Miggy

**Miggy "Angelo" Márquez II**, known as Miggy, is the deuteragonist in ***Darlin'***. Miggy is introduced as the boyfriend of Ana Sophía, together sharing their story as a couple against constant changes of environment that Ana Sophía deems as overwhelming and a direct challenge to their relationship. Miggy mentors Ana Sophía as she steps into her new life of competitive sports and work side by side to accomplish their goal of leaving the state of California.

## Biography

### Early Life

Miggy was born and raised in San Francisco, California. Although originally from Anza Vista, he was raised in the Excelsior District of the city, the neighborhood setting of ***Darlin'*** that both Miggy & Ana Sophía live in. He made his debut in playing competitive soccer with the St. Charles School soccer team and won his first league title in his 2012 career debut season, as confirmed in ***Darlin'*** **Chapter 06: By Your Side**. Aside from sports, Miggy is praised by Ana Sophía for his ability in business management, content marketing and distributive negotiation. Although it is never confirmed where he gained those experiences leading up to the events of ***Darlin'***, it is assumed between 2014 - 2016. Apart from his native language of English, Miggy grew up learning Spanish since the age of 4.

## Darlin' character

### Night gala

Ana Sophía introduces Miggy in the opening chapter of ***Darlin'***, described to be wearing a black blazer combined with a black turtleneck. Miggy slow dances with Ana Sophía, allowing her to open to him about her emotions. She confirms her relationship with him upon his introduction during his one page appearance at the end of the chapter.

### Duo management

The following week after the night gala, Miggy proposes to Ana Sophía the opportunity to apply for a franchise expansion in the upcoming Women's Super League season, a privately-run competitive league dedicated to employing females between the ages of 14 - 18. Ana Sophía accepts to become the team captain, allowing Miggy to become her marketing manager and personal advisor. Over the months of March and April, Miggy guides Ana Sophía through the process of acquiring a license for her team, as well as paying all fees and filling out applications. Her team, the Women's South City Wolves, are accepted as a franchise expansion team in the later weeks, totaling the number of Women's Super League teams to 12 in total.

### Way out

During Ana Sophía's 16th birthday party in **Chapter** **03: Dark Red**, Ana Sophía finds Miggy in her bedroom upstairs. As they talk, Ana Sophía demonstrates curiosity by questioning if Miggy would ever consider leaving his own home for an opportunity abroad, to which Miggy answers yes, going on to add that he wouldn't miss California because of frustrations from problems he feels his home state is undergoing. Ana Sophía shares a similar feeling, confessing for the first time she also wishes to leave in a near-future time. This becomes the small turning point to the direction of the story for how we accompany Ana Sophía's viewpoint, in which she finally establishes the target goal of her journey.

### Advancing relationship

Miggy continues to be around Ana Sophía in her day-to-day, spending their time together at Ana Sophía's house as he helps her recover from her in-game injuries suffered because of frequent targeting from opposition teams. Ana Sophía also visits Miggy's high school in **Chapter 08: Two High**, revealed to be Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, located in San Francisco. In **Chapter 10: Whole Heart**, Ana Sophía explains to Miggy an opportunity to play abroad in Canada but insists she still targets a return to Brazil, to which Miggy expresses support.

### Temporary Goodbyes

**Chapter 12's What It Is** confirms Ana Sophía & Miggy's relationship turning point, as Ana Sophía confirms her flight & ticket out of California is all but set to happen the following day. The couple spend their last day together. During this time at home, Miggy gives emotional support to Ana Sophía's horror of finding out that for the upcoming 2018 KOVO Champions Cup Qualifiers will see his girlfriend come face to face with her former friends Enzo, Emma & Julie. Miggy distracts Ana Sophía by taking her to a local Mexican food place, known as Taqueria Guadalajara. Later that night, Miggy comes to Ana Sophía's house while introducing Café, as the trio spend the night together.

### Betrayal of Ana Sophía

Chapter 13's Cross My Mind makes a 6month jump in timeline. Near the end of the chapter, Ana Sophía awaits in the tunnel of Allianz Parque in São Paulo prior to the kickoff the qualifier against Enzo's team when Miggy reveals himself to Ana Sophía in Brazil as captain of the opposing team. Chapter 14 Little Dark Age directly continues from Chapter 13, showcasing Miggy's reasoning for his betrayal. His change of tone, aggressiveness & personality is automatically noted by Ana Sophía. Miggy rants about his willingness to prevent others from succeeding in order to accomplish his own success. He labels Ana Sophía's dream of returning to Brazil as idiotic and assures she will lose out on her team's spot that will keep her from playing in her dream tournament.

During the match, Miggy wages a psychological fight with her that overwhelms Ana Sophía's concentration on the match. At every chance, he fouls her and receives no discipline from the referee. At one point while Ana Sophía was on the ground, Miggy stomps on Ana Sophía's hand and results in the fracture of her index & middle finger on her left hand. Miggy's new right-hand aid, Brazilian defender Matilda Brunet, also negatively impacts Ana Sophía's on-field performance during the match. Near the end of the match, Miggy gravely injures Ana Sophía during a counter attack sprint that results in both of them crashing to the ground and injuring both. While Miggy suffers from a large cut bleeding around his eyebrow, Ana Sophía suffers from **laryngeal trauma**, an injury to her voice box that developed a permanent change of voice for Ana Sophía.

In the ending minutes of the match, Miggy substituted for Beatriz Ines. He is mentioned one last time as Ana Sophía kisses him upon the pair exchanging shirts & Ana Sophía watching him walk away from her life as he leaves the field of Allianz Parque, walking past Ana Sophía's younger sister, Marcella, as she comes running to comfort Ana Sophía.

## Personality

### Persona

Miggy is understood as a tempered-controlled character that demonstrates seriousness and direct intentions. He shows proximity to Ana Sophía in her retelling of their free time together and independence as a person, popularly considered mature for his age. He is a character of few words but critical for the emotional support Ana Sophía requires from him at times. His turning against Ana Sophía & actions suggested a manipulative person.

### Character Review

Miggy's character in ***Darlin'*** was ranked one of the least favorite amongst readers, being one of the least relatable and often considered confusing. His cold, serious personality was often the cited reason for not being relatable or likable. His role in setting up Ana Sophía's defeat to Porto Alanza in Brazil towards the ending phase of the story was another factor for losing likability of his character.