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unnonexistence · 4 months ago

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an important writing question to ask yourself is "how much time and effort do i want to put into figuring out what this character's legal documents would look like"

#newt has THE MOST BULLSHIT COMPLICATED backstory for this i stg #born out of wedlock in west germany in 1990 when the two germanies were IN THE MIDDLE of reuniting but not done yet #and then almost immediately moved to the united states with his dad because his parents broke up #which seems to imply his dad got full custody?? which seems at least a little weird for the time period #could not figure out if it was even legally plausible because TWO GERMANIES #but both parents wanted his dad to have full custody so like... maybe??#anyway what fucking citizenship does he have. i dont even know #was thinking dual but germany doesnt like dual #so that might only work if his dad transmitted american citizenship to him like a bloodline curse #but i think that only works if his dad was already a citizen when he was born and his dad is german so THAT would mean-#*insert that one gif of charlie day with the pepe sylvia conspiracy board*#so maybe he just has american citizenship???#i dont know how that works either...#and then when im writing him hes trans on top of all that #which makes all this relevant unfortunately! could this man have gotten a legal name change circa 2010?#i THINK so?? im probably just going to handwave it?? but AARGH #i dont LIKE handwaving these things because like #anachronisms with trans characters & the transition process always bug me a bit #im almost 10 years younger than newt but i remember shit was DIFFERENT even back in like. 2014.#this isnt a legal thing but i remember before there was a nonbinary pride flag. we shared the purple-white-green genderqueer one #well. 'we' including me at the time. im a man now #and surgery has changed! no-nip top surgery was really rare to hear about before like... even just a few years ago?#im sure it was happening but it's way more common now than it was in like 2020 #and i didnt even know trans people existed until like 2010 #the first time i saw a trans character in ANY work of fiction was 2011 #personal #unscientific aside #im way off on a tangent now i forget if i was going to say anything else #good enough hit post

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