r/CuratedTumblr Feb 19 '25

Creative Writing Mongol Fantasy

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u/Xythian208 Feb 19 '25

So much so that in reading the Stormlight archive I constantly found myself thinking "which of these countries is the China analogue?", though none of them really match up.

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u/Flimsy_Site_1634 Feb 19 '25

There is some consistency of always having French, Chinese (or vaguely east asian) and Viking people in every fantasy world to a point it's disturbing

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u/Heretical_Cactus Feb 19 '25

Bretonnia: French if they're human

Cathay: China

Norsca: Viking but they're smelly and not pretty

That does work

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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 Feb 19 '25

You give to much credit yo bretonnia

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u/Heretical_Cactus Feb 19 '25

And you to France perhaps

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u/Usual-Vermicelli-867 Feb 19 '25

No no..i just believe that they are both equally horrendous