going, going

in my heart he’s semi ethnically ambiguous. he has ethnic facial features especially— nose, cheekbones, eyes. and he has really dark hair.

i Think. he’s very olive toned and gets pale in the winter and tans pretty deep in the summer. he also has freckles (to me) and curls from his moms side that he does brush out consistentlyyy.

i think he passes as ethnically ambiguous and sometimes can have people be convinced he’s white bc his mom really was adamant on him knowing nothing abt his dad, and considering a pretty common viewpoint of “white is default” this means he can know his dad is white bc that means he doesnt know anything abt him (even though his dad is Not White). additionally gabriel (his dad) beinf not white is pretty easily expanded into the reason gabriel is forced away from his family as a non white immigrant that gets looped into covert ops for america and etc i could yap all day about the american governmwnt using poc for their gain. Anyway. anyway he passes as ethnically ambiguous bc he’s lighter olive toned most of the year except summer and bc his mom is Very White and bc kyle is pretty adamant that he is A White Boy. but people hear what they want to hear, right? so some ppl take it as “oh ok he’s just an ambiguous white” and some people take it as “People Like You” etc. i admit i also think the fact that he is sooooo obviously adhd/audhd adds to this bc people do consider the Typical adhd/autistic person to be a white boy.

i also just think from a theme and whatever perspective i kind of like him being ambiguous / not actually passing as white despite thinking he is . its smth that carries over in his story a lot that he really thinks he knows whats happening and then it turns out that people are fucking with him Again. it also contributes to why he and connor bond so fast and why he’s not taken seriously literally ever and why he’s so unsure of himself once he actually gets down to it. theres a lot of forced masculine bravado that he does despite beinf an intelligent and emotional person and he really pushes this “im cool” stuff, in an admittedly silly way, which masks over the fact that hes consistently calling himself an idiot and is really often overwhelmed— and isnt Actually that good at hiding how he feels even though he thinks hes coming off a certain way

like a HUGE thing for kyle is that hes putting on this Cool Guy thing and a big part of it is that he views himself like that (not entirely, but). but despite that beinf how he tries to present himself, the more genuine parts of his character continue to be present and essentially unavoidable— and those Genuine parts of him are actually a lot more valuable than the uber misogynistic i get the ladies k-man thing.

yyeahgh. but he is disconnected to his heritage despite all that.