Azula

Apologies, I don't remember the handle off the top of my head.

But as Kyoko was kind of breaking, they matched it with Azula doing the same thing.

And the characters actually kind of look similar, the way their faces are shaped.

And it was just so beautifully.

Well, as you know, the original series ends with, with Azula breaking down.

This one kind of starts with Keiko breaking down.

And, and, We get a mouse betrayal of Puppy bringing her right to you, though.

Sure.

So he does let go in the season two finale, but then it doesn't matter because Azula...

He gets

stopped, I guess, though.

a thought exercise.

That's just a philosophical exploration.

I think, by the way, many times, I think it's a little like twice or so before he gets lightning bent by Azula and he fucking explodes.

But

You know, like the fairy mastermind, things like that, where I'm like, I just value these too much to have them be tokens.

Um, but, but token token play has its own, uh, arena to be in like pivoting back to what I was saying earlier like so one of the lists that Zach's brother has is Azula we don't really play with this but like he brings it and it's essentially a Grixis commander that fire bends to so when she attacks she adds red red to your pool Oh, so this is Fire

Lord Azula.

Yeah,

yeah, yeah.

Like if I saw Insurrection in the 99 of that deck, I would probably just go, yes, this is just a win condition card, you know, like...

Roll your eyes at that, dear listener, if you want.

But like my point being is that it doesn't need to find another thing in the Azula list to be a good card.

That was so much better than this betrayal.

When Azula kind of like is more isolated and feels kind of betrayed by her friends.

So you're

talking about in The Boiling Rock where she's about to take everyone down and destroy them.

I just

thought Azula was cool coming from that season, too.

Yeah.

It sure

the years of war that never fully left his bones.

And more than anything, he tells Iroh how much he wishes he could have done it all differently, reached the people he loved, like his sister Azula, before the world had a chance to break them first.

And it is here that Iroh smiles that warm, knowing smile of his, sets down his tea, and tells Zuko about the Tree of Time.

Now, what exactly is the Tree of Time, you might ask? Well, you see, the Tree of Time is a spiritual repository of memories.

Because here in the palace, he begins making his most important early move.

His sister.

Azula.

In the original timeline, Azula orbited their father while Zuko stayed close to their mother, Ursa.