Diverse Cast Thread

[PensiveShadow]

Stolen from @ShanniiWrites

I was thinking–Why don’t we bring the diversity thread over to here?

Come and share your diverse casts! We’d love to see it. Be able to state and/or explain your casts background and much more as you want! You’re allowed to comment and give advice on how to make your characters from your casts look better and filled with more variety. Just remember: Diversity is NOT a checklist.

Explanation:

@ELx

As you all know, diversity consists of (but not limited to) race ( and ethnicity !), sexual orientations, religion (or lack of religion), disabilities, mental health, economic status, and many more!

We should utilize these more, it’s okay if your story’s majority race is singular, you can still utilize ethnicities! Try to be more specific with them, what are their parents ethnicity? Remember, American is a nationality not ethnicity!

A lot of us have mental health issues in our lives, most people have social anxiety, why can’t one of your characters have it too? I doubt any of us is rich, so why not make one of your characters struggle with money? It’s these little things that make diversity realistic and not a checklist.

Most of these things I mentioned, are impossible to know unless we read your story. But we can’t always do that, so that’s why we need everything you can think of them, their ethnicity, economic status, religion, sexuality and gender expression, disabilities and more!

My Characters: Sydia’s Family

Sydia

17

Her Siblings

Tyrell - 23

Lorraine - 18

Reyansh - Twin (Fraternal) - 17

Parents

Cardinia - 48

James - 50

James Family

Zaida - Mother - Siddi (Tribe) - 75

Eshaan - Father - Gujarati - 79

Currently hospitalized

Ila - Sister - 54

Ajay - Twin Brother (Fraternal) - 50

Cardinia's Family

Marlee - Mother - Aborigines - 73

Omeo - Father - Aborigines - 74

Cardinia’s Family are Muslims along with Sydia’s Siblings and James, while his side of the family is Hindu.

[Mysterious_Tea]

I love this thread and your characters.

[PensiveShadow]

Thank you.

[ChaoticDeluge]

I’ll post my cast here, seeing as this isn’t an episode forum and I can

Kito characters have cultures, ethnicities and racial features similar to people on earth, however it isn’t earth so there are of course differences!

Kito

Accent is roughly close to central belt Scottish
Pale White skin/ features
Heterosexual
Agnostic
Has severe anxiety/ PTSD/ Depression

Katy

Posh London accent
White skin, slightly tanned
Bisexual
Atheist
Has severe PTSD

Seiko

Royal RP Accent
Pale skin/ Asian Features
Homosexual
Atheist
Has anger problems/ antisocial traits
Is a ‘Wight’, or a zombie!

Talya

Posh Scottish Accent
Pale white skin/ features
Heterosexual
Religious (the Holy Circle, or Christianity)
Has PTSD and severe social anxiety

Alice

Well-spoken Germanic Accent
Black skin/ Features
Homosexual
Agnostic
Has Depression and Anxiety

Sierra

Heavy Northern English Accent
Tanned skin/ Mediterranean features
Asexual
Superstitious
Prone to violent mood swings, bottles things up too much

Arthur

English/Scottish Mix Accent
White skin/ Features
Heterosexual
Religious (the Holy Circle)
Has Depression

Frost

Scandinavian Accent
Pale skin/ features
Pansexual
Religious (The Way of Gold, or Buddhism)
Has bouts of severe Depression and Apathy

Tengumaru

Well-spoken Japanese Accent
Tanned skin/ East Asian features
Trans/ Homosexual
Atheist
Has Depression/ Anger problems

Kiedah

Russian Accent
Purple skin/ ant-like features
Heterosexual
Religion? What is?
Is an ant

Raella

Mild African Accent (Difficult to place exact country)
Light black skin/ mixed features
Heterosexual
Religious (the Fist of Man)
Has Anti-social tendencies and anger issues

Rainar

Mild African Accent (Difficult to Place Exact Country)
Black Skin/ Mixed Features
Heterosexual
Religious (The Fist of Man)
Incredibly low self-esteem. A lot of internalised guilt and anger that can get him in trouble

Sakura

Light English Accent
White/ White Features
Heterosexual
Agnostic
PTSD/ Depression. Anger Issues and slight anti-social tendencies

[PensiveShadow]

[Kanubish]

From what I see, the characters are dark-skinned (or at least most of them). May I ask: are they supposed to be Afro-Americans or some of them aren’t? If not all of them are Afro Americans, can you say what’s their racial ethnic identity (I am just asking)?

[PensiveShadow]

Are you talking about my characters?

[PensiveShadow]

If you are, James Mother is apart of the Siddi Tribe and his Father is Gujarati. That makes him half of both. Cardinia’s mother and father are both Aborigines. That makes her fully Aboriginal. Sydia and her siblings are mixed with all three of those ethnic identities, making them a quarter Gujarati (Indian), a quarter Siddi, and a half Aborigines. None of them are Afro-Americans.

[Kanubish]

Are you talking about my characters?

Yes.

[Kanubish]

Hope you don’t mind if I will show some of my diverse characters:

Jewish characters

Barak:

Nationality: Israeli
Background: He was born into a Sepharadi haredic family, but he left the house and became to off-the-derech (=path, in Hebrew) person, meaning that he left his path as a haredi and became into secular (but he still keeps kashrut).
Religious outlook: Agnostic
Sexuality: Bisexual

Eden

Nationality: Ethiopian-Israeli
Background: She was born into an Ethiopian family. Her family is traditional.
Religious outlook: Believier (but not a devout one)
Sexuality: Queer

Feige Rachel

Nationality: American
Background: As you can see, she’s a religious character, and so is her family.
Religious outlook: Monotheist
Sexuality: Heterosexual

Natanael ("Natie")

Nationality: French-Israeli
Background: he was born into an Ashkenazi family, in French. When he was 9, he made an aliyah to Israel.
Religious outlook: Believier
Sexuality: Secretly bisexual

Christian characters

Margareta

Nationality: German
Background: She was born into a secular-religious family.
Religious outlook: Atheist (she became an atheist person altough she was raised up as a Christian)
Sexuality: Lesbian

Brianna ("Bobbie")

Nationality: Afro-American
Background: She was born in New Jersey, into a Baptist family.
Religious outlook: Believier
Sexuality: Heterosexual

Tanya

Nationality: Well, she has both Israeli citizenship and American one.
Background: She was born to a Russian mother and an Arab-Israeli father.
Religious outlook: Believier (not a devout one either)
Sexuality: Pansexual

Yeong Ja

Nationality: South Korean
Background: She was born into a Catholic family in Suwon, South Korea.
Religious outlook: Agnostic
Sexuality: Asexual

Muslim characters

Hasna

Nationality: Arab-Israeli
Background: She was born in Lod, Israel into an Arab family. She’s not religious.
Religious outlook: Atheist (was raised as a Muslim, but she chose to be an atheist)
Sexuality: Bisexual

Ilham

Nationality: Afro American
Background: She was born into an Afro American family that is a part of NOI community.
Religious outlook: Believier, and she’s having a religious lifestyle, but not wearing a headwarp.
Sexuality: Queer

Note: her eyes color isn’t really purple. Her great-grandmother was born as an albino person. Sorry if I made any misunderstandings about it also because I am typing too fast and may write something that I didn’t even want to write so it’d not create misunderstanding.

Ladan

Nationality: Somali-American
Background: She was born in Somalia, but immigrated to America with her family. And her family is religious.
Religious outlook: Monotheist
Sexuality: Heterosexual

Nasim

Nationality: British
Background: He was born to Iranian immigrants, in Britain.
Religious outlook: Agnostic
Sexuality: Homosexual

There are way more diverse characters, but that’s all that I will show

[Mysterious_Tea]

I like your cast.

[ChaoticDeluge]

Thunkyu

[liyahsdiamond]

Omg. I have a lot from nearly all of my stories…

[PensiveShadow]

Ik! I seen your casts on the thread for the Episode forum.

[liyahsdiamond]

Oop! We got our Carmela diversity spy.

[PensiveShadow]

Although they’re not main characters from my stories, I still wanted to share them.

Felicity from Resilience

Rayne, Emma, and Scarlett from Easton High School

[Artey]

Peeps.

Reina Lominatova

Role - One of the Main Characters, shes also the one who originally sets up the group.
Gender - Female
Age - 26

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Weight - 189 pounds
Height - 5 ft
Hair Color - Dark Brown
Hair Style - Short, Braided
Eye Color - Light Blue
Body Type - Plus-Sized
Identifying Marks - Is missing her index finger on her left hand due to a baking accident.

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Mannerisms - Stress eats, Taps her foot constantly
Motivation - Her bakery, she wants to succeed on this quest to get the money needed to keep it open.
Flaws - Doesn’t take proper care of her health, can be far too stubborn
Prejudices - Positive that anyone who uses any sort of ritual magic is evil.
Talents - Baking and organizing events
Hobbies - Cleaning and creating recipes
Personality Type - Talkative and outgoing

Rip Handimalon

Role - One of the Main Characters, also the first one besides Reina to join the group.
Gender - Male
Age - 24

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Weight - 135 LBs
Height - 5 ft 6
Hair Color - Ginger
Hair Style - Long, Wavy
Eye Color - Hazel
Facial Hair - Mustache
Body Type - Lean, Skinny
Identifying Marks - has a birthmark in the shape of a large R on his forehead

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Mannerisms - Gets nervous around most mammals, clicks his tongue when bored
Motivation - He wants to finally impress his father for once
Flaws - Can be very judgmental, has a slight addiction to money
Prejudices - Believes that everyone who is bigger in size is a lazy, slob.
Talents - Math
Hobbies - Sales and spending money
Personality Type - Cold and divisive

Laurence Leftington

Role - One of the Main Characters, the second person to join the questing group
Gender - Male
Age - 29

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Weight - 211 LBs
Height - 6 ft 7
Hair Color - Blonde
Hair Style - Short, Curly
Eye Color - Dark Brown
Facial Hair - Short Beard
Body Type - Lightly muscled
Identifying Marks - Has freckles all across his face and body

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Mannerisms - Bites his nails when scared
Motivation - Experiencing something adventurous
Flaws - Has a bit of a mean-streak
Prejudices - Hates rich, spoiled people
Talents - Shockingly skilled at swimming
Hobbies - Working Out
Personality Type - Warm and friendly

Ebony Blackworthings

Role - One of the Main Characters, the last and most reluctant person to join the questing group
Gender - Female
Age - 19

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Weight - 78 LBs
Height - 4 ft 9
Hair Color - Ginger
Hair Style - Long, Straight
Eye Color - Bright Blue
Body Type - Petite
Identifying Marks - Has a large scar across her collarbones

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Mannerisms - Bites her lip when frightened, scratches her ear when nervous
Motivation - She wants to find her aunts crown – to avenge her families legacy
Flaws - Often does things for the wrong reason
Prejudices - Feels that people not related to her are selfish
Talents - Reading and creating maps
Hobbies - Reading classics and studying ritual magic
Personality Type - Dismissive and quiet

Luca Reinheurt

Role - One of the Main Characters, the third and most excited person to join the questing group
Gender - Male
Age - 23

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Weight - 122 LBs
Height - 5 ft 9
Hair Color - Black
Hair Style - Medium, Straight
Eye Color - Dark Green
Body Type - Muscled
Identifying Marks - Is missing one of his eyes due to a magic accident involving a rabbit, a hat, and a slice of pizza

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Mannerisms - Pinches or scratches his arms
Motivation - Wants the money to get surgery to replace his eye
Flaws - Blames other people for his terrible actions
Prejudices - Thinks that anyone who likes rabbits is an insane maniac
Talents - Magic tricks and Strategy
Hobbies - Studying and Spell Casting
Personality Type - Careful and Concise

I just realized everyone else has images with their characters, and I uh dont.

[PensiveShadow]

It’s fine. You don’t need images. Lol I like your cast.

[Artey]

Why thank you.

[PensiveShadow]

If any of you know their looks before, I changed it because I was getting tired of some of their old ones. Just didn’t sit right with me.