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I saw Blue Beetle with my family Thursday night and I LOVED IT, the most accurate representation of a Mexican family in movies. What I love about it is that since Jaime Reyes is a Latino character, the Reyes family were there for Jaime as seen in the trailers. Latinos are very family oriented so it means a lot that it’s shown in the movie. Despite being only half Mexican, but fully Latina, I understood every single reference in that movie. I felt super represented despite not being the traditional Mexican American family as shown in the movie. Just like how I felt represented watching the movie, I hope my Latina/Hispanic audience feel represented when I write my Hispanic!Reader fanfics.
On a completely unrelated note, if Marvel happened to make a movie about Firebird (Bonita Juarez), I would LOVE to play her. Or maybe Azúcar (Veronica Lopez) or Wonder Woman (Maria Mendoza) is DC takes that route too…just saying, I’d love that since Maria Mendoza is a Peruvian super hero and it’s hard to find Peruvian representation in the media. It’s usually Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban depending on what area of the states the film/show takes place.