<p>Ehhh...according to a med student of my acquaintance, the long-term effects of hyperthermia can not only cause some of the same symptoms, but also fuck up one's circulatory system.  Add dehydration to that, and...<i>yeah</i>. </p><p>I agree, however, that P'Li probably only survived that cell <i>because</i> she was a firebender (and thus able to somewhat regulate her temperature...although even Bryke pointed out in the commentary that she'd have been burning a metric fuckton of calories that way and would probably be eating like a sand shark as a result, as if that's not <i>already</i> everyone's fanon regarding combustionbenders as it is).  Hell, I've stated as much previously.  </p>

<p>What I looked up just now makes it sound as if dehydration isn't a necessary result, as long as you drink more than you whizz out. </p>

<p>I meant that Ming-Hua actually <i>looks</i> dehydrated when she escapes, what with her eyes sunken like that. </p>

<p>I know, I'm saying that perhaps the reason why P'Li isn't dehydrated is that they gave her enough to drink. Unlike with Ming-Hua, they have no real reason not to, & if she dies, they don't get the information they want. </p>

<p>Honestly, worst prison has to be between Ming-Hua and P'Li. All of the main Red Lotus characters were isolated to some extent, but as mentioned, only Ming-Hua and P'Li were subjected to temperature extremes. Ming-Hua has worst of all, IMO, because a key life necessity has to be limited to her to successfully keep her contained. </p>

<div class="quote"><i>Neo Bahamut wrote:
I know, I'm saying that perhaps the reason why P'Li isn't dehydrated is that they gave her enough to drink. Unlike with Ming-Hua, they have no real reason not to, & if she dies, they don't get the information they want.</i></div>
<p>Well, yeah; but withholding water from a firebender in an ice cell would be both pointless and <i>futile</i>.  (Icicles <i>would</i> form within her reach, and she <i>would</i> melt them down.) </p><p>And I'm not sure where the idea that they were withholding water from P'Li came from to begin with.  I was counting them keeping <i>Ming-Hua</i> on the verge of life-threatening dehydration (and the fact that she'd have less ability to compensate for being in a volcano than P'Li would for being in an ice crevasse) as part of what made the conditions of her incarceration so horrific. </p>

<p>You said hypothermia causes dehydration, I said the reason she doesn't have it is probably because she got enough water to drink, though I'd say that'd be quite a bit more than could likely be obtained by melting things in her cell, especially since her firebending was so weakened. </p>

<p>Now I'm confused, because I don't recall ever having said that hypothermia causes dehydration.  </p><p>I did say that Ming-Hua would be suffering from the effects of both long-term <i>hyper</i>thermia <i>and</i> dehydration (and would have less control of her situation than P'Li would of hers, and thus have to weather more of the damage).  But that's...significantly different. </p>

I guess hyperthermia & hypothermia look really similar when you're reading through a thread.

<p>I'd say Ming-Hua; at any moment, the prison could break and send her plunging into a slow, boiling death </p>