#i‘ve never really wanted to outright equate milou with a real world ethnicity | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

deathsmaidens · 3 months ago

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i don‘t really like bringing this up a lot due to fear of potential backlash / discourse … but i‘ve realised that this also means kind of doing a disservice to myself as a mixed race woman

though there‘s not really an equivalent in kaenci, in the eyes of our world milou‘s heritage could best be describes as mixed race. thai+european. if u care.

#( 𝒊. ) ⠀ ⸺ ⠀ out of character ⠀。#this may be a lil vent / rant but like #i‘ve never really wanted to outright equate milou with a real world ethnicity #not due to a lack of interest in research or w/e when it comes to world building #but because i felt such a pressure to mending milou‘s character and my portrayal around representing that culture #when i like taking different bits and pieces from different cultures and media and making it into smth of my own #while still staying respectful to the source #in general when i create smth i dont want my creation to be traced back to That One Source #does that make sense ???? idek if that makes sense #but point is #i‘ve also realised that this stems from my own experience of being mixed race #especially in online spaces #often feeling like i‘m not a 'real' asian #yet i‘ve never really felt like i belonged with either community #so i am loading milou not only with fictional trauma but also mine i guess!#anyway i‘ll probably delete this later #ok i rlly need to sleep now gn

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