...yes, I do think so. Or if you are there, you're so twisted that you wouldn't recognize yourself. [She's thinking of the AUs specifically here - of Avatar Sokka, of the child that she was who was burned. She's thinking of Nami and Zoro.]

And no, I don't think that it depends on the illusion. Any attempt to make people live a lie would be wrong, but especially if it's something that's used in combat.

And maybe calling it 'power' is too vague - it's more the kinds of ways that power manifests.