Talk:Daulis Song/@comment-38106971-20190604120431/@comment-3991308-20190714192531

tale!! hello once more.

with daulis ive been thinking a lot about the asian diaspora, especially via the lens of subtle asian traits, and i feel like our dear swedish nightingale is def a sort of?? journal or lens into that perspective. Daulis comes from a Danish story, set in China, and is meant to be a role based off a Swedish woman. his culture doesn't detract from the origin of the tale, it reinforces it. and the more i think about it, the more profound the differences between Daulis and Tereus are, as asian characters but raised on different continents.

there's always a set formula for asian kids who grow up in the west. go into business, engineering, law or medicine, play the piano, do maths competitions, etc, etc. IDK how that would factor in the EAH world, and hey-- fandom is escapism, so I'm ignoring that. but the feeling of following a set formula is very Ever After High and very very Asian-diaspora, and i wanted to express that through Galen.

and through Daulis -- i think growing up as a guy in the asian diaspora is really tough. while asian girls get objectified, guys get... treated in the entire opposite direction. you're seen as unattractive and personality-less, just as nightingales are seen as very plain-looking. but nightingales are not plain, and asian men are severely underrated by popular media. Daulis is shy about his face and nervous about his interests but he still has an unbeatable enthusiasm and incredible technical skills... he's an all round good guy and i support him