I find it really fun to create fire in Maya. Especially with fluids. I also find fire to be relaxing and mesmerizing. For one of my projects in Visual Effects 2, I wanted to simulate a candle fire and glow. The class focused more on Fluids in both Maya and Houdini. Though, in the second project, we were to work in Houdini, I found myself working in Maya more. Houdini has a simpler system of working on fluids, however, most of the fluids seem blobby compared to the rendered quality in Maya. 

I did learn how to create fluids in Houdini and control the flames, however, I found the fluid system in Maya much superior.