*Gender characteristics as a feature, not a bug: female elf doctors, such as Dr. Liara Nightshade https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Dr-Liara-Nightshade-1262677249 and the healer elf nurses of a starship sick bay https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Female-elf-nurses-refined-1270101567 are well known in the Confederation for their feminine characteristics of nurturing and compassion, as well as a maternal instinct for their patients. Frontline infantry combat is left to the biggest strongest males of the confederation https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Brawny-starship-security-1266081387 and their monstrous tenacity is treated as a feature and not a bug (i.e. no "toxic masculinity" nonsense). https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Two-faces-of-Heidi-Orlova-1264626039 Heidi Orlova is a character who has lived through a terrible tragedy where she lost her husband and only son. Her family and her dream of building a family died that day. It's the kind of circumstance that often makes people say "God, why did you let this happen to me?" Instead, she plays piano and sings "It Is Well With My Soul" by Horatio Spafford, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY5o9mP22V0 who wrote the song after he tragically lost his daughters at sea. She never let tragedy make her a monster, she is still very caring and kind and very fond of children, especially little boys who remind her of her own son. | *Gender characteristics as a feature, not a bug: female elf doctors, such as Dr. Liara Nightshade https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Dr-Liara-Nightshade-1262677249 and the healer elf nurses of a starship sick bay https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Female-elf-nurses-refined-1270101567 are well known in the Confederation for their feminine characteristics of nurturing and compassion, as well as a maternal instinct for their patients. Frontline infantry combat is left to the biggest strongest males of the confederation https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Brawny-starship-security-1266081387 and their monstrous tenacity is treated as a feature and not a bug (i.e. no "toxic masculinity" nonsense). https://www.deviantart.com/therealh/art/Two-faces-of-Heidi-Orlova-1264626039 Heidi Orlova is a character who has lived through a terrible tragedy where she lost her husband and only son. Her family and her dream of building a family died that day. It's the kind of circumstance that often makes people say "God, why did you let this happen to me?" Instead, she plays piano and sings "It Is Well With My Soul" by Horatio Spafford, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY5o9mP22V0 who wrote the song after he tragically lost his daughters at sea. She never let tragedy make her a monster, she is still very caring and kind and very fond of children, especially little boys who remind her of her own son. |