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Let's talk about Martha
🕑 Added 2021-06-12 07:29:16 +0000 UTCThe popularity of Martha's path keeps surprising me. Probably most of the positive comments focus on Martha (and Olivier, but more on Martha). This is a character who has a growing influence on the story.
Martha fulfilled a dream that most of us share. She became a beautiful girl and got the superpowers. But it was just the first step. The reality is the reality, and I wanted to show the situation after most of the captions and stories end. How to live in a dream.
She's also the variation on the popular trope in TF fiction - the witch. It's a trope I have trouble with as it's usually poorly developed. Even if there are "good witches" or "good wizards" (like in Bill Hart's Spells Are Us or Bikini Beach universes), we see them focusing on the transformation of the main character. We rarely can see the social consequences of their power or their ambitions. They usually are really toxic characters, but as they're a tool to fulfill the fantasy, we forgive them that.
I like Martha. She turns out to be a more sympathetic character than I planned (in opposite to Justin, surprisingly). Her struggle to be a real girl not just looking like one gives some depth to the story. And she's capricious in the very teenage way. And well, she has superpowers that can't be underestimated.
And, finally, she's the lesbian choice for the story. If you choose to be with her (and as I assume, most of you did), you will get some more detailed content about building a relationship. This is another problem in TG fiction - the relationship between two girls far too often is reduced to the hot lesbian sex scenes. I want to show some emotions and struggles, and the background, of course. Being a member of the LGBT+ community in Poland is a schizophrenic experience. I hope that I would be able to show the thoughts that my gay and lesbian friends share with me.
I like the relations between Martha and Pauline. There is some tension between them. Martha has a serious advantage over our heroine, but there're moments when they're equal. And if you will follow acceptance path, there will be some respect and even envy how feminine you could be.
What do you like about Martha? What scenes with her did you like the most? And what do you want to see in her path?
