Hecate (a.k.a. Katie (she hates this nickname btw))
Physical Description
“Get your hair out of your face!” is a sentence Hecate is all-too familiar with. It seems to them like everyone and their mother has something to say about their hair, whether it’s commenting on how dark it is or how she needs to stop using it to hide her face. Hecate doesn’t get why people are so obsessed with commenting on a seemingly random trait - she figures it must be her most noticeable feature. Having her hair in her face serves two purposes: it blocks out super bright light and makes eye contact slightly less miserable. The only downsides: some days it’s a terrible and overwhelming sensation, and people won’t shut the fuck up about it.
Mental characteristics
Gender is a concept that Hecate struggles with. When she was a kid, boys were boys and girls were girls and the only difference was physical. When she got older, maybe around 14-15, they learned about transgender and nonbinary people, which completely flipped their idea of gender. They started questioning things they'd never thought about. Why ARE there different pronouns? If gender isn't the same as sex, then what is gender? They started to realize that they related to how people described gender dysphoria, at least regarding social dysphoria. She didn't like the way she'd been forced into a role, a box. They started becoming hyper-aware of when people talk about 'girls' or 'women', and they realized they didn't feel like they were in that category. While researching they found the term 'cassgender', which refers to people who think their gender is unimportant or are indifferent to the idea of gender. Hecate felt like the term fit them.
Hecate is autistic, which always made it difficult for them to understand the concept of attraction. Their parents argued quite a lot when her mom was still alive, which only confused them further. Why get married if you seem to hate each other so much? She just assumed love was something people made up.
It only confused her more when she watched people become couples in school. She never understood it until she met her best friend, Lyric Calhoun, in eighth grade. They cared deeply for her friend in a way she could only describe as love. Despite this, they still didn't understand the idea of non-platonic relationships. They went on believing that this must just be another example of them being 'weird' until Lyric explained the concept of asexuality and aromanticism. They realized how much they related and that it wasn't just them.
Personality Characteristics
Likes: Historical sites, chess, mythology
Dislikes: Loud noises and bright lights
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