Originally Posted by
MLai
Actually, in the vs thread I was never disproven when I said "Show me one instance where a non-firebender gets hit directly by fire, and doesn't get burned like IRL."
One person cited when Vagrant Hero Zuko finally shed his disguise and blasted the earthbender deserter-soldier-bully. Until I dissected the scene frame by frame, which showed that the bully did throw up a hasty guard to protect his exposed face, and he was in full earthbender-soldier gear, and since Earth Kingdom was in a protracted war with Fire Kingdom it only makes sense that all their soldiers are armored in asbestos.