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attackfish) wrote2013-09-03 10:37 pm
attackfish) wrote2013-09-03 10:37 pm
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Vid: Azula's Jar of Hearts
Disclaimer: The music for this vid is Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts". The footage in this vid comes from Avatar: the Last Airbender, which belongs to Nickelodeon, as well as to Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.
Summary: This is what Ty Lee wishes she could say
Creator Commentary: This vid is about the relationship of Ty Lee and Azula, but it does not celebrate that relationship. I have previously talked about my own experiences with abuse within a supposed friendship, much like Ty Lee and Azula's and as such, I will always portray Azula's relationship with Mai, Ty Lee, and Zuko as the abuse it absolutely is. Mai and Ty Lee's actions at the Boiling Rock were tremendously brave, and a true triumph.
Azula's Jar of Hearts
Summary: This is what Ty Lee wishes she could say
Creator Commentary: This vid is about the relationship of Ty Lee and Azula, but it does not celebrate that relationship. I have previously talked about my own experiences with abuse within a supposed friendship, much like Ty Lee and Azula's and as such, I will always portray Azula's relationship with Mai, Ty Lee, and Zuko as the abuse it absolutely is. Mai and Ty Lee's actions at the Boiling Rock were tremendously brave, and a true triumph.
Azula's Jar of Hearts
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Great mix of sweeping action and tight close ups to show all the sides of what Ty Lee's up against. I really liked how you recontextualised a bunch of clips that weren't originally directly about Azula being toxic to her friends to show how pervasive the problem is.
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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.