History Fridge / AvatarTheLastAirbender

* Remember how Combustion Man shows up at the Air Temple after the Ganng takes refuge there? Remember how Zuko entreats Combustion man to stop his assualt (to now avail)? Think back to the episode that Combustion Man first appears in. Azula is savy enough to know that Zuko has been visiting Iroh. If that's the case, she has got to know that he hired Combustion Man. She's probably already intercepted and "re-hired" combustion man (to both the Ganng AND Zuko's detriment) before Zuko could even get to bed that night.

Basically, any use that fire has (which is, you know, a lot since fire is essentially the basis of all modern technology in one sense or another) is a "practical use for it that doesn't involve hurting people."

* With Plantbending, which can be done during a normal day, you can either draw the water out of the plant or bend the plant itself. With Bloodbending, you can bend the body itself during the full moon. Using the connections these techniques share, a sufficiently powerful waterbender, under a full moon, could draw the water out of their enemies and use it to slaughter others.

** Also, the ferry that takes immigrants to Ba Sing Se is comparable to the ships that tools immigrants to America from Europe.

** There's no getting away from Azula - she can find her wherever she goes. Ty Lee's part of a traveling circus. There's most likely more than one of them, and why not just send a letter? She knew Ty Lee would refuse and Azula wanted to threaten her life in person.
* Yu and Xin Fu are trapped for the rest of their lives in a cramped metal box while most likely starving to death. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny While Yu needs to go to the bathroom.]]

* I was deeply troubled by Zuko's subverted HeelFaceTurn in the Season 2 finale of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender''. I kept grinding my teeth in dread of the possibility that the writers had spent an entire season setting up this beautiful redemption story, only to get cold feet and default back to black-and-white, heroes and villains kiddie fare. It wasn't until about a quarter of the way through Season 3--which, given the huge inter-season hiatus meant that I had had the better part of a ''year'' to mull it over--that I realized how much better it was this way. Because what would it prove if he switched sides at that point? As far as he knew at the time, ''he had nothing to lose.'' It wouldn't have been a personal sacrifice. But after going home and being hailed a hero and [[WellDoneSonGuy praised by his father]], he knew exactly what he was choosing between, and it made [[spoiler: his eventual genuine HeelFaceTurn]] that much more meaningful. Bravo, writers! --{{Karalora}}

* I just though about Toph ability and I realize that if wall don't stop her from "seeing" what's behind them, then human skin isn't a barrier either!

** It's the Fire Nation. He might have done something very minor, like [[LesMiserables stealing bread to feed his family]].

** It's the Fire Nation. He might have done something very minor, like [[LesMisérables stealing bread to feed his family]].

* Well, possibly kind of averted by the positive ending, but consider this: Chit Sang may have been nice enough, but he was still a dangerous prisoner for some reason. Maybe it was treason, which would make him a good guy in this context. Or maybe it was theft, murder, etc. And then he, a relatively strong firebender, is practically left alone with a bunch of kids and Hakoda. Hakoda and Haru may be strong enough to stop him from whatever he might do, but the other two? No chance.

* A minor one occured to me in the episode "Bitter Work". Earlier in the episode, Toph took Aang to take a stance... and stop a huge boulder she set rolling down the hill towards him. Of course, he does the thing any sane person would do, and jump out of the way. Later in the show, seconds before he learns to earthbend, he defends Sokka by airbending a huge beast out of the way. What i realised was that he was using an earthbending stance, and that the situation was almost exactly the same: He stood his ground against a seemingly unstoppable force, and used an earthbending stance to stop it.

** Airbending seems like it would be useless in combat, and though the air-benders shown are really strong, none of their attacks can be used to seriously hurt or kill people. Just knock them down or blow them away. This is why the air-benders are all peaceful monks. They only use their air-bending for self-defense, and only when they have to, and usually just avoid fighting altogether.

** Fire bending seems like it would be the most useless one to have in real life, because you really can't use it for much besides combat. This would explain why the fire nation is so war-like. But if you think deeper, you realize that there's more to it than that. Fire can be used in any number of industrial processes, metal forging, engines, ships, factories, etc. And the fire-nation does just that. Going even deeper than that, in the flashbacks with Sozin and Roku, Sozin mentions that the fire-nation has been going through an extremely prosperous era. They were having an industrial revolution! Some fire-bender must have created a steam-engine of some sort. This also means that they will likely never leave steam power, because they have total control over it. Fire-benders basically have an infinite supply of coal shooting out of their hands, so it makes complete sense that the new series will take place in a steam-punk themed city!