Talk:Earthbending/@comment-3119569-20101211052513/@comment-3068994-20101211060406

I don't have the answer. I presume it was just kept out except for certain key scenes to display certain benders are more dangerous, such as Xu chasing after Toph. And Fong when he sunk Katara, to put Aang in rage.

Outside of that .... the creators didn't want nonstop OP behavior? Hence the limit on bloodbending, and no fatal moves used by Aang, etc? Otherwise yeah I think it'd be used as a first resort. Just sink 'em enemies in the ground pronto.... and make Foofoocuddlypoofs torture their faces.