I want to hug them all! I mean, Mai would gut me, but...
Thank you! The thing about abuse like this is that everything Azula does to someone else is a signal to Ty Lee, Mai and Zuko. And I know a lot of people see the sunnier part of especially Ty Lee and Azula's relationship, where Azula comforts or praises her and says "look, she really does care," and it freaks me out, because abusers aren't horrible to you all the time. Sometimes they're sweet to you to draw you in and make the blows hurt worse.
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Date: 2013-09-04 01:58 pm (UTC)Thank you! The thing about abuse like this is that everything Azula does to someone else is a signal to Ty Lee, Mai and Zuko. And I know a lot of people see the sunnier part of especially Ty Lee and Azula's relationship, where Azula comforts or praises her and says "look, she really does care," and it freaks me out, because abusers aren't horrible to you all the time. Sometimes they're sweet to you to draw you in and make the blows hurt worse.