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What really got me is that Zuko actually showed some awareness of what he has to fix; \
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What really got me is that Zuko actually showed some awareness of what he has to fix; \\\"My nation isn\\\'t Zhao. My nation isn\\\'t \\\'\\\'Sozin\\\'\\\'.\\\" That\\\'s more than I believed he was capable of before this. He wasn\\\'t making excuses like he always has every time someone brought it up. The next step will be for him to do that in front of witnesses. The primary thing that the kadzhait used to set Katara off was him, \\\"Looking at the prayer hall like he \\\'\\\'cared\\\'\\\'. ...He didn\\\'t even \\\"act\\\" \\\'\\\'ashamed\\\'\\\'.\\\" It makes me wonder what most Germans feel when they look at Dachau or Auschwitz. Or what I\\\'d feel if I ever visited Hart Mountain or Manzinar. My government did that to \\\"protect\\\" me, and even if I disagree with it, it\\\'s still part of me as an American. Nasty part is that my dad is part Japanese, and if it happened today, I\\\'d be in there.
...Or is that something I missed? Firebenders consider showing shame to be weakness? In canon, what got the Gaang on his side was showing shame for the actions of himself and his Nation. Here, he\\\'s some kind of autistic savant who just doesn\\\'t seem to understand that these weird justifications \\\'\\\'piss people off\\\'\\\'...
Except I just realized that\\\'s not the case. I can\\\'t remember which chapter it was, but he justified invading Kyoshi and setting everything on fire because(paraphrased), \\\"If you knew Fire Lord Sozin was in a neutral village, wouldn\\\'t you do anything you could to take him out, no matter the collateral damage?\\\" He compared the guy trying to save the world to the guy trying to end it. And somehow, he was able to get Kyoshi islanders to \\\'\\\'agree with him\\\'\\\' - and even show that agreement to potential \\\'\\\'allies\\\'\\\' like Hakoda. Now that\\\'s mindbending. Zuko seems to be able to turn \\\'\\\'anyone\\\'\\\' given enough time. The only exceptions seem to be the Gaang and Hakoda... and he was able to spiritually savage all of them to the breaking point - Hakoda is terrified of his daughter, Katara is terrified of Aang, Sokka agrees with Zuko that Aang needs a collar and leash, Toph hates Aang for blasting Zuko off a cliff(every other time Zuko\\\'s fought with Katara, he\\\'s been the aggressor - though he did overdo it in \\\"protecting\\\" Katara)...
It\\\'s all social and psychological, but that\\\'s where I started to believe that Zuko is more dangerous than Aang. Aang isn\\\'t very good at making his enemies change sides. Anyone Zuko can\\\'t subvert, he can psychologically maim to the point of social isolation.
...Or is that something I missed? Firebenders consider showing shame to be weakness? In canon, what got the Gaang on his side was showing shame for the actions of himself and his Nation. Here, he\\\'s some kind of autistic savant who just doesn\\\'t seem to understand that these weird justifications \\\'\\\'piss people off\\\'\\\'...
Except I just realized that\\\'s not the case. I can\\\'t remember which chapter it was, but he justified invading Kyoshi and setting everything on fire because(paraphrased), \\\"If you knew Fire Lord Sozin was in a neutral village, wouldn\\\'t you do anything you could to take him out, no matter the collateral damage?\\\" He compared the guy trying to save the world to the guy trying to end it. And somehow, he was able to get Kyoshi islanders to \\\'\\\'agree with him\\\'\\\' - and even show that agreement to potential \\\'\\\'allies\\\'\\\' like Hakoda. Now that\\\'s mindbending. Zuko seems to be able to turn \\\'\\\'anyone\\\'\\\' given enough time. The only exceptions seem to be the Gaang and Hakoda... and he was able to spiritually savage all of them to the breaking point - Hakoda is terrified of his daughter, Katara is terrified of Aang, Sokka agrees with Zuko that Aang needs a collar and leash, Toph hates Aang for blasting Zuko off a cliff(every other time Zuko\\\'s fought with Katara, he\\\'s been the aggressor - though he did overdo it in \\\"protecting\\\" Katara)...
It\\\'s all social and psychological, but that\\\'s where I started to believe that Zuko is more dangerous than Aang. Aang isn\\\'t very good at making his enemies change sides. Anyone Zuko can\\\'t subvert, he can psychologically maim to the point of social isolation.
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What really got me is that Zuko actually showed some awareness of what he has to fix; \
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What really got me is that Zuko actually showed some awareness of what he has to fix; \\\"My nation isn\\\'t Zhao. My nation isn\\\'t \\\'\\\'Sozin\\\'\\\'.\\\" That\\\'s more than I believed he was capable of before this. He wasn\\\'t making excuses like he always has every time someone brought it up. The next step will be for him to do that in front of witnesses. The primary thing that the kadzhait used to set Katara off was him, \\\"Looking at the prayer hall like he \\\'\\\'cared\\\'\\\'. ...He didn\\\'t even \\\"act\\\" \\\'\\\'ashamed\\\'\\\'.\\\" It makes me wonder what most Germans feel when they look at Dachau or Auschwitz. Or what I\\\'d feel if I ever visited Hart Mountain or Manzinar. My government did that to \\\"protect\\\" me, and even if I disagree with it, it\\\'s still part of me as an American. Nasty part is that my dad is part Japanese, and if it happened today, I\\\'d be in there.
...Or is that something I missed? Firebenders consider showing shame to be weakness? In canon, what got the Gaang on his side was showing shame for the actions of himself and his Nation. Here, he\\\'s some kind of autistic savant who just doesn\\\'t seem to understand that these weird justifications \\\'\\\'pisses people off\\\'\\\'...
Except I just realized that\\\'s not the case. I can\\\'t remember which chapter it was, but he justified invading Kyoshi and setting everything on fire because(paraphrased), \\\"If you knew Fire Lord Sozin was in a neutral village, wouldn\\\'t you do anything you could to take him out, no matter the collateral damage?\\\" And somehow, he was able to get Kyoshi islanders to \\\'\\\'agree with him\\\'\\\' - and even show that agreement to potential \\\'\\\'allies\\\'\\\' like Hakoda. Now that\\\'s mindbending. Zuko seems to be able to turn \\\'\\\'anyone\\\'\\\' given enough time. The only exceptions seem to be the Gaang and Hakoda... and he was able to spiritually savage all of them to the breaking point - Hakoda is terrified of his daughter, Katara is terrified of Aang, Sokka agrees with Zuko that Aang needs a collar and leash, Toph hates Aang for blasting Zuko off a cliff(every other time Zuko\\\'s fought with Katara, he\\\'s been the aggressor - though he did overdo it in \\\"protecting\\\" Katara)...
It\\\'s all social and psychological, but that\\\'s where I started to believe that Zuko is more dangerous than Aang. Aang isn\\\'t very good at making his enemies change sides. Anyone Zuko can\\\'t subvert, he can psychologically maim to the point of social isolation.
...Or is that something I missed? Firebenders consider showing shame to be weakness? In canon, what got the Gaang on his side was showing shame for the actions of himself and his Nation. Here, he\\\'s some kind of autistic savant who just doesn\\\'t seem to understand that these weird justifications \\\'\\\'pisses people off\\\'\\\'...
Except I just realized that\\\'s not the case. I can\\\'t remember which chapter it was, but he justified invading Kyoshi and setting everything on fire because(paraphrased), \\\"If you knew Fire Lord Sozin was in a neutral village, wouldn\\\'t you do anything you could to take him out, no matter the collateral damage?\\\" And somehow, he was able to get Kyoshi islanders to \\\'\\\'agree with him\\\'\\\' - and even show that agreement to potential \\\'\\\'allies\\\'\\\' like Hakoda. Now that\\\'s mindbending. Zuko seems to be able to turn \\\'\\\'anyone\\\'\\\' given enough time. The only exceptions seem to be the Gaang and Hakoda... and he was able to spiritually savage all of them to the breaking point - Hakoda is terrified of his daughter, Katara is terrified of Aang, Sokka agrees with Zuko that Aang needs a collar and leash, Toph hates Aang for blasting Zuko off a cliff(every other time Zuko\\\'s fought with Katara, he\\\'s been the aggressor - though he did overdo it in \\\"protecting\\\" Katara)...
It\\\'s all social and psychological, but that\\\'s where I started to believe that Zuko is more dangerous than Aang. Aang isn\\\'t very good at making his enemies change sides. Anyone Zuko can\\\'t subvert, he can psychologically maim to the point of social isolation.
