turn to the only person he thinks he'll talk to: '''''AZULA'''''. Azula coaxes the truth out of Ozai; but with [[MagnificentBitch Azula]] being... well, [[ReluctantPsycho Azula]], she manages to force Zuko to take her along on the search, unbound. And that's not the only twist in store on the journey, as a secret about Ursa's past also comes to light...
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After the events of ''The Promise'', the Gaang is attending a lecture to figure out how best to create a new peaceful world, when Zuko is struck by the philosophy that how a ruler treats his family is indicative of how he will treat his nation. Disturbed by what seems to be a dire prophecy for his own rule of the Fire Nation, he decides he not only must find his long-missing mother Ursa; but repair his family as broken as they are. However, Ozai refuses to say a word to him about her since his imprisonment and so must turn to the only person he thinks he'll talk to: '''''AZULA'''''. Azula coaxes the truth out of Ozai; but with [[MagnificentBitch [[TheChessmaster Azula]] being... well, [[ReluctantPsycho Azula]], she manages to force Zuko to take her along on the search, unbound. And that's not the only twist in store on the journey, as a secret about Ursa's past also comes to light...
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Ursa's marriage to Ozai. He cuts her off from her friends and family, has a [[TheMole maid]] intercept her letters back to her village, and generally treats her like shit.
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* CallBack: Aang points out that spirits may know things mortals don't, something he remembered from "Siege Of The North: Part 2" when he attempted to get help from spirits.
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* ForegoneConclusion: ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' indicates that Ursa's story does get a happy ending, [[spoiler:and Zuko does find her in the end]].
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* ForegoneConclusion: In ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfKorra'' Katara indicates that Ursa's story does get a happy ending, [[spoiler:and ending. [[spoiler:Sure enough Zuko does find her in the end]].end, and Katara was there to see it]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Zuko and Kiyi getting along so well hints to the true identity of the mother. It makes more sense given the brother-sister relationship theme underpinning much of the story; it seems that this bond can apply no matter how distant the connection. It also would mean that there's a way for Zuko to fulfill that relationship by having a positive one with Kiyi if not through Azula. OR, it means that there may still be a way for Zuko to fulfill that relationship with Azula; but knowing now what he does of Azula, it may take quite a bit more time and work]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler:Zuko and Kiyi getting along so well hints to the true identity of the mother. It makes more sense given the brother-sister relationship theme underpinning much of the story; it seems that this bond can apply no matter how distant the connection. It also would mean that there's a way for Zuko to fulfill that relationship by having a positive one with Kiyi if not through Azula. OR, it means that there may still be a way for Zuko to fulfill that relationship with Azula; but knowing now what he does of Azula, it may take quite a bit more time andwork]].work]].
** Then there’s a hint that the last letter Ursa wrote, [[spoiler:which states that Zuko is hers and Ikem’s son, is far from the truth: Ikem found the idea very dodgy, and doesn’t recall…any such circumstance that would lead to him and Ursa having a son before Kiyi]].
** [[spoiler:Zuko and Kiyi getting along so well hints to the true identity of the mother. It makes more sense given the brother-sister relationship theme underpinning much of the story; it seems that this bond can apply no matter how distant the connection. It also would mean that there's a way for Zuko to fulfill that relationship by having a positive one with Kiyi if not through Azula. OR, it means that there may still be a way for Zuko to fulfill that relationship with Azula; but knowing now what he does of Azula, it may take quite a bit more time and
** Then there’s a hint that the last letter Ursa wrote, [[spoiler:which states that Zuko is hers and Ikem’s son, is far from the truth: Ikem found the idea very dodgy, and doesn’t recall…any such circumstance that would lead to him and Ursa having a son before Kiyi]].
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* HidingInPlainSight: [[spoiler:As it turns out, Ursa and Ikem, whom Team Avatar has been looking for, has been right in Hira'a the whole time—they have new faces as Noriko and Noren, the couple from the acting troupe who invited them to their home]].
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* {{Irony}}: Azula has developed this delusion that her mother has been plotting to kill her from the moment she was born. [[spoiler: Meanwhile, in a flashback, her father (who she has respected and obeyed all her life) is the one that threatened Ursa that he'd kill both their son ''and'' daughter if she ever returned. All this time, Azula was paranoid towards her loving mother, while devoting her loyalty to the parent who actually would kill her.]]
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** In a flashback, Firelord Azulon tries to comfort a dispirited Ursa that her arranged marriage to Ozai will lead to a happier life in the palace than if she remained in the "backwater" Hira'a. [[spoiler: Jump ahead to the present, and just the opposite is true: Ursa was far happier married to Ikem/Noren in Hira'a for five years than she ever was living in the palace with Ozai for twice as many years.]]
** Azula has developed this delusion that her mother has been plotting to kill her from the moment she was born. [[spoiler: Meanwhile, in a flashback, her father (who she has respected and obeyed all her life) is the one that threatened Ursa that he'd kill both their son ''and'' daughter if she ever returned. All this time, Azula was paranoid towards her loving mother, while devoting her loyalty to the parent who actually would kill her.]]
** In a flashback, Firelord Azulon tries to comfort a dispirited Ursa that her arranged marriage to Ozai will lead to a happier life in the palace than if she remained in the "backwater" Hira'a. [[spoiler: Jump ahead to the present, and just the opposite is true: Ursa was far happier married to Ikem/Noren in Hira'a for five years than she ever was living in the palace with Ozai for twice as many years.]]
** Azula has developed this delusion that her mother has been plotting to kill her from the moment she was born. [[spoiler: Meanwhile, in a flashback, her father (who she has respected and obeyed all her life) is the one that threatened Ursa that he'd kill both their son ''and'' daughter if she ever returned. All this time, Azula was paranoid towards her loving mother, while devoting her loyalty to the parent who actually would kill her.]]
