Avatar: The Last Airbender -- Azula in the Spirit Temple

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One of the things fans love most about Azula is the fact that she is just so good at being a villain, representing a truly terrifying look at the power of obsession, familial pressure, and jealousy. If the narrative blames her interpersonal flaws for why Zuko turned against his country, why Mai and Ty Lee betrayed their crown princess, why she mentally broke and ended up in an asylum with Zuko replacing her as Fire Lord, and all the other events that have functionally destroyed her life as she knew it, then that leads to unfortunate implications. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. For fans of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Azula is one of the most charismatic and compelling villains of all time, and a solo installment of Dark Horse Comics’ graphic novel continuations has been well overdue.

Lording her “rightful” power over Mai and Ty Lee and having no respect for Zuko’s “weakness” is not villainy, it is, once more, a flaw. Spirit: My manifestations did not lie: this is a sacred place of peace and rest, should you wish for those things. This is the opening line of the latest Azula comic, and by the end I thought this line was going to get turned on its head but something even better happens.Of all the takeaways from the late Estelle Nadel’s incredible story in “The Girl Who Sang,” that’s the one that still lingers hardest. But after a failed attack on her latest target, Azula finds herself in a mysterious forest temple inhabited by a solitary monk… or is it something more mysterious?

When they realize that Azula hadn't found peace in her dream, they force her out of the temple for her own safety. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.

At the end of the story, Azula -if snidely- decides to let go of her desire for revenge against the "traitorous" Fire Warriors and let them be happy without her, showing she subconsciously is aware her behavior toward Mai and Ty Lee was wrong and she doesn't wish to repeat it. I’m curious as to why this was given a one off while others had gotten at least three parts to come to a complete closure. When she decides to hunt them down, she fails to track them down all day, falls face-first into the mud as it starts raining, and gets very hungry. From there, it’s a conflict as much internal as it is against the spirit haunting the temple, as it’s never clear what’s real and what is an illusion designed to test her. I was expecting to hold contempt for what was going to be done to Azula’s arc but was actually quite happy with where she ends up at the end.