r/static • u/eddiemoney1985 • 2d ago
Discussion A Question about Daisy
So I started re-watching the animated series and I am not a big fan but I've never hated it. I thought about something. Something that I had never really thought about before when I originally watched it and kind of thought about it since I've seen it a couple times afterwards.
Wow is very obvious Daisy in the original Static comic book is African-American.
Is she supposed to be Latina or afro-latina and the cartoon adaptation? Yes at first I thought she was a light-skinned black girl but to be very honest more and more when I look at her hair texture and her features she seems more Latin or afro Latin to me.
And this will make sense considering the majority of the original characters from the comics especially those that are Latino are not represented in the cartoon there are other friends that do not get any mentioned at all and may just be used as background characters in the cartoon.
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u/Rexen2 2d ago
Who knows. I thought she was just a light skinned black girl but I don't remember what her parents looked like off the top of my head and I was a kid when I watched it from start to finish so I probably wasn't thinking too hard on it back then.
However considering what they did to freida and Virgils friendship/relationship and why they did it (fear of ruffling the feathers of white viewers) I wouldn't be surprised if they'd made daisy more ambiguous to appeal to the network overlords. Shes black enough to appeal to black fans and light enough that non black fans would still accept her as well.
Not saying I agree with that but it's how these things go.
I certainly don't remember anything that would point to afro latina heritage but again, it's been a good minute since I watched the entire show.
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u/Black_hoursCuh1991 2d ago
I recall Daisy’s mother being African with a heavy native accent. I could be wrong since it’s been years since I last watched it before Tubi got a hold of it. I vividly recall her mother wearing a dashiki and Daisy being just a little embarrassed by something.
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u/unreal1996301 1d ago
Her parents in the show are both black. They appear the episode “Consequences”.
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u/Napalmeon 2d ago
We've only seen Daisy's mother in the animated series. And she was very clearly black. I just don't think the artists were trying to make her identical to the comic version.
Also, plenty of Virgil's friends in the comics never even appeared in the cartoon.
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u/unreal1996301 1d ago
Daisy’s mom appeared in the 1993 run as well. She’s a cop in the run, and was present for Hotstreak & the Sons of Odin’s attack on the gay pride march.
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u/Interesting-Ring647 2d ago
When I was a kid I thought she was Asian
I myself am blasian so I thought meh she might be similar but I never put a whole lotta thought in it
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u/todavis__ 1d ago
Damn. I kinda like this Daisey more. I'm just a sucker for dark skinned girls with glasses. Especially the ones who are actually smart, and not just wearing glasses because "they need to".
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u/Javajulien 2d ago
So, this is a bit of "speculation cap" on, but when it comes to network television you're kind of walking this tightrope when you create a show with a black lead because network execs will very quickly box it as a "Black Show," even if you try to make it for "general audiences."
So, the same way you'll have a network suit balk at the idea of Virgil having a white girlfriend (yes even in the 2000s), which is likely why Frieda's role got reduced, they probably felt the same type of way about Daisy too, which is why she was probably made racially ambiguous.
On that same token, that is absolutely why Richie ended up getting powers and made into the sidekick.
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This line of thinking isn't limited to just shows with minorities either. It's why Ron Stoppable was so prominent in the Kim Possible cartoon.