Ximena + Latina Stereotypes
Arcane Fandom Pet Peeve:
Ximena + latina stereotypes
I don't know if any other latino feels the same way, but it's so annoying seeing people make Arcane content with Ximena being the angry mexican mother stereotype.
Don't get me wrong! The chancla threat is definitely something I've seen firsthand and is common in latine (not just Mexican) families, but I still hate seeing fandom content with it because I am tirrreed of the angry/feisty latina stereotype being applied to latina characters simply because they're latina and not because they're stubborn, sassy, etc etc individuals. I don't even know if everyone who has made content with Ximena being like that are actually latine. If they aren't, omggggg that just makes it more annoying like plz get tf outta hereeee—also, Ximena is far from the stereotypical aggressive Mexican mother, so why make content with her like that?
(I mean I know why latines do it but anyone else? STAWWWPPPP)
When Jayce had almost gotten EXILED and had his apartment exploded because of his research in magic, did Ximena get very angry and threaten Jayce? No! She had every right to be angry due to the fear of losing her child and of Jayce being so. damn. insistent over his magic stuff, but instead she was more desperate and sad, asking firmly yet anxiously for the council to just let. him. come. home and wanted him to just let the dream go. She didn't yell at Jayce aggressively even if any other mother might have.
Personal hc based off canon:
She's not the type of mother to get aggressive when upset. Her emotions will lean more towards sadness and disappointment—if anything she's the "I'm not angry. I'm disappointed" trope than the "Que?! Pinche desgraciado—*chancla slapping sounds*" trope.
Ximena is a single mother and while she may not be perfect, she's not verbally much less physically abusive.
She spoke out to protect her son, but did so in a manner that had her appeasing the council. One could say she doesn't often fight back the way she should and is a bit of a doormat to society—which is common for a lot of people in the older generation. Her and Jayce's dynamic, as seen in the scene after Jayce's expulsion from the academy, is one where she tries to get him to keep his head down and he is too stubborn to listen. It's the classic "But mom! It's not fair!" vs "I know, honey, I know. That's just the way the world works." and "Mom! You shouldn't let him speak to you like that!" vs "Honey, it's okay. Let's just go—please don't make a scene."
I'd like to note that she let Jayce leave after Jayce told her he would "go find someone who will" support his magical, seemingly impossible dream because "my family won't"—not to mention didn't do anything when Jayce basically slammed the door shut behind him when he left.
If she were a stereotypical Mexican mother, she wouldn't have let Jayce's disrespectful behavior slide ESPECIALLY since he barely reacted to getting expelled and focused more on what she did to PROTECT him!!!! Anyway—
If things are unfair, she'll ignore them. She'll protect her family and keep her son safe however she can, but she doesn't like to rock the boat and wishes her son wouldn't either. She loves Jayce, loves him so much, and loves that he got so far in life, but Ximena has been through so much that she would have been fine to keep her small, quiet life.
All that matters to her is that her son is safe and alive.
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