#because the internet says the name maldonado is of spanish and portuguese origin

[runninguplenorahills]

little headcanon brainstorming

Question, do y’all think Joyce’s parents are from Latin America/Spain/Portugal or are they from the US too and it’s her grandparents that are from Latin America/Spain/Portugal? And do y’all think both (grand) parents are from there or just one? The (grand)dad in that case.

And do y’all think it’s one of those cases where the parents didn’t teach their children the language? Cause I know the omission of showing Joyce speak spanish/portuguese doesn’t mean she can’t but I personally feel like she actually can’t, let alone Will and Jonathan. Because (just for this scenario assuming that the family comes from a country where they speak Spanish) I think if any of the Byers knew how to speak Spanish I’m pretty sure the scenes with Argyle would’ve gone real different lmaoo

So maybe Portuguese?? If Joyce even knows another language.

And idk maybe that’s just me but I’m pretty certain that Will and Jonathan definitely don’t know how to speak another language (only maybe a little bit of Spanish but because of school). Like, even if Joyce’s parents taught her I don’t think she taught her sons. And do you think that if Joyce knows how to speak Spanish/Portuguese it was her decision to not teach her sons or did Lonnie have something to do with that?? Because I can definitely see how that could be the case.

I think I’m gonna make polls about this…. maybe? Idk, I’m just trying to come up with headcanons that fit with canon yk? And I think the case in which Joyce’s parents didn’t teach her the language makes the most sense tbh. I know that that’s not particularly common but it does happen, for example my parents didn’t teach me their native language either which was pretty fucking stupid of them if I might say so lmao. But in Joyce’s case, especially if it’s just one parent or her grandparents/one grandparent it’s not that big of a deal if she doesn’t know the language so it’s also more likely that she actually doesn’t. And Joyce doesn’t seem to be particularly attached to the culture either so I can imagine that the close familiarity with the culture stopped a few generations back which is why I can see how it might be her grandparents or only one of them who was the last to be born in Latin America/Spain/Portugal.

Anyway, I’d like to hear your thoughts on this and also maybe your thoughts on my opinion here because I’m making sense to me but maybe I’m not making sense to any of you guys hahhaha.