You're right that she did it for Zuko, I completely agree there. And I would have been happier if we'd had some sign before of her dissatisfaction with Azula or Ozai's reign of terror or some evidence that she believed not just in Zuko, but actually shared his cause. That would have grounded her character more, and made me take their relationship more seriously. (I still don't take their relationship that seriously...I actually have greater respect for Mai's feelings than for Zuko's, since I'm not as convinced of his great love for her as I am of hers for him. Frankly I think Zuko has a deeper relationship with Aang than he does with Mai, and they're not sucking face...ending parenthetical now!)
Nevertheless, I'd be an ass-up hypocrite if I held it against her character for doing the right thing out of love instead of moral justice. ::snort:: First because that's the basis of pretty much every season 1 K/Z fic, and second because it's pretty much the life purpose of my favorite tv character of all time, Spike. He loved so much that he went and bought a conscience just so the person he was in love with could sleep at night knowing that her lover had a moral compass that wasn't just her.
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Date: 2008-08-05 04:48 am (UTC)Nevertheless, I'd be an ass-up hypocrite if I held it against her character for doing the right thing out of love instead of moral justice. ::snort:: First because that's the basis of pretty much every season 1 K/Z fic, and second because it's pretty much the life purpose of my favorite tv character of all time, Spike. He loved so much that he went and bought a conscience just so the person he was in love with could sleep at night knowing that her lover had a moral compass that wasn't just her.