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petitprincegabriel · 6 months
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Gorgeous… definitely gorgeous !!! 🧧
Asian Sweet Eyes Candies 🍭💦❤️
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choiceswithmika · 3 months
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Mc/ Oc
I kind of realized/saw people doing this so I think im gonna give it a shot now! (Using some information based on irl me and from choices game itself)
Im using one of my edits as a picture theme
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Meet Mikaylyn Ortega :) (My Mc)
Full Name: Mikaylyn Rose Ortega
Age: 20 - 25
Sexuality: Bi-sexual
Love Interest: Zig Ortega
Marital Status: Married
Education: Major in English in Hartfeld, known who wrote The Freshman.
Professional: Writer/Part time Tutor in English
Languages: Vietnamese/English/ Spanish
Appearances: Black wavy long hair, dark brown eyes, a bit of curvy figure and slightly slim
Personality: Mature, Childish (lovingly way to Zig), Loveable, Protective, Sweet, Confident, Supportive, and Loyal
Height: 5'3 - 5'5
Ethnicity: Asian (Vietnamese)
Hobbies: Writing, Editing and Reading
Likes: Friends, her husband, family, making people happy, etc.
Dislikes: Anyway that people mistreats her.
Family: Zig Ortega (Husband) Linda Ortega (Mother in law) Mila, Lucy, Marie and Sophie Ortega (Sisters in law) Stephen and Maureen Rose (My Mc's parents)
Facts
Mikaylyn is both cat and dog person
She likes light pink or any light colors
She is a only child from her family
Mikaylyn is a overachiever
She got straight A's most of her life in school
Her type of men/women changed when she met Zig (Bad boys ;)) )
She fears of losing her love ones
She and Zig has many things in common like protecting people they care and love.
Her favorite movie genre is Rom-com
She can cook like a five star restaurant
She is autistic
She likes reading her own books many more than buying books herself
@choicesficwriterscreations
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burdenedreverance · 11 months
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𝐌𝐔𝐒𝐄'𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐎 𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐓
{Basics}
Name: Desmond Erasmus Hayden
Alias: Hayden
Gender: Male
Age: Generally, appears late twenties, early thirties.
Species: Human or some variation. (Shinigami)
Zodiac: aquarius / aries / cancer / capricorn / gemini / leo / libra / pisces / sagittarius / scorpio / taurus / virgo / unknown
Abilities/Talents:  Leadership, Critical Thinking, Management, Athleticism, Discipline
{Personal}
Alignment: lawful / neutral / chaotic / good / neutral / evil / true
Religion: Catholic
Sins: envy / greed / gluttony / lust / pride / sloth / wrath
Virtues: charity / chastity / diligence / humility / justice / kindness / patience
Languages: English, Japanese, Gulf Arabic, Nicaraguan Spanish, Vietnamese
Family: Deceased.
Friends: Anyone who has bled with him.
Sexual Orientation: heterosexual / bisexual / pansexual / homosexual / demisexual  / asexual / unsure / questioning / other
Relationship status: single / dating / married / widowed / open relationship / other
Libido: sex god / very high / high  / average / low / very low / non-existent
{Physical}
Build: twig / bony / slender / average / athletic / curvy / chubby / obese
Hair: white / blonde / brunette / red / black / other
Eyes: brown / blue / green / black / other
Skin: pale / fair / olive / light brown / brown / very brown / other
Height: under 3 foot / 3-4 foot / 4-5 foot / 5-6 foot / 6-7 foot / above 7 foot
Weight: under 100 pounds / 100-150 pounds / 150-200 pounds / 200-250 pounds / above 250 pounds
Scars: Verticle scar under left eye, horizontal scar across nose, large circular scar that covers most of left ribs, various scars from burns and slashes across body.
Facial Features: Neatly cut beard, widish nose, full lips.
Tattoos: 'No New World Order' across back.
{Choose}
Dogs or Cats?
Birds or Hamsters?
Red or Blue?
Yellow or Green?
Black or White?
Coffee or Tea?
Ice Cream or Cake?
Fruits or Vegetables?
Sandwich or Soup?
Magic or Melee?
Sword or Bow?
Summer or Winter?
Spring or Autumn?
The Past or The Future?
tagged by: None tagging: @icybreaths @maddmuses @oschvank @uzchis @baiika
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spymeister · 2 years
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𝙲𝙷𝙰𝚁𝙰𝙲𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁𝚅𝙸𝙴𝚆. ( repost, don’t reblog )
NAME: Jazz
ALIAS: .Jazz
AGE: 11+ million years
FAMILY: None surviving. 
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: No bonded- but got some partners: @doorwings @justificatusductus @sparkmender @a-life-revised  and my ‘mica - @gowithplana
𝙿𝙴𝚁𝚂𝙾𝙽𝙰𝙻.
RELIGIOUS BELIEF: Eh. Not one way or another, vague Primalist. 
SINS: Greed || Gluttony || Lust || Envy || Sloth || Wrath || Pride
VIRTUES: chastity  / charity  /  diligence  /  humility / kindness / patience / justice  
PRIMARY GOALS IN LIFE: Protect my people, retire in comfort with said people.
KNOWN LANGUAGES: Decepticoni Majora, Autobot Majora, Polyhexia (Subterranean variant). Earth Languages: Italian, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Spanish. 
SECRETS: He’s terrified of being left behind. 
SAVVIES:  Can problem solve just about any solution, can sneak just about anywhere and into anything. Has a tendency to steal, also has a tendency to give away. Sometimes never keeps the things he finds, has a tendency to give too much and not save anything for himself despite his own attempts to accumulate. 
𝙿𝙷𝚈𝚂𝙸𝙲𝙰𝙻.
BUILD: scrawny  / bony / slender / fit / athletic  /  curvy  /  herculean  / pudgy /  average.
HEIGHT: 15ft, max. 
SCARS / MARKS: Various. Most of the weld-scars are hidden under his plating in places that’s not easy to see. His most notable feature is his trademark visor and sensor horns. 
ABILITIES / POWERS: Charisma. He’s no outlier, but he can talk people into  just about anything. 
RESTRICTIONS: Doesn’t work all the time. Some people like to punch rather than talk. 
𝙵𝙰𝚅𝙾𝚁𝙸𝚃𝙴𝚂.
FOOD:  Silver cookies. 
DRINK:  Alteruan high-grade. 
PIZZA TOPPING: Full meat, please. 
COLOUR: Cyan.
MUSIC GENRE: Yes.
BOOK GENRE: Adventure.
MOVIE GENRE: Action/adventure- Romance. 
SEASON: all of them.
CURSE WORD: Fuck, usually. He likes the harshness of it.
SCENT(S): musk, oils, the scent of growing things.
𝚁𝙰𝙽𝙳𝙾𝙼.
BOTTOM OR TOP: Switch to topping from the bottom.
SINGS IN THE SHOWER: All the time. 
LIKES BAD PUNS: ...y’all met Jazz, right?
Tagged by: @rodimii  (thank u bb.)
Tagging: @a-life-revised @gowithplana @ofvaporex @polyhexianchicken @strscrm @sutanaito @sparkmender @sparkeaten @unkillablejazz @solisanima @wcrkerbee @dizzydiodes 
And whoever else wants to do it!
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bessmrvin · 2 years
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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑   𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐄𝐓
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𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐬.
NAME   :   elizabeth ‘ bess ’ mildred cai marvin
NICKNAME   :  bess, ol’ bessie, marv
ALIAS(S)   :   magpie
GENDER   :   female
SIZE:   5′5″  
AGE   :   verse-dependent, eighteen +
ZODIAC   :      cancer
SPOKEN   LANGUAGES   :   english   ,  japanese (conversational, but it sounds very american), vietnamese (learning)
𝐩𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥   𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬.
HAIR   COLOR   :   black, has had it dyed blonde for many years.
EYE   COLOR   :   dark brown
SKIN   TONE   :   tan
BODY   TYPE   :   curvy, pear body type; her weight is in her hips, breasts, and tummy. appears mid-size, size 14-16. hourglass shape with a tummy.
VOICE   :     her voice is feminine and clear with a bit of vocal fry. [LINK]
DOMINANT   HAND   :   right
POSTURE   : she is actually quite neutral when it comes to her posture; she isn’t overly straight-backed or slumped.
SCARS   :   has a large scar on her left arm from falling onto a rock during the ‘ransom of the seven ships’ case,
TATTOOS   :   none ; wants a very pinterest-y, early 2010s tattoo
BIRTHMARKS   :   some freckles across her face, a beauty mark mole by her eye.
𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝.
PLACE   OF   BIRTH   :   ho chi minh city, vietnam 
HOMETOWN   :   river heights, illinois
SIBLINGS   :   none
PARENTS   :  linda marvin (adoptive mother), paul marvin (adoptive father)
𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭   𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.
OCCUPATION   :  verse dependent ; college student / beauty salesgirl / amateur detective
CURRENT   RESIDENCE(S)   :   verse dependent; river heights, illinois ; bayport, massachusetts ; other
CLOSE   FRIENDS   :  nancy drew, george fayne, ned nickerson, joe hardy, frank hardy,
RELATIONSHIP   STATUS   verse dependent, typically she is always in love or in a relationship or dating or pining. she loves love.
FINANCIAL   STATUS   :   upper middle class
DRIVER’S   LICENSE   :   yes!
CRIMINAL   RECORD   :   debatable; is on records for aiding nancy, but hasn’t been charged for anything.
VICES   :   ice cream, cute men, boy band merch
𝐬𝐞𝐱   &   𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞.
SEXUAL   ORIENTATION   :   closeted bisexual
PREFERRED   EMOTIONAL   ROLE   :   caretaker
PREFERRED   SEXUAL   ROLE   :   submissive / pillow princess
TURN   ONS   :   emotionally   /   personality-wise: dreamy, funny, accepts her, indulges her wild stories/fantasies, protective, when they cook for her physically: sometimes her physical likes conflict; it can confuse her. she likes pretty vibes but also uber masculine vibes, tattoos, piercings bigger/taller than her, blue eyes, deep voice, dyed hair, plump lips and strong jaws.
TURN   OFFS   :   talking over her, fatshaming her, mean comments, cheaters,
LOVE   LANGUAGE   :  acts of service (giving) , quality time (giving/receiving), gift giving (reveiving).
RELATIONSHIP   TENDENCIES   :   unreliable. she falls in and out love like breathing. she has had too many relationships to count. she loves love. she loves like a star burning out, passionately and all encompassing until like a flash shes onto her next crush. she is easily bored and needs a lot of excitement to maintain a relationship’s spark. commitment scares her as well - if she in a relationship and her partner expresses moving forward in a way that she doesnt feel ready for she’ll clam up and more often than not that feeling leads to her ending the relationship sooner rather than later.
𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬.
CHARACTER’S   THEME   SONG   : the feels / tw.ice [LINK]
MENTAL   ILLNESSES   :  n/a, undiagnosed general anxiety disorder
PHOBIAS   :   phobia of the night (always needs a light on or a nightlight)
SELF   CONFIDENCE   LEVEL   :   9/10  
tagged   by   : stole it
tagging   :   @shaggee , @interxstitial ,  @roshale​ , @imperfectluv​  ,  @robinbckley​
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petitprincegabriel · 7 months
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She’s so Beautiful…. 💦💦💦💦
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tipseybutt · 2 years
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I love asian food.... Thai mostly and then Vietnamese a close second.
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cheetahsuicide · 4 years
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4 Tones;
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aloeverified · 2 years
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death note headcanons; wammy university au —
light yagami ;
full name: light yagami, nickname: kira.
20, he/him, cis man, japanese, aroace, has aspd. fluent in japanese and english, and is learning mandarin.
average slim build, olive skin, straight light brown hair, almond-shaped light brown eyes, full bottom lip, slender face, 5'10.
attending law school to become a lawyer; very passionate about improving the criminal system.
best friends with misa. his family fostered her while they were in high school and the two grew very close. he views her as a sister and he's her favorite person.
got the nickname kira by misa after "killing everyone" in a tenis competition. everyone caught onto it and he can't live it down.
teru mikami ;
full name: teru mikami.
22, he/him, cis man, japanese, gay, adhd.
average, black wolfcut, slender black eyes, pale skin, lots of scars on his hands, 5'10.
attending university to become a criminal psychologist; wants to help criminals grow as people and improve after arrest.
met light and immediately started liking him. light found his insight intertesting and the two became friends and work on most of their projects together.
misa thinks he's funny.
bumps heads with matsuda a lot.
kiyomi takada ;
full name: kiyoomi takada, nickname: omi.
22, she/her, cis woman, japanese & korean, lesbian. fluent in japanese and korean.
curvy, porcelain skin, black pixie-bob cut, narrow glassy black eyes, beauty mark under her left eye, v-shaped face, 5'10.
attending law school to become lawyer, but wants to pursue being a judge long run.
good friends with light, as they have most of their classes together. integrated into his study group and then later his friendship circle. gets along very well with rem.
she's engaged to a woman named halle linder, whose a criminal investigator.
misa amane ;
full name: misa amane. stage name: misa misa.
21, she/her, gender-nonconforming cis woman, japanese, bisexual, dyslexic with bpd. can only speak japanese, but can sing all her songs in english and korean.
slender build; thin waist, skinny arms, sandy skin tone, straight dirty blonde hair, light brown eyes; wears blue and red colored contacts often, defined cupid's bow, heart-shaped face, 5'4; usually wears platform shoes to make her 5'10.
is one of the top j-pop idols in japan; her music is a combination of kawaii metal, death metal, ans alternative j-pop.
met rem at a gothic art gallery when she was eighteen and the two became friends very fast. have been in a romantic relationship since she was nineteen.
questioned her sexuality for a long time. is very proudly bisexual, but prefers women due to her trauma with men.
rem ;
full name: rem saito-abdullahi.
23, she/they, trans woman, blasian; nigerian & japanese, lesbian. fluent in japanese and central thai.
lanky build; long legs with small waist and thin limbs, dark brown skin, heterocromia; black right eye, amber brown left eye, full lips, slender face, has vitiligo, 6'1.
attending university to become a therapist specializing in women's trauma while taking art classes in her free time.
best friends with ryuk. helps him design tattoo templates for his shop.
pinned after misa for a year while thinking she was straight until misa randomly asked her out, "saying she was tired of dancing around the subject."
ryuk ;
full name: ryuk shidō, nickname: shinigami.
24, he/they, gender-nonconforming man, japanese & vietnamese, gay, adhd. only speaks japanese, had forgotten english.
very tall athletic build, tan skin, shaggy black hair, slender black eyes; wears yellow and red colored contacts often, full lips, lots of piercings and tattoos, 6'4.
owns a very successful tattoo and piercing parlor, it's very popular in the goth scene. the person misa goes to for her piercings.
favorite hobby is bullying light. once convinced him to get his ears pierced. never misses an opportunity to hit on soichiro in front of light.
got the nickname shinigami since many people find his appearance and demeanor off-putting and somewhat scary.
touta matsuda ;
full name: touta matsuda, nickname: matsu (only called that by misa, and lawliet when he's mocking him).
23, he/him, cis man, japanese, bisexual. speaks japanese, trying to learn english.
semi-athletic build, olive skin, messy black wolfcut, round dark brown eyes, full lips, smile lines, crooked teeth, 5'9.
studying to become a private investigator.
knows light from an internship he had with his father, they occasionally met up from time to time to study together before joining the same friendship circle.
was extremely intimated by lawliet when they first met and confused when he invited him out for coffee; even more shocked later on when lawliet mentioned it was a date, but quickly reassured him he would enjoy going out with him again.
namoi misora ;
full name: naomi misora.
23, she/her, trans woman, japanese, unlabeled. fluent in japanese, english, and mandarin.
slender, long black hair, dark brown eyes, pale skin, burns on her palms from lab accidents, lots of writer' calluses, 5'7.
dated lawliet for two years before they decides they worked better as friends, are still currently best friends. she's invited to family dinners often, and near is especially fond of her and likes their time together.
struggled with an abusive relationship that demanded she put her schooling on hold before she got the courage to leave and pursue forensic science again.
met lawliet's friends through a study group.
she, lawliet, and matsuda often go out to coffeehouses together to discuss their classes.
lawliet ;
full name: lawliet, nickname: L.
23, he/him, trans man, wasian; british & japanese, biromantic ace, autistic. fluent in japanese, mandarin, english, german, french, and russian.
very lanky and thin; defined hip bones and boney hands, pale skin, messy straight black hair, large black eyes with dark eyebags, long mouth, thin pale lips, 5'10.
was raised in the wammy orphanage boarding school by watari all of his life, along with mello and near; views them as his younger siblings and watari as his parental figure. cares for his family deeply.
attending university and taking classes for forensic science and forensic psychology; hasn't decided which one he prefers more.
has an academic-rivalry with light and likes getting under his skin by one-uping him. is good friends with misa, enjoys listening to her talk about music and pop-media. often discusses philosophy with rem over tea.
met matsuda in one of his criminal psychology classes and became interested in him after he made a fool of himself. askes him out for coffee and the rest is history.
naomi is his closet friend and he wants them to have some sort of partnership once they go into their respected fields.
mello ;
full name: mihael kheel, nickname: mello.
19, he/him, male, wasian; japanese & russian, gay, adhd & ocd. fluent in japanese, russian, english, french, and spanish.
athletic build, tan ivory skin, collarbone-length extremely thick messy blond hair, double eyelids, heterocromia; dark brown left eye, ice blue right eye, faded burn scar from his hairline to jawline on the left side of his face, 5'9.
born in russia, moved to japan after his parents had their custody of him revoked to live with a relative. after his relative gave him up, he was placed in watari's boarding school at nine.
matt was his gay awakening, but he'll never admit it outloud, especially not to matt.
drives a motorcycle that lawliet refused to ride on no matter the circumstance. near thinks it's cool and wants him to teach her how to drive one.
matt ;
full name: matt mail jeevas.
19, he/him, trans man, american, bisexual, autistic & has adhd. speaks english, mandarin, japanese, spanish.
athletic build, tan skin, wavy dark brown hair, dark blue eyes, thin lips, lots of beauty marks on his neck and arms, 5'8.
grew up going between different fosterhomes, but was never adopted.
met mello at a concert when they were fifteen and developed a huge crush on him. they started dating a few months later.
went through a few identity crisises before he discovered he was a trans man, and had a very bard time accepting he had dysphoria. first identified as nonbinary with they/them pronouns, then transmasc with they/he pronouns, then finally accepted he was a trans man. feels embarassed that it took him so long to discover himself.
near ;
full name: natalie rivers, nickname: near.
17, she/her, trans girl, wasian; canadian & korean, bisexual, autistic. fluent in english, korean, japanese, mandarin, and russian.
slender build, wavy waist-length white hair, round black eyes, long dark eyelashes, wide button nose, long mouth, full lips, 5'2.
her birth parents died when she was very young and was adopted into the watari orphanage when she was three. has a very close relationship with mello and views him, matt, and lawliet as her older brothers.
knew she was a girl from a young age. lawliet helped her get into gender therapy and transition young. she chose the name natalie, but usually goes by near as a nickname that mello gave her.
graduated from high school at sixteen, but took a leap year so she could get top surgery without it affecting her schooling. will attend university the following year.
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thealexchen · 3 years
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i’ve actually read both of the articles that you mentioned earlier! I could see where both of them were coming from at varying points, though shannon liao’s struck me as a tad harsh, as someone who felt very seen by Alex, particularly with regard to her asian-american identity, and the cultural details and familial attitudes you see displayed throughout the game (especially in episode 5.) I could see why others would like them to be more overt, but they’re still present & relevant as is, imo.
I'm happy you read and enjoyed them! Well, since we’re on the subject, I might as well give my fuller thoughts about all this. This answer got horrendously long, so I'm putting it under a read more. I really wanted to talk about this more fully, so thank you for sending this ask!
I definitely see Robert's point in his article. Alex didn’t need to be Asian for the story of True Colors to be told, but it’s still meaningful that she is so that Asian fans and fans of color can look up to her and feel represented. The Chens buck a lot of stereotypes too: Mrs. Chen was not a “tiger mom” and her kids and husband remember her fondly. Mr. Chen doesn’t push Alex and Gabe to excel in school, and in fact neither Alex nor Gabe went to college, but they still had happy futures. Alex isn’t the best friend or the Asian schoolgirl or the dragon lady or the Asian nerd. But at the same time, when Robert says "Alex never really talks about her thoughts on Chinese culture,” that’s like— well, what’s wrong with talking about it? Why not talk about it more explicitly? The words “Asian” and “Chinese” and “Vietnamese” aren’t even used in the game when "gay" and "lesbian" were, and that's a little disappointing.
I figured people would figure out Alex was at least Chinese because of her last name, but I saw some streamers unsure of what Alex’s ethnicity even was (“Alex is… Chinese, right?”). That was disappointing because Asians tend to be treated as a monolith when we’re so internally diverse. Also, it’s completely possible to miss that Alex and Gabe are also half-Vietnamese. Their mother’s name is Giang “Wendy” Chen, a Vietnamese name, but that’s only in the credits. There’s far less Vietnamese (and Southeast Asian) rep than Chinese, so I wish that had been made more explicit.
In Life is Strange 2, Sean and Daniel’s struggles (personal and institutional) were centered around their identity as half-Mexican boys. True Colors almost seemed to be going in the opposite direction in that Alex’s Asian heritage never really becomes plot-relevant, but Alex and Gabe’s background comes into focus in the last chapter.
Part of Shannon’s critique was that because Alex’s parents aren’t in the picture, the game can’t explore Asian culture through a familial lens. There is some truth to that: for children of immigrants in particular, their parents are their strongest (and sometimes only) link to their race and culture. I thought a big missed opportunity was exploring Alex’s possible sense of isolation and struggle to reconnect with her Asian heritage after being separated from her family.
After growing up with two Asian parents, eating Asian food, celebrating Asian holidays, likely speaking Asian languages, etc. it would have likely been disorienting and lonely for Alex to suddenly be raised by non-Asian foster parents and lose all those traditions all at once. Possible comments like “I really miss Mom’s pho” or “Do you know how difficult it is to find hoisin sauce in the stores around here?” could have inferred more at that specific kind of loss and isolation in Haven Springs. The game touches upon this very briefly when you look at Gabe’s shrine, and Alex does comment “I don’t even know if I’m doing this right… but I felt like I had to do something.” In this way, I find it especially poignant that she still held onto cultural traditions after so long.
But I still thought Shannon’s critique was overly harsh. The little details really do add up, like in Alex’s childhood home, and meant a lot to me too. And most importantly, there was representation behind the scenes too: Alex was voiced by two(!) Asian American women and the lead writer, Felice Kuan, is Chinese. I think Alex naming her mouse Shu-shu was my favorite detail. Because it’s the one detail you can’t miss. Every streamer remembers Shu-Shu’s name and loves how cute she is and they can probably infer it’s a Chinese term. It just is so visible and empowering in that way and my heart felt warm every time I heard someone say “Aw! Shu-shu!"
But that doesn't mean Alex's Asian heritage didn't matter at all. I really appreciated that Alex's backstory still mattered because she came from a poor, working-class immigrant family. Her life circumstances were used for drama, but none of Alex's suffering was racially motivated and that felt tastefully done. I’m gonna paraphrase a comment I saw on alliebeemac’s playthrough of episode 5: "It's no coincidence that both Alex and Ryan lost their mothers at a young age, but because Ryan's father was a military veteran and had a high-paying job as a Typhon foreman, he got to keep his childhood whereas Alex's entire world was torn apart... And if you want to look at it even more metaphorically, the white patriarch Jed was able to preserve his own image as a hero and 'good old boy' of Haven by literally sacrificing an immigrant family to the mines with the expectation that nobody would come looking for them. Whether you're an immigrant or whether you're a foster child, the system is saying 'we don't care about you.'"
And at the end, Alex tells Jed, "You want to look away and pretend the men you hurt weren't people. But I won't let you.” It's a deliberate stand against Jed (a white man)’s dehumanization of poor laborers, including her Chinese immigrant father. Jed isn't explicitly portrayed as a racist, but his actions come from a privileged, and subsequently racist and classist place. For me, it worked better than LiS2's portrayal of racism because it was subtler and more personal. Alex stands up against Jed out of a personal sense of justice for her brother (and her father).
Do I wish we had more? Yeah, absolutely. I wish Alex got to actually speak Mandarin or Vietnamese in the game because that's so rare in games, even though I knew that would be unrealistic because Erika Mori is Japanese. I wish the character artists had at least made a version of Alex and Gabe’s models without shoes, because it just didn’t look right to see them wear shoes in the house (especially in bed??) and even LiS2 had Sean and Daniel in their socks in some scenes. I wish Alex and Gabe talked more about their family while Gabe was still alive and Alex could have had that comfort of someone who misses the food and customs they used to celebrate. But like I said, one piece of media isn’t gonna please everyone. And Asian representation in particular is so tricky because not only is there not enough of it, but Asian Americans are so diverse and come from so many different backgrounds. Children of immigrants are going to feel more connected to their Asian heritage than third or fourth gen kids or mixed race kids for example. Everyone is going to have a different definition of “Asian culture” and “accurate representation.”
But on a meta-level, it really means so much to simply have an Asian face on the box of a major Western game ❤️ Like even just seeing the way Alex's eyes crinkle when she smiles or how other characters find her attractive (like Steph’s note during the LARP preferring Alex’s natural black hair), it feels so affirming. It’s incredible to see an Asian girl be called the hero of her own story, to see her succeed and fail and cry and laugh and fall in love and kiss another woman and be comfortable in her bisexuality. It acknowledges that the queer community includes Asians, that Asian girls can also be curvy, that Asian girls can and do struggle with mental health. And like Erika Mori said, Alex is a fully-realized character and that’s what makes her so compelling, first and foremost. She also has a strong moral compass and dreams and fears and is such an incredible role model for people of all backgrounds, and that’s what makes her identity as a queer woman of color so much more meaningful.
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