plotbunny at crunchtime

[Valles]

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Nathan - on geography, I seem to recall you saying there was a polity like Imperial China to the south of the Shinobi Nations - is Snow Country then south of that, or really hella far north across the equator? South beyond it is my guess, something like the tip of South America, because getting far enough north that the snow stays on the ground even in the warm part of the year from the southern hemisphere is a long, long way to go just to make a movie.

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I had indeed, but that was from an earlier draft, where, among other things, Konoha was still in the northern hemisphere.
The latest version...

Yes, it's remarkably ugly. I've never gotten the hang of drawing with a mouse. The 'big five' should be recognizable in placement and outline. The Jade Empire (kipped from the superb Bioware RPG of the same name) could still be around, just smaller than before, either south or west of Wind. River is between Fire and Wind, with Grass bordering it, both of those, and Stone also - right in the center of things. The map I remember seeing in the manga put Rain on the peninsula between Fire and Water, but IIRC that's the only place Tea Country could be and still fit what we know about it, so I'd have to put Rain where the name would make most sense climatalogically - NE of Grass.
North-east again - due north of fire and due east of Stone - is Waterfall, then the peninsula to its east is Volcano. Rice Country - where Hidden Sound is - is either the next east or the one after (wikipedia and my memory of the show are in conflict), with Sky Country after that on the isthimus to Thunder.
Snow is off this map entirely, on a seperate landmass well to the south.
Sound good, since I know it can't look it?
Re: Yuki chic - that's notably similar to the way Sound-nin dress. Not, you know, enough so to be causal or anything, but interesting - like the resemblance between Konoha's flak jackets and Suna's cuirasses, when all the other shinobi we've seen wear no armor at all.
Ja, -n
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