Ozai: Sometimes I Feel Like I Failed As A Father.

Ozai: Sometimes I feel like I failed as a father.

Zuko: Sometimes?

My personal head canon is that Ilah and Azulon had several children in the 10-15 years between Iroh and Ozai. They just didn’t live past infancy or toddler age for one reason or another. Not to mention the numerous still births and miscarriages. Which is why they put their all into Iroh.

It probably took a toll on Ilah and her marriage. So when she was pregnant with Ozai it was probably nerve wracking for her, but he was born healthy and lived past infancy. I’m between whether his birth killed her or she died not too long after he was born though.

We need more information on this woman and I hate how the series disregards the women of this family.

Thought about this cause iroh looks around 60 while I'd put ozai at 45-48, and they dont have any siblings in between them and they dont have different mother's. Did azulon wait 10yra to try for another baby?

— Arthur Miller, The Crucible

This scene hits different now

Listen, you can’t write perfect characters. No one cares about reading about someone who never screws up. Your characters need to make bad decisions, they need to hurt people, and they need to be hurt. They should doubt themselves and do things they regret. That’s where the magic happens, when they’re flawed, messy, and human. People don’t fall in love with characters because they’re flawless; they fall in love because those characters remind them of the chaos inside themselves. So don’t be afraid to put your characters through hell. Only then will their journey mean something.

Not every story is about seeing yourself in it. Sometimes it’s about learning to see other people too.