CameoAmalthea
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Actually, when Josh Duhamel was younger he would have made a good Rufus. He was one of my first crushes. He doesn't have the exact look but he could pull off the role. Aslo, if Leonardo Dicaprio was younger.
I think the term Asian is used because in America you have so many immigrants from different countries, many of which intermix, that it gets boiled down to general look. If you're or European Discent you're white or Caucasian regardless of whether your ancestors were Italian or Irish, while a lot of Americans are a mix. My mom's family is from Southern Italy and she's dark skinned and was often mistaken for hispanic. Then if you have any Spanish, Mexican, or otherwise of mixed Spanish ancestry you're Hispanic. In my experience Indians and Middle Easterners may call themselves brown, people with any African ancestry call themselves black or African-American. Then there's pacific-islanders, which is the bubble you fill in if you're answers are from the Philippines or other places like that...(Do other countries have students bubble in a race category on the standardized tests?)
The other thing about American is everyone is something-American, and Americans tend to remember their parents heretage (if they know who their parents well enough to know) and identify by that heretage. I'm Italian-American even though I'm mixed and don't look that Italian, people who know what they're mixed with can often say I'm Irish, English, Norwegian, and German-American.
Then with so a diverse population it can be hard to tell race (personally, I'm obvious when it comes to race. Had a teacher once say he was Pakistani as part of an anecdote about the morality of stereotyping (it was a philosophy class on morality) and my first thought was 'I thought you were canadian" because of the way he pronounced about. I tend not to notice race, although I'll notice general traits and notice beauty.
One of my friends is the frist generation in her family born in the states. Her father is Turkish and her mother is Mexican. A lot of people mistake her for being Asian (she's told she looks 'like a K-Pop Star').
So I think when you can't tell exactly what race someone is you made a broad category based on general characteristics.
LOL..although the sad thing is that's probably true...even though Rufus and Elena both have canon dads and I doubt Elena's dad hooked up with Rufus's mom...
I think the term Asian is used because in America you have so many immigrants from different countries, many of which intermix, that it gets boiled down to general look. If you're or European Discent you're white or Caucasian regardless of whether your ancestors were Italian or Irish, while a lot of Americans are a mix. My mom's family is from Southern Italy and she's dark skinned and was often mistaken for hispanic. Then if you have any Spanish, Mexican, or otherwise of mixed Spanish ancestry you're Hispanic. In my experience Indians and Middle Easterners may call themselves brown, people with any African ancestry call themselves black or African-American. Then there's pacific-islanders, which is the bubble you fill in if you're answers are from the Philippines or other places like that...(Do other countries have students bubble in a race category on the standardized tests?)
The other thing about American is everyone is something-American, and Americans tend to remember their parents heretage (if they know who their parents well enough to know) and identify by that heretage. I'm Italian-American even though I'm mixed and don't look that Italian, people who know what they're mixed with can often say I'm Irish, English, Norwegian, and German-American.
Then with so a diverse population it can be hard to tell race (personally, I'm obvious when it comes to race. Had a teacher once say he was Pakistani as part of an anecdote about the morality of stereotyping (it was a philosophy class on morality) and my first thought was 'I thought you were canadian" because of the way he pronounced about. I tend not to notice race, although I'll notice general traits and notice beauty.
One of my friends is the frist generation in her family born in the states. Her father is Turkish and her mother is Mexican. A lot of people mistake her for being Asian (she's told she looks 'like a K-Pop Star').
So I think when you can't tell exactly what race someone is you made a broad category based on general characteristics.
LOL..although the sad thing is that's probably true...even though Rufus and Elena both have canon dads and I doubt Elena's dad hooked up with Rufus's mom...
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Thanks!
). I have a headcanon of him preferring cats as pets inspired by that fanart. 
