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[beckyh2112]

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[nuitsongeur.livejournal.com]

Is Zhao evil? Jerk, definitely. But evil?

[beckyh2112.livejournal.com]

Well, that depends on your definition of 'evil', doesn't it?

There are very few people I outright consider evil. Voldemort, Sauron, Morgoth, Lord Khasar. (There are likely more, those are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head.) To me, it's not just doing bad things, it's being able to completely disregard other people, to enjoy hurting them, to be monstrous.

Ozai is evil. Zhao, I do not see enough of how Zhao interacts with non-Zuko and non-Iroh people to figure out what Zhao is. A bad man, certainly. But whether he is evil is something I cannot judge.

[nuitsongeur.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Thank you for sharing. :)

As for myself, I don't think I consider him to be *evil* even with his minimal interaction that we see. Even with his murder of Tui, I don't think he's completely evil. I see that as ambition which doesn't necessarily compute evil.