Ok after reading the DV8: Neighborhood threat and DV8: Gods & Monsters story arcs i've declared Leon Carver a.k.a "Frostbite" as my favorite character he had the ability to absorb heat and convert it into cold blasts. So this got me to thinking why firebenders didn't have the ability to freeze things by absorbing heat they already have the ability to add heat to something, so why can't they just easily take it away?