(10-24-2014, 09:40 AM)Aldotsk Wrote: Well to be fair... There are still those who say they had been living in Ala Mhigo and moved over from there, and it's hard to describe what that place really looked like too. This applies to Garlemald too.
So most of these hidden lands are yet to be unveiled and we are indeed ending up playing devil's advocate and just go along with it for now.
Chances are that Doma is probably exactly what Japan's Edo era was (Oda reign). But that's just my grain of salt and I've decided to play with it.
(10-24-2014, 10:13 AM)Aldotsk Wrote:It's a huge leap to assume Doma has clans or anything even remotely close to a Japanese culture, and going as far as saying "oh it's a small island you've never heard of it" is just an excuse to not have to stay within the confines of the lore we do have.(10-24-2014, 09:49 AM)Warren Castille Wrote:(10-24-2014, 09:40 AM)Aldotsk Wrote: Chances are that Doma is probably exactly what Japan's Edo era was (Oda reign). But that's just my grain of salt and I've decided to play with it.
That's blind optimism and hopes, nothing more. Aside from a couple of vaguely-japanese-sounding-names there's not a single thing to dictate what Doma is going to be like.
You DO realize it was conquered by Garlemald, right? You know what conquering civilizations tend to do to the old cultures, right?
Debatable. Not -all- countries get developed right away after they were conquered. It takes lot of decades for old civilizations and cultures to slowly fade away.
During Meiji to early 1900 period, it took China, Korea and Japan to slowly accept westerner cultures, and also it took a long time for China and Korea to have their cultures disappear. Took at least 20-40 years to accept modernization since they were conquered.
Everything is just a prediction as Berrod says, and we don't know anything about it.
As for my far east character, she's from an island away from Othard and Doma that is in a civil war within their own clans. So it's really a bit different from actual people who live in Doma to avoid any lore conflicts. It's just a hint that her clans do have ninjas and samurais (swordsman to current term).
There is still yet to see if Ala Mhigo completely inherited technology of Garleans yet anyways. We'll have to see by Heavensward maybe if it gives us the opportunity to see further norther regions.
You can protest all you want, but people are latching onto this Doma = Japan thing just because for whatever reason since anime became a mainstream thing some people have become obsessed with Japan and Japanese culture (or what they think is Japanese culture from watching anime). It gives them an out for their non-canon name and an excuse to skirt the edges of the established canon by referencing a part of the world we have no information on.
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