I think Eden also referred to him at one point as "the Haitian."
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Ailleann - Jan 31, 2007 3:00:22 am PST #5956 of 10001
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Laura - Jan 31, 2007 3:22:43 am PST #5957 of 10001
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They refer to him as the Haitian in the show. My city has a huge Haitian population (including my SIL), and I didn't think Haitian when I saw him.
Of course Andrews being Arab is another matter all together. As in, huh? Didn't I read above that Ando is not Japanese either.
I don't know if Haitian dude is really Haitian, or just scary black dude.
Sheryl - Jan 31, 2007 3:33:41 am PST #5958 of 10001
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I seem to remember Ted(radioactive guy) telling Matt about meeting a Haitian student just before the blackout that brought out his powers. I'm assuming he actually talked to the guy.
victor infante - Jan 31, 2007 3:44:48 am PST #5959 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
But - WTF is with everybody describing him, just from a wee glance, as 'the Haitian-looking guy'?
As said before, no one actually said looking at any point. Ted evidently talked to him and Eden (who worked with him) referred to him as Haitian. No one's come to that from appearance.
Jon B. - Jan 31, 2007 4:02:00 am PST #5960 of 10001
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Didn't I read above that Ando is not Japanese either.
He's Korean.
sumi - Jan 31, 2007 4:17:31 am PST #5961 of 10001
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But he has some Japanese connections -- like he was born in Japan or something so it's not a complete stretch. (George Takei said that he was doing his Japanese lines completely phonetically but I had thought that he knew some Japanese.)
victor infante - Jan 31, 2007 4:29:43 am PST #5962 of 10001
To understand what happened at the diner, we shall use Mr. Papaya! This is upsetting because he's the friendliest of fruits.
Yeah, he took a semester of Japanese in college, and lived in Japan briefly when he wss very young (his dad had been transferred there for work.)
§ ita § - Jan 31, 2007 4:51:11 am PST #5963 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
But nobody saying 'black dude'?
And he was described as black dude, at least here, before the Haiti reveal.
Vonnie K - Jan 31, 2007 5:11:18 am PST #5964 of 10001
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And he was described as black dude, at least here, before the Haiti reveal.
I recall we had all kinds of acromyms going on for the guy, like MBBD (Mysterious Bald Black Dude) or... I don't know, Silent Black Man or something, and it was frankly a bit of a relief that the show canon explicitly dubbed him "The Haitian" (there was some discussion about this at the time where we were all, "but how do they know he's a Haitian? He doesn't even talk!" then he opened his mouth and lo! He did have an Haitian accent) so that we could at least refer to him without tripping all over our capital letters.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 31, 2007 5:18:54 am PST #5965 of 10001
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I recall we had all kinds of acromyms going on for the guy, like MBBD (Mysterious Bald Black Dude) or... I don't know, Silent Black Man or something, and it was frankly a bit of a relief that the show canon explicitly dubbed him "The Haitian" (there was some discussion about this at the time where we were all, "but how do they know he's a Haitian? He doesn't even talk!" then he opened his mouth and lo! He did have an Haitian accent) so that we could at least refer to him without tripping all over our capital letters.
And then they added Leonard Roberts to add to the immediate confusion, at least among the less Buffy-centric. Maybe they can get JAR on the show so they can have a trifecta (also, it would be damn good to see JAR in something like this again)?