Shadowing Practice: What Happened to Azula After ATLA? ⚡️ Azula's Complete Timeline | Avatar - Learn English Speaking with Video
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How did Azula go from this to this?
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And did she find redemption after the series ended?
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Here is the full timeline of Azula's rides And bomb.
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To understand this moment, we have to start at the very beginning with Azula's childhood.
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Everything always came easy to her.
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She's a firebending prodigy.
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My father says she was born lucky.
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He says I was lucky to be born.
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Even as a kid, Azula is cunning and Machiavellian.
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She's already decided she'd rather be feared than loved.
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You'll never catch up.
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Azula learned early on that being powerful, perfect, and pitiless was the way to gain her father's approval.
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Great -grandfather won because...
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Because even though his army was outnumbered, he cleverly calculated his advantages.
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The enemy was downwind and there was a drought.
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Their defenses burned to a crisp in minutes.
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Correct, my dear.
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So she uses the same tactics to get her mother's attention.
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burning flowers, dolls, and her brother.
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It's time for a talk.
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Ursa's scolding only fuels Azula's belief that her mother doesn't really love her.
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What is wrong with that child?
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Azula's strained relationship with her mother only strengthens her loyalty to Ozai.
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Dad's going to kill you.
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Really, he is.
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Haha Zula Nice try.
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Fine, don't believe me, but I heard everything.
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Grandfather said Dad's punishment should fit his crime.
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You must know the pain of losing a firstborn son.
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By sacrificing your own.
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Dad would never do that to me.
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Your father would never do what to you?
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What is going on here?
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Azula tells her mother about Ozai's plan, directly leading to Ursa's disappearance.
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Where's mom?
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No one knows.
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Oh, and last night, grandpa passed away.
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Not funny, Azula.
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You're sick.
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And I want my knife back.
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Now.
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Ha!
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Who's going to make me?
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Mom?
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After Ozai becomes the Fire Lord, Azula seems ready to supplant Zuko as heir to the throne.
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So just a few years later, Azula watches with a smile while her father burns and banishes her brother.
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In the three years of her brother's banishment, young Azula transforms herself into a fearsome firebender and a brilliant strategist,
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just as cold -blooded and ambitious as her father.
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Iroh is a traitor, and your brother Zuko is a failure.
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I have a task for you.
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Azula, who thinks love and trust make her opponents weak, uses this to lure Zuko into her trap.
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"Father's changed his mind.
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Family is suddenly very important to him.
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He's heard rumors of plans to overthrow him." treacherous plots.
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Family are the only ones you can really trust.
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Father regrets your banishment.
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He wants you home.
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You lied to me!
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Like I've never done that before.
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Then she reunites with her friends, May and Ty Lee.
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And when we say he reunites with her friends, what we really mean is manipulates and threatens her friend.
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Set the net on fire.
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The universe is giving me strong hints that it's time for a career change.
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I want to join you on your mission.
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When she finds out the Avatar is on the loose, she decides to do what Zuko couldn't.
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So we're tracking down your brother and uncle, huh?
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It'll be interesting seeing Zuko again, won't it, Mei?
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It's not just Zuko and Iroh anymore.
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We have a third target now.
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One -upping her brother isn't enough, so when she tracks the Avatar to Ba Sing Se, she does what even the brilliant General Iroh couldn't do.
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The Earth Kingdom will finally fall, and you can claim Ba Sing Se in the name of your father.
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Come on.
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We've done it, Zuko.
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It's taken a hundred years The Fire Nation has conquered Ba Sing Se.
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Basically, Azula saw capturing the Avatar as just a sight.
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And she decided to casually take over the Earth Kingdom too.
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You know, while she was in the neighborhood.
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That's how ambitious she is.
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What other members of her family spend years trying to accomplish, Azula sees as just a tiny step in an even bigger plan to consolidate her power.
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The fall of Ba Sing Se is Azula's mightiest moment, but it doesn't last.
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Before we dive into Azula's downfall, make sure you're subscribed and hit the notification bell.
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So you never miss a new video.
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Okay.
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Back to Azula.
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Don't let me interrupt your.. whatever it is you were doing.
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So after Azula conquers Ba Sing Se, she and Zuko return to the Fire Nation.
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Even though Zuko has restored his heir to the throne, let's be honest, Azula's still in charge, pulling all the strings.
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by letting you get all the glory for defeating the Avatar.
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Unless...
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Somehow the Avatar was actually alive.
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All that glory would suddenly turn to shame and foolishness.
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But you said yourself that was impossible.
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I'm sorry.
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"Sleep well, Zuzu." With Zuko under her thumb and her loyal friends following all her orders,
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Azula lets her guard down for just a second on Ember Island.
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Those were wonderful performances, everyone.
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I guess you wouldn't understand, would you, Azula?
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Because you're just so perfect.
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Well, yes, I guess you're right.
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I don't have sob stories like all of you.
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I could sit here and complain how our mom liked Zuko more than me, but I don't really care.
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My own mother.
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Thought I was a monster.
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She was right, of course, but it still hurt.
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This tiny dent in Azula's emotional armor explains so much about her character.
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Azula decided long ago that it was better to be feared than loved because she didn't think she could be loved.
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If her own mother thought she was a monster, Then how else could she maintain power, except by acting like a monster?
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Yes!
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We've defeated you for all time!
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You will never rise from the ashes of your shame and humiliation!
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Azula finds out the limits of ruling through fear during her mission to the Boiling Rock.
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Something I don't understand is why.
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Why would you do it?
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You know the consequences.
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- Oh, my God.
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I guess you just don't know people as well as you think you do.
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You miscalculated.
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I love Zuko more than I fear you.
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No, you miscalculated!
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You should have feared me more!
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Maze Stand is the beginning of the end for Azula.
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Without her friends, she turns to Ozai for approval.
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"Sorry I'm late, Father.
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Good palanquin -bearers are so hard to come by these days.
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So, is everything ready for our departure?
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There has been a change of plans, Azula.
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What?
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I've decided to lead the fleet of airships to Ba Sing Se alone.
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You will remain here in the Fire Nation.
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In her mind, Azula did everything right.
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She was a loyal second -in -command, who cut ties with her brother, her uncle, her mother, and her best friends for the sake of being the perfect heir.
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I'm not sure.
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So when she did everything right, And it still looks like Ozai is discarding her?
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Azula cracks.
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But I thought we were going to do this together.
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My decision is final.
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You...
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You can't treat me like this!
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You can't treat me like Zuko!
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Azula, silence yourself.
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But it was my idea to burn everything to the ground!
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I deserve to be by your side!
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Azula!
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She gets what she always wanted?
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I need you here to watch over the homeland.
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It's a very important job that I can only entrust you.
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Really?
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And for your loyalty, I've decided to declare you the new Fire Lord.
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But this brief exchange shows Azula just how easy it is to slip from Ozai's favor.
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Because just like Azula, Ozai rules through fear.
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with friends who betrayed her and a father who's less like a father and more like a constant threat, it's no wonder Azula feels paranoid.
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By Sozin's comment, she sees danger and disloyalty everywhere.
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Azula, we heard what happened.
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Why have you banished all your servants, all your Tai Li agents, and the Imperial Firebenders?
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None of them could be trusted.
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Sooner or later, they all would have betrayed me.
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Just like Mei and Tai Li did.
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And that isn't all she sees.
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All right, Hare, it's time to face your doom.
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What a shame.
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You always had such beautiful hair.
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What are you doing here?
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I didn't want to miss my own daughter's coronation.
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Don't pretend to act proud.
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I know what you really think of me.
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You think I'm a monster.
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I think you're confused.
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All your life you've used fear to control people.
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Like your friends Mei and Ty Lee.
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What choice do I have?
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Trust is for fools.
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Fear is the only reliable way.
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Even you fear me.
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No. I love you, Azula.
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I do.
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Azula is forced to face a hard truth that she still refuses to accept.
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If Ursa loves Azula, No matter what, then Azula has been wrong this whole time.
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She doesn't have to act like a monster to be powerful.
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She could be loved instead of feared, and love and trust are stronger than fear and manipulation.
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Hearing the truth.
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breaks Azula.
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When Katara defeats her in the Agni Kai, everything Azula wrote off as weak or foolish wins the day, and everything she thought was important comes crashing down.
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- - - - - After losing the Agni Kai and her crown on the day of Sozin's Comet, Azula is institutionalized.
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A year later, Zuko visits her, asking her to talk to Ozai about Ursa's disappearance.
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into Zuko's mission to find their mother.
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The journey with Team Avatar is a tense one.
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And after leaping off Appa mid -flight, Azula has another hallucination of Ursa.
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Thank you.
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Once again, this vision of her mother insists she loves her, an idea that Azula still can't bear to consider.
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The hallucinations continue.
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urging Azula to accept her mother's love and find her own destiny.
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Once Team Avatar finds Ursa in her new life, Azula confronts her mother demanding to know why she wasn't worthy of Ursa's love.
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- Okay.
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But just when it seems like Azula will finally embrace her mother, Zuko leaps in, and Azula lashes out.
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She asks Zuko to give her the throne, begging to be rid of the nagging in her head.
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Zuko says the throne is his destiny, but he says..
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that Azula has value as a person not just as the Fire Lord.
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At that, Azula flees into the forest.
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While she's in hiding, Azula's hallucinations stop She returns to the Fire Nation and takes on the image of Komori Kagi.
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Dressed as these dark spirits, Azula and a group of her followers begin stirring up unrest in the capital.
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When Zuko unmasks her, Azula attacks.
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She reveals that she has decided on a new destiny.
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By creating chaos, she'll turn Zuko into a Fire Lord who rules through fear, just like Ozai and just like Azula herself.
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Relax, Fire Lord Zuko.
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Just let go.
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Give in to it.
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And much to his horror, Zuko realizes that trying to stop Azula has turned him into an authoritarian ruler.
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just like his father.
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At that, Azula vanishes in smoke.
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Once the princess of the Fire Nation, now Azula is a shadowy figure haunting and haunted.
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planning her next meeting.
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There's no trace of Azula in The Legend of Korra, so that's all we know about her life so far.
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Do you think Azula could ever find redemption?
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Let us know in the comments, and make sure to subscribe for more Avatar timelines.
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Now it's over.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “What Happened to Azula After ATLA? ⚡️ Azula's Complete Timeline”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Azula, Zuko, mother, father, Avatar. This video has 215 sentences and 1923 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:43. The speaker talks at a steady 140 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| throne noun | /θɹəʊ̯n/ | An impressive seat used by a monarch, often on a raised dais in a throne room and reserved for formal occasions. |
| hallucination noun | /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/ | A sensory perception of something that does not exist, often arising from disorder of the nervous system, as in delirium tremens. |
| heir noun | /ˈɛə̯/ | Someone who inherits, or is designated to inherit, the property of another. |
| destiny noun | /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ | That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will. |
| banish verb | /ˈbænɪʃ/ | To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning. |
| banishment noun | /ˈbænɪʃmənt/ | The act of banishing. |
| betray verb | /bɪˈtɹeɪ/ | To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly. |
| miscalculate verb | /mɪsˈkælkjʊleɪt/ | To calculate incorrectly. |
| reunite verb | /ˌɹiːjuːˈnaɪt/ | To unite again. |
| haunt verb | /hɔnt/ | To inhabit or to visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts). |
| disappearance noun | /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/ | The action of disappearing or vanishing. |
| conquer verb | /ˈkɑŋkɚ/ | To defeat in combat; to subjugate. |
| redemption noun | /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/ | The act of redeeming or something redeemed. |
| leap verb | /ˈliːp/ | To jump. |
| ambitious adjective | /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ | Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| catch up verb | To pick up suddenly. | |
| pass away verb | To die. | |
| stir up verb | /ˈstɜː.ɹʌp/ | To arouse or excite (passion or action, etc.). |
| take over verb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. | |
| track down verb | To hunt for or locate; to search for; to find. | |
| watch over verb | To guard and protect. | |
| write off verb | To reduce the book value of (an asset) to zero. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Your father would never do what to you?
- Who's going to make me?
- Why would you do it?
- What are you doing here?
- What choice do I have?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never done · We've done · has conquered |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was born · be born · be feared |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 42 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: throne /θɹəʊ̯n/, authoritarian /əˌθɑ.ɹəˈtɛɹ.i.ən/, overthrow /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, banish /ˈbænɪʃ/, banishment /ˈbænɪʃmənt/, redemption /ɹɪˈdɛmpʃən/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/
- Long words — get the stress right: hallucination /həˌluːsɪˈneɪʃən/, miscalculate /mɪsˈkælkjʊleɪt/, disappearance /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/, consolidate /kənˈsɒl.ɪ.deɪt/, coronation /ˌkɔɹəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like throne, hallucination, heir.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.