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About Xina Kwan.
Hello everyone! I have an important message that I would like to share.
Recently, it has been brought to my attention that the last chapter of Gym Rat Miguel has upset a few people and not in a way that I intended.
Of course, there are a lot of you who read the story and enjoy it. I have also had one (1) criticism that was misplaced because that person didn't comprehend the words on the page thoroughly. However, this critique is new and I want to address it before it grows into something more.
Not going to @ anyone, but there are people who believe that I am demonizing Xina Kwan and, from what I assume, making her out to be a villain solely because she is Asian.
My god today, this could not be FURTHER from the truth.
I'll be completely honest about some things:
No, I have never read the Spiderman 2099 comics thoroughly. I am vaguely aware of what happens in it because I wanted to know more about the original Miguel character.
I don't have an anime body pillow of Miguel. 💀 I know you typed that for dramatics, but it was like WOAH, ya know? I would like that really nice figure of him though. It's very beautiful.
I don't know what Xina is like in the comics, I just know that Miguel fucked up majorly when he cheated on her. Unfortunately, skimming through the summaries of comics is how I found out he was a CHEATERRRR! My heart sank.
That being said, I never wanted my writing or characterization of her to come off as if I was demonizing her, especially for her race, something with which I am VERY FAMILIAR WITH AS A BLACK PERSON.
Usually, for this story, I just write on a whim and write as I go. A lot of the characterization, stories, and actions I write are based on real people that I interact with and real events that I go through. For this arc that will include Xina, I literally planned out and brainstormed several things. I have charts, blurb, bulletpoints, etc. And SPOILER FOR WHOEVER IS READING I GUESS, you will eventually see that there is a reason that Xina does the things that she does IN THIS STORY. Not in the comic, not in a fanfic about her, not in a story that's even about her but in a FICTIONAL STORY. A FANFICITON.
If you actually read the story, you would see that even if others talk badly about or criticize Xina, Miguel is careful and calm with the way he speaks of her. He talks to her with care, he watches her with care, he's careful around her. Even as reader becomes upset when she is first introduced to her, he defends her because he knows that she is kind based on his many years of being her friend.
Xina's character WITHIN THIS STORY could have been easily replaced with Dana or Jess or Tempest or Lyla because it's not a role that is specific to race. However, because it is Xina that I chose to put into this role, I'm going to be responsible.
I've seen the comments on the story and initially I did react with laughter because I know what I have planned for my story, and the readers don't. Not because I'm stirring up some convoluted scheme to make Miguel enjoyers hate Xina.
Lastly,
If it's about me, @ me so I can see it.
Y'all have not only subbed me, you've also blocked me, Even if I wanted to have a proper conversation and possibly learn something, I can't even do that y'all are chatting behind walls. And you can say that I'm Black, btw. No one is going to jump you for that.
If I have ever offended any person of color with my words, I would love for y'all to actually say something to me about it. I don't play about that and if there's a problem, we can nip it in the bud. Although, as far as I'm concerned, nothing that I've written about Xina has come off as racist or even as dramatic as the comments make it out to be.
No, I do not hate Xina. No, I am not trying demonize her. That's all.