History Characters / Vida

* MsFanservice: Lyn has a nude or sex scene in most episodes.

* ButNotTooBlack: A Latin example. She's lighter skinned than the rest of the main cast, who range from olive-toned to dark tan. However, she still has noticeable features that point to her as a woman of color.

!! Main
!!! The sisters

[[folder: Emma Hernández]]

--->'''Played by''': Mishel Prada, Gianna Torres (as a child)

[[folder: Lynda "Lyn" Hernández]]

--->'''Played by''': Creator/MelissaBarrera, Ellie Paris Legaspi (as a child)

!! Secondary Characters
[[folder: Vidalia "Vida"]]
--->'''Played by''': Rose Portillo, Rocio López (young Vida)
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[[folder: Eddy Martinez]]
--->'''Played by''': Ser Anzoategui

[[folder: Johnny Sanchez]]

--->'''Played by''': Carlos Miranda

[[folder: Marisol Sanchez]]

--->'''Played by''': Chelsea Rendon

[[folder: Cruz]]

--->'''Played by''': Maria Elena Laas

[[folder: Nico]]

--->'''Played by''': Roberta Colindrez

!! Others

[[folder: Doña Lupe]]
--->'''Played by''': Elena Campbell-Martinez

[[folder: Tlaloc Medina]]
--->'''Played by''': Ramses Jimenez
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One of the activists in Los Vigilantes.

[[folder: Nelson Herrera]]

--->'''Played by''': Luis Bordonada

[[folder: Yoli]]
--->'''Played by''': Creator/ElizabethDeRazzo

[[folder: Karla]]
->'''Played by''': Erika Soto

[[folder: Marcos]]
--->'''Played by''': Tonatiuh

[[folder: Baco]]
--->'''Played by''': Raul Castillo
A handyman hired to fix the apartment's pipes and renovate the bar.

[[folder: Rudy]]
--->'''Played by''': Adrian Gonzalez

[[folder: Victor Villanueva]]

--->'''Played by''': Creator/JesseBorrego

* ButNotTooWhite: Even with their light skin tones, the sisters get their fair share of bigotry from the few white minor characters. Lyn is tm

* ButNotTooBlack: Her fairer skin tone gets pointed out on occasion. When Marcos refers to the sisters as ''blanquitas'', Lyn reminds him that Emma is the lighter skinned one. Later when Baco scathingly tells Emma that he knows how "you people do things here"--assuming she's a stuck-up white woman--she lashes out that she is Mexican[[note]] Though "Mexican" and "white" are not mutually exclusive [[/note]]. Additionally, after a more amicable argument with Marisol over the dangers of ''gentefication'', the latter points out the unfairness of whitinos living their best life while their poorer, darker counterparts struggles to survive.

* ButNotTooBlack: Her fairer skin tone gets pointed out. When Marcos refers to the sisters as ''blanquitas'', Lyn reminds him that Emma is the lighter skinned one. Later when Baco scathingly tells Emma that he knows how "you people do things here"--assuming she's a stuck-up white woman--she lashes out that she ''is'' Mexican[[note]] Though "Mexican" and "white" are not mutually exclusive [[/note]].

[[folder: Linda "Lyn" Hernández]]

* {{Colorism}}: {{Discussed}}. Marcos tells Lyn how his aunt dislikes him because of his darker skin tone and how the same aunt discriminates against his cousin who is a darker shade. Additionally, Marcos's cousin went on a date with [[InternalizedCategorism Nelson]] who told her he wasn’t interested in her because she has a darker skin tone.

* ButNotTooBlack: Her fairer skin tone gets pointed out. When Marcos refers to the sisters as ''blanquitas'', Lyn reminds him that Emma is the lighter skinned one. Later when Baco scathingly tells Emma that he knows how "you people do things here"--assuming she's a stuck-up white woman--she lashes out that she ''is'' Mexican.

* {{Colorism}}: His preference for non-Hispanic white women aside, Nelson makes him and Emma to be superior over the neighbourhood residents because they "took the nopal off their narizes". [[note]] Took the cactus off their noses [[/note]] This phrase is commonly used against darker-skinned Latinos of Indigenous descent. Considering how white-passing he and Emma are, the racist connotation is there.

* QuestionableConsent: At of Marcos's party, an inebriated Emma gives Nico oral sex. Nico later feels guilty about this, saying it was "rapey" to let it happen. Emma dismisses this, saying she wanted it and would have done the same even if unimpaired, but Nico points out that she was sober. Emma could not consent if she was high.

* QuestionableConsent: At Marcos's party, an inebriated Emma gives Nico oral sex. Nico later feels guilty about this, saying it was "rapey" to let it happen. Emma dismisses this, saying she wanted it and would have done the same even if unimpaired, but Nico points out that she was sober. Emma could not consent if she was high.

* LipstickLesbian: Emma (or rather lipstick pansexual, from what's later revealed). She likes to wear dresses, with an elegant style. Emma sees multiple women, one man, and one non-binary person.

* LipstickLesbian: Emma (or rather lipstick bisexual, from what's later revealed). She likes to wear dresses, with an elegant style. Emma sees multiple women, and also one man.

* NomDeNom: She and Lyn go by their mother's last name, Hernandez, instead of their father's (Villanueva).

* NomDeNom: She and Emma go by their mother's last name, Hernandez, instead of their father's (Villanueva).

[[folder: Victor]]

* {{Foil}}: Nelson is this to Emma in that they're both Mexican-American business people from Boyle Heights who plan to sell off a staple neighborhood location with little regard to how it'll affect the residents. The difference between the two is slowly shown over time: Emma starts to embrace her roots, and tries to create a safe space for the more marginalized members of her community. Nelson, on the other hand, continues to be a greedy, self-hating Latino who sees his neighbourhood solely as a money ground and its Latino residents as people to be exploited.

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Nelson and Emma met each other briefly in childhood when their mothers worked together in a laundromat. Nelson brings this up to Emma during his introduction to gain her trust; thankfully, Eddy warns her about his true character.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Emma tries this but finds herself unable to do so since Eddy and another group of women are praying or singing for Vida.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: In the second season, the councilman implies he'll be doing this after Lyn backs off from sex with him.

* ParentalAbandonment: Emma and Lyn’s mother's death is the IncitingIncident for the plot, while their father is absent in the beginning. It turns out he was deported to Mexico, but there's no indication of them being in contact with him at first. They thought he died, [[spoiler: but he's still alive and is back in the US. Lyn reconnects to him, but Emma doesn't want to. It doesn't last long, since he expresses homophobia toward them hosting LGBT events in their bar, and about Emma being queer, so Lyn declares him [[YouAreNotMyFather no longer her father]]]].

* ParentalAbandonment: Emma and Lyn’s mother's death is the IncitingIncident for the plot, while their father is absent in the beginning. It turns out he was deported to Mexico, but there's no indication of them being in contact with him at first. It turns out they thought he died, [[spoiler: but he's still alive and is back in the US. Lyn reconnects to him, but Emma doesn't want to. It doesn't last long, since he expresses homophobia toward them hosting LGBT events in their bar, and about Emma being queer, so Lyn declares him [[YouAreNotMyFather no longer her father]]]].

* LipstickLesbian: Emma (or rather lipstick bisexual, from what's later revealed).

* WidowWoman: Eddy is devastated by her wife Vidalia's death.
* WhereTheresAWillTheresAStickyNote: [[spoiler: Vidalia’s online will, stating Eddy gets a third of the bar and building, becomes invalid when Emma discovers Vidalia was still married to Victor and he is still alive.]]