r/ATLA • u/CTYankee1788 • 7d ago

Discussion I've always wondered about this scene.

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The way Azula worded herself made it seem like disobeying her and waiting for the waters to calm was the smarter decision. If they went against her orders, they'd have a chance of survival, but if they followed her orders, they'd die for sure. Maybe the captain figured that Azula's wrath would be worse than death, which is believable. Iroh and Zuko thought that too. But Azula didn't imply that in this conversation. She only brought up chances of survival.

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u/Dryhtlic 7d ago

The way I understood it, the tides made it unsafe to land right at the time, not impossible, and it would have been standard procedure to wait until they were more favourable. Obviously, Azula didn't care about caution and interpreted the captain's hesitation as disobedience and gave him the simple choice to find a way to make it happen or die.

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u/CTYankee1788 7d ago

That would make sense. They were ultimately able to land at the time. They were dealing with rough tides, not a typhoon. And yeah, Azula isn't the kind of person who will not do something if it has a catastrophic worst case scenario. She has her eyes on the end goal.

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u/NorthernVale 7d ago

I mean. Going against the avatar has a catastrophic worst case scenario. One she met.

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u/Ashamed_Association8 4d ago

I mean she used to be stuck with an abusive manipulative father. After going against the avatar she got therapy. It wasn't the best, but it was an improvement.