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There was a poster over on HM who asked a random question in a TBFE post about whether they could get Indian or Pakistani girls
to be SHIP heroines.
I doubt that's the kind of post that Allen or whoever over at TBFE would bother to answer (although there is a sizable Asian population in Portland, about 10%, I don't know what the breakdown would be for South Asian, probably not a whole lot). So I took it upon myself to respond over there (I don't know if they'll approve my comment) but I figured a whole thread about it could be made here instead.
As far as I know, there have been very few South Asian actresses in SHIP and they don't last very long. So it's a rare thing.
Here's what I have seen:
- Early on, Next Global Crisis had a peril video with an unnamed actress playing the character Golden Hornet.
I have it, and it's pretty good. But I don't think she was heard from again after that initial offering.
https://nextglobalcrisis.com/characters/golden-hornet/
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https://heroinekombat.com/products/hl-omegas-war
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We actively went out and searched for actresses to fill not one, but two, Indian roles and came up with first Shani and then Nupur to play Arogya and the Healer, as well as Anna and the current actress Sana to play Kaliyuga the Destroyer, placing them both regularly in full episodes (Sana also did Custom #8). They have all been great.
http://heroineburgh.com/
Here are Nupur (Arogya) and Anna (Kaliyuga) back in Episode 17, both using their powers in a combat struggle.
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A year after Nupur has left for NYC to become a pro actress (she's still in touch with us and will play her role at any NYC Comicons), we still haven't found a replacement to fill the boots of Arogya. Sana has been doing great as Kaliyuga, though. I really want to reactivate Arogya, as we left her "identity reveal" open-ended in Episode 20 (she has "gone into hiding" because of it) so we'll see if the latest campus flyering push works any better.
Anyway...I wanted to give a chance to the SHIP fanbase to cite any more instances of South Asian heroines in Western SHIP videos (Desi-American, Desi-Canadian, Desi-Australian, British-Indian, etc.) that I may have missed. Although there is an entire Indian category on Clips4sale, I couldn't find any there, either.
Anyone have any additions to this list?
