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Favorite and download to use!!!City of Bones, City of Ashes, City of Glass (by Cassandra Clare)
She's still a character that I can't picture very well - or, well, I can, but it is hard to find actresses/singers/models that look like her. On top of that, I couldn't exactly put Runes on the background for her, since she's a werewolf - so I used some paws
heheMaia = Keke Palmer
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I don't know what it is, but even though it will say explicitly in a book that someone is of a certain ethnicity people either can't or refuse to see it as such. In City of Fallen Angels it is mentioned (not suggested but actually said) that Maia is half black and half white.
People did the same thing with The Hunger Games. I didn't read the book, but the author stated in an interview that one of the characters is black, yet people were so shocked when the movie came out.
Maybe people are reading more than they used to, but they certainly are not comprehending what they're reading.
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I only read CoFA once (definitely need to do it again soon!) so I can't remember that specific mention.
As long as Maia isn't cast as a white girl, then I'm pretty much happy lol
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Same here. It kind of bothers me when casting directors ignore certain ethnicities of certain characters. It's like, what's wrong with having a strong Hispanic, Asian, or black girl character?
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As far as Cassie has mentioned, they've been very positive about keeping the ethnicities just like the books, just as they are definitely keeping Alec and Magnus' relationship in. There hasn't been any controversies yet, but it's still early, so anything can happen.
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Yeah, I heard the first script writer took out the Malec relationship which really irked me. One, because I think the world could use a strong gay couple in a movie, and two because that would have killed the series. Malec is one of the main reasons I'm a fan of the series! I'm glad Cassie fought to keep them in (that's what I've heard at least).
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i was saying that maia is not black she is Hispanic
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Maia is mixed, so she could be anything really. I think Cassie said she's half-black, half-Hispanic
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is that freaking kiki palmer? and shes not black she is Hispanic?
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Maia isn't black either...
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Maia is not hispanic. She's biracial it saids so in the book.
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(didn't even see this until now!)
In the book it actually doesn't give anything specific - just a short mention of skin tone. Cassie has said though in interviews (either that, or somewhere on her website) that Maia's biracial
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It doesn't say her nationality anywhere in the books - just that her twin brother had "honey-colored skin and huge dark eyes" like their mother - so I interpreted that as probably mixed background, and so I chose Keke for now
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