redd animal crossing doesnt even know if the art hes selling you is fake he literally just gets it from god knows where and is like “this looks sick” and then puts it on his boat
he doesn’t know what it’s called either. he’ll be like “check out this Proper Painting. This Fat Nuts Statue” and Blathers takes one look at it to tell you “that’s Michelangelo’s David. where did you get this”
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how to write good (?) indians/indian-origin/non-residential-indians! (as an indian) [reposted from my old blog @/soru-ya and updated!!]
kinda decided to write this since pavitr is pretty popular in the spiderverse fandom, and he deserves his indian-ness bc he is so cute let me know if you feel like i missed stuff out!
first thing to note is that india is not just a country, it is a fricking subcontinent 💀we're now the most populated country in the world.
we have 28 states, each with their own state government, and 8 union territories, which are kinda like mini states except they're too small to be called states, so they come under the central government (consider them the plutos of india). each state has a different culture, and while a few things overlap, don't expect everything to!
second thing to note is that since every state is different, every district and subsequent city/town/village will have its own culture/traditions based off of the local history and/or mythology.
there's going to be your overall state history, and then there's the district and city and town and village history, which are all pretty important. taking pavitr as an example, since he lives in mumbattan or mumbai, which irl is the financial capital of india, he'd know the state and city history but also the history of the town he's actually from. maybe not in detail though, there's a lot of stuff going on.
third and final thing to note is that none of the states speak the same language. languages do overlap based on where the state is (north/south/east/west), but each state has its own native language, and that language is often prioritised. also, even in the state, each district, city, town, and village have their own dialects and slang.
for example, i speak telugu at home, the native language of andhra pradesh and telangana (they speak two different dialects of telugu, my dialect is from andhra pradesh), but i live in tamil nadu, and am therefore expected to know and speak tamil (i do not speak it well. it is very tough.) i also speak hindi, since that was my second language in school, and a bit of french, since that was my third language. because of hindi and telugu, I do understand a bit of marathi (since a few verbs and words overlap from both languages) and since I used to visit relatives in punjab, I do understand a bit of punjabi. that's a lot, I'm sorry 💀
now that we've gotten the history-geography-culture-and-tradition stuff out of the way...
how do you write good indians?
since we're a pretty complicated people (inter-state/mixed-religion marriages happen too), there's no one way to define us as a people. chances are that if you write an indian guy living in the u.s. who's in his mid-forties and really hates the smell of tandoori chicken, there'd actually be a guy like that irl.
here's some stuff I've seen around me though!
we as people are actually pretty influenced by (or rely on) family and the people around us.
word of mouth goes so fucking hard in our communities.
we do well in large groups, although we also do have introverts who prefer to be left alone (again, we're people).
most of us are actually multilingual (refer point 3 i made) and we tend to mix and match languages depending on what kind of friend group we're with. here's an example of a chat i had on whatsapp (typed out because you know internet safety)
S: Bengali weddings are exhausting bro (my friend's brother is getting married. that's the context.)
SA: We tried booking a temple and they said august has more shubh din (this is hindi) so they decided august
Me: :0 in telugu weddings we just use horoscope
S: Ya it's the same everywhere.
S: Bhai reception tak mera ho gaya tha. (again, this is hindi)
SA: btw you guys are coming on monday na?
S: Haan maate (this sent me because it literally means 'yes mother' but the context is kinda like- 'yeah bbygurl' idk)
so like- when we chat, we just put words anywhere and everywhere. 'na' is like 'yes' but in the form of a question- you're affirming an action.
what's the difference between indian-origins, indians, and non-residential-indians?
indians are all those people who have the indian passport or other methods of identification (pan, aadhar, driver's license) and live in india (like me). indian-origin people are those whose nationality is not indian, but have indian parents. many indians you'd see in the united states/canada are indian-origin or non-residential-indians (NRIs), who have an indian passport but live abroad for work or education.
the big question - the ✨accent✨
a lot of reblogs mentioned that the accents depend on a lot of stuff, and I agree! every indian does have an accent, and that accent lets us know/hazard a guess as to which place the person is from.
however, the accents I was mentioning are the accents like baljeet's from phineas and ferb (i have never heard an indian-american or and american nri speak like that) so there is no one true indian accent!!
btw, grammar rules go wheeeeee- we have no rules when speaking hinglish/telgish/tanglish or any other mix of english and a language. well, technically we just mix our language's grammar rules with english's, so all sentence structures are valid!
thank you to everyone who rebloged this last time with points of their own!! let me know if i've missed something once again ^^
spidersociety trying to convince pav he shouldn't wear his hair out cause it's a giveaway to his identity, but he don't listen.
In Mumbattan, Spider-man is a hit. they do a story on him and now all the ppl who want to look like their favorite hero are trying to grow their hair out and wear that same blue headband.
so basically what i'm saying is, Pav accidentally becomes a Spidey influencer. maybe endorses some coconut oil. idk.
civilian pav has to fight off accusations a being a poser since he was rocking it before it was cool.
i love the slight arrogance pavitr has, like he knows he is good at being spiderman, but when others step in to help or to comfort/compliment him, he is deeply appreciative and the softness comes out.. makes me 🩷
