User blog comment:VeryUnknownFan/How do you think Racial Characters are handled on the Show?/@comment-12762816-20140107232753/@comment-1756703-20140108032515

Although not all Asians are sneaky or malicious, obviously.

In terms of tropes, Heather is a mix of the "Dragon Lady" trope (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DragonLady) and the "Lovable Alpha B***h" trope (which is also on that site, but I won't link to due to uncensored language. :B)