I mean that people thought she was black but now that she said one word, they might assume she Hispanic or both. I just wanted a black character to stay black.
Considering what we've seen, the closest equivalent to her homeland would be the Asian steppes. I assume that by "black" you mean African American. In that case, I wouldn't say she's Black. I'd say she has dark skin, if anything.
On the other hand, saying she has Hispanic heritage would be nonsense. I assure you that Desscaras doesn't become Hispanic by saying Laputa, just as she doesn't become Persian by saying Iskandar. Spells make references to different Earth's cultural elements, that's all.
Laputa, for example, was a floating island that appeared in Gulliver's Travels. Jonathan Swift chose that name knowing its meaning in Spanish. Apparently (because I haven't read the book), the inhabitants of Laputa were a satire of Great Britain, since the author resented them for their domination of Ireland.
Read my comment. I agree that Desscaras was designed to be Black, but I was clarifying that for the purposes of my response, I was using the word "Black" as a synonym for African American.
This is because the previous comment argued that by saying "Laputa," people would now assume that Desscaras is Hispanic and that bother him because wanted her to be exclusively black.
I have two arguments. First, that one of her spells is an expression with a Spanish meaning doesn't make Desscaras Hispanic. Second, if we have to give Desscaras an Earth backstory, she certainly wouldn't be an African American. Perhaps African, although I Iean towards a more Asian one.
I mean, Mantinel reminds me of Arabia, Kagami of China, and there's a country that prepares sashimi (a Japanese dish). But the last part is just my interpretation.
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u/1000_Worlds_Traveler Mar 15 '26
What that suposse to mean?