#theyre in south east

[worldsquietestjojosfan]

Every day is a culture shock

Bro ive been on the internet for how long and I'm still in a perpetual state of culture shock?

I feel insane when I hear that people don't take family roles or family duty as seriously as I do.

My best friend loves to send me posts of People complaining about family and we both look like

Oh that's crazy! They're not even defending the family honor and reputation from outsiders????? Literally insane!! Even if you hate your family, you still have to defend them from outsiders. What's even going on?

To us it's like instinct. Even if your parents are straight up evil, you still have access to connections and favors by virtue of your last name. You have to defend the last name so you can keep using that. It's not a common idea? CRAZY! And what about your younger generations? You want to ruin it for them too?

Despite being females, we are both the firstborn son of our households. And then we go online and nobody knows wtf we're talking about

Wtf you mean you're the oldest and you're not at least the firstborn daughter? It comes with birth. You don't have any of those duties? Then what do you do?

Like obv were not robots. I have a lot of friends that didn't do some of their duties. Whether they disagreed or were lazy or just didn't want to, the word "duty" is always there. "That duty was stupid so I didn't do it". Fair. Your choice.

dude ok I know I'm aware other cultures exist and they're different. I didn't realize in practice its SO different. people look at me like I'm fucking insane bro!!!

I had a conversation with a girl and she's like "you're so lucky you have a great relationship with your dad!" And I was like "not all my siblings have this close relationship. I earned my right to stand as his equal by completing all my family duties (almost) perfectly"

Like I earned my right that when we argue I can say he's "being cringe". I earned my right to argue actually. I earned this by repeatedly demonstrating responsibility, maturity, and correct priorities.

Dude that girl said this sounds like child abuse and I was like dawg wtf are you talking about 💀 your parents don't let you earn standing? Do they even love you? (That was mainly ego. She insulted my family so I tried to as well).

I'm guilty of growing up in a mixed asian society. My best friend grew up also In a mixed Asian society but a different one. In mine, the largest groups were Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Korean followed by every other kind of Asian.

Her area's largest groups were japanese, Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian followed by every other kind of Asian.

So it's kinda different but close enough. She knows how to eat with her hands and I know how to eat with chopsticks. We all celebrate 2 kinds of lunar new year. One by the south asian lunar calendar and one by the east Asian lunar calendar (don't ask, I don't know why we have 2 lunar calendars. You would think there's only 1?)

Both our areas, aunties will scold you if they hear you talk disrespectfully to your parents. Both our areas people will look down on you for not knowing your home language. Both our areas, the elders expect proper acknowledgement.

There are differences too. In my area, those who disrespect you must be disrespected In return. It's an offense to your family that they think they are allowed to disrespect you. In her area, the disrespect will happen but not to the face. You have to show you're from a better family. Here you have to show you are aware of the bullshit and you won't let it slide. I think its a difference between acting on behalf of your family vs acting with permission from your family. That's my speculation.

When teachers at my school said "grades don't matter" we said "then don't grade us? Liar". When teachers at her school said that they said "we understand, thank you for telling us" and then told their parents and the parents filed a report against the teachers for intentional misleading and sabotage.

The levels or respect and politeness and what kinds of actions imply what about your family were a culture shock to me. When I visit her, I have to adjust to be a lot more mellow and polite than I have to show here. Here, the elders accept any proper acknowledgement like "hi grandma" is fine. Even "hello" or a wave is fine. There, elders expect you to acknowledge them according to their culture. I personally fuck this up so bad because I don't even know who they are so i just copy what my friend is doing. And then I get the relation wrong and then they stare at me. Sometimes I'm lucky.

Over here, we don't really know too many people. It's not as social. Where she lives, everyone knows everyone.

I don't know how to describe this melding aside from just generally "asian" .

I log on to the internet and there's no shared culture except for speaking English 🤣 HAH.

It's like the difference between going to a swimming pool vs a jacuzzi

Vs jumping into a pile of leaves

Previously the common factor was water. Now the common factor is that it's matter.

I'm being so deadass I feel like me and some fictional characters from cultivation novels have more in common

#the craziest part is when we meet asians who didnt grow up around asians and we also dont connect like at all #we were talking to one and that guy was like oh yeah family honor duties blah blah my parents told about that ancient shit. i #and were like ..... ANCIENT??????? #it certainly helps when your neighbors are drilling in the exact same fillial code into their kids in laos while yours are in hindi or cant #korean aunties scolding me for having a temper tantrum in broken english is a vibe #some words #on a smaller scale you know what else is a culture shock #how much east asians value fruit as a gift #south asia we have coconuts and fruits in abundance so our culture sees fruit as love but its not THAT expensive #idk about chinese but apparently korea fruits are FUCKING EXPENSIVE #one time my mom cut fruit and brought it to the park where we were all playing and the moms were like you are a saint #and my mom was like its only natural. the kids are playing so i should feed them. and theyre like but its fruit #and i was like yeah. its good for us. my mom wouldnt try to poison us. i didnt realize why it was such a big deal #because fruit prices here are kinda rough now but not THAT expensive. #apparently the gesture means everything #i dont even know what the point of this was. i just wanted to say it #also if you recognize which locations im talking about by description..... hehehehe #for us the luxury good is nuts and all the chinese friends whose house ive been to their mom always offers roasted nuts #and im like gawdDAMN you guys rich or something? im that much of an honored guest?

[oatbugs]

@ west asians what do u do when a census/form asks you for ur racial identity ? personally i cry

#bc YOU KNOW when they say asian theyre almost always referring to east asians and like #and like esp if ur a pale west asian some ppl will literally tell u youre white . like some ppl straight up say u r white #bc u benefit from some of the privilege even tho white ppl have literally appropriated west asian features #and like u could put down just 'other' or 'asian other' but what does that even mean . what is the other #personally when asked that question i cry for 5 mins. put down asian other or smth. #gonna rant but feel free to respond or rb or w/e i talk a lot in tags in doesnt mean anything #anyway its so annoying when ppl equate white privilage and colourism bc like #my skin tone can appear so so much darker irl if im under the sun for longer than 4 seconds . u only see my face #from the front online . u also were not there when i was getting called uncivilised by like 10482 people at the ripe old age of #12 when i came here . like bro come on. if im having one of those days where my skin tone is paler and i my foundation matches my skin and #i havent been under the sun in a while yes i do benefit from colourism and i try to dismantle that where i can and acknowledging it etc #but to call . west asians in general but iranians specifically...white. bro #bc why are pale south asians not white and why are pale east asians not white but were white just bc u took our features and decided yh #lets have this be the beauty standard but westernise it and bastaedise it and not acknowledging where were getting this from and call the #ppl we stole these features from TERRORISTS . except theyre also white sometimes :) xoxo . fuck u . im so angry rn goodnight its 5 AM.

[ladysophiebeckett]

the kaling criticism is crossing the line into misogyny and no one’s being careful. 

#i have a very complicated relationship with mk #bc i am at the end of the day---fond of her #but ive seen and read--for years--mind you--- #south east asian girls and women rightfully critique her about how she portrays her indian female characters #and indian ppl over all #and the pattern she continues to follow in terms of fictional romantic relationships #(the white guy thing) #and theyre not wrong to be bothered by it #theyre not wrong to be offended\annoyed\hurt by it #that kind of criticism is valid #but this v\lma thing has gotten out of control #its getting very weird #its reaching 'i hate when women ruin things' territory #yes shes a producer and had a hand in picking writers but ultimately this is the show hbo streamer wanted #so dont over pile on just the one 1 person #that being said....i watched the first ep of v\lma and i really didnt like it #i didnt #so im just not gonna keep watching #if ur a childhood fan dont bother with it bc its not for you #its for the average viewer thats doesnt care #do i wish that MK would grow past certain types of jokes? yes. is she? no. #she is very comfortable in certain patterns of her writing #the same way tina fey is comfortable in hers (mean girls movie\mean girls musical\mean girls musical movie) #among other patterns i wont get into #i dont expect much fm mk. just like i dont expect much fm fey. #and both have large fan bases so my post wont do any damage

[bumbleblurr]

maybe ppl should keep in mind that tf:e bee is not voiced by a white person when making human designs for him. just saying

#i. guess its not as bad when he doesnt have a canon human design like tf:a bee or r.b blades where theyre very clearly not white #but like. idk its still not that great to just go immediately for the white button #when theres nothing that indicates that tf:e bee would even be a white guy #esp since his va is literally a south asian american #like cancel me for policing fandom or whatever but like cmon man u cant tell me that assuming he would be white isnt sus. im just saying #honestly im just like this with any nonhuman character thats voiced by a non white person #& has no indication of being white but ppl just go for it anyway #almost as if being white is default 💀 #this case does bother me a bit more as an asian american as well (albeit im east asian) like cmon man id love to see asian american bee #anyway i am hoping and praying no clowns find this post and start getting mad at me #im sorry that i am objectively correct and am committing acts of reverse racism I'll do it again /j #🐝 could you repeat the last part? 🟦

[menalez]

i miss when there were several well-known and outspoken women of colour on radblr. so many were either termed or deactivated eventually :(

#there were so many intelligent black lesbians that i followed n now theyre all gone / inactive / termed / etc #also so many intelligent west & south asian women that i followed n the same happened to them #also east asian women .. also gone

[iphijaania]

many many thoughts abt how a lot of american fans of tma seem to project american ideas/perceptions of race onto the tma narrative and characters without giving more thought about the differences between the us and the uk with regards to race and ethnicity and how it would effect the characters…

#things like how jude being ‘asian’ suggests her being desi/south asian rather than east asian but us fans tend to see her as the latter #and how ppl seem to thing helen being black and being a tory are mutually exclusive when theyre Very Much Not- see kemi badenoch #because americans seem to project ‘dem/republican’ onto ‘labour/tory’ which isnt super accurate! #plus things like headcanoning characters as ethnicities that almost dont exist in the uk but are common in the us #and these arent bad things! just interesting observations! #may follow up these thoughts with a little experiment 👁👁 #tma #lettos says

[cultofthepigeon]

Watching the I'll Be Gone In The Dark documentary and god bless the survivors who are interviewed

aside from it no doubt being difficult, several seem to be able to talk about it frankly and still laugh at some of the absurd aspects of it

#'the east area rapist is now the south area rapist' #god bless you and i hope to god if i ever go through something as horrible as you did #that i have your level of strength #i know its not like theyre laughing it off and completely untraumatized #just #im glad these women are still standing #have moved on and lived their lives #and are shown not to be Perpetual Traumatized Victims #AND GOT TO SEE THIS FUCKER GET GOT #ppp

[vriendenboekjes]

finally got a physical copy because im using it so much and i hate looking at screen for too long!!!!

#john bell playing with the eternal uncanny the persistent life of lifeless objects ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ #section 4 kind feels pretty orientalist because theyre discussing south/east asian puppetry traditions but none of the writers are #from there..... and uhm 'sorry' matthew isaac cohen but id rather hear from an indonesian person writing about wayang kulit..... #re: that post going around about scholars from the global south not respected in academia in the north #🪐

[angstics]

on my chemical romance's history of racism:

(edit: i wont rewrite anything since that will create discrepancies in reblogs. however, i will include these important additions: post 1 and post 2)

cultural appropriation is a neutral term that turns negative when people co-opt a culture without consideration to its people and history, or their prejudices and privileges. the rising sun japanese flag is an imperialist symbol used during japan's occupation of other countries from 1870 to 1945 (the guardian 2019). unlike other symbols of terror, the rising sun is normalized because of the japanese government's refusal to acknowledge its history. the symbol's meaning was popularized a few years ago when people from south korea protested its legality in the 2020 tokyo olympics (bbc 2020). aware or unaware of its history, americans have long appropriated the rising sun. in part because of their fascination with japanese art, in part because of orientalism -- a fixation on asian cultures that centers "exoticism".

my chemical romance has been associated with the rising sun symbol a couple of times. frank iero used to have a tattoo of it. gerard way designed frank's killjoys outfit to include it (seen in concept art and music videos). it is often used in mcr fanart.

tokenism is when something contains limited diversity to divert criticisms for the lack of it. my chemical romance has had a very white cast of characters in their music videos and stories. in the "i dont love you" music video, a main character is in black body paint. in the casting call, they specifically asked for a white man (there is 100% an online source -- please let me know if you have it). even casting a black person for this role would place him in a video that appropriated his skin color to mark his "difference" from the light-skin female character.

the female character points to the band's main problem with tokenism. if they arent casting a white woman, theyre casting a light-skin asian woman. the woman in the "i dont love you" mv is fetishized for physical traits stereotypically attributed to east asian women: big eyes, daintiness. east asian women feature most prominently aside from the band and main characters in the "welcome to the black parade" music video and photo shoot. the photoshoot is the only place where an ashy-faced black man and ambiguously tribal? brown man are seen (brought in by photographer chris anthony per the "making of the black parade" book). the director antagonist of the danger days music videos (shown in "sing") is a japanese woman. she is the only main character of color in the music videos and the killjoys: california comics. the focus of this post is on my chemical romance, but the comics are important to showcase that the reality is never "color-blind casting" or "limited roles". it's mostly white creatives (band members and directors and artists) who ignore non-white people when they cant use them, reflected as much by gerard way years later (nyt 2019).

"japan takes over the world" is a media trope that is built on the late 20th century fear of the return of imperial japan. this trope frames japanese people as unique aggressors, feeding into "yellow peril" fears of asian people "taking over" the white race. this trope is suggested all over the danger days universe, where the corporation BL/ind overthrows the US government. the appropriation of the japanese modern flag and lettering on the killjoys outfits, the primary BL/ind villain being a japanese person who only speaks japanese in videos, the official BL/ind website having a ".jp" domain and english-japanese translations. japanese people and culture only exist in this universe to decorate and threaten.

the point of this post is not to punish my chemical romance. in the decade+ since, they have made meaningful changes -- the sing it for japan project to aid japan during the 2011 earthquake-tsunami, developing diversity in gerard's comics / tv show, a mexican-american main character in the 2020 summoning video. people of color treated as real goddamn people.

however. all these faults exist in frozen time. there is no discussion attached to the work. so anyone, fan or casual, may come across it and not notice or care for these important issues. i know all this shit and i still fail to see instances of what i highlighted. it's difficult locating not only your own prejudices but those of others. those you look up to.

"my chemical romance" is the product of many people from 2001 to 2013. many of these people were male, white, american, and/or, most radically, liberal. clearly laying out what they did wrong is important. being careful with history and culture and personhood is important. prioritizing growth is important. constantly. forever.

#mcr #this has been weighing on me for a long time. i just didnt know how to say it. why i should say it if someone else already has #and well. thru writing this i figured everyone should say it to really understand it #qessay

[fearthedancer]

Ok can i be completely honest right now? This fandom has a huge issue. A huge whitewashing issue.

Now before you say: "Oh but legos dont have races! Thats why theyre yellow!!" You dont only need skin color to imply a characters ethnic background. You can also do that with the characters other features like hair, eyes, lips or even stuff like their name. And thats exactly what dreamzzz does.

The most common characters i see whitewashed are Zoey and Logan. I absolutely NEVER see Zoey drawn black, even tho 1. She has twists (which some people draw them as just a side shave) and 2. Her last name is Okoro, indicating she could be igbo.

As with Logan it goes a bit deeper than that. As the issue takes two forms: 1. When its him being drawn white and 2. When its him being drawn asian, but extremely pale.

First, him being drawn white is obviously an issue because he is canonically asian. His last name is Chan (a surname with chinese origin), he is voiced by Vincent Tong and he is designed to look visibly asian.

(And before anyone says its eyeliner i found another character with the exact same eye print)

People often draw him slightly tan with eurocentric features and call him asian. Who the fuck are you deceiving.

Now with the pale issue: this is also an issue i see around in the ninjago fandom. East asian characters liked by the fandom are drawn to appeal to the beauty standards while the ones hated by the fandom are drawn like actual east asian people. Altough Logan is the only east asian character in the show that we currently know of, this does apply to him. And him being pale wouldnt even make sense! He is a soccer and baseball player! That kid plays in the sun for hours!

And Logan isnt even the only asian character that constantly gets whitewashed. Take a look at fanart of Nova! If i didnt tell you, you probaly wouldnt even know shes south asian! In her insomniac club shorts its revealed her last name is Patel, an indian surname btw, yet i dont see ANYONE give a fuck cause i only see white Nova everywhere.

And yes! Mateo and Izzy are also victims of this aswell! Mateo's locs are never drawn right and i see people draw him like 1 shade darker than the others and call him black 😭. Izzie is white washed aswell and sometimes, only her and NOT MATEO?? HUH??? They are siblings 😭😭

Anyways, the moment the fandom actually learns how to depict the characters, we will finally be free.

#dreamzzz #lego dreamzzz #dreamzzz logan #lego dreamzzz logan #dreamzzz cooper #dreamzzz izzie #dreamzzz mateo #dreamzzz zoey #lego dreamzzz cooper #lego dreamzzz izzie #lego dreamzzz mateo #lego dreamzzz zoey #lego dreamzzz nova #dreamzzz nova

[oatbugs]

why do my cousins text me in english its so embarrassing omg . im not that far gone

#personal #lmao i havent talked to most of them in like 10yrs but i did talk to some a while back #abt like finance etc . and they kept speaking english and i kept responding i farsi bc like bro #what are u doing. but whenever they text me they do it in english n theyre like ahah just wanna practice my english 🤪 like king no u dont #everything is in english nowadays . talk to me in persian it makes me feel so bad to know they think i cant speak my own language #actually i think this is an asian phenomenon in general bc ive seen a lot of south + east + southeast asians that i know personally #experience this too . ur extended family just forgets u speak their language bc it is also ur first language

[triptych-of-voids]

Autistic medic gives me life ❤❤. Any random hcs for him? /nf /pos

of course! autistic medic is canon to me

ive already talked a bit about him being autistic before so a few of these maybe be things ive already mentioned but ill say them anyway

this is already obvious to everyone already but his special interests are surgery and medicine! anything medical really. hes also very interested in anatomy and pigeons (specifically pigeons. he probably couldnt tell you a lot about parrots for example, but if you want 100 facts about doves then hes your guy). and of course hed have a bunch of other hobbies and interests but those are the big ones

hes more prone to shutdown than he is to meltdown. not that meltdowns would never happen, theyre just more rare. usually a shutdown would come first and on the occasion hes pushed past that then a meltdown would follow, and after a meltdown then hed have a second even worse shutdown. thankfully situations like these are rare

like ive said (and drawn) before his main stims are rocking, hand flapping, echolalia, tensing up and hand wringing, and biting. a few other less obvious/not as common that he has are sparkly/flashy visual stims, he also loves both feeling and seeing anything gorey, he likes petting his birds, certain noises would be very pleasant to him like his doves cooing or coins clinking together and the sounds of the mediguns. hed love the smell of coffee and isopropyl. hed have a few others stims too but theyd be more rare and very situational like hitting himself or toe walking.

hes weird about his gloves and his coat. as in he would put them on for a specific reason but once he gets used to having them on he would absolutely hate taking them off. he has to keep them on for the rest of the day no matter what. and vice versa, if hes not wearing his gloves or coat then he cant just?? randomly put them on?? no no its all or nothing theyre either going on for combat and then staying on for the rest of the day or not at all

hes very excitable and loves to talk and if hes engaged in a conversation or excited about something then his voice will gradually get louder and louder and he'll keep interrupting or talking over people. he wont even notice it until someone points it out to him

you cant take him to the store because hes going to touch everything and then very quickly regret it when hes suddenly overcome with the overwhelming soul crushing need to wash his hands and theres no sink around. its so over :[

bad at left vs right and identifying north, south, east, and west. nothing else to say here, its not that he gets lost easily, he can find his way around just fine its just that hes awful at directions

very strict about his routines and lists. he cannot stand it if he makes plans and they get postponed or canceled. he hates it if he makes a list of things to get and then cant get everything on the list exactly correct. hes actually more than willing to do things on impulse in the moment but only if hes already mentally planned to do that or if it doesnt interfere with something else he has going on

hes very blunt and direct. he says exactly what hes thinking and answers questions very honestly and directly. people often find him to be rude for this but he doesnt get why. speaking of him being seen as rude, he used to get in trouble for always rolling his eyes or talking back to people because for the longest time he didnt realize that trying to stretch your eyes or avoid eye contact or staring could all somehow be considered 'rolling' your eyes. or rude. and talking back... isnt that how a conversation works? hes never been very good at knowing when he is or isnt supposed to reply to statements.

ive said it before but i will say it again. he has little to no empathy. every autistic person is different of course and not all autistics have low empathy, but im tired of low enpathy being seen as a bad trait. im tired of people with low empathy (autistic or otherwise) being seen as evil and uncaring. having low empathy doesnt make you a bad person. he has very low empathy and often struggles to connect with and understand others. he frequently will have the wrong emotion for the situation and may sometimes come off as uncaring when he is not as sad about something as they are, etc etc etc but he is not some horrible evil monster for it and i do not want to see anyone saying that because its just completely incorrect. hope this helps

anyway!!!! theres some autistic medic!!!! i hope you like him as much as i do!!!!

#replies from the void #autism #asd #tf2 #tf2 medic #autistic medic is canon to me sorry #i know the truth #the doc is in

[treesbian]

#voltron #keith voltron #keith #east texas's saving grace is that there are so many farms and ranches out there. country bumpkin paradise. #which of these would be funniest. thats what i'd base my answer on. but ofc u can do what you actually think is likely if you want. #boring though... slash jay

[nightgarla]

old yansim redesigns dump cuz i realized i never posted themm !!!!!! i have a wip for the 2 remaining rivals that i tolerate (osoro and asu) but idk if ill finish them

some info on them thats been rotting in my notes app for months under the cut cuz i refuse to let it go to waste \v_v/

Ayano (she/her): i didnt write a lot about her but shes more chill than canon ayano (bc i dont like the yandere trope >:[ ) shes agender and pansexual, east asian, 16 and in class 10b

Taro (he/him): hes new in town and resently transferred to the all girls school the rest of the fazgang go to with his little sister oka :3 hes transmasc and pansexual, blasian, 17 and a year above ayano in 11a

Osana (she/her): neighbors w taro and oka and has known them since they were born basically. people assume she likes him but she sees him as a brother. shes transfem and her sexuality is unlabeled, shes afrolatina and shes also 17 in 11a

Raibaru (she/they): shes a year younger than osana and is deeply in love with her, sticking to her like glue. shes shy but still very friendly with everyone. theyre a demigirl and a lesbian, east wasian, 16 and in 10b w ayano

Kokona (she/her): she has a huge crush on taro but shes kinda mean with it, she only rly hangs out with saki (her platonic gf) and does not like osana like at all. shes cis and bisexual, west wasian, 16 and in 10b.

saki (he/she/they): sakis just chill w everyone, theyve been friends w kokona since kindergarten. Hes nonbinary and aroace, south asian, and is also 16 and in 10b

Oka (they/them): theyre taros younger sister, literally oka and hanako merged together. theyre also not a rival bc thats weird!!!! anyway theyre a nonbinary lesbian, blasian, 16 and in 10b

Amai (she/he): coolest guy in school tbh. she does not like either kokona or osana bc she thinks theyre mean, but she does hang out with taro and is very close w oka :3 hes genderfluid and bisexual, east wasian, 17 and in 11b

Honestly could go on and on my notes r very long but this post is already too long ssooo

(The rewrite im p sure is set in like a fake japan/america mix county a la the baymax movie which is why no one has any specific nationalities)

#kind of miss this style a lot tbh it was so fun #yandare simulator #yansim #yansim redesigns #ocs #<-basically #ayano aishi #i atill dont know if i wanna do somwthing with the rewrite for now it just lives in my notes app but idk... #mynös yansim revamp ^_^ #mynös art tag

[articalextraordinaire]

hi guys, sorry for dying lmao. anyways... do you guys want some ninjago ethnic and cultural headcanons??? (theyre almost all east/south/southeast asian btw // srry if u wanted more central/western asian rep.. caucasus dont count theyre too european /hj)

Arin: y'know the fact that there's like a ton of different tribes in papua new guinea? yeah, maybe one of those but i don't wanna be disrespectful so i'll do more research first before fully commiting. other thoughts are timorese or other indigenous groups from/near eastern indonesia.

Sora: look at those cat ears and try to tell me that she is NOT japanese. just- cmon man. plus, imperium is like a futuristic imperial japan or a futuristic version of that time the tokugawa family was in charge and locked down the country.

Lloyd (as well as the entire FSM bloodline): either tibetian or bhutanese. FSM just gives some budhist vibes so yeah. this isnt going to be about religion but religion does kind of affect ethnicity and culture so it does have a very minor role in making these headcanons. nepali works too but nepal is kinda nore hindu so yeah..

Kai and Nya: indomalay. mostly the indo part.. like- cmon, fire and water, indonesia is an archipelago with a shit ton of volcanoes (philippines too but we'll get there, sandali lang muna ;) ) i cant get into specifics cuz im not too well-researched but yeah. also, vibes 👌

Zane: siberian or he's from one of the islands extremely north of japan that japan and russia keep on disputing over. purely because of geography and ✨vibes✨

Cole: mixed black latino-filipino. as a filipino myself i wanted to make someone filipino =). since a lotta people were making cole black, i thought that i might as well make him mixed <3. plus, the philippines is also a former spanish colony so it just makes sense. if you want a more specific country, either colombia or the dominican republic are cool. not very well-researched on the different latin american countries so if anyone wants to tell me the most appropriate country for cole pls let me know 🥰.

Jay: umm, i sorta have a dillema over this. im thinking either korean or he's from somewhere in the gobi desert like mongolia or inner mongolia (its a province in china btw). korean bc the entertainment and beauty industry as well as the student and work culture kinda fit him. but somewhere in the gobi desert is nice bc the desert is where he grew up. maybe he's korean but grew up in a mongolian-chinese environment but yeah, im not too sure about him 🤷‍♀️. im leaning more towards korean but yeah, not sure.

Wyldfyre: i um... this was very hard. first of all, she's not gonna be asian since i couldn't find a good enough area in asia and well, im pretty sure she's not from ninjago so she doesn't have to be asian. so, i got maori in northern new zealand but 1. i know nothing about the maori people 2. it might be disrespectful to portray them like that. and 3. er, the geography is kinda off. where she grew up looks very desert-y and volcanic. i think a more suitable reigon is in south america towards the coast like peru or chile but um i know even less about the those reigions than new zealand. plus, it has the same first 2 problems i listed earlier. (yes im ignoring her clothes for these headcanons srry guys my brain loves topography too much) TLDR; idk man shes too hard to sort out lol. it adds more to her mystery and chaotic energy anyway so yeah.

if u know more abt latin american countries, pls give me pointers so that i can have more accurate headcanons for cole and wyldfyre. i can do my own research for kai, nya, and arin but any help with that is also very much appreciated 👍. peace ✌️

(this is what happens when u become a geography nerd... im not at my full potential yet bc my latin american knowledge and all of africa knowledge sucks. but yeah. bye fr this timeee)

#lil' talk dont mind this #ninjago #lego ninjago #ninjago arin #ninjago sora #ninjago lloyd #lloyd garmadon #ninjago zane #zane julien #ninjago kai #ninjago nya #nya jiang #kai jiang #ninjago cole #cole brookstone #ninjago jay #jay walker #ninjago wyldfyre #ninjago dragons rising #dragons rising #thats a lotta tags #just realized all the last names dont fit lmao #or even just the given names in general #wooboy its 2 am better say goodnigt #yeah not gonna come back for a bit but i do leave some content before going back to the coffin #might do other characters but until then #seeya