I agree! I also think it's possible that Ozai planted the letter himself, possibly to legitimise his plans to disinherit Zuko in favour of Azula.
It has quite puzzled me that fandom has taken the letter literally, although fandom seems to do that a lot these days, and then complain of being cheated when the narrative twist turns up. (All fandoms that I can see, not just Avatar.)
I got a Mandarin-speaking friend to read the characters for me, and she said that while there are no major differences, it's interesting that the artists have used a generic "our" character for "our son", not a "yours and mine".
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Date: 2013-06-29 10:02 pm (UTC)It has quite puzzled me that fandom has taken the letter literally, although fandom seems to do that a lot these days, and then complain of being cheated when the narrative twist turns up. (All fandoms that I can see, not just Avatar.)
I got a Mandarin-speaking friend to read the characters for me, and she said that while there are no major differences, it's interesting that the artists have used a generic "our" character for "our son", not a "yours and mine".