#anyways catch me writing ab characters who have huge extended families that constantly asks then about learning farsi/russian
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I just realized I can make any character I want dagestani/afghan like I can just project my own culture onto a character and nobody can stop me
#brb gotta design charlie emily rq#not art#listen every character i like is so american its tiring ok#its very fun to both make ocs or build off of preexisting characters w/ little background and give them backgrounds from outside of america#saying this because im working on a cassidy design and shes vietnamese in my au#and its so refreshing#like as someone who grew up in america with a single parent and only experienced their culture when visiting extended family#its just. nice#anyways catch me writing ab characters who have huge extended families that constantly asks then about learning farsi/russian#when i say huge btw i mean one of my parent's extended families LITERALLY makes up their ENTIRE neighbourhood in the country they live in#sorry i wanted to make a silly post and then i got really homesick that was unintended#im just thinking about the experience that is growing up in america and having to hide your cultures/traditions from americans#bc my name is already weird (in their eyes :/) and i didnt want to feel like an outsider growing up#... man#Man.#MAN.#hey anyone else have a similar childhood experience?
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