Talk:Fire Nation/@comment-69.251.60.186-20130119001507

I find it interesting how the FN culture was originally supposed to be based primarily on Japanese (just check the original outfits for the FN soldiers in the pilot). Of course, as we all know, the show ended up taking the route of having the FN culture based primarily off of Chinese. I wonder if they avoided using Japanese culture for the FN because of the unfortunate implications it would cause. I mean, we already can see the Meiji Japan references in the FN considering their nation is based on an archipelago, they're industrialized, waging an imperialistic war, and successfully winning against a nation that is far larger than there's. Guess giving the FN Japanese culture would of been a rather balant implication the the FN is meant to be the fictional stand-in for the frowned upon Meiji Japan.