<div class="quote"><i>DrachenRitter42 wrote:
<div class="quote">Deist Zealot wrote:
If I like a character, I like the character; if I don't, I don't (although my view on a given character is certainly subject to change). For the most part, I couldn't give less of a flip about gender and bending ability or lack thereof.
<p>That said, I'd argue that firebender ladies and earthbender dudes are underrepresented.
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THIS. I especially agree with the statement that female firebenders are woefully underrepresented, especially as the only example thereof we have that I can recall (excluding Korra and that one female Fire Avatar we see one time) is Azula.</div>
<p>You mean actual example <i>at all</i>, or example who <i>doesn't</i> get a good all-around narrative shortchanging despite being an alleged secondary antagonist?Â
</p><p>Because if it's the former, I could mention a certain tall former child soldier with a sidecut. If it's the latter...carry on.
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