Talk:Firebending/@comment-99.174.162.40-20101227015554/@comment-99.234.200.201-20110103002420

Then the actual series would be nearly as shitty as the film was.

Also, this article has a contradiction within it. "....Firebending is balanced out as to not be more or less powerful than the other arts. The series has repeatedly illustrated that it's the skill and prowess of the user that determines victory."

AND:

"Indeed, the cartoons have consistently shown Firebenders to be overly powerful since they can generate fire as well as manipulate it while the other types of bending need an existing source."

Ridiculous.

While it is true that the other 3 elements need pre-existing external sources, those sources are natural ones, and ones that are in abundance. Contrast this with Fire, which does not exist naturally in the world, and instead, must be created via some method, typically via burning something else.