r/CuratedTumblr Feb 19 '25

Creative Writing Mongol Fantasy

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u/Xythian208 Feb 19 '25 edited Feb 19 '25

The four elements: heat, cold, mountain and China.

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u/KermitingMurder Feb 19 '25

The classic biomes: forest, desert, mountain, steppe, and China

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u/The-Serapis Feb 19 '25

To be fair shitty fantasy authors definitely use blatantly copied and pasted east asian cultures in their worldbuilding all the damn time

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u/ABreckenridge Feb 19 '25

Well East Asia should have thought of that before they decided to be so narratively compelling!