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exgirlfiend · 10 days ago

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genuine question would yall be interested if I made a master doc of all of the cultural references in wotww (or at least the ones I can recognize) complete with links to name origins and visual comparisons for locations and architecture. I <3 doing deep dives into the references behind the character names and the real world locations and time periods each area is inspired by

#like the fandom wiki has the origins of king tom and marcassin’s names #but it doesn’t even mention the fact that leila and lowlah’s names are likely references to the arabic name of one thousand and one nights #(alf laylah wa-laylah)#or the fact that al-mamoon and even likely rashaad are named after caliphs from the abbasid caliphate #or the fact that gascon’s name is double joke for a braggart but also a reference to the gascony region of france #or the fact that the porcine palace is based on versailles and the hall of mirrors #or—you get my point #I want a doc that catalogues all of these so I don’t have to click through the wiki to see if they have a reference mentioned or not #also I want visual references! links and summaries of source materials and how they relate to the characters named after them #pls I’m a cultural historian this is like my bread and butter #ni no kuni #ni no kuni wrath of the white witch

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