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minus-squareSiegfried@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down11·8 months agoThere are a lot of assholish nations that could easily take that place, but imo there are enough references to Dalai lama in the show to assume that the fire nation is china
minus-squareOscarRobin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down5·8 months agoThe Dalai Lama references are from the Air Nomads, not Fire Nation
minus-squareKalothar@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down5·8 months agoThat’s because the air nomads are basically Tibetan monks, also annexed by China in the 1950s
minus-squareLeviathan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down6·8 months agoYes, that’s how the metaphor follows through. The fire Nation destroys the air nomads the way the Chinese destroyed Tibet.
There are a lot of assholish nations that could easily take that place, but imo there are enough references to Dalai lama in the show to assume that the fire nation is china
The Dalai Lama references are from the Air Nomads, not Fire Nation
That’s because the air nomads are basically Tibetan monks, also annexed by China in the 1950s
Yes, that’s how the metaphor follows through. The fire Nation destroys the air nomads the way the Chinese destroyed Tibet.