#deeply enjoying the fics talking about his connection to India though!

[terresdebrume]

It's funny (and great!) seeing fics where Charles is able to share his Indian heritage with the gang... at the same time, I think I find him more relatable if he's missing connections to it x)

I wasn't taught Guadeloupean culture : I don't speak creole, I don't know how to cook the cuisine, I don't have a real understanding of how it works, and anyone who could have taught me is either dead or not really a part of my life (granted, I'm further down the generation line since migration than Charles is)

So I guess for me it's interesting to look at Charles from the angle of like. Here's this thing that was a huge part of my mother's life and for whatever reason she's not sharing it with me, and I don't have like. A reason or a space to dig into it so why would I right? It's not a big deal.

Until the moments when it is