[solved] Character Ethnicity

Hey there. Before I create my first character, I had a question about her.

I'm more comfortable playing characters of Asian descent for the moment. I had the idea of an Asian character who was adopted by a French couple. I'd like for her to attend Beauxbatons.

I can explain in the history how this happened. There are a few ways I could go about explaining this. But I just wanted to see if something like this was even OK to do.

As students from Asian countries would typically attend a school in their own geographical area, you will need a detailed explanation in her history on why they adopted an Asian girl and how it all went about. Do bear in mind the way inter-country adoptions work and that they're typicalls more difficult than adopting from one's own country, and that should be okay. I would recommend working on your sheet in the Sandbox so you can refine details as you go along if you need to.

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Yeah. I know there's a school in Japan for witches and wizards. I'm just more comfortable playing Asian characters.

It might make more sense if the French couple are her godparents... Hm.

Does she have to attend Beauxbatons? You can easily explain an Asian family in England. Cho Chang is a good example of what I'm talking about. Your character doesn't have to be adopted. Just a thought in case you're still stuck on figuring things out

Well, I was hoping so. Only because I'd like to explore a school other than Hogwarts, you know? Though maybe she could be a transfer from Hogwarts to Beauxbatons? Just exploring my options. ^^

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Well than you'll also have to explain why she was transferred from Hogwarts to Beauxbatons. So either way you go about it you'll need a detailed explanation in her sheet that makes sense.

If you're looking for plausible backgrounds, IIRC, there was a huge wave of adoptions from Korea within the Scandinavian countries. It's not so unrealistic, though some areas were adoption havens (Korea, China) and others not (Japan).  Also, there was a huge wave of German adoption of Vietnamese refugee/orphans, and most of those kids would go to Beaux.

Have you considered Durmstrang? It'd be a lot more plausible to have an Asian student there than it would at Beauxbatons. You'd still have to explain some things in the history, but not nearly as much as BB.

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Well than you'll also have to explain why she was transferred from Hogwarts to Beauxbatons. So either way you go about it you'll need a detailed explanation in her sheet that makes sense.

That wouldn't really be a problem either.

If you're looking for plausible backgrounds, IIRC, there was a huge wave of adoptions from Korea within the Scandinavian countries. It's not so unrealistic, though some areas were adoption havens (Korea, China) and others not (Japan).  Also, there was a huge wave of German adoption of Vietnamese refugee/orphans, and most of those kids would go to Beaux.

That sounds reasonable.

Have you considered Durmstrang? It'd be a lot more plausible to have an Asian student there than it would at Beauxbatons. You'd still have to explain some things in the history, but not nearly as much as BB.

I thought about it. But I like the curriculum of Beauxbatons better, and Durmstrang seems very strict. Like a military school. Especially since, if I recall correctly, they don't accept muggle-borns.

That wouldn't really be a problem either.

I thought about it. But I like the curriculum of Beauxbatons better, and Durmstrang seems very strict. Like a military school. Especially since, if I recall correctly, they don't accept muggle-borns.

Alright ^^

Yes they don't accept muggle-borns.

Are you set on your character being adopted? You could easily have their parents move to the area around BB if you explain it in the parent history. Than she can be born there and you won't have to go into so much details to go into how she was adopted and such. For example, maybe her Father got a promotion but had to move his family to France or some other large city.

Alright ^^

Yes they don't accept muggle-borns.

Are you set on your character being adopted? You could easily have their parents move to the area around BB if you explain it in the parent history. Than she can be born there and you won't have to go into so much details to go into how she was adopted and such. For example, maybe her Father got a promotion but had to move his family to France or some other large city.

That's what I was thinking I could do. I had the idea of a girl who's thrice great aunt was a witch, but didn't produce any magical offspring. Thus, the magic was dormant until my character was born. In her will, she left her estate and all her possessions to the next magical ancestor born in the bloodline.

Alternatively (if allowed), the aunt had a vision of my character being born and wrote about everything in a journal that my character could find while rummaging through her things after she passed away and left her everything.

Random fact that might be of interest. France actually has Europe's largest Chinese community, with roughly 1% of France being of Chinese descent. This is a proportion actually comparable to the United States, so a French-Chinese character isn't more implausible than a Chinese-American. Though most of them are actually of mixed Sino-Vietnamese origin as the Communist government of Vietnam (a former French colony) expelled almost all mixed Chinese/Vietnamese communities after they won the civil war. It's a relatively unknown fact (and kind of a rough estimate) since French law actually forbids asking people their ethnic background in their censuses.

If you're looking for plausible backgrounds, IIRC, there was a huge wave of adoptions from Korea within the Scandinavian countries. It's not so unrealistic, though some areas were adoption havens (Korea, China) and others not (Japan).  Also, there was a huge wave of German adoption of Vietnamese refugee/orphans, and most of those kids would go to Beaux.

Actually, German students are split between Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, depending on which are of the country they live in. On MH it's actually more common for German students to attend Durmstrang, statistically speaking.

Random fact that might be of interest. France actually has Europe's largest Chinese community, with roughly 1% of France being of Chinese descent. This is a proportion actually comparable to the United States, so a French-Chinese character isn't more implausible than a Chinese-American. Though most of them are actually of mixed Sino-Vietnamese origin as the Communist government of Vietnam (a former French colony) expelled almost all mixed Chinese/Vietnamese communities after they won the civil war. It's a relatively unknown fact (and kind of a rough estimate) since French law actually forbids asking people their ethnic background in their censuses.

In which case it should be relatively easy to create a plausible background using one of the possibilities we've already talked about. Thank you for your input.