ok ok so hello guys i have an important question. in one of my stories i've been dying to find a face claim and could not find the right one in my head for the longest time (cause you know when you picture your oc to look a certain way but can't find the right face claim? me for the past few months) and i think i finally did find the right one, but there might be one problem.

for my oc, i wanted someone who had some kind of hispanic/latino background and mixed (because duh representation matters, and also cause i am mixed with hispanic background and lots of other stuff) and i pictured her to have certain features like eye color and hair color etc. i found someone with said features, who turned out to be argentinian (i didn't really care what kind of hispanic/latino background cause i knew i couldn't be too picky lol) and it's great, she's perfect. BUT, i need someone to play her aunt, and i found a really good option, but the problem is this actress isn't argentinian, she's brazilian/portuguese. so my genuine question is, and i know this might sound stupid but i'm serious, is if it's 'problematic' to have them be related and just 'pretend' that they have the same background?

(oh yeah and i forgot the mother of the oc is argentinian but not the aunt aka her sister so IDK THIS IS SO DIFFICULT IDK IF ITS BAD OR NOT)

idk how else to word it but yeah, it sounds kinda wrong when i word it but the actress for the aunt is a dead ringer for who i pictured in my head, and i tried seeing if there was anyone else, and idk if i wanna change the face claim for the oc either i'm just wjdjwjsjaj. idk i just wanted to ask before i make any drastic changes because i genuinely don't know and don't want anyone to get offended or upset if i don't do the 'right representation' or something. i'm not making fun or belittling it i swear, i just wanna ask, since i really don't know the answer. help please :(

published; 2/11/22
-al :)