Talk:Firebending/@comment-65.48.239.242-20100824014609

"M. Night said that he made the choice to have the firebenders in the film only be able to control pre-existing fire, so as to avoid them being over powered."

Sigh,that didn't make them overpowered. Firebenders needed to be able to firebend spontaneously,considering that earth, air and water are very commonly found in the Avatarverse(which is obvious,since it IS based on Earth). Personally, I saw their ability to firebend anywhere to be a trait they shared with airbending, (oxygen can be used to fuel fire).

If anything, M. Night's decision made them even weaker and makes the whole firebender/everyone else war a little harder to believe. One would just have to remove the fire source to defeat the firebender.

Also..what would then happen with lightningbending? would Azula be only able to do that in a thunderstorm?