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if the sun went out, but then everyone would die.

I think??firebenders generate the fire themselves (unlike the other elements). But,??it kinda of seems a little dodgy to me. Has it been explained how firebendes generate fire? (I'm not talking about the sun or Sozens comet). Waterbenders need a water supply, and earth benders need earth (airbenders are a given) but the firebenders don't need to be by a candle. I guess the sun?? powers the firebenders (like the moon for the waterbenders), but it also provides them with a fire source.

I think that's correct as far as we know. According to the folks at Nick, firebenders lose their ability to bend during solar eclipses. They also supposedly have a harder time bending fire when it's raining, and they can't bend underwater. (Duh Nick!)

As mentioned on the Seige of the North, the 'famous' quote "You rise with the moon, I rise with the sun" solves it all. The energy of the moon and the sun helps the waterbenders and the firebenders manipulate their elements. The more intense the energy is, the stronger they become.

Okay, maybe that might not be correctly stated but you probably get the gist of it.

If I were designing firebending, it would be more like "heatbending", where one could harvest heat, wherever it may be. That way, it could still work under water, and at any temperature (above absolute zero, of course, which is impossible to reach anyway

). I still think firebenders-- as we know them in the world of AtLA-- can do that, they just need a certain level of proficiency to do it.

If I were designing firebending, it would be more like "heatbending", where one could harvest heat, wherever it may be. That way, it could still work under water, and at any temperature (above absolute zero, of course, which is impossible to reach anyway

). I still think firebenders-- as we know them in the world of AtLA-- can do that, they just need a certain level of proficiency to do it.

I think that's correct as far as we know. According to the folks at Nick, firebenders lose their ability to bend during solar eclipses. They also supposedly have a harder time bending fire when it's raining, and they can't bend underwater. (Duh Nick!)

I think that's correct as far as we know. According to the folks at Nick, firebenders lose their ability to bend during solar eclipses. They also supposedly have a harder time bending fire when it's raining, and they can't bend underwater. (Duh Nick!)

sly4me wrote:

so if they were heatbenders, then they could bend under water because they could make the water like a hot tub?

Think more along the lines of transfering heat from place to place, cooling something off while warming something else up.

Edited on 04/24/2006 6:58pm

That's a good question, but why would there be an imbalance??? I mean, he did try??for a couple of years, right??? It's more likely that he just wasn't able to get it done.

That's a good question, but why would there be an imbalance??? I mean, he did try??for a couple of years, right??? It's more likely that he just wasn't able to get it done.

Many have asked that same question. We don't know for sure, but many think the most popular belief is that it has something to do with Iroh's trip through the Spirit World which Zhao mentioned in The Siege. Iroh also noticed the blue in Yue's eyes and understood that she had been "touched by the Moon Spirit."

Another person who seemed to have a beyond-normal connection to the spirit world, in my opinion, was Jeong Jeong. Avatar Roku appeared to him and directly commanded him to teach Aang, even though Aang seemed to be in a normal (non-spirit) state at the time.

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trendy131 wrote:

DrDeath10 wrote:

Another question of mine that has been bothering me.

Do you think the reason why Iroh did not succeed in the Siege of Ba-Sing-Se was because the Spirits warned/showed him that if he were to take over Ba-Sing-Se, there would be an inbalance in the world?

That's a good question, but why would there be an imbalance? I mean, he did try for a couple of years, right? It's more likely that he just wasn't able to get it done.

It's possible that if Iroh were to take over Ba-Sing-Se, the Earth Nation would have crumbled resulting in the Fire Nation being that much closer to world domination. Iroh oversaw the siege of Ba-Sing-Se for 600 days according to this link. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong way and it could be that Iroh simply failed to take over because Earth Nation forces repelled his attacks. Just speculation and curiosity.

http://avatarspirit.net/images/worldofavatar/timeline.gif

Quote from the earthbending officer who arrested Iroh: "You once laid siege to it for 600 days, but it would not yield to you." I take that to mean that Iroh's forces simply failed. Plus, Iroh goes on to talk about how he and his men were tired.

However, I think there's a whole cool yet-to-be-revealed storyline about Iroh, the failure at Ba-Sing-Se, his son, the Spirit World and possibly Jeong Jeong. It looks like both he and Jeong Jeong can see spirits, they both would've been very high-ranking officers around the same time... I wonder if Jeong Jeong's desertion has anything to do with the failure of the Iroh's siege?

Many have asked that same question. We don't know for sure, but many think the most popular belief is that it has something to do with Iroh's trip through the Spirit World which Zhao mentioned in The Siege. Iroh also noticed the blue in Yue's eyes and understood that she had been "touched by the Moon Spirit." Another person who seemed to have a beyond-normal connection to the spirit world, in my opinion, was Jeong Jeong. Avatar Roku appeared to him and directly commanded him to teach Aang, even though Aang seemed to be in a normal (non-spirit) state at the time.

DrDeath10 wrote:

trendy131 wrote:

DrDeath10 wrote:

Another question of mine that has been bothering me.

Do you think the reason why Iroh did not succeed in the Siege of Ba-Sing-Se was because the Spirits warned/showed him that if he were to take over Ba-Sing-Se, there would be an inbalance in the world?

That's a good question, but why would there be an imbalance? I mean, he did try for a couple of years, right? It's more likely that he just wasn't able to get it done.

It's possible that if Iroh were to take over Ba-Sing-Se, the Earth Nation would have crumbled resulting in the Fire Nation being that much closer to world domination. Iroh oversaw the siege of Ba-Sing-Se for 600 days according to this link. Maybe I'm looking at the wrong way and it could be that Iroh simply failed to take over because Earth Nation forces repelled his attacks. Just speculation and curiosity.

http://avatarspirit.net/images/worldofavatar/timeline.gif

Quote from the earthbending officer who arrested Iroh: "You once laid siege to it for 600 days, but it would not yield to you." I take that to mean that Iroh's forces simply failed. Plus, Iroh goes on to talk about how he and his men were tired. However, I think there's a whole cool yet-to-be-revealed storyline about Iroh, the failure at Ba-Sing-Se, his son, the Spirit World and possibly Jeong Jeong. It looks like both he and Jeong Jeong can see spirits, they both would've been very high-ranking officers around the same time... I wonder if Jeong Jeong's desertion has anything to do with the failure of the Iroh's siege?

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