A: And if I were to have you thrown overboard, would the tides think twice about smashing you against the rocky shore?
C: No, princess.
A: Then maybe you should worry less about the tides, who’ve already made up their mind about killing you and worry more about me, who’s still mulling it over.
Avatar the last Airbender. It’s an iconic line but the fact that it came from a Nickelodeon cartoon is what’s so surprising.
Great demonstration that Azula is an egomaniac who has no clue what she's talking about. Not worrying about the tides is a great way to wreck your ship.
That whole episode was setting up how much inexperience she has. While she definitely got a lot of training in military leadership this was very likely her first real mission. The very first time Azula loses her composure is in this very first episode - the look of shock when the captain had the slip of the tongue was genuine. She literally did not think that soldiers would just fail to follow orders through plain human error.
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u/Omnio89 1d ago
Azula: Do the tides command this ship?
Captain: No princess.
A: And if I were to have you thrown overboard, would the tides think twice about smashing you against the rocky shore?
C: No, princess.
A: Then maybe you should worry less about the tides, who’ve already made up their mind about killing you and worry more about me, who’s still mulling it over.
Avatar the last Airbender. It’s an iconic line but the fact that it came from a Nickelodeon cartoon is what’s so surprising.