The title character of my Nokwahl Viiahdah series fits that pretty well. She's a "perfect hermaphrodite," like all her species, but looks and acts female, and female pronouns are used with her. The only difference is, she has what I think could be a form of PTSD from a traumatic childhood experience, but it doesn't effect her confidence; along with her telepathic Gift of projective empathy, she got training from the Shao'Bahn Order that allowed her to turn that pain into a weapon. She and other Shao'Bahn would consider that traumatic childhood experience to be like the fire that forges iron into steel.
Also, my Lyria Spellspinner character fits this perfectly as well. She has no "domestic" skills to speak of, leaving cooking and cleaning, etc, to her servants, but she has a brilliant mind and is clever, cunning, and powerful enough that it does indeed take a really powerful foe to challenge her. And yes... she is a mother. She didn't carry her children in her womb, but she is a mother. And gods help anyone who threatens her family. You threaten Lyria's family, you'd better hope she's feeling merciful enough to merely kill you. Her specialty in magic is modifying the souls of objects and people. With sufficient reason and preparation, she can come up with punishments that even the Greek gods would think were too harsh.
Because of her power level and intelligence, her only real challengers in the book will be actual living GODS. And creatures almost as powerful as gods.
* She can solve challenges herself, without requiring rescue by some guy. ** Consequently this affects the kind of relationships she is likely to have with male characters. Those who can accept her agency are eligible for possible friendship or romance. Those who cannot are promptly classified as road hazards. It also opens the door for gentlemen-in-distress if so desired.
Nokwahl: So far has dated her partner and fellow detective, Alex Davison. But that was in the past, even in the book. I don't know why they broke up. Maybe they just decided they didn't feel strongly enough to be more than close friends.
Anyway, then she goes on to date a female human, Samantha Dryson, who also happens to be otherkin (she feels more like one of Nokwahl's species).
As to why she doesn't date within her own species... well, she lives on a space station orbiting Earth. There aren't that many of her people there.
Lyria: I have plans for Lyria and Forizano Lysvalo (the crippled scholar she healed and hired as a tutor for her daughter Meriel) to fall in love with one another. But it's not going to be easy getting to that point. Lyria is a bit antisocial, due to her past experiences in life.
* She is secure in her role and does not feel compelled to squash other female characters to make herself look more important or powerful. She is powerful in some way(s) and uses it appropriately rather than waving it around like a stick of firewood.
Definitely applies to both Nokwahl and Lyria. If anything, Lyria is a source of strong female characters. Even though a child, Meriel is a strong female character. And Lyria's second in command is Serret Antashik, an olive-skinned woman who, as one of Lyria's Zaharat soldiers, is of a superior race of humans made from the corpses of regular humans.
Lyria has been to Earth, too, so she may have read "Frankenstein." I imagine her reaction to the book would be, "Stupid men, can't do anything right." (With a grin, though, because she's not actually sexist against men.)
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Date: 2011-08-26 09:17 am (UTC)Also, my Lyria Spellspinner character fits this perfectly as well. She has no "domestic" skills to speak of, leaving cooking and cleaning, etc, to her servants, but she has a brilliant mind and is clever, cunning, and powerful enough that it does indeed take a really powerful foe to challenge her. And yes... she is a mother. She didn't carry her children in her womb, but she is a mother. And gods help anyone who threatens her family. You threaten Lyria's family, you'd better hope she's feeling merciful enough to merely kill you. Her specialty in magic is modifying the souls of objects and people. With sufficient reason and preparation, she can come up with punishments that even the Greek gods would think were too harsh.
Because of her power level and intelligence, her only real challengers in the book will be actual living GODS. And creatures almost as powerful as gods.
* She can solve challenges herself, without requiring rescue by some guy.
** Consequently this affects the kind of relationships she is likely to have with male characters. Those who can accept her agency are eligible for possible friendship or romance. Those who cannot are promptly classified as road hazards. It also opens the door for gentlemen-in-distress if so desired.
Nokwahl: So far has dated her partner and fellow detective, Alex Davison. But that was in the past, even in the book. I don't know why they broke up. Maybe they just decided they didn't feel strongly enough to be more than close friends.
Anyway, then she goes on to date a female human, Samantha Dryson, who also happens to be otherkin (she feels more like one of Nokwahl's species).
As to why she doesn't date within her own species... well, she lives on a space station orbiting Earth. There aren't that many of her people there.
Lyria: I have plans for Lyria and Forizano Lysvalo (the crippled scholar she healed and hired as a tutor for her daughter Meriel) to fall in love with one another. But it's not going to be easy getting to that point. Lyria is a bit antisocial, due to her past experiences in life.
* She is secure in her role and does not feel compelled to squash other female characters to make herself look more important or powerful. She is powerful in some way(s) and uses it appropriately rather than waving it around like a stick of firewood.
Definitely applies to both Nokwahl and Lyria. If anything, Lyria is a source of strong female characters. Even though a child, Meriel is a strong female character. And Lyria's second in command is Serret Antashik, an olive-skinned woman who, as one of Lyria's Zaharat soldiers, is of a superior race of humans made from the corpses of regular humans.
Lyria has been to Earth, too, so she may have read "Frankenstein." I imagine her reaction to the book would be, "Stupid men, can't do anything right." (With a grin, though, because she's not actually sexist against men.)