#it's unfair to put firebenders and fire nation people as the sole targets of discrimination in republic city. republic city is very unique
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sometimes i see takes on firebenders that are. not very well thought out.
#lok#i'm specifically talking abt legend of korra cause i never really seek out atla fics#okay specifically. people like to put firebenders as victims of hatred and discrimination in republic city. i've seen it a lot#and sometimes it makes sense#but sometimes. like you have to remember that they don't ever show this social dynamic in the show. for good reason#the history of republic city is that of colonization from the fire nation. and statistically many people have historically been heard by#individual firebenders even outside of the war#*hurt by#so obviously there's a societal distrust that can definitely be seen. and there's an attitude in the earth kingdom that republic city should#be returned to the earth kingdom. despite it no longer belonging to the fire nation either and being independent#but basically. both fire nation and earth kingdom people have been living in republic city for a long time#and in both groups especially more nationalist ones there is an attitude where they look down on mixed people#but basically in republic city especially it's not a one-sided conflict. there are those who get along with their neighbors#and those who don't#it's unfair to put firebenders and fire nation people as the sole targets of discrimination in republic city. republic city is very unique#like. fire nation people in ba sing se is a different story#but even then this attitude stems from the conflict caused by the war.#basically. cultural relations in republic city are messy#especially between fire and earth people due to the history of the land and the city itself#but it's not a thing where earth kingdom people (and those who look like them) get an automatically easier time than fire nation people.#that's not how that works. it's extremely situational.#mako and bolin's mixed identities are really interesting. but a few too many times i've seen#'everybody loves bolin cause he looks earth kingdom and everybody hates mako cause he looks fire nation' that's not it. there is more nuance#ANYWAY. i love the cultural intricacies of avatar and i'll talk abt them forever
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