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TF Armada Alexis’s Full Name
Full disclaimer out of the way, I’ve never watched Armada. I plan to though. Also, pull up a chair. This is another long one.
Some of you know her. Some of you know a specific version of her. Whether it’s Alexis/Alexa from the anime, Alexis Garner from @itsthelass ‘s fic, Faeformers, your own, etc. During the time of the show’s run, she wasn’t given an official last name until this Almanac came out. 2010 vs. 2002 difference. Her full name is Alexis Thi Dang, confirming she’s Vietnamese. We don’t know she is full Vietnamese or half Vietnamese or what. Her design isn’t helpful.
I’ll accept Vietnamese American girls with brown hair. That were a few of my classmates in elementary school and almost every auntie I see. (Years are VERY off, but you get the point.) Good times. I don’t understand her green eyes though. Green eyes are less common than blue eyes, but genetics tend not to apply in anime/cartoons. (See Marinette’s blue eyes from the Miraculous Ladybug show. Also the fact, how Japanese characters look in anime compared to non-Japanese characters or real life Japanese people) I don’t know what eye colors her parents have, but if the green is natural, she must be at least a quarter Vietnamese. I think? I’m not doing math right now. Unless it’s a genetic mutation, but I don’t know how to tackle that. Yes, I know it’s possible for Vietnamese girls to have blue eyes. However, Google gave me one result of a Vietnamese girl with natural blue eyes, but she is one of the mountain people (ethnic minority). I should know the word for them, but I took Viet 1 some four years ago and forgotten. Other than that, all I have as evidence is this one girl I saw at my high school who has striking blue eyes and can never tell if it’s natural or not. I should’ve asked her, but her fluency and mien bac accent scared me.
I’m suspecting her green eyes are contact lenses, with prescription or not. It could be a headcanon for a fic. Do what you like with it. I edited some pictures of her with different colors below. Just to see how it’ll turn out.
You might be wondering why I’m even starting this discussion in the first place. “She’s from an old anime, don’t make a fuss.” “It’s just the color choice of the designers, whatever.” Yeah, but you know how excited I was when I read her last name? The fact I got a smidge of representation, even if it’s more Word of God than canon? The only other Asian humans we got are Sari Sumdac (kinda? Techno-organic?), Isaac Sumdac, and Miko Nakadai. There might be more I’m missing; feel free to let me know.
So where I going with all this nonsense? I want Alexis to showcase more of her Vietnamese culture.
Yeah, I know. Awful of me. Again, I’m giddy she’s Vietnamese. I know it’s impossible to show any of the Vietnamese stuff since the anime’s long over and almost nobody knows she’s Vietnamese. All I’m asking is a fanfic where it’s shown. It can be small or big. You know what, draw her in an ao dai or something. Have her eat banh cuon. I guess I should write my own things too. “If you can’t find it, make it yourself” sort of feelings.
Edited on PicsArt using only the Adjust tool.
Black hair only
Black hair with brown eyes
Brown eyes only.
Black hair and brown eyes. Tried to give her black hair that blue effect comic books tend to have.
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hellooooo!!! happy 4th day of catfish month (and teeth and gums month) here’s my catfish and teeth related fact!!!
fun fact number 4: CATFISH HAVE TEETH !!!!!!! catfish have two types of teeth. one of the types is the called cardiform teeth and they are basically denser teeth. they’re sharp and arranged in rows with them being replaced throughout their life times so they can always eat and feed and upkeep their omnivorous diet. the other type of tooth is incisor teeth and they’re a lot more flat and bigger than cardiform teeth. they’re at the front of the catfish’s mouth and are used to grind and break down their meals. the cardiform teeth in catfish are kind of like the teeth in whales as they’re kind of like brush bristles which curve inward and prevent prey and food from escaping from their mouths. catfish don’t really use their teeth to catch pray but moreso to make food easier to swallow and instead like sucking in their food into their mouths. where then they use their incisor teeth to grind down their prey to help digest the food. as catfish get older their teeth get more rough and larger. the bone making up the outside of catfish teeth called odontode is probably what makes catfish teeth regenerate and regrow to allow for catfish to always have a functional set of teeth.
they’re super small and look like this:
also unrelated i made this catfish edit
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