I’m writing a story about a biracial superhero. He’s in his 20s, and his dad is a Black billionaire. His mom is Japanese, and she comes from a wealthy family. I don’t want to give too much away, but there is something about his family’s history that resurfaces, and it connects to his powers. He is basically trying to find out what it is. My friend says the story is stupid and no one would want to read it.
If you want to make something for yourself go ahead, stupid can be fun.
If you actually want to create it for other people to enjoy - you will need to find your audience.
It would make more sense to be an adopted child and to not know their origins, than coming from a rich family. Historically speaking all powerhouse/money families have the family tree figured out -they need it to prove the plebs they are better than those poor peepz.
There can be family secrets beyond the family tree.