Talk:Firebending/@comment-110.55.5.110-20120315021040/@comment-4888161-20120401044741

Well, it's not like it would be impossible. It would take extreme amounts of heat and energy, as well as the right kind of technique. The fire itself would not necesarrily be so important. Actually now that I think of it, it is possible and we do have proof. I seem to recall combustion man doing something that involved disintegration. See here:

"Combustion: The unique, trademark ability of the Combustion Man. Unlike normal firebending, this does not produce a flame directly from the body. Instead, Combustion Man concentrated his energy through his tattooed third eye to super-heat the air around himself or at a great distance, producing situated explosions with a great deal of precision. This technique is extremely effective and very destructive, capable of use at close and long-range; it can completely disintegrate hill-sized boulders and instantaneously evaporate large bodies of water with ease.[20] This is probably due to the energy being entirely focused into creating the explosion, without wasting energy maintaining a long-range jet of flame. However, the technique has the potential to be just as hazardous to the user as it can be to their surroundings, as the Combustion Man blew off his own right arm and leg due to his initial lack of control over the newly discovered ability in his youth.[27] The sole weakness of combustion is that it is heavily reliant on an uninterrupted flow of chi, as blocking the chi paths in the forehead from where the combustion beam issues forth causes potentially fatal backfires.[28] "

- The most important part of that I made more noticable. This proves that disintegration IS not only possible, but has been done before. We've seen it ourselves. There are likely other techniques that we haven't seen or have not even been invented yet, and I personally would love to see one or two of them.