June Lin Milliam

June Lin Milliam is one of the major characters from the Star Gladiator series.
== Charactah Account ==
June is a talented young British-Chinese rhythmic gymnast who fights with a Plasma Ring. Upon learning and knowing that Bilstein was behind a specific lab accident that had resulted in the "death" of her father, a scientist named Michael Milliam, June joins the Star Gladiator project in order to exact her revenge against Bilstein. During the course of the battle, June develops feelings for Hayato and this is quite evident when Hayato comes to June's aid from within her own time of need.
Even though June has a happy-go-lucky outlook, and a kind and cheerful personality with a perky and upbeat disposition, she can also bear a passive aggressive attitude and a rather sassy and haughty condescending streak when under stress or upset. Deep down, she hides deep within her soul her inner pain and sadness, including the pain of having to lose the people that she had loved the most, and an anger that can turn into an unstoppable vengeance.
Though she masks her inner tumult well, June may come to vent with the less than pleasant aspects of herself, or at worst, become impulsive to where she disregards her own life without second thought. Despite this, she longs for a place in the hearts of others to belong to, and is resolute in her sense of righteousness and justice.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Mega Man
=== Video Games ===
* Capcom Fighting Evolution
* Capcom Super League Online
* Capcom vs. SNK 2: Mark of the Millennium 2001
* Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes
* Plasma Sword: Nightmare of Bilstein
* Project X Zone 2
* Star Gladiator - Episode 1: Final Crusade
* Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
== Trivia ==
* Gamof's true ending in Plasma Sword revealed that Ele is June and Hayato's future daughter.
* June had a cameo in Issue #35 of Archie's Mega Man comics, "X Factor Part 2", standing next to Split Mushroom.
* June was considered to appear as a playable character in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, but was eventually dropped from the roster lineup.
* June was one of the available characters in the canceled RPG mobile Capcom Super League Online.
* Interestingly, Hong Kong in the Star Gladiator universe is still under British rule, making June's nationality British, as her backstory predates Hong Kong's official transfer of sovereignty from the United Kingdom back to China on July 1st, 1997, nearly a year after the official debut of Star Gladiator.
* June's design is best described as a mix of Princess Leia of Star Wars fame and Chun-Li; however, her British heritage, performance arts career, and refugee backstory appear to draw similarities to that of famous actress Audrey Hepburn, to whom the Japanese nation bear a great deal of respect and admiration for, and her name and appearance also draw similarity to Jun The Swan of the classic science fiction tokusatsu anime series Gatchaman. Alternately, her British heritage, clothing, and backstory may be inspired by Alis Landale of Sega's Science Fantasy RPG series Phantasy Star.
* June's backstory and her cultural heritage subtly holds reference to Hong Kong vocabulary and terminology:
** The English term astronaut in Hong Kong refers to people who frequently travel by airlines, and to workers who bear families in Hong Kong but work abroad; perhaps in the Milliam Family's case, their migration has them metaphorically go to "another world" to take refuge as their new home. Project X Zone 2's interpretation of her backstory may have been done so to help emphasize this usage more literally, as Michael is stated to work in Bilstein's London laboratory institute afar with Elin and June in Hong Kong.
** To the workings of Plasma Power, whose dynamics require a concentrated state of mind to control, this also likely expands to the vastly encompassing term kung-fu, meaning "work master", which doesn't just cover martial arts, but to anything that requires proficient skill and experience to master. Perhaps to June's rhythmic gymnastics, her athletic talents and striving determination expanding into fighting and martial arts helps create her own form of kung-fu, and to develop a core to master Plasma Power, not unlike the idea within martial arts fiction and fantasy to develop a core to gain mastery over one's ki, and to "play" with her opponents, which in Hong Kong terminology is more rooted in the meaning of to fool, or in this case, "playing a fool".
** Her attire appears to draw upon various gods in Taoism; her rabbit like hair buns and athletic prowess and fighting style is evocative of Chang'e, the goddess of the moon, who is said to live with the rabbits of the moon who make the elixir of immortality and warns against females against selfish desires, and was alluded to by NASA Houston CAPCOM of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon, her use of a Plasma Ring and her flowery outfit is evocative of blessings from the god Nezha, who is a god who ensures filial piety and good children, and is known to fly on fire and wind wheels and was born from a lotus, while her bright pink dress and being a spacefarer and empathetic heroine is evocative of the southeastern Fujian coast goddess Mazu or Tin Hau in Hong Kong, who was said to wear bright red dresses and brave stormy conditions on harbors to help signal traveling ships to safety, and is also a goddess of filial piety, though this may also ascribe June's tendency to face overwhelming and dangerous situations to be rescued and protected from, as it is said that Mazu died young as a human trying to find her father lost at sea.
** Her British aspects from her father is rooted in the 1990s United Kingdom height of interest in Chinese culture; the economy of the 1980s and 1990s in the UK speak of young university graduates becoming FILTH (Failed in London? Try Hong-Kong). Tied into her moon theming, June is the anglecized name for Juno, the Roman goddess of the moon and motherhood.
* Within Asian folklore, Hayato and June also draw upon the Cowherd and the Weaver of Tanabata and Qixi legend, whom are represented as the stars Altair and Vega, respectively, and are divided by the Milky Way galaxy until the day of the namesake festival. Representing the Weaver, June in her times is a metaphorical "princess"; rather than the definition of royalty, is as more formally termed "a woman of high rank or of high standing in her class or profession" as a celebrity athlete, is from "another world", as her Hong Kong heritage would likely come to see her British heritage see refer the noun princess informally a charming female as its own unique usage, and "weaves" beauty through her performances and dances.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* June at Capcom Database
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Star Gladiator