I’m torn between “They’re dabbing on us, they’re the hungry ghosts irl and they will not rest until the world is swallowed whole” and “the author whose only notable Asian character was named Cho Chang probably has no idea what the word means and someone pulled a funny prank”
In isolation, nothing much at all. But all her non-WASP characters have lazy, stereotypical names, so it’s a little more suspicious. Combine that with knowing she’s an enormous bigot in real life, and yeah, there might be a problem with that.
She heard “cycle of ignorance and hunger, trapped by desire for fleeting sensory pleasures” and thought
I’m torn between “They’re dabbing on us, they’re the hungry ghosts irl and they will not rest until the world is swallowed whole” and “the author whose only notable Asian character was named Cho Chang probably has no idea what the word means and someone pulled a funny prank”
Wait… What’s wrong with “Cho Chang”???
Cho is a Korean surname and Chang is a Chinese one. It’s kinda like calling your Irish character McGregor O’Connor
Eh, this seems overblown to me. Plenty of better battles to pick on with that author
thats funny im stealing that name
Make sure you also take his buddy, Fernandez Cousteau.
In isolation, nothing much at all. But all her non-WASP characters have lazy, stereotypical names, so it’s a little more suspicious. Combine that with knowing she’s an enormous bigot in real life, and yeah, there might be a problem with that.
Kingsley Shacklebolt
Seamus O’Carbomb or whatever the Irish kid’s name was