Talk:Firebending/@comment-110.55.3.27-20110618051758/@comment-4533483-20110618053114

Fire-bending has its ultimate source in the fire-bender's drive in life, as seen in "The Firebending Masters". Normal fire-bending draws its strength from the fire-bender's breath, which connects to the real world fact that fire needs flames to feed it. Lightening-bending is done through the separation of charged energy (of which all atoms are made), which then must come back together - without a human bender, that accurately describes how lightening works. It seems that firebenders who bend lightening must learn to focus their drive in such a extreme way that they loose control of themselves for a brief period (becoming its humble guide), which must be forceful and focused enough to break apart the charged energy in the world. Now the supposed elements of lightening and fire may have little in common, but it is entirely valid for firebenders to learn both, since it seems quite logical that the source of all firebending can be used for both purposes (according to the internal logic of the series).