Azula was REDEEMED... It’s CANON!!

Princess Azula's redemption arc is highly anticipated and coming soon!

Today, I reveal Avatar Studios's canon plans to have Azula join the light side, expose hidden Avatar lore that's been hidden in plain sight, and speculate on the specifics of Azual's upcoming spiritual journey.

Azula's comic book, Azula in the Spirit Temple, is coming out soon — how will it affect Azula's story? Will Azula be in the 2025 Avatar movie? What happened to Azula after the show? And does Azula get redeemed? This Avatar video essay explains everything about Princess Azula's history, character arc, and relationships!

► Thanks @Book4Air for Azula's voice, and Caro Oliveira for the thumbnail art!

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[HydraneousHadokenPent-Striker]

What I am most interested in is the fact that in Azula's dream Zuko has no scar, it reveals a lot about Azula's psyche.

[tuxxle]

The creators of Avatar said they had an even longer and harder redemption arc for Azula planned than what Zuko got. I hope that means we can get a more drawn-out one for her than his in the end, as she would need to overcome a lot more trauma to even be on cease-fire terms with the Gaang.

[carlborneke]

Azula was a child soldier. There’s no better way to describe her upbringing. She deserves to have a chance at a happy ending.

[wisemind]

"Guess what bitches, I'm back."
I was not expecting that💀💀💀

[Anonymous-qhgq]

Redeeming Azula will not be easy. It will need to be a long tumultuous journey that challenges and forces her to confront her entire world view. Much like Zuko, she will need to have a huge internal struggle and fail to make the right choices several times throughout her journey before she finally succeeds at redeeming herself. She’ll need to confront her trauma and face it head on, and doing so should almost break her completely. Eventually we’ll need to see her start helping people, showing compassion and empathy towards other people she’s wronged. She’ll need to seek to right her wrongs and seek to make things right with the world, which for a character like Azula will take a lot.
Zuko’s redemption was so powerful because we had an entire series to follow him along his journey. We saw his ups and downs and how much he struggled. He failed on multiple occasions and lost his way a couple of times, but was able to find his way back with the support and guidance of his uncle. He didn’t change overnight, it took him awhile and ultimately he had to make the right choice and so will Azula. It will need to take years for Azula to do the same and she will need a strong support system who believes in her and are determined to help her succeed. Initially that support system will be Zuko, then Aang could join the cause after Zuko convinces him that Azula needs it and eventually she could have all of team avatar behind her doing everything they possibly can to help Azula turn her life around

[elyon_moon]

The fact that she was a child who was neglected and sought out reinforcement in the only way she could recieve.... her dad....and was a soldier. She deserved redemption. Her breaking down was a perfect setup for a great humbling of the once admired and feared azula. She did bad things but people change everyday. Maybe she can be loved for once and happy. I for one cannot wait to see such a beautiful transformation. It's beautiful 😭

[Melonlord]

Can we just appreciate how backstreet’s back is playing in the background. Why can I imagine Azula walking into a room with this playing an going “look who’s good now” 😂

[ducklast_name]

Yall are acting like Azula isn't like, a psychologically groomed 12 year old. She has her whole life in front of her and people change, especially when they're that young.

[jltdtby]

I always forget she's 14 and her defeat was...something that I can't really quite place cathartic. Bittersweet. I cant really place it honestly.

[joshuawells]

There's a LOK fan fiction called Book 5: Rebirth, in which Korra and team travel to the Fire Nation to investigate Red Lotus activity, including a guy who can artificially bend fire and air. In this fan fiction, the Fire Nation remains the most technologically advanced nation in the world, even compared to the United Republic. Amongst the characters the team meets is an elderly and redeemed Azula, who is revealed to be Mako and Bolin's maternal grandmother.

[shandell]

The intro lmbo. My girl, she deserves this.

[thetheorizermoore]

I think azula will go from evil to neutral

[joesunday]

I like to think Azula would be more like Loki (Marvel's MCU version). a lovable, chaotic force that is somewhat of an Anti-hero that tends to be on the razor's edge of becoming a villain again.

[davidshanley]

I honestly want nothing less than her redemption. She honestly deserves it. And I really enjoyed zuko’s character development in the series. They did a really good job

[the-nina-beans]

5:50 - 6:16
Damn! That impression was spot on!
Good job @Book4Air

[twocents]

I think for azulas arc, she’s going to need to see that she can get real love from her mom, instead of having to earn it like with her dad. She grew up in an environment where the way to get praise and affection is by being the best, and showing vulnerability was treated harshly. She needs someone to show her real love and kindness so that she can 1) learn what real love looks like, and 2) realize that she doesn’t need to be the best and act tyrannical to have affection.

I think Azula’s redemption arc started the moment she was betrayed by tai lee and Mai, it was the first sign that all the methods she had been using to rally people and get what she wanted wasn’t working. She’s been going through a denial phase at the moment, trying to use old methods to get the upper hand, and she keeps failing. Eventually she’ll need to find new ideals to ground herself in. Those can be deluded ideals if she falls deeper into denial, or they can be enlightening and redeeming.

I’m excited to see how they handled this, I feel bad for azula and hope she can get a happy ending.

[arrowghost]

Her redemption arc will be a very tough challenge for sure. Long before the comic, I have a fiction idea that she becomes a runaway after the many defeats by the good guys and Zuko is already too strong to be toppled. She's a wanted fugitive as she thinks, she'll flee to the Earth Kingdom to a lesser village, whether she'll meet the Mother of Faces or not, she's having schizophrenia and need someone new whom she can trust, but trust is hard to find. She would move on, possibly throwing away her old crown and Fire Nation clothes, she became a regular Earth Kingdom citizen and told her new village friends that her parents were "killed in a Fire Nation raid". She's married in the future with a kid, to forget her mother while she becomes a mother herself to focus on her new family more, slowly to let go of her old memories, won't be easy but might visit wise men and meditate, therapies one after another. Yeah, not much of a redemption but a new path to hopefully she won't be found again by Zuko or Aang.

Oh well, let's see what the comic provides, the time is coming closer.

[garymadison]

It's good to know that Grey Delisle is still taking voice requests

[juanpaulolinzagan]

I just love that he used Girl on fire as a background on the first half of the vid.

[xDinomanx]

I absolutely agree to this viewpoint regarding the upcoming comic. This shouldn't be a FULL redemption, but rather a stepping stone to redemption. The first steps to finally overcoming her toxic upbringing and the fracturing of her ideals and perceptions she's had of people. I'm still excited for it but definately cautious. I didn't actually know there would be some TLA films though upcoming. Those also have me very excited.