Talk:Firebending/@comment-5142514-20120829005757

Okay, I'm not prejudiced. But from what I've seen in both LOK and the original ATLA, it seems that firebenders are inherently more violent than other benders.

i mean seriously, Ozai burned his sons face, a firebender killed mako and Bolins parents, Zolt ran an entire empire of crime off of his firebending skill. Comet powered Firebenders genocided an entire people without warning, Azula and Zhao seemed to 'get hot' (to use a pun) off of other peoples suffering at their hands. This seems to be a common (and true) sterotype, even to the point that people believed Amon was telling the truth that his face was burned by an extorting firebender

Their have been good firebenders of course, like Mako, Jeong Jeong, Iroh, Roku, and the Sun warriors but it seems the number of "Prideful, mentally unstable, pyromaniacal, hot blooded, I'd burn your face off rather than look at it" firebenders (Zolt, Azula, Zhao etc.). Outweighs the "Zen master, self defense only, mentally stable, spiritually connected," firebenders (Iroh and the sun warriors. Even in the Legend of Korra, where the world is supposed to have become more understanding!

Why is this? Are firebenders just more genetically prone to being mentally unstable? does having that much destructive power from a young age, make them nuts? Can someone give me a clue here?