He explained why he made it that way in a different video. He wanted to approximate the look of Pyro's power from the X-Men movie as closely as possible.
Flames from a device situated below the wrist look more like Pyro's power than flames fired from the back of the hand. Similarly, flameproof gloves
don't look like the barehanded fire manipulation that Pyro does, so he doesn't use any.
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV
Flames from a device situated below the wrist look more like Pyro's power than flames fired from the back of the hand. Similarly, flameproof gloves
don't look like the barehanded fire manipulation that Pyro does, so he doesn't use any.
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV