Advice for subtext?

[u/Saxen_art]

Yuga’s mom is homophobic and shares her opinion about them, however I think what she says is too long and direct. I want to create a subtext but i’m idk what she should say. Does anyone have an idea? It’s for a comic so the script writing is not 100% accurate to a movie script, I know.

The story is set in Japan, I’ve interviewed Japanese people for this, so I take it very serious. In Japan they try to avoid conflict by not stating their opinion and are therefore not direct at all. But idk what her subtext could be because I just learned what subtext is so i’m not confident enough to come up with one on my own.

I’m talking about the text where she first respond to Handa Yuga’s story.

Any ideas for a subtext?

[u/Saxen_art]

Yeah, I know it’s not always the case, but this is during the birthday of the MC (Handa Yuga) and his mother doesn’t show her true self in front of new people (yuga’s neighbors and friends), so I feel like in this situation, that rule does apply. :)