Aw man, this episode was awesome for all the little Pro-Bending goodies. Yellow Fan, Tie-breaker, VOMITING! : )
I think the spirit of the “liquid state” rule is what’s important.
This one time in high school I got kicked off the Larcrosse team because I shot the goalie with a BB Gun. “What?” I asked, “Technically there’s nothing in the rules PROHIBITING BB Guns!”
Ok, that’s not true, but that’s the spirit of what I’m saying.
Although I think you pointed out an interesting technicality: couldn’t the waterbender throw a water stream into a poweful firebender blast to CREATE steam? Or is that still technically against the rules?
Oh man, I love pro-bending.
Thanks for geeking out over the rules, Lord knows I am.
-Da7e-