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Leslie is my character who I want to focus on should I do the NaNoWriMo. I would like to talk about him here and maybe get some sort of storyline to feature, because... well, it'd be a heckuva lot more interesting with an actual storyline, wouldn't it?

So here's the basics:

-Leslie is a water nymph.
-Leslie is male.
-Leslie looks like a girl.
-Leslie is gay.
-Leslie is a barmaid, and his boss doesn't know he's a guy.
-Leslie likes skirts.

Now ask me questions and give me inspiration... please?

Because....... I got nothing.

Water nymphs are androgynous, and for whatever reason, their traditional clothing is very feminine. They don't wear pants much within Leslie's tribe, traditionally, but other than that... it's just a personal quirk. He likes skirts like some people like chocolate. Or the color pink.

Family-wise... well, his whole tribe is like one giant family. They're nomadic, living mostly in the water, but staying in port cities for sporadic periods. There are some cities that they like to frequent more than others, and it is this city that Leslie has taken residence in. He found the constant moving tiring, because it was hard to make friends outside his tribe. Water nymphs don't seem to care so much when someone is homosexual, though it isn't necessarily accepted. It's more like they simply overlook that part, because they highly value tribe members regardless of... any quirks, for lack of a better term. It can be attributed to the fact that, for Leslie's tribe, the nomadic ways make it harder to lose someone who had previously been a (somewhat rare) constant. Plus some of that 'love is love is love' bit. Nymphs are very accepting of quirks. (Unlike, say... demons or goblins.)

She has you there, Secret.

This honestly doesn't answer my question at all.



You're twisting the meaning of a word to your own convenience. If water nymphs can be born a boy or girl, they're not androgynous. So from what I see now, they're mostly feminine water nymphs, and Leslie is part of that statistic.

edit: i dont mean to sound rude i if come off that way, i'm just pointing out the flaws i see

Using the definition "having both male and female parts" for androgynous contradicts Leslie being a gay guy, that was my point.

Yyyyyeah, I probably should just use that from now on. Or just say 'seems androgynous,' as Lizz suggested, or something along those lines. I already explained why I hadn't said it like so previously. I'd rather avoid communication issues... because they can sometimes end up badly.

I do see your point, though.

...So, outside of those sorts of contradictions, does anyone have anything for me to run around with like a maniac? Or are there more contradictions I've overlooked?

I'm not trying to offend anyone, and I'm sorry if I've offended you. Leslie is, mostly, just a for-fun character for me, and is not to be considered to seriously. He's full of stereotypes and not supposed to be very original. (My more original characters are hiding in the background because they have plotlines.)

I really do apologize if this has unintentionally made you unhappy in any way, because that is one of the last things I'm aiming to do. I just made a character who's fun to use as a sort of... stereotype-mold-breaking. But not breaking a stereotype, just breaking a mold by being said stereotype.

It makes more sense in my head.

Although, on that last statement, if you ask me, there are plenty of fey who have traits in the exact opposite direction. Like demons (should) or goblins. Or dwarves. But certain creatures, like my version of nymphs, are sitting happily on the border between masculinity and femininity for reasons. My reasoning behind nymph appearance-androgynity is this: Nymphs represent certain elements (earth, water, plants, etc), and said elements, in essence, have no gender. Of course, certain elements lean more towards one gender than the other (water being more feminine and earth being more masculine).

Does this make more sense now? Is my poor excuse less offending?

The only thing I find defensive is your comparison to the reason for someone being gay to the reason why people like chocolate. It doesn't make sense. People choose to like chocolate because the taste of it appeals to them. People don't choose to be gay/bi/lesbian, imo, they're born that way.