Making this vid, I kept saying to myself, damn Azula, you're short, but the camera is always looking up at you. The camera loves you, baby!
I thought about trying to lip sync, but there was just no way. I will not lie though, every time I see Pakku say "Oh that's pretty," I giggle.
There is no such thing as an abusive relationship that isn't "genuine" on some level, unless you were coerced into taking part in the relationship in the first place. There is nothing more intense than the beginnings of an abusive relationship, the "grooming" phase, I guess. It feels perfect, and exciting, and like you're riding the top of a car or a plane, and you're holding on for dear life, but it's great. This person makes you feel strong, and safe, and happy, and you make them feel powerful, and safe and whole, and it's perfect. Then the abuse starts, and either you don't notice it at first (like me, because I was ten, and first abuse was gaslighting) or you don't believe it, or you think it's nothing, and then it builds and builds and builds, and when it gets really bad, they back off. They apologize, or blame you and you repent, or something, and then it's really really good again, for a little while, before WHAM. I think Ty Lee genuinely loved and admired, and feared for Azula, along with fearing her. The show does a really good job with Zuko showing just how an abuse victim can flat out adore their abuser, and how this isn't their fault, and I think that's also shown with Ty Lee. Mai, I'm not so sure about. She plays things really close to the vest. She cares about Ty Lee, and I think she used to care about Azula. I'm not sure Azula is capable of caring about someone else in the way we think about it, but she values them, and is dependent on them on some level.
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Date: 2013-09-11 02:09 pm (UTC)I thought about trying to lip sync, but there was just no way. I will not lie though, every time I see Pakku say "Oh that's pretty," I giggle.
There is no such thing as an abusive relationship that isn't "genuine" on some level, unless you were coerced into taking part in the relationship in the first place. There is nothing more intense than the beginnings of an abusive relationship, the "grooming" phase, I guess. It feels perfect, and exciting, and like you're riding the top of a car or a plane, and you're holding on for dear life, but it's great. This person makes you feel strong, and safe, and happy, and you make them feel powerful, and safe and whole, and it's perfect. Then the abuse starts, and either you don't notice it at first (like me, because I was ten, and first abuse was gaslighting) or you don't believe it, or you think it's nothing, and then it builds and builds and builds, and when it gets really bad, they back off. They apologize, or blame you and you repent, or something, and then it's really really good again, for a little while, before WHAM. I think Ty Lee genuinely loved and admired, and feared for Azula, along with fearing her. The show does a really good job with Zuko showing just how an abuse victim can flat out adore their abuser, and how this isn't their fault, and I think that's also shown with Ty Lee. Mai, I'm not so sure about. She plays things really close to the vest. She cares about Ty Lee, and I think she used to care about Azula. I'm not sure Azula is capable of caring about someone else in the way we think about it, but she values them, and is dependent on them on some level.