Hear me out, I think this headcanon should be canon!! Simon Petrikov is sakha
Another messy ahh sketch
As we know Petrikov's surname is slavic, and he graduated from Petrograd University, meaning Simon was likely born in the USSR. Yakutia is considered the coldest place in the world, and due to russification many sakha people have slavic names and surnames. His skin tone is also quite similar to that of asian people. Simon also closely resembles the sakha intellectual elites of that time (like Oyunsky). The only thing that could ruin this headcanon/theory is the name Simon, BUT I have an answer to that. Simon is likely not just sakha but mixed and one of his parents is jewish which explains his name. The fact is that during the soviet era many jews lived in Yakutia, so much so that a jewish cemetery even appeared. End I just want more north asian representation and Simon can be good for this
YAS! I love that the artist drew him happy, too! Looks almost like my drawing!









