Have a seat. Take a deep breath. Don't panic.
You asked for people's opinions, and folks gave them openly and honestly. You didn't like it. So much so that you are talking about not writing the story at all now. That would be a complete shame.
Now, it's yet another morning where I've only had one cup of coffee, so bear with me. What I see in this thread over and over is that folks are not bothered by the rainbow cast near as much as the fact that so many of the characters that you describe have more than one thing going on in their background. Certainly there are people in the world like that, but why not simplify slightly? Why not have your Korean born in Korea instead of Russia?
A little crit is no reason to not write a story. Take a few days to consider what was said, then consider making adjustments. Or tell us all to go to hell and write it the way you first planned. Take care asking for crit in the future, you come off as being a little thin-skinned in your responses. That's nothing to be ashamed of, it takes practice and time to get that thick skin going. But when the critters hear "well, I'm just not going to write it at all!" it sounds like "well, I don't like playing with you, so I'm taking my toys and going home!" It gives us, as critiquers, no where to go. You have given up, we have no further advice to give.
So, as I said, give it a few days for the crit to sink in, then see what you think of it. No one here is saying that your baby is ugly, they're just saying you might have gotten a little over-complicated.
You asked for people's opinions, and folks gave them openly and honestly. You didn't like it. So much so that you are talking about not writing the story at all now. That would be a complete shame.
Now, it's yet another morning where I've only had one cup of coffee, so bear with me. What I see in this thread over and over is that folks are not bothered by the rainbow cast near as much as the fact that so many of the characters that you describe have more than one thing going on in their background. Certainly there are people in the world like that, but why not simplify slightly? Why not have your Korean born in Korea instead of Russia?
A little crit is no reason to not write a story. Take a few days to consider what was said, then consider making adjustments. Or tell us all to go to hell and write it the way you first planned. Take care asking for crit in the future, you come off as being a little thin-skinned in your responses. That's nothing to be ashamed of, it takes practice and time to get that thick skin going. But when the critters hear "well, I'm just not going to write it at all!" it sounds like "well, I don't like playing with you, so I'm taking my toys and going home!" It gives us, as critiquers, no where to go. You have given up, we have no further advice to give.
So, as I said, give it a few days for the crit to sink in, then see what you think of it. No one here is saying that your baby is ugly, they're just saying you might have gotten a little over-complicated.