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Originally Posted by FanIn80
Pakistani, female, teenaged, under-achiever with "oppressive" Muslim parents (who pretty much let her do whatever she wants) and a (gasp!) friend-zoned guy who hangs out with her 24/7 and handles all the boring smart stuff...
At least Peter Parker is a literal genius and both he and Miles Morales have that self-sacrificing nature that makes them always try to do what's right. This chick just wants to win a cosplay competition, get a million followers and bang the hot guy with the accent and fancy car.
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I didn't see her parents represented as oppressive at all. They just seemed like normal parents to me.
It's clearly got plenty of the traditional tropes, and it's aimed at teens, but I see her more as a normal kid who, yes, does have a crush on the hot guy with the accent and fancy car like lots of teen girls would. Is that a bad thing?
As simple as the basic story arc looks to be, I like that she's like a normal American teen girl from an immigrant family who embraces where she's at and loves that culture while also being positive in her family's own traditional culture even as she challenges it. I also like that it seems her way of finding success in the place she is growing up looks to be like it will come from something special hidden in her own ancestry that she never knew about. It also feels pretty authentic to me and not just a trite or token treatment of her experience as a child of an immigrant family.
The themes in it are pretty positive imo. I'm all for a hero is not a high IQ superstar to begin qith but instead is a normal kid who finds her powers through combining something special from her own immigrant family's heritage and her enthusiasm for the culture of where she's growing up.