I would just like to say that this is some wildly fascinating discussion, that I tend to stick in a plural 's' at the end of 'Earth Kingdom' and 'Water Tribe' and assume that people in-universe are just using a mash-up collective assumption because, well, those folk are all alike enough and different enough from us that what does it matter, especially in this day and age when we hardly ever make social calls?
And I like playing with Fire Nation militarism too. In my head, boys and girls are equally expected to be 'good little soldiers' for their families, and this includes both being willing to do things like marry as commanded, and be able to physically defend one's life, honor and the honor of one's family, or to make arrangements to do so like bodyguards.
And also that I love being able to read your writing and use it as impetus to reexamine my own assumptions.
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Date: 2013-11-06 10:27 pm (UTC)And I like playing with Fire Nation militarism too. In my head, boys and girls are equally expected to be 'good little soldiers' for their families, and this includes both being willing to do things like marry as commanded, and be able to physically defend one's life, honor and the honor of one's family, or to make arrangements to do so like bodyguards.
And also that I love being able to read your writing and use it as impetus to reexamine my own assumptions.