Nowhere in the books are the Patil twins described as undesirable. Harry wanted to go with Cho, but waited until it was too late. Ron wanted to go with a girl that was only half human.
Ironically they pick the one character who is all about proving she is just as tough as everyone else and doesn't need to look feminine, to look and act more feminine.
She effectively incapacitates her opponents with a simple jab. Personally, I think if it wasn't a show for a younger audience, they would probably expand on that to show that she most likely could even stop people from being able to breathe by paralyzing their lungs.
Peter Jackson originally wanted Lee to shout when Saruman got stabbed by Grima. Lee responded by telling him that a man who just got stabbed in the back would be unable to scream because the shock would cause all the air to be driven out of their body. He knows this because he's
Ozai's fear in this scene is two fold. One being the fact that he didn't expect Aang would be able to catch and redirect the lightning, and the other being since only his family knew how to bend lightning it meant that Zuko, had taught him how. Now I already hear people telling
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't dragging a fish backwards harmful towards them? I know the fish turned out to be okay in the end, but I feel like I read somewhere that it may interfere with their breathing.