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#but also b) the fanon of ricky is so transformative and like.
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thinking about offscreen growth and the role of fanon in characterization, in particular re: ricky matsui specifically wrt zac oyama saying in the tuc1 behind the scenes that “all the characters had some sort of secret past or just some really interesting arc...and ricky for the most part had nothing like that. and so really of everyone he probably is the most similar from start to finish”
#sola said#but i CANNOT think about this right now it is fully finals week anyway i am gonna put a pin in this and probably write smth more about it#after the finale/after this week but this is a reminder to myself ig#anyway not that word of god from actors/creators is the end all be all#but i do think it's interesting#a) when you DO think within that frame and go like. yeah ricky can be a lil flat/not have a huge arc/not be hiding some secret suffering#and then go. so why is he still compelling. what does that mean.#like esp bc i think of ricky AS a japanese-american character a lot like#yeah! sometimes you don't cry over your diaspora experience sometimes you do get to have that all-american childhood#and it's through no small work at all. it's devotion and heritage that's not a dark secret or even a source of small shame but it's.#so everyday it hurts and it's just there and you literally will never be able to repay it bc that's not the point it's just a thing you Know#but also b) the fanon of ricky is so transformative and like.#my experience at least is that if it weren't for the fanon love of/rooting for ricky he'd be so much less compelling to me as a character#like how/why is the hottest luckiest man in new york so easy to root for and not to resent alsdkfj#and also just. it's just so interesting imho how ricky is. not ooc. but altered by canon#and which parts. and why#ANYWAY i said i wouldn't spend more time on this but.#this is incoherent but there are some thoughts here about#idk the way that white characters and their relationships are so often allowed to be the blank slate#to get defined by fandom#(something something white perceived neutrality proximity to whiteness model minority all americanness)#putting a pin in this for myself for later#the unsleeping city#chapter 2#tuc2 spoilers#ricky matsui
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