History Headscratchers / AvatarTheLastAirbenderTheFinale

*** In purely technical terms yes, in real world terms she was not party to the Agni Kai so attacking her to distract Zuko would be a disqualification. Additional it's not like it really matters since Ozai lost his bending and was imprisoned, Azula got tossed in the nut house, and Iroh did not step up to try to take over. Even if it wasn't strictly legal Zuko ended up in charge and most of the Fire Nation was fine with that because he was neither a viscous tyranny not insane.

** Not really answering the question, but you potholed ''Katara'' as TheChick?

*** I always assumed that the main reason that a de-powered Ozai isn't a threat is that the Fire Nation seems to have an AsskickingEqualsAuthority mindset; every high-ranking officer we've seen has been a Firebender, and usually a powerful one, at that. It's entirely likely that a non-Firebender wouldn't even be considered eligible for the throne, much less have enough support to claim it.

* In the series finale, Aang only needs to have a rock crash into his back to start the Avatar state. HOW? It was said by the Guru in the season 2 finale that Aang had locked his chakaras. How could being jabbed unlock his love chakara? I was expecting a scene where Aang has to let go of [[TheChick Katara]], but no, there was no reason for this retcon.

** Did you know that perfectionism is also a potential consequence of parental abandonment? Azula did everything she could to please her father so that somebody would want her around as she felt she was too much of a monster for her mother to have around. When Azula got discarded at the near-end of the series, it hit her in one of the worst areas. It's "The Beach" all over again: Nobody wanted her. And Ozai had, intentionally or not, hurt her in a real sore spot that would've been to her, the psychological equivalent of Zuko's physical scar. You're not wrong in that Ozai didn't have to bring her along; but the sting of being abandoned/discarded was what sent her off the rails more. Ironically enough, the instance of leaving Azula behind was actually and completely inadvertently/accidentally good parenting. Had Ozai brought her along, she'd be accomplice to a genocide; would give Azula an actual body count, and make potential redemption/care about her story and character arc fall flat on its face.

** She ''didn't'' care about them. Azula is all about controlling every aspect of her life. She trusted that Mai and Ty Lee could be ''controlled'', not that they were her friends. She knew that Mai didn't like her, and expected Mai to do treacherous things. Mai betrayed her for Zuko's sake, and Ty Lee proved that she'd side with Mai over Azula any day (in Azula's head, anyway). Second, she's about perfection. In her first episode, she redoes a kata that was executed purposely, because one of her hairs was out of place (See also: Katara slicing her hair in the Season 2 Finale, and then Azula butchering her own hair in Season 3 finale). She strives to ''be'' perfect, by any means necessary. That's her FatalFlaw. After Mai and Ty Lee betrayed her, she suddenly finds Zuko able to fight her to a standstill in every encounter they had, and then ''defeat her'' in the end. Third, [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Azula Loves Her Mama]]. And she always thought that her mother liked Zuko more than her. And as of ''The Boiling Rock,'' She ''knows'' that Mai likes Zuko over her. That opened up the mommy wound from the BeachEpisode. So she connects all of this in her mind: ''Zuko's the reason I lost control over Mai, as well as the reason that mommy left me. Now Zuko is better than me, where did I go wrong, now my hair's not listening to me I can't trust anyone OMGBLARG!''

---> Aang: “I’ve sacrificed everything, even my ability to enter the Avatar state, for her. It can’t all be for nothing. Yes, I have a duty to the world. But I love Katara. She had rescued me and Appa from the iceberg where we’d been trapped for a hundred years. No! The scene is fading! I don’t want to leave that time…”

* Am I the only one who thinks Zuko's claim that "he might need some help" fighting Azula is basically an [[InformedAbility informed]] [[InvertedTrope inability]]? Before learning the secrets to fire bending he has been shown to fight on the same level as her (without the lightning bending ability). Now add the new found knowledge and the ability to redirect I don't see why Katara was needed.

*** CompletelyMissingThePoint much? Whether they told him to or not is completely immaterial.
*** Look at how this discussion started. "What was the point of having the past Avatars tell Aang to off Ozai..." So yes, whether they told him or not ''is'' material to the discussion. Furthermore, ''none of them'' said to kill Ozai. Roku says "You must be decisive." Kyoshi says "Only justice will bring peace." Kuruk says "you must actively shape your own destiny, and the destiny of the World." Yangchen says "selfless duty calls you to sacrifice your own spiritual needs and do whatever it takes to protect the World." None of them outright tells him "Screw your principles and kill the bastard."

** Taking a life has a far heavier responsibility than you're giving it credit for.
*** Who?

** Did you know that perfectionism is also a potential consequence of parental abandonment? Azula did everything she could to please her father so that somebody would want her around as she felt she was too much of a monster for her mother to have around. When Azula got discarded at the near-end of the series, it hit her in one of the worst areas. It's "The Beach" all over again: Nobody wanted her. And Ozai had, intentionally or not, hurt her in a real sore spot that would've been to her, the psychological equivalent of Zuko's physical scar. You're not wrong in that Ozai didn't have to bring her along; but the sting of being abandoned/discarded was what sent her off the rails more.

** Did you know that perfectionism is also a potential consequence of parental abandonment? Azula did everything she could to please her father so that somebody would want her around as she felt she was too much of a monster for her mother to have around. When Azula got discarded at the near-end of the series, it hit her in one of the worst areas. It's "The Beach all over again: Nobody wanted her. And Ozai had, intentionally or not, hurt her in a real sore spot that would've been to her, the psychological equivalent of Zuko's physical scar. You're not wrong in that Ozai didn't have to bring her along; but the sting of being abandoned/discarded was what sent her off the rails more.

* Why when Aang [[{{Depower}} energybends]] Ozai there is a ThroatLight and PillarOfLight that illuminates Aang and Ozai's whole bodies as well as eventually the whole screen or battlefield area, while in ''The Legend Of Korra'' when he does the same to Yakone only his eyes and tattoos glows? Plus, why doesn't anyone from the Gaang- Sokka, Suki or Toph see and comment on it? Does this have to do anything to do with Sozin's Comet? Since apart of that, the only explanation that I could possibly imagine is that the show's animators though it would [[RuleOfCool look good]].

*** Honestly, Aang's reluctance to kill or allow people to be killed comes off as an attempt to generate drama. Aang is very definite about not wanting Ozai dead, and yet he led an invasion a few weeks ago, where dozens if not hundreds were killed. This strong aversion to killing only really comes up in the finale, so we can have some moral angst on Aang's part.