Maybe. I think it's fine if she's lesbian. I know that's a stereotype, but I know I would have a higher chance of finding a girlfriend if I got involved in sports. Haha.
The tomboy trope
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Misako needs to be athlethic so that other characters don't do that to her
Being athletic and being able to fight are 2 different things.
Does misako play a sport, or does misako train in combat?
I will say, officers, regardless of gender, are trained in combat
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Misako is well-versed in swordfighting and general kung-fu, that's about the extent of her abilities so far (it may evolve further in the future, who knows~)
That would be obviated by the "beard."
@takadote26 throw an excerpt in the Workshop if you feel comfortable doing so. Much easier to offer advice when we have something concrete.
Oh, sure. Lavender marriages are always fun to play around with in Historical settings. (Don't know if the 2000s would be historical now... but...) Yes. This character could have a man 'pretend' to date her to keep her safe in the closet. I always like to do this with both parties being chill about it. I have a story were a gay man and a lesbian 'date' and get married because it's the early 1910's. Then, their 'best friends' do the same thing and live next door.
My husband (and a lot of the officers) take jui jitsu and other forms of martial arts so they can learn to disarm and incapacitate someone without a weapon.
My husband played lacrosse and soccer in HS and college. Training in jui jitsu, he's not that flexible, so that part is hard for him.
As the scriptwriters for Alien did for Sigourney Weaver's role.
It might be a good exercise if writers took a story at random and switched the gender or race of the main protagonist and observed the difference in nuance.
For me, the term "tomboy" is of no use to me in describing a character, but might be useful to describe what others think of her, and the value judgment associated with that tag.
I meant literally, but you know... now that I look at it with a higher coffee to blood ratio, I see why you would question it, haha.
*Edit for clarity. The ratio is still not high enough obviously.
I already stole it and stuck it in a scene with a bar named The Pickle and the Beard! The jokes write themselves.
My dear, how revolutionary and shocking.
Call me a trendsetter lol
I watched this recently. Think it’s well researched and explored:
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I have to agree that the concept of a "tomboy" disappeared probably somewhere around the 1980s. We've advanced to a culture where individualism has risen above sexist roles imposed by conformists. Girls can be anything they want to be, and still be girls.
I agree that it has been gone a while, but it was quite alive and well through the 90's.
Okay, but you live in Canada. Kinda like California, but better? I see plenty of conformist pressure on people still today.
People refer to all these decades as if they're so long ago.
There are times they feel like yesterday. I was a teenager in the 90's, and I was an adult in the early 2000's, but no one really believed that, lol. I remember them quite well.