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It might be a bit harsh, but more than half of the people concerned with Palestine would not care if Palestine was not Muslim and instead was Buddhist or Atheist. They care specifically because it is a Muslim against non-Muslim conflict with Arabs and a global narrative. How many Islamic groups cared about the Vietnam War? Almost none.

So do you believe having a sort of globally connected brotherhood through faith might be useful to believers of Christ? Especially when atrocities begin?

Especially in this secular era where most people don't see faith as anything other than a personal conviction.

I feel like it should be, considering the power levels aren't insanely high like Castlevania and there are no magical elements to vampirism similar to Blade.

They also don't have superspeed reaching the levels of Twilight and Cirque Du Freak.

How well do you believe characters like Edward, Emmett, Alice, Aro and Jane would thrive in the world of Castlevania?

Everytime she uses her power to cause dreadful illusions in people's minds, she stays quiet and just uses her mind.

But each time she has to use her ability on Edward, she openly speaks out the word "Pain".

Why is that so?

Something like Dirilis Ertugrul where the Main Character Ertugrul has only seven pages devoted to him in actual history. So the showmakers spent time figuring out what would have happened and how to write him.

I want a series where the events and characters are historical domain but since they have very sparse details to them, the makers had to go out of their way to conjure their own ideas in it.

Dirilis Ertugrul is a good example. Erturgul doesn't even have more than seven pages dedicated to him in history, so the showmakers created entire plotlines, characters and interactions out of thin air and research.

Novels, audiodramas, videogames, movies, tv shows etc. Any thing would do.

I remember Dirilis Ertugrul which was based on the life of Ertugrul- father of Osman the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Ertugrul barely has seven pages written about him in history books, so they did perfect research for the time period and constructed their own plotpoints with the best effort.

I want a novel where the setting is a Southeast Asian like place, with the people and culture resembling the real life nations and their history.

Chinese or Western settings are pretty common to find so I want a new type.

Bonus points if it has fantasy or sci-fi elements

Buddhism was pretty small when it first started.In fact , it was somewhat of a fringe sect mainly relegated to the early monks(though there were some ordinary and elite converts). One of the biggest reasons for Buddhism spreading was king Ashoka's efforts in promoting it throughout Asia.

And yet, even as it declined within India, it has endured as a major world religion in multiple countries. Animistic traditions survive but they lose influence day after day. Manichaeism used to be a very prominent religion, even reaching China but it is non-existent nowadays.

Why is it so?

Most probably this is what caused it to be nor popular outside of Japan and become more of a domestic success