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{{Tab}}Hua Tian-shin was born and raised in Manhattan’s Chinatown, the middle child of a Chinese immigrant family. She spent her early years helping her parents run their bookshop and studying hard to make them proud. Her older sister was brilliant but wild, her younger brother obedient but academically mediocre. As such, she felt a great deal of pressure to achieve not only a high-paying profession, but one that would be of use to family and community.
{{Tab}}Hua Tian-shin was born and raised in Manhattan’s Chinatown, the middle child of a Chinese immigrant family. She spent her early years helping her parents run their bookshop and studying hard to make them proud. Her older sister was brilliant but wild, her younger brother obedient but academically mediocre. As such, she felt a great deal of pressure to achieve not only a high-paying profession, but one that would be of use to family and community.


The entire family was thrown into chaos when the eldest child was revealed to be both transgender and a mutant with the ability to manipulate colors, then ran away. It would be years before any of them see him again, calling himself 'Tag'. Tian-shin, in the meantime became the de facto eldest child with all the responsibilities that entails.
{{Tab}}The entire family was thrown into chaos when the eldest child was revealed to be both transgender and a mutant with the ability to manipulate colors, then ran away. It would be years before any of them see him again, calling himself 'Tag'. Tian-shin, in the meantime became the de facto eldest child with all the responsibilities that entails.


When her father’s business associates offered to pay her way through law school in return for her services after graduation, she jumped at the opportunity. It was only by degrees that she came to understand that her future employers were members of a criminal syndicate called the Chung Yu Tong, under the leadership of a man named Chung Ling-yin.
{{Tab}}When her father’s business associates offered to pay her way through law school in return for her services after graduation, she jumped at the opportunity. It was only by degrees that she came to understand that her future employers were members of a criminal syndicate called the Chung Yu Tong, under the leadership of a man named Chung Ling-yin.


After passing the bar, Tian-shin joined Li and Associates, a small law firm that primarily serves Chinese clients affiliated with Boss Chung. Though competent and well-regarded, she was uncomfortable with her continued involvement with the tong. It took learning that their father kidnapped Tag with syndicate assistance to make her quit.
{{Tab}}After passing the bar, Tian-shin joined Li and Associates, a small law firm that primarily serves Chinese clients affiliated with Boss Chung. Though competent and well-regarded, she was uncomfortable with her continued involvement with the tong. It took learning that their father kidnapped Tag with syndicate assistance to make her quit.


The aftermath found her brother free but unwilling to have much to do with the family. Their father went missing and is presumed dead. Tian-shin herself is now freelancing out of the family's home above the bookshop, seeking to establish herself as an advocate for mutants.
{{Tab}}The aftermath found her brother free but unwilling to have much to do with the family. Their father went missing and is presumed dead. Tian-shin herself is now freelancing out of the family's home above the bookshop, seeking to establish herself as an advocate for mutants.
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Revision as of 18:13, 8 October 2013

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Introduction

xxxxxWillowy, soft-spoken, and deferent, Hua Tian-shin seems an unlikely lawyer and an even less likely activist.

History

xxxxxHua Tian-shin was born and raised in Manhattan’s Chinatown, the middle child of a Chinese immigrant family. She spent her early years helping her parents run their bookshop and studying hard to make them proud. Her older sister was brilliant but wild, her younger brother obedient but academically mediocre. As such, she felt a great deal of pressure to achieve not only a high-paying profession, but one that would be of use to family and community.

xxxxxThe entire family was thrown into chaos when the eldest child was revealed to be both transgender and a mutant with the ability to manipulate colors, then ran away. It would be years before any of them see him again, calling himself 'Tag'. Tian-shin, in the meantime became the de facto eldest child with all the responsibilities that entails.

xxxxxWhen her father’s business associates offered to pay her way through law school in return for her services after graduation, she jumped at the opportunity. It was only by degrees that she came to understand that her future employers were members of a criminal syndicate called the Chung Yu Tong, under the leadership of a man named Chung Ling-yin.

xxxxxAfter passing the bar, Tian-shin joined Li and Associates, a small law firm that primarily serves Chinese clients affiliated with Boss Chung. Though competent and well-regarded, she was uncomfortable with her continued involvement with the tong. It took learning that their father kidnapped Tag with syndicate assistance to make her quit.

xxxxxThe aftermath found her brother free but unwilling to have much to do with the family. Their father went missing and is presumed dead. Tian-shin herself is now freelancing out of the family's home above the bookshop, seeking to establish herself as an advocate for mutants.

Powers

xxxxxOnly recently manifested, Tian-shin’s power remains a mystery to her. Given the stressful and surreal circumstances surrounding her discovery of it, she does not feel confident she is even a mutant at all. She can catalyze chemical reactions, but only if she knows the underlying mechanism. So far she has only used it unintentionally, converting water spontaneously into hydrogen and oxygen. She is not immune to the harmful effects of the byproducts her reactions produce.

Connections

Friends

  • Hive - Has probably saved her brother's life more than just the once.
  • Melinda Chylds - Kind and meticulous; went far above and beyond the call of duty for both Tian-shin and Tag.

Foes

  • Chung Ling-yin - Leader of the Chung Yu Tong criminal syndicate.

Family

  • Hua Yong - Father. Missing and presumed dead.
  • Hua Mei-lan - Mother, and a cautionary tale for deferring too much.
  • Tag - Older brother (born Hua Tsai-hong), and a constant source of well-founded worry.
  • Hua Tian-yi - Younger brother, and a severe disappointment.

To be determined

  • Murphy Law - Saved her from her father; may have also killed him.
Gallery

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Hua Tian-shin
Zhang-Ziyi.jpg
Codename None
Birthdate 1988-01-05
Species Mutant
Affiliation None
Alignment Neutral Good
Powers Catalysis
Occupation Lawyer
RP Hooks
Activist - Tian-shin volunteers what time she can to various progressive causes and maintains a blog ('Lex Ferenda') addressing social justice with a view toward jurisprudence.
Freelance - Having recently departed from a small but prosperous firm, she is now living in her mother's home and starting her own practice.
Old Maid - Lamenting her lack of grandchildren, Tian-shin's mother is constantly trying to marry her off to a 'successful man'.
Kung-Fu Fighting - She harbors a semi-secret love for campy wu-xia books and films, which has inspired her to study wu-shu.
Logs
  • (2024-04-29)
In Which These are transitional years and the dues / will be heavy.
  • (2024-04-28)
Coffee for my Family
  • (2024-04-01)
In Which A Number Of Interviewees Are Approximately As Forthcoming As Could Be Expected
  • (2024-03-31)
In Which Some Mongrels Have a Very Productive Work Retreat
  • (2024-03-11)
In Which a Very Fancy Beach Is Invaded by Some Very Unfancy Dogs
  • (2024-03-05)
Deep Cut
  • (2024-02-24)
Meerkats vs. X-Men
  • (2024-02-01)
Business Prospects
  • (2023-12-31)
In Which You Have Made People Like the Fish of the Sea, Like Crawling Things That Have No Ruler.
  • (2023-10-09)
Extralegal Justice
  • (2022-04-11)
Grapevine
  • (2022-03-31)
Dispatches From Jail
  • (2022-03-05)
Wrong Question
  • (2022-02-22)
Backup Power
  • (2022-02-19)
Legal Aid
  • (2022-02-16)
Wise Counsel
  • (2021-06-17)
Good Parents
  • (2021-04-04)
Important Folk
  • (2021-02-26)
Schooled
  • (2021-02-12)
Escort Mission
  • (2020-10-26)
A Moment's Rest
  • (2020-10-19)
Undesirable Elements
  • (2020-10-17)
Making Noise
  • (2020-10-16)
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.
  • (2020-10-12)
Of Parents and Performances (Or, Family Weekend)
  • (2020-09-07)
For you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.
  • (2020-08-27)
(Not) Freaking Out
  • (2020-04-26)
Ping-Ping
  • (2020-04-15)
Patient Zero
  • (2020-02-17)
On Course
  • (2019-07-20)
First Rule of Fight Club
  • (2019-05-15)
Divisive
  • (2019-03-26)
Lake Monsters