• Water Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.ml
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    1 year ago

    Is Ba Sing Se supposed to be North Korea though? I mean, do the location, people, clothing, etc. take cues from Korean culture at all? I don’t know but I’ve never made that connection. It seemed to me like the usual 1984 Brave New World Fahrenheit 451 schtick

    • booty [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      There’s Korean architecture in the Earth Kingdom and in the Fire Nation, though I don’t know about in Ba Sing Se specifically. Ba Sing Se is definitely supposed to be Evil Oppressive China though.