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well? do you?
What do we need to do to get a decent Afro-Latinx superhero?
“By isolating Miles from his cultural heritage, Bendis does a disservice to Miles, to Miles’s fans, and to Latinx people. Bendis has the opportunity to touch on major issues of biracial and Afro-Latinx identity and the intersections of African-American and Latinx culture. Bendis can use the recognizable metaphors of the superhero genre to give readers insight into the home life of a mixed race family. Bendis can present Miles’s parents as fleshed out and well-developed characters of color. Instead, Bendis shields Miles from dealing with Miles’s complex racial identity and cultural heritage and presents a family seemingly obsessed with only one topic of discussion. In separating Miles from his ethnic background, Bendis and Marvel engage in a form of cultural appropriation. Miles’s Afro-Latinidad is great when it helps grab headlines and sell comics, but Bendis deems it unnecessary when actually writing those comics.” -Alejandro Jimenez
All the boys are fat now. Mama’s cooking is too good, lol.
"What I will say is that, out of all of my students, the Jiménez twins display the greatest aptitudes for problem solving and lateral thinking. Were they to better apply themselves in school, they would mostly certainly outstrip their peers in a variety of classes... but that is where their academic virtues unfortunately end. Both of them are also frequent troublemakers and have a tendency to hang about with the wrong sort of crowds, and after the incidents of last year, Andrea especially has begun to buck against authority and skip classes in favour of socialising with the local dropouts and hoodlums, with Alejandro quick to follow. Without a firm hand to intervene, I worry about where they may end up after graduation... should they get that far."
Alejo and Andy's school report to their parents, circa 2078.
Turns out, when you take over the Commonwealth, the Institute want something to do with you! Or, rather, they want someone to be you. Not that it matters much; two brains are better than one, right?
It is Alejandro’s birthday! No party for him though. Not that it matters since everyday is essentially a party because someone is always inviting a friend to the house.