]Characters[

For this part of the project, I will be programming certain "profiles" as a part of my "map." These will be part of the overall experience, the details of which can be found on the Main Page of this design document. Eventually, I also plan to add a "commenting system" to each profile page as a means of exploring the relationships between these four characters.

[Magdalia's Profile Page] - ]Username: xSorceressxLimstellax[

Magdalia is a trans Latina who lives at a trailer park in Miami. For the web portion of this narrative, we see her pre-transition in her catfish persona: Limstella. The image above is actually from an exercise where I created a draw tool using p5.js. I'm interested in a more abstract and psychological expression of a profile page, and perhaps it'll be a reflection of everything that Magdalia hides from herself.

[Jing's Profile Page] - ]Username: basicdude604[

Jing is a Chinese-Canadian burnout who's estranged from his family after years of physical abuse. He spent many years pretending to be white on the internet as a result of cultural shame, as well as his complex feelings surrounding his "tiger parents." Jing is very much someone who wishes to lay low and blend in, and I think his profile will be a reflection of those desires. Think minimal, basic, and non-descript HTML.

[Kimberly's Profile Page] - ]Username: SardonicWarrior[

I'm eager to dive deeper into Kimberly and Arjun's backstory, as they're currently the more underdeveloped characters in the larger narrative. The image above is a work-in-progress, and I actually hope to have her profile to be the most technically advanced one, perhaps with some CSS animations as well. Kimberly is a black woman from North Philly who access the internet from the shared computer at a homeless shelter, as well as a McDonald's parking lot.

[Arjun's Profile Page] - ]Username: Jade_Suresta[

Arjun is a catfisher from Hyderabad who seduces men from the United States and tricks them into giving him their money so he can pay for his mother's cancer treatments. English is not Arjun's first language, and I want to achieve a balance of portraying the truth of that style of expression without having him be one-dimensional. While I think Arjun doesn't communicate with the same level of grammar as the rest of the characters, I'm hoping that his narrative will help viewers understand some of the socioeconmic reasons as to why "scammers" exist in the first place, and why scamming is part of their survival.