Cultural Anatomy: Katara and Sokkaâs Book 1 Robes
While not entirely accurate to one culture, their robes strongly resemble Joseon-era warriorsâ hanbok. Note that both Sokka and Kataraâs garbs include a short-sleeved robe layered over a long-sleeve garment, a style that consistently appears in traditional warriorâs clothing in Korea. Similarly, long side slits for ease of movement and long armbands used to secure loose-fitting sleeves are present in both Water Tribe and Korean outfits.
Considering that Katara and Sokkaâs original designs were streamlined for animation by Yoon Young Kim of JM Animation, itâs not surprising that their outfits draw heavily from Korean culture.
Kataraâs outfit also reminds me of Hunnu Deel, Hun-Style Mongolian clothing, and Yuan Dynasty robes, the clothing of the Mongols when they ruled over China. As I dissect more of the Water Tribeâs culture, youâll see a lot of Mongolic and Siberian influences in the clothing.
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i accidentally napped and had a dream (nightmare?) where a new update for stardew valley released where everything was the same except on a random day in year 3 Evelyn would just straight up die. There was a whole cutscene that started in her house where she collapsed, and then transitioned over to the hospital where Harvey gave George and Alex the worst news of their lives. However, they got to speak to her where she said something along the lines of "Yoba will protect me, and I am sure he will let me watch over you."
Alex and George would not talk to the player for more than a few words for a full season after this event. George would spend most of his time in the bedroom, so if you had less than 2 hearts with him, you could barely ever speak to him.
And Alex... oh my god, poor Alex. If you were married to him during this event, he just stayed in bed all day. Otherwise, if single, he would just stand on the beach most of the time, staring off into the ocean. If you tried to interact with him, it would just say "Alex is grieving... Better leave him be."
There was also other NPC dialogue like mayor Lewis saying "I haven't seen the community in this state of mourning since your grandfather passed..."
there was also a glitch where you could make Evelyn live forever and there were entire guides for the "immortal Evelyn glitch" that got patched out in the next update. If you tried to perform the glitch after the patch, mr. Qi would tell you that "hey, it happens to all of us. We can't prevent it, and neither can you, no matter how hard you try."