#again she's kind of partially removed herself when she can afford to from spheres of influence alchemax has a monopoly in

[fellhellion]

tbh, i honestly think that for all she's facinated by the past and held a measure of suspicion for what alchemax was covering up in that regard, i think as young adults xina, much like miguel (if to a lesser degree), was subsumed into the kind of idealogy that's entrenched into the world of 2099. while they were dating, we don't ever see them fight about the fact he would've been an alchemax employee (to my memory) or even the fact that the apartment he gets is company housing. so i don't personally get the impression this was an overt idealogical conflict between them at this point in their lives, even though Xina’s memorabilia seems to hint at Marxist leanings?

xina holds no loyalty to alchemax certainly (as a young adult or when we're reintroduced to her) and i don't think she'd work as an individual contractor or with people like angela if she didn't have reservations and critiques about these kinds of corporate monopolies and the effect they had upon shaping the future, but i also personally read part of her obsession with twencen stuff as about it being a niche that's secluded from just. how inescapable the influence of corporations is in the world of 2099.

it's not that she idealises the past, but moreso that by virtue of the sheer passage of time it has become removed from the reality of the present, and i think alongside the insights it offers about a reality alchemax would keep hidden, the past is a reprieve.