Build a monk that either pays respect to the class or breaks the boundaries completely.
This means that you can benefit from Jordan's mega deep-dive into the awesome mix of history/religion/lore that surround the Shaolin monks and their unique fighting style and avoid a potentially awkward converation about cliche or cringeworthy characters and play one right. We also chat about a unique system created by James Intracaso to fully and completely customize the underlying race system of D&D for when you really need to colour outside the lines but not break the system.
Here is a link to James Introcaso's post
Also check out the bad-ass pugilistic half orcs. How could you not want to play them? https://www.deviantart.com/ianllanas/art/Half-Orc-Brawler-436419289 https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/8t8urg/scartoof_2_the_punchening_art/