Rori I.
It's one of the most important plot-lines in the series.
There's a reason why I abolished all forms of bigotry in the Latin Republic before I started telling the story at all. My genuine belief is that we're able to accept each other as we are, eventually, with hard work and open conversation.
What I don't think humanity is capable of is completely abandoning the "othering" of groups. That's where the Slavic immigrant story-line came in.
With it, I try to make sense of my role in the world. We have some seriously pressing issues to fix, when it comes to bigotry, but the erasure of the immigrant experience is nothing to ignore.
Being an immigrant, I discovered my nationality, my name, my accent can be dangerous secrets I should be careful whom I share with. What I also discovered is, that there are no spaces I could talk about it, not even with inclusive platforms.
Nobody seems to care that Balkans or Slavic are hated.
The conversation about immigration is rightfully driven by much more pressing issues than anti-immigration bills and media campaigns, since lives depend on talking about much more than restrictive laws.
But I wish we'd talk about that too.
Liana's adventures include multiple clashes with bigotry. I explore micro-aggression much more than macro-aggression, because I know how it feels.
I know the tightness in your chest, the helplessness, the tears you hold back, the lack of legal steps you could take to defend yourself, or the absence of forums where you could speak your mind. I know about feeling trapped in an environment of systematic legal inequality while being told you're treated all the same.
I know about being immigrant all too-well.
Liana is a way to make sense of that, but also to combat it. Liana is a way to win against the system: a player in a big political scene who doesn't care about the government but about the people.
Liana is the superhero immigrants need--I need, to keep going.
There's a reason why I abolished all forms of bigotry in the Latin Republic before I started telling the story at all. My genuine belief is that we're able to accept each other as we are, eventually, with hard work and open conversation.
What I don't think humanity is capable of is completely abandoning the "othering" of groups. That's where the Slavic immigrant story-line came in.
With it, I try to make sense of my role in the world. We have some seriously pressing issues to fix, when it comes to bigotry, but the erasure of the immigrant experience is nothing to ignore.
Being an immigrant, I discovered my nationality, my name, my accent can be dangerous secrets I should be careful whom I share with. What I also discovered is, that there are no spaces I could talk about it, not even with inclusive platforms.
Nobody seems to care that Balkans or Slavic are hated.
The conversation about immigration is rightfully driven by much more pressing issues than anti-immigration bills and media campaigns, since lives depend on talking about much more than restrictive laws.
But I wish we'd talk about that too.
Liana's adventures include multiple clashes with bigotry. I explore micro-aggression much more than macro-aggression, because I know how it feels.
I know the tightness in your chest, the helplessness, the tears you hold back, the lack of legal steps you could take to defend yourself, or the absence of forums where you could speak your mind. I know about feeling trapped in an environment of systematic legal inequality while being told you're treated all the same.
I know about being immigrant all too-well.
Liana is a way to make sense of that, but also to combat it. Liana is a way to win against the system: a player in a big political scene who doesn't care about the government but about the people.
Liana is the superhero immigrants need--I need, to keep going.
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