Why Is There Never A Genuinely Happy Old Couple Trope In Media

I still have this cap from the official Avatar site and it’s no longer updated so you can find a lot old concepts. I find it pretty strange how different the two Ursas are.

In the original animated canon (discontinued and overridden):

Ursa was originally written as a Fire Nation noblewoman who got along very well with Ozai when they were younger. She loved him dearly and her proper lady upbringing made her an ideal future princess. Fire Lord Azulon and the Fire Sages arranged a marriage between Ozai and Ursa due to their strong compatibility. Zuko recalls times his family was “actually happy” before Ozai became mad and abusive. Ursa was supposed to appear in Book Four but the entire season ended up being scrapped after Paramount bought the rights to create a three-season trilogy. They later decided to have her return in the Avatar finale but she was cut out at the request of Bryan Konietzko. Ozai’s thirst for power and control itself probably stemmed from his feelings of inadequacy when compared to his prodigious elder brother and favored son of Azulon, Iroh. This is why Zuko sparing Azula’s life and wanting to help her despite their twisted relationship was seen as a major catalyst in creating an era of peace.

In the new comics canon (considered to be official):

The new Avatar comics have changed Ursa into a lower-class theater actress who hated Ozai and was forced to marry him as a part of a eugenics experiment the Fire Sages believed in. Their relationship is never shown to be happy and is like absolutely nothing you could call a “perfect match”. Ozai was always power hungry and abusive. He never cared for his family members unless they were of any use to him. Ursa has remained in love with her childhood friend Ikem for years and marries him after she runs away from the Fire National Capital. She asks for help from a spirit known as the Mother of Faces to erase her memories, change her face, and give her the name “Noriko”. She later has a daughter called Kiyi with Ikem (who likewise was given a new face and the name “Noren”). Zuko meets Noriko and she decides she must confront her past and became Ursa again. Her youngest daughter, Kiyi despises this change as she has only known Noriko and not Ursa all her life. Azula is grief-stricken with the fact that Ursa had a good relationship with her half-sister and never with her.

no because I deserve to enjoy the things I love..right?

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you notice in the live action from what we can see of Ursa in this that she has a diffrent hair style and hair jewley. This is how i headcanon Ursa now with all those hair assories, as they were gifted from Ozai.

lol random question but does anyone else feel like they can't enjoy their life no matter how hard they try?

also before I forget again, can someone tell me why certain parts of the atla fandom act like iroh was never a war general?? like it's perfectly okay to love his character (like muah) but why so many people just forgetting or ignoring that part of his history, I see so many metas talking about "iroh a saint" bitch did we watch the same show?!

are you talking about chojuro? his father was in seven swordsman of the mist? wow I think I skipped this arc ☠️, I don't think there's a swordsman of the mist in the Boruto series (that ofc I gave up on because those damn writers ruined so many of characters but anyways) speaking of kisame why didn't we get at least get a filler about their adventures together only time we really see him, or zabuza, and haku they're fighting for their and unhappy. lmfao I happen to hyper fixate on particularly on side characters so I get it completely all I do is ramble and ramble on.

so apparently suigetsu has (had ig) an older brother? mangetsu I think was his name. he was with the seven swordsman of the mist the group that killed gai's father might dai, like who was he fr? who strong was he? how were his and suigetsu relationship? i'm just a little confused

the holy trinity of criers…..

Todoroki Touya ✩ Dabi

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arguing over which Avatar had the worst “failures” just shows that you do not understand the story whatsoever. the whole point of the Avatar being reborn over and over is that the work of keeping balance in the world is never done and the world needs different things at different times, and no matter what good you do there are unintended consequences which is WHY the Avatar always comes back. There is no end-all-be-all fix. I’m really so over this nonsense arguing over “who’s the worst Avatar.” every Avatar has to adapt to their time and every Avatar has successes and failures and every single Avatar leaves consequences for their successors! That’s the whole point!!!! Being the Avatar is a never-ending job because the world is always changing. What was right for one time won’t be right forever, THAT’S WHY THE AVATAR ALWAYS COMES BACK