#And I am deeply deeply aware that neither of those communities/races is a monolith

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I agree with what you and others have already said about representation. Just because the show is based in Hawai'i and has many POC actors that doesn't mean that the representation shown is great. I'm curious/anxious to see how they will depict Lucy's family - will their ethnic background/religion play into their disapproval? Or are they, "just" like any rich (white) family, only concerned about appearances? Btw loved Jess Knight speaking Mandarin(?) with her dad on regular NCIS. ❤

Thanks for sending anon! I’m really curious about Lucy’s family’s reaction, too. We’ve only gotten a tiny amount of info about her family—enough to gather that they’re rich from oil money and don’t approve of Lucy working in law enforcement. I said this in tags on a previous post, but I find it interesting how #kacy /feels/ like a queer coming out story in some ways even though it doesn’t center or even acknowledge being closeted or homophobia. Like, Kate’s whole “let’s keep this a secret” thing and how her redemption came from being super public about their relationship. That time Lucy sort of played the pronoun game with Jesse and he thought she might be talking about a dude…

And Lucy’s family situation is another element that adds to that feeling to me. Like, okay her family doesn’t like that she’s in law enforcement…what other life choices of hers don’t they like, right?? Also, I can only speak for my experiences within the Indian community, but like homophobia sometimes manifests differently for Indians than it does for White people (or at least the way it does for White people on tv lol). Again, just in my experience, sometimes (not always!) parents are less likely to be like, you’re a sinner and you’re going to hell and a little more likely to be like, what did we do wrong here? How is my child going to have community when they’re not straight? 

Anyway I’m rambling a bit! And I know Lucy isnt even Indian (just me projecting as a mixed brown person lolz). But tbh I’m actually not sure they’ll have her fam be outright homophobic just because the show doesn’t seem to want to portray a homophobic world? Which is cool in some ways and, you know, problematic in others lol. 

Regardless, I hope they give her family nuance. I hope that they don’t play into stereotypes with them. I hope that they bring in queer writers of color who know what it’s like to be the child of brown parents. They crafted such a beautiful queer story with kacy so I’m gonna keep my hopes and expectations high for them in season 2!