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[lizbee]

Is it ever actually said, in the show (stuff Bryan and Mike say in interviews only counts if I like it) that Ursa is not a firebender?

Because I keep seeing it come up, but I don't remember anything about it in her (very brief) appearances, and it doesn't make sense to me. I can't imagine Azulon letting even a second son marry a non-bender, or Ozai being willing to do it. And in any case, she's Roku's granddaughter and Azula's mother. I'm pretty sure she can light a match, y'know?

This week's AtLA obsessions: Ursa and Azula. Is there any Azula redemption fic? It seems like there should be -- I mean, there's a whole massive Zhao redemption comic, and on the whole I'd say his crimes have greater spiritual consquences than Azula's. But she is a girl, and that's a taint that no amount of cleansing can remove.

(My other whim, for schmoopy Ursa/Hakoda fic, was somehow answered. Only the fic is too schmoopy. I NEED A PROPER BALANCE, PEOPLE! MY WHIMS, CATER TO THEM! Or I'll have to write the damn thing myself. And we all know how that ends up.)

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[innerbrat]

So... yeah. I guess bending is a binary condition not a talent scale, and it's what you do with bending that's important.

Unless you're shiny magical Katara.

I wish I had icon space on DW. FAIL.

[weaver]

Maybe it's her hair loopies that give her great power. Or her hope! The power of hope, and stuff.

Yeah, I got nothing. Hey, I found that ipod I meant to send you like a thousand years ago. Are you still ipodless? I have your new address!

[innerbrat]

I have an iPod! It turned out not to be broken.

but thank you for the intention. ILU.

[bats-eye.livejournal.com]

I always though Katara just really really tried hard in training. And is just a born fighter. I think she's a bit like Harry Potter, where she's a tough opponent as a bender just cos she's a scrapper and would be a tough opponent in any kind of fight.

Like I always love how in her duel with Pakku, where she's clearly massively overpowered, she gets close and tries to actually punch him instead.

And she out thinks Azula more than anything.

[lizbee]

Yeah, that's my take on her skills as well. She's a strong bender, which isn't apparent at first because she's so untrained, but it's more that she's tough, she's a good tactician, and she wants to learn ALL THE THINGS. Except bloodbending. (But give her a few years, she'll come up with a medical application for that as well.)