At times, reality can become an especially boring plane of existence. Trudging through the same weary cycle day in and day out can drive a person insane if they don't have any distractions that can help them deal with this monotony. Perhaps this is why most people end up dreaming about fantasy worlds where the rules of reality don't apply. This allows people to revel in a sense of escapism (no matter how misplaced it might be) as they become the main character of a story that would appeal to them the most. In fact, the human mind is so powerful that it can conjure brilliant and well-realized worlds that any person would sorely wish to be a part of. This is exactly what the creators of the Avatar franchise were able to accomplish, and the world that they've developed has truly been imprinted into the minds of the many people w𒊎ho have become hardcore fans of this series.

Unfortunately, the thought process of any human mind is not without its flaws. So, no matter how impeccable the world of Avatar might seem at a first glance, a closer look at the series will reveal a bunch of mistakes that even the most hardcore of fans have no idea about. So, keeping this in mind, here are 25 of the biggest mistakes you probably never noticed in Avatar: The Last Airbender (and The Legend Of Korra as well).

25 ♊ The Dubious Nature Of Amon's Energybendiღng

Amon is certainly one of the most intriguing villains in the entire Avatar series. His mysterious nature and unclear motives certainly add to his villainous nature, and the fact that he has the🍒 prestigious ability of energybending cemented his position a🍎s a strong threat to the Avatar. However, there's one thing that makes no sense when it comes to this scenario.

How was Amon even able to energybend in the first place?

The original series had already established the fact that there was only one Lion Turtle in existence (that might've passed away before The Legend Of Korra even started). This would've made it close to impossible for Amon to even acquirꦐe the ability to energybend.

24 🐲 ꦚ The Sheer Number Of Waterbending Subskills

Bending is undoubtedly one of the most iconic elements of pop culture, and serves as the central focus of the Avatar universe. What makes this ability even more as❀tounding are the various specializations that each bending art can undergo. However, it seems that there's one particular bending art that has been favored over others.

Waterbending has numerous specializations, compared to the others.

Earthbenders can bend lava and metal, while firebenders can generate lightning (there's als🧸o combustionbending, but that's a whole another story). Airbending doesn't even have any specializaไtions — that is, unless you count flying. Meanwhile, waterbenders can use water for healing and combat purposes, and also spiritbend as well. To top it all off, they can bloodbend too, which is definitely a cool ability to have.

Aไnd this is ꩲnot the only weird thing when it comes to waterbending.

23 ℱ Waterbending Is The Odd One Out When It Comes To How It Was Taught

Waterbending truly is one of the most mysterious arts present in the world of Avatar, and the amount of screen time given to this particular form of bending pretty much speaks for itself. After all, Aang was unearthe♑d by members of the Southern Water Tribe, who accompanied him 𒆙on his journey. Meanwhile, Korra herself came from the Southern Water Tribe as well.

The weird thing about waterbending is that it was learned from the moon.

This is certainly pretty weird, especially since the other forms of bending were learned from animals like dragons (firebending), air bisons (airbending), and badgermoles (earthbending). One might rightly wonder exactly how humans were able to look at the moon and learn waterbending — especially since they weren't really receiving any guidanไc♋e from living, breathing animals.

22 🌌 The Origin Of Combustionbending Is Never Really Explained

We've a🧜lready talked about specialized forms of bendꦛing, and combustionbending is something we just touched upon previously. However, a closer look at this sub-division of bending will reveal a number of problems that sorely need to be addressed.

Frankly, combustionbending has been poorly explained.

There are just so many questions that one might have when it comes to this particular form of bending. Just ho🦋w does someone perform combustionbending without the tattoo shown in the image above? Is this tattoo necessary to carry out combustionbending ℱin the first place? If yes, then how do people even find out if they have the power to combustionbend at all?

21 Any Firebender Can Have Blue Fire If They Focus 💮

Azula is touted as a firebending prodigyꦚ, due to her natural aptitude when it comes to this particular art. This can be seen throughout the series, where she can easily weave her iconic blue fire to wreak havoc and destroy her enemies. Her ability to generate lightning also cements the idea that the color blue is pretty much synonymous with her character.

However, blue fire is not that special, to begin with.

After all, the reas𒆙on why Azula's fire is blue is that she focuses on making her fire as hot as possible. If that is the case, then any firebender who trains hard enough can achieve this feat as well. Firebenders like Iroh should certainly be talented enough to generate this blue fire too, and it's perhaps a conscious decision on their part to divert their power towards more practical efforts.

And, since we're on the topic of firebending...

20 🌟 🔴 Fire Just Can't Break Rock

Watching a fight scene in the Avatar series is truly thrilling, for more reasons than one. Combining the movements of martial arts with🍷 elemental magic creates an enthralling spectacle that is an absolute treat to watch. However, during these fight scenes, there's one glaring fallacy that occurs whenever a firebender goes head-to-head with an earthbender.

Rock breaks when hit with fire, which is just not possible.

It doesn't take a genius to tell you why this is not possible. After all, no matter how hot or forceful the fire stream might be, the fact of the matter is that it still won't be powerful enough to impede the approach of flying rocks at all. One probab꧂le outcome might be that the fire will melt earth and turn it into lava, but even that's a huge stretch.

Speaking of which...

19 ꦑ Bending🐬 Lava Will Burn The User Alive

Lavabending is undoubtedly one of the coolest earthbending specializat🥃ions that one can use. It's an effective weapon that will certainly prove to be a massive help when it comes to ensuring that there are little to no problems that the user of this technique might face. However, there's a problem that arises while thinking about something like this.

Lavabending will burn the user alive where they stand.

Most people who have never been around lava simply underestimate how hot it actually is. Simply being in the vicinity of lava is enough to burn you to a complete crisp, due to the insane amount of heat that's constantly being generated. So, even the iconic scenes of Indiana Jones and Star Wars would be completely impossible, since everyoꦅne would've been charred to the bone before they could even land a single hit.

18 It's Stupid🥀 For The Fire Nation To H🥀ave Wooden Prisons

For an empire that had almost taken over the e💎ntire world in the original series, the Fire Nation didn't exactly comprise of the smartest people in the world. The fact that they decided to make their prisons out of wood is proof enough of this fact.

Any rogue firebender could burn the entire prison to the ground after being imprisoned.

The whole idea of having wooden prisons in the firebender nation makes absolutely no sense. The material itself is๊ so weak that Katara was able to cut through it with her sweat too, which cements the fact that having wooden prisons is an incredibly short-sighted idea.

The firebenders had a special prison just for airbenders as well, but they somehow manag🦂ed to screw that up too.

17 Firebenders Could've Used Any Other Source Of Fuel Other Than Coal ꦑ

One of Avatar's initial episodes occurred in a prison shi꧒p that housed a number of earthbenders who went against the strict ruling of the Fire Nation. These earthbenders had pretty much lost all their spirit, mainly because of theꦦ fact that there was nothing around them that they could earthbend... or so they thought.

The firebenders had taken the brilliant decision of using coal as a fuel source.

Once this f𒀰act was uncovered, the earthbenders managed to renew their spirit and fought back against the people who'd imprisoned them. One must wonder exactly what these firebenders were thinking when they thought that using coal as a fuel source was a great idea for a firebender prison.

Of course, this instance poses one more question that desperatelyꦫ needs to be answered.

16 🐓 ꧋ The Implications Of Earthbenders Bending Coal

Normally, the justification of earthbending came from the fact that these people were able 💦to control the minerals present in the e🐈arth. However, coal itself isn't a mineral, which opens up a whole host of possibilities that need to be addressed.

Can earthbenders bend other forms of coal?

To put it into perspective, can earthbenders be♔nd petroleum? What about wood, that coal originates from? It's already been established before that earthbenders can't bend wood, so that's out of the question... but why? Is it related to the amount of carbon present in a particular material? If that's the case, then can dry ice😼 and peat be bent as well? The questions that arise are truly endless, but there aren't any answers that can truly satisfy these queries.