Yo, I'm a master at Praise of Azula bending.

Naturally. In the end, Azula always wins.

There's a line in the first post of this thread restricting this place to praise of Azula, to the exclusion of pretty much everything else. But since you've gone ahead and posted this, I guess I'll respond.

Azula descent into maddness was the culmination of 7 - 8 years of utterly rejecting all such emotions as love and trust after her mother's apparent rejection convinced her that "trust is for fools".

My reference to her maddness as a deus ex machina was based purely on how it affected the fight; if Azula had been sane during the fight she would have triumphed.

Yes, in CoD, Katara got Azula out with a fast, unexpected shot. Azula did the same thing to Aang later in the fight. Does that make Azula more powerful or skilled than Aang? No (even I, the most crazed Azula fan of all, admit that). And then there was Azula's later smashing of Katara into the pillar of crystal, a nice little moment of revenge.

You have yet to provide Katara's answer for Azula's incredible variety of skills, and the uses to which she put them. Katara may be a contender as far as bending goes, but in all else she goes down, hard.

Katara was to Azula what Scipio Africanus was to Hannibal Barca, what the Duke of Wellington was to Napoleon Bonaparte, what Vercingetorix was to Caesar, what Chu was to Shi Huang Di; someone who managed to catch a far more talented opponent off guard.

That may be true. But the bottom line is Azula had a crippling hamartia. Katara did not.

Sorry to rain on your parade though. >___>

I'll leave. -__-

If someone is talented, then they cannot be that talented to by caught of guard, correct? I love Azula, and she is utterly beautiful and fantastic along with Katara, but everyone has their flaws. Katara used that to her advantage. A real warrior of great intellect would totally absorb their surroundings, and make every single body part aware of any attack.

I am in no way insulting Azula, but declaring by opinion. Had Azula been more cautious, then maybe her blade of hair would not have been sliced. Everyone has their moments. Azula's had thousands of great moments, and she just had one tiny slip up in the crystal catacombs.

As for the 'deux es machina,' Azula's grip on her shattering reality was needed, it wasn't a 'deux es machina.' Nearly a decade of locked emotions culminated into her insanity, which had to be portrayed in the series finale. I think the real 'deux es machina' would have to Aang's energybending. No one thought of that!

Nice use of the word "hamartia". I always like classical references.

I hope this hasn't done anything to our friendship. But this thread was created so that we crazed Azula fans could bask in our reflected fanaticism, and we wrere a bit put out to have someone attempting to shut that down. So we shut you down.

Any time that you feel like praising Azula though, feel free to drop back in, and your name will go off the banished list

Wait - there has been Katara bashing on the KCC thread

I did not authorize this. Somebody is about to be chastised mightily

And yes, you have been banished. At the bottom of the first post there is a list of people who have come to this thread and done something other than praise Azula, and who have been banished from this club. Only by praising Azula can said people hope to restore their honor.