#so I am GRASPING for anything Sephardic or even Mizrahi as I can

[sins-of-the-sea]

So I am talking with my Chinese friend, who is a far bigger history nerd than I am. I am just giving you a general heads up--there may be massive rewrite to Ruixiong's history, which honestly, I am MORE THAN HAPPY to oblige. Part of why you don't see me do much background writing for Rashid, Abena, and Ruixiong is because, in comparison to the European half of the Seven, I have the least cultural/historical grasps of those settings, and thus, the historical links are weaker. But if I am to find something that links them stronger that may risk a personality rewrite or somesuch, I don't mind that. Personalities don't exist in a vaccuum. Much of Ruixiong (for example) is based on my current knowledge of Ming/Qing history and assorted Chinese literature, so of course his character is more literary inspired than not. But the more I learn, the more I may have to change. But I assure you, Ruixiong will still be a pompous braggart who gets his ass kicked more often than not but still come back and try to convince you he's the GOAT.

Meanwhile, I'm also learning more and more about how the black community really would like to see more stories that don't fetishize black trauma, so this is giving me direction on how I can build up Abena's story as an ex-Haitian slave-turned-conwoman--thus, she will be getting some rewrites as well. If anyone from the black community (especially in the Caribbean) is willing to give me advice on how to write her, feel to hmu. I write about people from all over the world because I love the world, I love the different histories, and I want to give everyone a fair shot of a story worth telling.

Now if only I can do the same for Rashid, but sadly, my Mughal Indian history is stronger than my Ottoman (Saudi) Arabia, so if I'm doing anything with Rashid, it's still probably going to be Sukhbir centered. Though @der-karibisch-heyder​ has a stronger grasp of his story than I do, so feel free to throw yourself at him too if you wanna help in his backstory rewrites. Especially when it comes to Muslim law at the time, and Rashid’s story is very Islam-themed.

#their profiles have been empty the longest and I am so sick of being unable to fill them out #it gives the impression that I only care about the Europeans of the Seven when is not the case #they just have much more readily available (and digestible) resources #and I'm also still struggling with Jewish Avignon during the 1500s #which doesn't help that I am still struggling to make sure my Jewish sources are specifically Ashkenazi #so I am GRASPING for anything Sephardic or even Mizrahi as I can #sigh #why did my high school only touch on the Italian renaissance as the earliest point of history 'of the world' before going to America #[OOC] #[About Ruixiong] #[About Abena] #[About Rashid]