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sophialyncoleman
Nov '24

Hello! I saw some unfortunate discussions about race recently and I’d like to cleanse your forums with a positive topic.

Has your culture influenced your story? If so, how?

I am a black American and Spanish, my roots have definitely influenced my characters and story in general. I discuss POC history in my novel. I also try to intertwine POC family dynamics as well as the use of bonnets!
Here’s a few of my leads:

Let’s support each other! (No follow for follow required lol)

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Crusoe
Nov '24

Hi there! Cool to hear about how your culture has influenced your story and characters!

For me, I'm white and European. I haven't exactly written about the Netherlands, where I'm from, but I live in the Catholic South so religion has had a large influence on the culture there. Personally, I'm an atheist (and so is the majority of people here) but I still see a lot of catholic influences in my stories, especially in the themes!

Fair, no Fair has some in certain scenes. For example when Simon and Joey visit a church.

And Feathered Fall, the story I will publish on the 13th of December is all about temptation and sin.

Emalie
Nov '24

Not so much in my current comic, but in the first project I wrote here. As realistic as I could. In fact, one situation in particular was based on a survival book I read inspired on real events that occurred in my country. I am Hispanic and I liked to implement lived experiences in this novel. Culturally speaking, there were elements, almost subtle, that I did include.

KevinReijnders
Nov '24

While it's not something that's overly present in my worldbuilding and storytelling, the fact that I'm Dutch does often makes its way into the text.

The most obvious one being that Kyara, my story's main character, will at times swear with "kut" haha.
I also use some Dutch naming conventions, Kyara's surname 'Stormsen' is based on Dutch (and by extention Nordic) patronyms.

MK_Wizard
Nov '24

I would say that the 80s culture definitely did as did historical and biblical events. I even have some Christian influences in it.


SaraOtaku20
Nov '24

I am personally from the Middle East, but my story have Japanese vibes. However, as a Muslim My culture affected the story a little bit, as it doesn’t deal with abnormal topics that it’s against my religion.

MickC
Nov '24

I'll say that there are themes and motifs from The Viscount and The Playwright that are inspired by Filipino culture despite the majority of the cast aren't Filipino.

Leyelle
Nov '24
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I definitely think my culture has influenced my stories. I'm Hispanic and African american. While my African American female lead, Essence Walker doesn't wear bonnets to sleep XD (she would hate wearing anything on her head) she does braid her afro before she goes to sleep to keep her hair protected and keep it from getting tangled. Her braiding her mother's hair as her mother recovers from a stroke is also integrated into the story as a part of a black woman's lifestyle. Actually doing hair has already been mentioned numerous times as part of her routine.

In my other novel little Hispanic and catholic habits make their way into the dialog and scenes. A lot of the ML and FLs mothers' habits are based on my own Dominican grandmother.

ilesarki
Nov '24

Yes, with my comic Karamador, there are influences of Finnish (where I'm from) and Scandinavian cultures. Especially with some places being loosely based on real places in Finland and Scandinavia and stories featuring mythologies from these places and local folktales.

Mohini9000
Nov '24

Being a minority in the US has shaped my comic in a few ways.

For one, my stories have a higher percentage of interracial dating and mixed-raced characters. Haru, one of the main characters of 'Haru and Tsukasa', is herself half-Indian half-Japanese. You'll also see a higher proportion of nonwhite characters in my stories, so much that the comic itself decenters white people a lot.

Here's my comic, if you're interested. It's about a Japanese-American femboy and a half-Indian half-Japanese haafu tomboy.

jacktuckershark1
Nov '24

My books are set in a fictional city named Fluvaria. It is modeled after a real-life city named Wellington. The reason I did that is because I grew up near Wellington. It shares a lot of similarities with Fluvaria. Both cities are located on the coast, both cities have an abundance of greenery, both cities have a lot of ships and both cities have a blend of old and new architecture. The culture of Fluvaria and other surrounding areas is based the culture and day to day life of New Zealand. However, none of the books specify weather places like Fluvaria, Kitayi Forest etc are located in New Zealand or not. That's because I want each individual reader to decide and make their own head-canon.

aleja.x
Nov '24

It's so cool to learn how everyone's culture or historical events/religion has impacted their stories!

As a Latina, my culture and religion also impact my writing. In Shards of a Broken Emerald, the kingdom is based off Colombia from the different types of geography and fauna and flora, to mining exports and so on. Not only that, but all the characters and places have Hispanic names. Most Romance Fantasy books and comics usually revolve around Northern Europe so I wanted to include my culture! Being a poc also has influenced my characters, because I want diverse characters just like how diverse Hispanics are. I have yet to incorporate my faith in my story but it will have Catholic elements in the future!

PenguinAngel
Nov '24

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Nov '24

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Dec '24

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