lolo9000:
prisillysaurus:
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mynocturnalparadise:
peachdoxie:
#BEST SCENE
EVER
the fall of azula is one of the best written story arcs in cartoon history and i will stand by this comment forever
you know another thing i really love about this scene? despite knowing their martial art and acrobatic prowess, azula still underestimated and looked down on mai and ty lee. the audience knows mai has the precision to cut and kill—and she was ready to do it. but ty lee chose to disarm and temporarily paralyze azula with the one tool she always has at her disposal (firebending) with two unsuspectingly swift hits. those skillsets are terrifying. people kept saying they (nonbenders) were mediocre compared to benders but atla made sure non-benders could be just as much of a threat as any bender.
And so many people, including Azula, looked down on Ty Lee because of her personality and demeanor. She was cute and bubbly and wore pink. Azula saw her as nothing more than a flexible little circus performer. Many people only saw that. What they didn’t understand was her ability to utilize her body and her KNOWLEDGE of the way the body works. Her knowledge of pressure points and how the body moves and what it takes to do the bending motions and positions. She hit Azula right where it made her not only unable to move, but where it would interrupt her bending. Ty Lee was scary af and no one can tell me differently. Plus Mai was bae.