BELATED TEXT WALL INCOMING.I WILL DRAW THESE KIDS LATER I just was sitting on this because I wanted to draw them all ;__; but I'm too slowww and I've been hit by diarrhea of the mouth. (ALSO I HOPE THIS DOESN'T COME OUT ALL SHITTY AND WRONG if you think I'm being shitty and wrong kick me please for the love of God.)Appearance-wise, he'd have the same kind of wavy-curly hair as his mom, of course! He'd probably let it grow a little--about the same length as his hair is currently? Any longer and it'd probably be hell to deal with; thinking it'd be thick enough to kill hair ties and it would tangle all the time. Dark-skinned, probably a little on the delicate side--not a clone of his mom, but yeah, he'd get looks from her. Taller, but not as tall as his mom still.As for personality--the thing with Alan as he is currently is that he's a mixed race child, but he looks really white--if you didn't know who his family was, you probably wouldn't be able to tell. They all got shit for it, Alan included, but with people who didn't know, at least, Alan wouldn't have faced--problems? The differences in treatment bother him, and part of the reason why he's so open-minded is from this kind of thing. (Also open-minded because being given shit for things he can't help sucks and he knows it, he doesn't want to do that to other people.) And part of the reason he's quiet--he's been on the receiving end of bullying and constant bullshit and as a kid he just--pulled back? He genuinely likes pokemon and the forest and all, but it was also easier to--not be there where all the other kids are. Wasn't a great loss, he didn't have that many friendly acquaintances anyway--they weren't all assholes, but the more neutral kids avoided him because of the bullies targeting him. (The few friends he has--Abby, Lucas, etc--are all kids who are either seen as weird already or don't care--forceful, 'fuck you guys I do what I want' types.) Alan avoids conflict and is always polite because if he gets into a fight or says something rude, however justified, he's the one who'd get the worst of it, because his heritage and because he's an outcast kind of. (And also because it's good to be polite, and what's the point of fighting? Can't fight everything and everyone, it wouldn't change their minds if they're determined not to see. And it gets tiring. Argues with his dad partly because he can, the other bit is their conflicting viewpoints, otherwise--no fighting unless you hit a nerve, or unless he feels like he has to.) As he gets older he gets acquaintances and he builds up a reputation and finds a niche that's less hostile, but habits die hard and it's not like the bullshit really stopped--he's just good at letting bullshit fall away, it doesn't matter anymore. He is determined not to let it matter, anyway.I guess if certain asshole classmates were different, Alan would be more of an outgoing shounen hero? Adventurous, friendly. IDK he's from a mixed family and his dad married his mom because he doesn't care about anyone else's objections. His family is made of people who, to a certain extent, go 'fuck it I do what I want.' Mr. Sharp's respected for what he does and his very honest sort of personality, but it's not enough to shield his kids from stuff so...where was I going with this?SO THAT IS ALAN LOOKING LIKE A WHITE KID, if he looked like his mom and looked like a black kid, facing the same shit, he'd be--like that still, I think, except more. He'd be--very calm, outwardly, impassive--because they're expecting the lowest and the worst of him and he won't give them that, no matter the provocation! He wouldn't reach out and he'd be harder to reach out to, because ok, he still has a soft and friendly and adventurous center, but he--is pretty wary? Gave up on trying? With other POC kids it'd be a bit better, probably.And all sons? CHAOS. Or not chaos, but a different flavor of insanity, with there being six boys--well--actually things are probably pretty much about the same, noise-wise and shenanigan-wise, just that the shouting is in different octaves and about different things. I think there's be both more and less pressure on Alan--his dad would have other sons to place his expectations on so he'd push Alan less, but also other sons to compare him to, so there'd be more "Why can't you be like him?" He's probably still pressured to enlist with the rest of them, because look at those good sons! But at the very least, Alan wouldn't be the odd one out--somehow, I don't see any of them changing personality or interests very much even when they change sex, so Sam is still kind of parental-like and likes to cook and sew (he's just a tree and looks like he could actually maul you if you gave him shit about it). Madison's still a jokester, Alex is still going to shank you maybe, Emil still does the engineering thing, Adrian is still kind of prim and proper. So there would possibly be less fighting with dad; mom is probably the same as she'd always been, if a little wistful sometimes--she'd like a daughter. She and Sam would be pretty close.Sam probably went through a phase where he tried to deny interest in traditionally feminine things, because his classmates are those kinds of kids who'd make fun of a boy for it, and he already sticks out--he wanted to fit in. But at some point he has an epiphany and looks at his peers and is like 'you know what, screw you guys, you're all assholes anyway.' I think Alan would be closer to Sam, because Sam is--not a disappointment, but their dad does side-eye him, and Sam sticks up for Alan not wanting to do what their dad wants him to do, and I'm...not articulate about this, augh. Adrian is a total gentleman but probably gets trouble from certain types of guys because they think he's girly and weird--Adrian is a pretty-boy. Adrian (and Adrianna) is also queer but that's not anyone's business, and either way they're not fool enough to broadcast that to the world.Madison is probably popular with the ladies, he's the good kind of bro. Alex is popular too, because for some reason they find him mysteriously alluring--'ladies like a bad boy' trope in effect? He's small for a guy, Adrian. Madison and Emil find his popularity completely hilarious, because Alex doesn't even know what to do with all these women trying to flirt--actually he probably is concerned about some of them--"WHY DOES THIS GIRL KEEP DROPPING HER PEN. DO I SCARE HER OR SOMETHING" and "I want to tell her that her shirt needs buttoning but will she take that the wrong way" and "She keeps blinking...something in her eye?"And Madison is just like "Bro, she's winking at you. Bro she wants you to see her boobs. Bro, she's trying to start something with you. Bro." Alex is dense in that arena.Emil is surrounded by guys who are as smart as he is and he's happy as a lark. I mean, some of them are competitive assholes because a POC being as smart as they are? Blasphemy! But Emil takes it as a challenge. Also, he likes to piss them off, they turn funny colors, and his dad knows that Emil's work is sound--dad wouldn't pull punches if he thought Emil's work was bad. Emily is about the same, but it's doubly hard for her to get into a position where she can piss those guys off--first, a woman, second, a woman of color. Where I think Emil would go to a university, I think most of Emily's later education comes from working with her dad at his place.