Well, Toph's not bringing the Industrial Revolution to the whole Earth Kingdom, just to this specific area of materiel production. This rock armor stuff will be glancingly mentioned in FMB itself, but it connects with this idea that Toph wasn't just a walking tank at Ba Sing Se. She was starting to develop skills that eventually helped her take over her father's businesses.
(Toph was also inadvertently creating an arms race, but that'll be dealt with directly in the fic.)
You should take a crack at that brainworm. Aang dealing with a socialist peasant's rebellion in Ba Sing Se would interesting, especially since he hobnobs with royalty and nobles.
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Re: But Teach a Man to Fish... [2/2]
Date: 2010-11-22 10:03 pm (UTC)(Toph was also inadvertently creating an arms race, but that'll be dealt with directly in the fic.)
You should take a crack at that brainworm. Aang dealing with a socialist peasant's rebellion in Ba Sing Se would interesting, especially since he hobnobs with royalty and nobles.