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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 3213238" data-attributes="member: 39532">Hey, I never said it was a good plan.  Zuko's never been one for strategy.Heck, he may not have even fully decided until the very last moment.  After all, it was his intent to join Azula outright, he did have a pretty sweet shot at a totally unaware Aang.  But instead, he launched a fireblast to let everyone know that he was there.Also, by that point I doubt the Dai Le were hesitating.  Not a that long prior, they had turned on their leader, whom just one episode prior the Dai Le had said they remained loyal to.  They were solidly in Azula's camp.  The only reason they were hanging back was because Azula, being as cocky and self-confident as she is, told them not to interfere until she gave a signal.  Heck, she may have even figured that she could handle Aang and Katara on her own (last time she fought Aang, he just barely squeaked out a victory).As for Zuko, I don't see it as tossing out half a season of character development.  He had many years prior to the series to become the person he was when the show started, and having him change overnight would be disappointing.  He's still developing, the look of regret when it sunk in what the consequences for his choice to betray Iroh shows that he hasn't regressed back to his "angry boy" routine from the first season.  And again, Azula tempted him with the perfect bait, saying exactly what deep down inside he's been desparate to hear since his mother vanished.</blockquote>

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