Lightning & Blue Flame

"Who Is In Control?" Azula from Avatar Written by Sam

[azure-dragon-prince]

“I Turned All The Mirrors Around.”

Independent, semi-selective, semi-iconless roleplay blog for Azula from the Avatar franchise. Canon divergent and headcanon based. The only comics considered Canon are The Promise and The Search. (Is an alpha, if such things matter to you.) Duplicates are absolutely welcome. Minors and personals — unless you’re a main/hub for a rp blog — Do Not Interact. (Sideblog to @son-of-pendragon)

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[musesgonnamuse]

Send “📚” and I will flip to a random page in a book and use the first line of dialogue I see as a starter.

[azure-dragon-prince]

Zuko enters the facility that Azula is contained within, a solemn look on his face as he gazes upon his sibling. Once, he would have reveled in their positions being reversed like this, finally seeing Azula brought down to their knees. But now... it just fills him with sorrow. Even so, he makes an effort to visit.

"Azula... how are you feeling today? I brought you some fire flakes, if you want."

@firelord-hotman-zuko

Golden eyes peered up at Zuko through ragged bangs, out of sunken sockets, and in sharp contrast to pallid skin stretched over sharp bones. When Azula took a deep breath to scent their brother — sweet and sharp and warm, like freshly-brewed chai — the exhale rattled in their chest rather than producing flame. The rattling exhale also failed to spread the alpha’s own scent; the cold room didn’t smell of ozone, the heady electricity of a storm about to unleash its wrath nowhere to be smelled. …It wasn’t overtly like the frigid isolation cells of the Boiling Rock, but it may as well have been indistinguishable, so far as the disgraced Prince was concerned.

As they were kept it n a straitjacket nearly constantly, being chi blocked to oblivion and secured to a chair wasn’t very different from their usual isolation — it might have even been considered an improvement, since it at least meant that someone had come to see them. Which was exactly what this was, even though Azula couldn’t fathom why, and so they said as much. “What are you doing here, Zuzu?” The alpha’s voice was hoarse and cracked, as if they screamed far more than they spoke, and they had begun to rock from side to side; not understanding was a physical discomfort, but they couldn’t rock back and forth.

“You have your Mommy… everything you wanted.” The throne, peace, and mind and body that didn’t rebel every moment of every day. “So why come back?” Tilting their head back, and ignoring the offer of the fire flakes, wide golden eyes settled on the omega’s scar. (An “elegant” solution to the issue of Azula not having the energy to force themself to make eye contact.) “And you brought HER…” Something like a smile threatened to split the younger sibling’s face in two, but very little of their usual fire remained behind it. “Couldn’t wait to show your Mommy how much more of a monster I am?” The sound they made might’ve been a laugh.

…Which made it clear how they were feeling.

@firelord-hotman-zuko

[munchmemes]

Olivia Rodrigo lyrics, you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love edition

▸ i know that the bar closes at 11. ▸ one night i was bored in bed and stalked you on the internet. ▸ you're looking like an angel on the walls of Versailles. ▸ i feel the most alive i've ever been but kiss me and i might drop dead. ▸ i feel like i might throw up. ▸ you're so, so pretty, boy. i'm paranoid i made you up. ▸ i'd love it if you walked me home if you promise we can go real slow. ▸ i've been dropping hints all night that i'd love if you held my hand, goddamn. ▸ i think we might go really nice together. ▸ if you let me stay the night, i think i might just have to stay forever. ▸ they say that honest love is a cage that makes you feel free. ▸ you're a spark in the dark. ▸ you should feel how i feel when somebody says your name. ▸ i want you more than any stupid song could ever say. ▸ i feel right, i feel wrong, i feel totally insane. ▸ if there is a god, he's the bond that's between us two. ▸ every night like the one before, i dream of you from like 1 to 4. ▸ postively and truly sure, nobody's wanted somebody more. ▸ i'm going crazy, i'm going mad. i want you, baby, so bad. ▸ so i guess that it's true time can heal even the worst of wounds. ▸ let's just walk in the dark. ▸ i love the way you look at me. ▸ even when i'm quiet, i love you, baby, i promise. ▸ would you sit and keep me company? ▸ in the dark, i'm not scared. ▸ my day is so mundane, i don't think i left the house. ▸ i'm a zombie in my body, i'm a train off the track. ▸ i feel dirty, i feel rotten and all the colours are all flat. ▸ sometimes, at a low point, i even wish for tragedy 'cause i know [you/they] would come over and take real good care of me. ▸ what can i do but think of you? ▸ i know everybody changes but i hope that we don't. ▸ tell me yet again about when we met and what you thought of me. ▸ sometimes, i get overwhelmed and way too far ahead of myself. ▸ they say, modern love's a cruel endeavour and to that i say, "fuck it, whatever." ▸ you linger in the air just like a bad perfume. ▸ you're in my way now. ▸ don't go where you don't belong. ▸ you keep calling but you never get the message. ▸ i wonder what you think is gonna go down or maybe you're just trying to get me riled up now. ▸ here's a map of the lines i drew. ▸ so where'd you get that confidence from? ▸ maybe i'm a petty bitch but you made me resort to this.

▸ it's a small world when it only can revolve around us two. ▸ i had big dreams 'til i tied myself to you. ▸ are we so in love? are we too attached? ▸ i thought i found the antidote this time. ▸ i'm feeling so alone, i might as well be on the moon. ▸ my head is full of poison and my heart is full of doubt. ▸ i got toxins in my bloodstream, you tried hard to suck them out. ▸ it doesn't matter how your love feels anymore. it'll never be the cure. ▸ why can't you come stitch me up? ▸ why can't it ever be enough? ▸ all that i want is to know undoubtedly that you just have eyes for me. could you make it clear? ▸ all that i want is to sit here silently and watch movies on tv. ▸ they say it's a virtue to not let good love slip away. ▸ nothing's quite enough when i know that to get it, i begged. ▸ i feel trapped inside my life. ▸ i'm overwhelmed, i'm underfed. ▸ i'm not feeling like myself and nothing ever seems to help. ▸ every movie that i see makes me cry. ▸ it's like somebody put a weight on my chest. ▸ i think you're what's wrong with me. ▸ i keep looking for distractions, hope the feeling passes but i've got to say it's getting harder every day. ▸ what if this isn't what i want? ▸ i tried meditation with a bottle of wine. ▸ all amber lights and warning bells. ▸ i don't wanna talk. let's just go to bed or something. ▸ maybe it'll fix itself tomorrow. ▸ if loving me means letting go and wishing me the best, then i guess i wish you loved me less. ▸ this isn't what it should feel like. ▸ i could try convincing you they're just intrusive thoughts but you've seen me truly happy so you know right now i'm not. ▸ i think this is the end. ▸ [he] wasn't smart or funny, i convinced myself [he] was. ▸ took a couple of months but now i am secure. ▸ your indecision is painfully unattractive. ▸ past mistakes are just new information. ▸ these days, i've got expectations. ▸ i've got hope, i've got drive, i will not lose my faith. ▸ i regret you and how long i stayed. ▸ i resent you for not being brave. ▸ you said that i made loving look easy 'til i made it hard. ▸ give me back my time and i will give you back your heart. ▸ i thought we played the perfect couple 'til you didn't want the part. ▸ some nights can be so fucking lonely but it's better than begging for [you] to stand up for me. ▸ why'd i try at all?

[azure-dragon-prince]

🔥?

for mai

To even their own surprise, Azula found themself smiling at the question. “Objectively, Mai is a stunning woman; that isn’t in question. But the thing that I, myself, find the most attractive is her unwavering loyalty.” A sad edge entered their voice, although their smile remained. “…Even when I was at my lowest point, I never doubted that she was fiercely loyal to the people she chose.” A small laugh, unexpectedly self-conscious, as they started stimming fidgeting with their bangs. Running their fingers through the left side, then the right.

“I didn’t understand it, but I always knew it.”

[loisnclark]

Send “🔥?” and my muse will admit whether they find your muse attractive or not.

[azure-dragon-prince]

"Have you ever though of it from my perspective?!...all these expectations.....all these people depending on me.......all the loneliness of feeling like you don't belong?"....

@not-just-avatar

Have a aang! Hii))

Tipping their head to the side, ragged bangs following the motion, Azula stared at the Avatar. Golden eyes with shrunken pupils followed things only they could see; sunken cheeks and knife-sharp bones made their refusal to eat clear as day; and a straitjacket immobilized the disgraced Prince, while chains bound them to the chair. “…That’s all a very strange thing to say to me, Avatar,” the Lightningbender deadpanned. “Why would That Woman send you here to say things like that?

“…I wonder if she knows that’s how I’ve felt, and wants you to torment me with false understanding…” Then Azula’s gaze slid to the side of Aang (not that they had been making eye-contact in the first place), and suddenly, a wide smile threatened to split their face in two. “And the woman herself arrives!” The sound they made was a cross between a shrill laugh and choking. “You know I don’t understand you, so what sort of game are you playing, woman?!”

Azula’s shrill laughter continued, as they finally focused on Aang again (gaze fixed on his forehead arrow tattoo), rocking from side to side as they finally managed more coherent words. “She wants you to take my bending, doesn’t she?! Make me even smaller and more worthless! Rip out my soul, like she told you to do to Father! She always hated both of us because we were so powerful, so now she wants both of us brought down to her level! It’s so obvious, it’s hilarious!”

And they dissolved into unhinged giggling.

@not-just-avatar

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑺𝑻𝒀 𝑪𝑨𝑵'𝑻 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛  i can't be the person you want me to be.  ❜ ❛  i can't be the only one fighting for this.  ❜ ❛  i can't be the reason you hate yourself.  ❜ ❛  i can't do this anymore, but i don't know how to stop.  ❜ ❛  i can't do this if you don't trust me.  ❜ ❛  i can't hate you, and that's the worst part.  ❜ ❛  i can't keep loving a ghost.  ❜ ❛  i can't keep waiting for you to choose me.  ❜ ❛  i can't look at you the same way anymore.  ❜ ❛  i can't lose you, too.  ❜ ❛  i can't make you love me.  ❜ ❛  i can't sleep without thinking about what happened.  ❜ ❛  i can't stop thinking about the way you left.  ❜ ❛  i can't tell you the truth without losing you.  ❜ ❛  i can't tell you to stay when i know you want to leave.  ❜ ❛  can't you hear yourself?  ❜ ❛  can't you just do me this one favor?  ❜ ❛  can't you lie to me, just this once?  ❜ ❛  can't you please just listen?  ❜ ❛  can't you see that i'm trying?  ❜ ❛  can't you stay, just for tonight?  ❜ ❛  can't you stop pushing me away for five seconds?  ❜ ❛  can't you tell i'm scared?  ❜ ❛  can't you understand that i needed you?  ❜ ❛  can't we go back to before everything changed?  ❜ ❛  can't we just be friends?  ❜ ❛  can't we just have one normal night?  ❜ ❛  can't we pretend, just for a little while longer?  ❜ ❛  can't we try again?  ❜ ❛  you can't ask me to stay after everything you did.  ❜ ❛  you can't decide how you want me now.  ❜ ❛  you can't erase what happened.  ❜ ❛  you can't fix this with an apology.  ❜ ❛  you can't just show up here without calling first.  ❜ ❛  you can't keep punishing me for surviving.  ❜ ❛  you can't leave like that and expect me to still be here when you come back.  ❜ ❛  you can't love someone only when it's easy.  ❜ ❛  you can't promise forever when you can't even promise tomorrow.  ❜ ❛  you can't save me from this.  ❜ ❛  you can't say you love me and then disappear.  ❜

[sometimes-prompts]

Make a statement and see how my muse agrees or disagrees with it!

[azure-dragon-prince]

@multi-muse-of-madness-rp continued from here

Azula didn’t back away — they couldn’t, being secured in a sitting position — but they did tip their head back to keep looking at Ursa. Ragged bangs fell away from their face, exposing the shadows and angles from not eating or sleeping. Paranoid and deluded as they were, the sixteen-year-old refused to do either, certain the food was poisoned or that they would be killed in their sleep. (As a consequence, they were often drugged and forced to do both.) At some point after being thrown back into their personal torture, Azula had stopped forcing themself to make eye contact, but they still wanted her in their line of sight… both her, and the hallucination. They couldn’t tell which was which, and it unnerved them. Golden eyes narrowed, gaze ending up on Ursa’s mouth because of the awkward angle, the Lightningbender kept sneering.

“Help me?” They echoed, disbelieving. “Don’t lie to me. I don’t know why there are suddenly two of you, but neither of you care. You think I’m a monster — you always have. Too rigid, too cruel, too sensitive, too eager to copy Father.” Azula almost laughed. “I heard you. ‘What is wrong with that child?’ …I suppose I should be glad you never called me a girl again — not even Father did that.” But then Ursa actually touched them, and everything changed. That time, they did uselessly try to back away, but there was nowhere to go. Pinned against the wall by both the straitjacket and the chair the staff of the mental institution had secured them to, the Prince flinched away as much as he could. “Don’t — don’t touch me!” They meant to sound angry, powerful, a royal forbidding a commoner from touching them.

Instead, it sounded like they were going to cry.

[azure-dragon-prince]

Fortunately for Ursa, Azula’s anger and fire fizzled out rather quickly. Now, the Prince was just hiccuping and sobbing, rocking from side to side because the straitjacket and bindings wouldn’t let them rock back and forth. Despite token resistance (“I said don’t touch me,” mumbled through their tears), the pressure suddenly being provided by Ursa was… If the Lightningbender had any positive memories of the woman who was now holding them, any memories they didn’t studiously interpret as Ursa — as Mother hating them, as Mother calling them a monster… it would have been the far-too-few moments like this. Father — Ozai had little time and even less patience for his youngest child’s idiosyncrasies; if it weren’t “her” prodigious perfection and unmatched work ethic, then it was something to be punished and pruned away. …Except it couldn’t be, no matter how hard Azula tried to force themself to be “normal”, or how much the previous Fire Lord tried to “correct” it.

Ozai — Father had taught them to harness their rage, to use it against others. Father had forced them through countless drills, and katas, and increasingly brutal training; had ordered Azula to repeat the forms until they perfected their bending, collapsed from exhaustion, or vomited from stress. In the case of the last two, Ozai had set them right back to work the moment they could stand again. He had said it was a way to channel their emotions, to keep themself from melting down, or becoming twitchy. He had told everyone that he was only doing it for Azula’s own good; Azula had believed him because Father would never lie to them. …It had taken until Zuko had returned them to the hospital for them to realize that Father — that Ozai had never loved them. And, perhaps, until now to realize that at least Ursa had tried. They were remembering fragments now, things they had always brushed aside as the dreams or wishful, wistful desires of a child whose Mother hated them.

After a particularly harrowing training session with Ozai, Azula had stress vomited for the first time. They had thought they were imagining their parents arguing about Ozai’s methods, something comforting to fill the static in their head and the ringing in their ears. They had thought it was another dream, when Ursa had gripped them around the shoulders, using just the right pressure in just the right spots. Now, years later, Azula realized it wasn’t a dream. Wasn’t a fantasy created by their already-fracturing mind, wasn’t a dissociative hallucination their brain had come up with to compartmentalize their trauma. It was real because Mother was doing the exact same thing right now. The Ursa that wasn’t a delusion — the Mother that wasn’t their broken mind taunting them — the Ursa that was still trying. Whimpering, Azula dropped their head on Mother’s shoulder. Maybe… this wasn’t a lie…

“…Mom…”

It was so quiet, Azula barely heard it, themself.

@multi-muse-of-madness-rp

[firenationroyalty]

[demented-dragon-princess-blog]

They send me away to find them a fortune A chest filled with diamonds and gold The house was awake, the shadows and monsters The hallways, they echoed and groaned

I sat alone, in bed till the morning I’m crying, “They’re coming for me” And I tried to hold these secrets inside me My mind’s like a deadly disease

…

I paced around for hours on empty I jumped at the slightest of sounds And I couldn’t stand the person inside me I turned all the mirrors around

…

I’m well acquainted with villains that live in my bed They beg me to write them so they’ll never die when I’m dead And I’ve grown familiar with villains that live in my head They beg me to write them so I’ll never die when I’m dead

I’m bigger than my body I’m colder than this home I’m meaner than my demons I’m bigger than these bones

And all the kids cried out, “Please stop, you’re scaring me” I can’t help this awful energy God damn right, you should be scared of me Who is in control?

[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FROM OBSESSION *  assorted dialogue from the script of the 2026 film, adjust as necessary

i've often wondered what it means to truly love someone. and then, i realized it's what i feel for you. it's a love that defies the limitations of the world, that remains steadfast even in the face of chaos.

even if the world lost its color, if hope faded into the night, my love for you wouldn't falter.

i don't think romance is real. i think love is real, but not romance.

romance fades. love is a different thing.

you are so lucky you weren't scheduled today.

hey, are you good?

did you get it back?

it's gone! i dropped it down a fucking drain. of all days...

today's been awful.

i'll see you at eight?

i can meet you early if you want. you don't have to be alone just to secure the spot.

don't come back here complaining.

for a very long time, i've tried to find the best way to tell you that you're the only person i've ever met with the same sense of humor as me.

okay, right off the bat, way too strong.

my feelings are strong.

i know i'm not gonna stop you.

dude, i love trivia night. it's all i have. i wake up every wednesday rock-hard thinking about trivia night.

you gotta take her somewhere else. you have to be clear about your intentions.

do you even try to flirt with her?

if she means this much to you, and i know she does, do it right.

are you serious?

you definitely didn't say fuck.

how do you know about the gun?

how many gunfights have you been in, [name]?

stop being an ass.

didn't you say you have a crazy story?

i'm saying no to being around bad, drunk singers when i just want to go home and sleep.

who's gonna sing salt-n-pepa with me?

don't let me forget, i got you something.

i might quit. i'm just not happy there.

i feel like i need to make a big change. i'm not feeling... love. i need my head in the right place to bring this to life.

i wanna write. the good, the bad, the ugly. real shit.

is that stupid?

is that all that's been bothering you?

you always go out of your way for me, and not just me, for everyone...

you said you had something for me?

why don't you come inside, and we can have a few drinks?

i know what you're trying to do.

i have never seen you act this way.

it's not your fault.

can we go, please?

i just can't sleep in my bed. i don't want to be alone.

it smells like you.

i'm sorry i was so weird earlier.

will you sleep with me?

please, i get in my head. i'll stare at the ceiling all night if i'm in here by myself.

given the circumstances... i needed this.

you kissed me!

can you lay with me?

what the fuck happened last night?

you wouldn't believe what a crazy night i had.

i seriously think she needs help.

i slept on the floor. she was freaking me out.

how am i supposed to get home then?

i want to be transparent with you abuout some things.

i know you like me, [name].

i've known you for so long, and i'm just now realizing i don't even know that much about you.

why are you giving it to me?

i love you so much. i don't think i could live without you.

i thought we were having a nice date?

you're cute when you sleep.

make a deal with me.

i am the happiest i've probably ever been.

i was waiting for you to come home.

i can get dressed and go with you.

no one on this earth will ever comprehend what it feels like to love someone as much as i love you.

can i stand outside?

do you like me?

can you tell me you love me?

i can be anything you want me to be.

i love you in every reality.

let's fuck, [name].

you wanted this, but i'm so glad you did.

you made a shitty wish, and you want to reverse it.

what the fuck is wrong with you?

i wish for a billion dollars.

why don't you love me?

you owe me that.

we can make this work baby.

i'm sorry for the theatrics.

[poohsources]

🐝  *  ―  𝑨𝑵𝑮𝑺𝑻𝒀 𝑫𝑶𝑵'𝑻 𝑺𝑬𝑵𝑻𝑬𝑵𝑪𝑬 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑻𝑬𝑹𝑺.

❛  i don't believe you anymore.  ❜ ❛  i don't have anything left to give you.  ❜ ❛  i don't know how to forgive you.  ❜ ❛  i don't know how to stop loving you.  ❜ ❛  i don't know if i hate you or miss you.  ❜ ❛  i don't know how to act around you anymore.  ❜ ❛  i don't love you anymore.  ❜ ❛  i don't need your pity.  ❜ ❛  i don't need you to save me.  ❜ ❛  i don't recognize you anymore.  ❜ ❛  i don't think we can fix this.  ❜ ❛  i don't think i can survive losing you again.  ❜ ❛  i don't want to see you again.  ❜ ❛  i don't want your apology.  ❜ ❛  i don't want to be your second choice.  ❜ ❛  don't ask me to stay.  ❜ ❛  don't ask me to be okay with this.  ❜ ❛  don't come back to me just because you're lonely.  ❜ ❛  don't leave me here alone.  ❜ ❛  don't lie to me again.  ❜ ❛  don't love me only when it's convenient.  ❜ ❛  don't make me choose between you and myself.  ❜ ❛  don't make me hate you just so i can let you go.  ❜ ❛  don't pretend you're the only one who suffered.  ❜ ❛  don't say you love me unless you mean it.  ❜ ❛  don't tell me what to do.  ❜ ❛  don't tell me this was all for nothing.  ❜ ❛  don't touch me.  ❜ ❛  don't turn this around on me.  ❜ ❛  don't you dare hold my past against me.  ❜ ❛  you don't deserve me.  ❜ ❛  you don't get to decide when i'm done hurting.  ❜ ❛  you don't get to hurt me and call it love.  ❜ ❛  you don't get to mourn me after killing every part of me that loved you.  ❜ ❛  you don't get to rewrite what happened just because you regret it now.  ❜ ❛  you don't have to pretend you missed me.  ❜ ❛  you don't know how many times i waited for you.  ❜ ❛  you don't know what i gave up for you.  ❜ ❛  you don't understand what you did to me.  ❜ ❛  you don't understand how tired i am of being strong because of you.  ❜

[dovingmemes]

send a ‘👄 + character name’ and my muse will talk about that character

[azure-dragon-prince]

((Me, suddenly being transported back to 2017: “Azula is Lin’s Dad.”))

[astrronomemes]

AND WEAPONS DON'T WEEP: STARTERS

a collection of dialogue prompts for or about characters who have been treated or trained as weapons by others, valued only for their capacity for violence, destruction, and harm. trigger warnings for mentions of murder and violence. change & alter as needed.

THE WEAPON:

"I'm not proud of the person they've turned me into. But it's all I know. And it's too late for me to change now."

"If there was ever any good in me, there's none left anymore."

"I don't know where the blood ends. Where my hands begin."

"I do what it takes to survive. And I don't care if that makes me a villain."

"I'm good at hurting people. I'm not going to apologize for doing what I'm good at."

"I'll never know who I could have been if they hadn't made me into this."

"This is your fault! You did this to me! You're the reason I'm like this!"

"Don't try and get close to me. You'll just get yourself hurt."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm... I'm not very good at being good."

"I don't really know how to be gentle."

"I'm not nice, and I'm not going to pretend to be. Deal with it."

"They made me a monster."

"They're all afraid of me. And they're right to be. You should be, too."

"I know I'm a villain. I don't need you to tell me that."

"Look at what they did to me! Look at what they made me into! It's their fault! They ruined me!"

"I wish they'd just killed me. I wish they'd just killed me instead of turning me into this. Being dead is better than being a monster."

"I know you're scared of me. It's okay. Everyone is."

"What does it matter whether I feel guilty about it or not? I still did it. Being sorry doesn't change that."

"Who am I if I'm not a monster?"

"No one could ever love me after everything I've done."

"Why aren't you afraid of me? How can you not be afraid of me?"

"I don't even know who I am without them pulling my strings."

"You want me to be the villain so bad? I can damn well provide."

"I don't want to be like this anymore. I don't want to hurt people. I want to be gentle. I want to be good."

"Who am I if I'm not what they've made me?"

"I don't need a weapon. I am one."

"Do you think I have it in me, to be good?"

THE WIELDER:

"You look so beautiful covered in somebody else's blood."

"And where did this little crisis of conscience come from all of a sudden?"

"You don't get to say no to me. Not after everything I've done for you. You owe me."

"You belong to me. You're mine."

"Where would you be without me? Who would you be without me? ...That's right. So let's try and be a little more grateful, hm?"

"I gave you everything, and this is how you choose to repay me?"

"I made you! You're nothing without me!"

"You don't make the rules, darling. That's my job."

"You are a dog, and I hold your leash. Never forget that."

"I didn't make you a monster. I just brought out what was already there."

"Look at you, coming when I call, eating out of my hand, doing everything I tell you... such a good dog, aren't you?"

"You think you can just walk away from me? Where are you going to go? Nobody else could possibly love a sick thing like you!"

"Monster is such an ugly word. I prefer to think of it as... helping you reach your fullest potential."

"I've got you trained so well, don't I?"

"I thought you knew better than to disobey me."

"Do you really think you can be a hero? After everything you've done?"

"Well, then, if I really ruined your life like you say, why don't you just kill me? We both know you're good at that."

"This is all you're good for. Don't go getting delusions of grandeur on me now."

"You couldn't survive without me. Don't ever delude yourself into thinking otherwise."

"I give the orders. You take them. Not the other way around."

"Destruction is really the only thing you're good at, darling. Take that away, and what's left?"

THE OBSERVER:

"You don't have to be what they tell you to be, you know? You're not stuck. You can change."

"You're not a monster. You're my friend."

"Being gentle doesn't come easy to you, does it?"

"You're a good person. I'm sorry they made you think you aren't."

"You kind of have a little... blood... on your face. ...Don't worry, I'll get it for you."

"I'm not scared of you."

"So, have you ever... you know... killed somebody?"

"You're sick, you know that? You're really sick. I can't believe you seriously do this kind of shit."

"Look, I know who you are. I know what you've done. And I'm not running away from you. You can't scare me off."

"You really are a monster."

"Why do you listen to them? Why do you take orders from them? You don't have to obey everything they tell you."

"So, let me get this straight: you know how to kill a man fifteen different ways, just with your bare hands, and you wouldn't even break a sweat... but you don't know what to do at a party?"

"You're not as mean as you want everyone to think you are."

"You say you're not a dog. So why do you blindly follow orders like one?"

"You don't have to do this. You don't have to be like this. You can choose your own path."

"You really are as bad as they say."

"Don't touch me. You have blood on your hands."

"I know you won't hurt me. I trust you."

"No! Stay away from me! Don't come any closer!"

"The world isn't just heroes and villains. You don't have to be one or the other. And just because you've been one doesn't mean you can't be the other."

"You don't have to listen to them. You don't have to obey."

"They don't get to decide who you are. No one but you gets to decide who you are."