<p>In reading a blog about Korrasami shipping, a thought came to me.
</p><p>After a bit of research into the people of the 4 nations and Republic city, it occured to me that while each element had benders of both genders fire was the only where not many female benders had been introduced and/or established. The only ones I could find were Azula (of course), the Fire Nation councilwoman, and the shaman Korra met who helped her regain her memories. And out of the these 3, only Azula and the shaman have even been seen firebending within the show. The councilwoman only displayed her bending within the Welcome to Republic City game on Nick.com.
</p><p>And before anyone says anything, I did remember the Sun Warriors and that their civilization had female firebenders. However, only the chief and that scrawny looking tribe member Ham Ghao had anything to say. The women were literally moved to the background. Sure they held up rings of fire for the judgement ceremony, but other than that they served little purpose.
</p><p>The main point I am trying to get across is that while LoK Book 3 will delve deeper into earthbending and Lin Bei Fong, the series needs to introduce or portray a female firebender with no mental instability like Azula and can provide more to the plot of the story. Because it seems like the only way a female firebender can get any recognition is to be either crazy, too old to fight, or part of a secret society. Let a scenario occur where for one reason or another, Korra energybends Asami into a firebender. Give the that firebending shaman a more in depth role, or at the very least more screen time. How about a firebending child with a wiley personality? Or even have Zuko's Fire Lord daughter throw a fireball or two on screen.
</p><p>Korra has shown that she can literally do anything her male counterparts can do and look cooler doing it (seriously, Avatar State Korra is 10x doper than Avatar State Aang) along with Toph, Katara, and Lin. Just think how awesome it would be/look to have a female predominately use firebending in LoK. Thoughts?
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