Why Azula Blue Fire in Avatar: Another Airbnder?

Where does Azula’s name come from? Certainly, in the universe, she was named after her grandfather, Fire Lord Azulon. But what about a creative point of view? The root of its name is “Azul” – the Spanish word “Blue”. (One shadow of Azure is called in English, and it shares the origins of the origin of speech with AZUL.)

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It is a suitable name because blue reflects Azula in several ways. Blue fire is a bit of contradiction in people’s eyes. We accept blue as a great and red/orange color as if it is warm, although the reality of fire is the opposite; Blue, cold color according to the cultural definition, burns more hot. This contradiction reflects the basic parts of Azula. She is strong but does not behave herself in a way that she expects from Firebender.

The fire is the element that symbolizes a lack of restraint. ((Fiery It is an adjective that is often associated with “emotion” or “anger”.) When Aang first tries to bend the fire in the first season episode, “The Dester”, he loses control, explodes fire, burns his friend/Crush Katara (Mae Whitman). “Non -control” does no Azula row.

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Cold azola, calculator, manipulation, completely control. She was definitely angry, but she focused. Although it is mastered on the fire of the element, it is not fiery for a person on the surface. she amazing And cold in its cruelty – cold like blue. This is a complete contradiction from her superior brother. Zuko fire is red orange, which We are The colors we considered “hot” because the orange red fire is more common than blue fire. Avola is thinking and head, Zoku thinks about his heart.

The difference between the siblings is in the second season episode “The Chase”, where both are chased after Aang. Azula seeks to Aang in an abandoned building where the upper floor had entered. It has almost fell, but it looks before it jumps and holds itself. Zoku, does not bother to look, competes behind Azola and then falls on his face.

Another creative decision of Azola Blue fire was technical. In “Avatar: The Last Airbnder (The Art of the Animated Series), Dimartino added that” in practice, the blue fire also helped distinguish between Zuko’s Azula attacks from Zuko during his epic battles. ” When Zuko and ZULA have the last cai in “Sozin’s Comet,” You can know which flame comes from it.

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Therefore, it is clear that the “Avatar” team did not have a global building in his mind when they drew the tongues of Azla Blue. But “Avatar: The Last Airbnder” did not need to explain the blue fire in Azula; It was an intelligent offer enough to Confident Her viewers to collect the meanings themselves. Those meanings lie in symbolism and characterization, not science.