𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐍𝐈𝐗.

indie jean grey, as revived by rosé.

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let’s talk about how she devours secondhand wrath, her teeth stained black. prosthetic hearts. refurbished tears. she is this hunger for emotional overflow. this sink, this tub. she soaks herself in it. sometimes, drown. — as revived by rosé.

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𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍: on family background and name.

jean came from a long line of chinese american family; she’s a third generation, and while she grew up being bilingual as a child, she is more used to conversing in english. mandarin was heavily utilized in the household when she lived with her parents in new york — brooklyn specifically — and it continued up until she was eleven, when she joined xavier’s. her lineage originated from fujian, china, and her grandparents migrated to the united states when they were young adults, building a life continued until today. jean is an only child, and so were her parents, so she’s the last of the huī family ancestry.

on the name grey, which is a literal translation from her actual family name, the family decided that it was for the better to change their names legally for the sake of fitting in — as well as to stay incognito from the chinese organization that happened to trace mutants to kidnap them for experimental purposes and personal gains. her father, who worked as a scientist at a research facility, was a mutant with untapped powers that he refused to talk about, but still acknowledged to an extent. her mother was a telepath and empath, passing down her powers to jean, and she worked as a lawyer. when jean was fourteen, in 1998, her parents died in a staged murder that remains a mystery that even she doesn’t understand until now, even when there were clues leading to people with perfect alibis. it’s suggested in some instances that the organization had finally tracked them down, and that her father’s work had something to do with the experiments conducted by the syndicate.

as a little girl, she lived a fairly normal life, with negligent parents due to their being occupied with works, trying to fulfil both career and familial lives. her mother was a stronger personality of the two, her father quieter. her mother made the decisions in the house, including everything about her education. her grandparents — died before her entrance in xavier’s — used to take care of her during the day when her parents were at work. childhood abuse sometimes were present in terms of verbal means, and confucian values were instilled in her early on, but they eventually wear off as she grew older in xavier’s. her family was buddhist, and practiced their traditions often, including celebrating lunar new year together and the likes. childhood traumas came mostly from her mother with ignorance from her father, and that shaped her to be somewhat jaded as a teenager and until now, as an adult.

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Fan Bingbing for Vogue Taiwan