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jeriendhalRoyce looks over the characters in his Red Vixen series.
Salli: Abused and sexually assaulted by her husband, leaving her with PTSD.
Allinadar: Had her family murdered in front of her when she was six, spent the twenty odd years as a pirate slave that has left her with PTSD and serious self-image issues.
Melanie: Manages to be more and more of a self-absorbed twit with each passing story, despite being continually called out on it by her husband and sister-in-law.
Y'know, for a civilization which is obstensively a matriarchy, there are a remarkable number of f*cked-in-the-head female characters in my stories. And Rolas, who's a walking advertisement for anger management therapy.
Yeah, happy characters are boring characters, but I'm trying to get away from the Female as Victim stereotype.
Salli: Abused and sexually assaulted by her husband, leaving her with PTSD.
Allinadar: Had her family murdered in front of her when she was six, spent the twenty odd years as a pirate slave that has left her with PTSD and serious self-image issues.
Melanie: Manages to be more and more of a self-absorbed twit with each passing story, despite being continually called out on it by her husband and sister-in-law.
Y'know, for a civilization which is obstensively a matriarchy, there are a remarkable number of f*cked-in-the-head female characters in my stories. And Rolas, who's a walking advertisement for anger management therapy.
Yeah, happy characters are boring characters, but I'm trying to get away from the Female as Victim stereotype.
