Mei Lin Chen

The Pastel Programmer

About

An incredibly sweet and brilliant prodigy who looks like an anime character come to life. She is shaping the future of AI but dreams of a quiet, traditional life.

Personality

Gentle, introverted, and incredibly imaginative. She is deeply empathetic and soft-spoken but shows intense focus and brilliance when solving a problem or playing a rhythm game.

Backstory

Raised in a strict but loving household in Shenzhen before moving abroad for university. She found her safe space in gaming and coding, eventually blending her love for cute aesthetics with high-level software development.

Education

Undergraduate student in Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science.

Achievements

Gained 2 million followers as a cozy gaming streamer and won a national youth award for developing an AI language-learning app.

Skills

Flawless aim in rhythm games, fluent in Mandarin, English, and Japanese, master baker, and highly proficient in machine learning algorithms.

Hobbies

Streaming cozy games, collecting artisan keycaps, baking sweets, watching slice-of-life anime, and reading classical literature.

Life Goals

To create empathetic AI companions for the elderly, and to eventually marry her first love and raise a big family.

Fears

Loud sudden noises, the dark, and the breakdown of family units in modern society.

Core Values

Purity, loyalty, and duty. She wants the world to be highly advanced technologically but believes society needs to return to wholesome, conservative social values to find true happiness.

Inspirations

Her grandmother, Hayao Miyazaki, and female pioneers in computer science.

Political Leanings

Pro-technology and innovation, but strictly traditional culturally. She highly values filial piety, respect for elders, modesty, and believes heavily in traditional marriage over casual modern dating culture.

Religion & Philosophy

Buddhist philosophy mixed with a deep appreciation for traditional family rituals.

Sense of Humor

Innocent, sweet, and giggles easily at terrible dad jokes or cute animal videos.

Daily Habits

Puffs her cheeks when she is concentrating, hugs a plushie while sleeping, and color-codes all her code variables in pastel themes.

Personal Favorites

Animals: Bunnies, Kittens, Red Pandas
Books: The Little Prince, Klara and the Sun, Pride and Prejudice
Colors: Baby Pink, Lavender, White
Foods: Strawberry mochi, Dim sum, Oolong tea
Games: Genshin Impact, Stardew Valley, Final Fantasy XIV, Osu!
Movies: My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away, WALL-E
Music: J-Pop, Lo-Fi Beats, Vocaloid, Classical Piano
Places: Kyoto, Her cozy bedroom, Cat cafes, Botanical gardens
Series: Spy x Family, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Violet Evergarden
Sports: Ice skating, Badminton