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white_lotus2011-02-07 04:20 pm
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The Real White Lotus Society
Hi everyone! I hope this post is okay for this comm?
While looking stuff up about the Egyptian revolution (also called the Lotus Revolution), I stumbled across a reference to the real White Lotus Society in Chinese history. Apparently it was a secret, somewhat nationalist, society informed by a specific denomination of Buddhism, and responsible for a number of rebellions against state oppression since the 13th century, CE.
I thought it was interesting how this history was adapted to the role of the White Lotus Society in A:TLA, and makes me want to read even more fic about the White Lotus in earlier episodes of the history of the Avatar world. Given that it's a society composed of members of all the nations, maybe it would've been a society of elite 'benders who train the Avatar at some point? And maybe it was driven underground in an earlier period of history?
While looking stuff up about the Egyptian revolution (also called the Lotus Revolution), I stumbled across a reference to the real White Lotus Society in Chinese history. Apparently it was a secret, somewhat nationalist, society informed by a specific denomination of Buddhism, and responsible for a number of rebellions against state oppression since the 13th century, CE.
I thought it was interesting how this history was adapted to the role of the White Lotus Society in A:TLA, and makes me want to read even more fic about the White Lotus in earlier episodes of the history of the Avatar world. Given that it's a society composed of members of all the nations, maybe it would've been a society of elite 'benders who train the Avatar at some point? And maybe it was driven underground in an earlier period of history?
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