Talk:Bloodbending/@comment-1305663-20120604233806/@comment-1438810-20120605145924

She can't really use waterbending to melt the ice as the ice was under Tarrlok's control. It's being bended by tarrlok and thus can't be bended by Korra at the same time. This is a basic principle in the Avatar universe, otherwise bending fights between two of the same bending type would just be a game of whoever can immobilise the other's bending first.