I know. God, can you imagine how awesome Naruto would be if Sasuke had one ten Zuko's awesome (I really, really like that boy, even when he's being dumb and self-destructive, largely because his self-destructive moves lead to, you know, unpleasant consequences.)

Then I realized how little difference it really made, and my interest flagged significantly. >.>

That's Kishimoto's writing. I think in the hands of just about anyone else, it would be really, really interesting.