Okay. I'm writing a TF2 fanfic that I'm not really going to share anywhere, but despite this fact I want to ask about one of my ideas. For the record, this fanfic is devoid of the original cast of TF2. The entirety of both teams is comprised of OCs belonging to myself and my roleplay partners. Only two of the characters belong to me specifically, and I want some opinions on the one I'm about to introduce. The character in question is a female Scout on the BLU team. She would be the only female character in the story, but I don't intend for there to be sex or even romance, neither do I intend to harp upon her gender. She's almost more of a boy than she is a girl. However, I don't want to see her to stick out too much characteristically. I intend for her to wind up with RED (on which the story focuses) after being captured during a recon mission and befriending their Pyro, due to whom she stays. The first thing I was concerned about was that having her captured and imprisoned would "chick-ify" her too much. Secondly, she's based off another one of my characters from an entirely different (original) universe, wherein she functions very well as a character. What worries me is that the intensity/quirks attached to her character will make her seem sue-ish in the TF2 universe. She is a teenager (nineteen to be exact). She's also one of those "weird" characters who spends a lot of time in her own head and exhibits strange behaviours such as collecting dead rodents and birds to load them with petty explosives such as homebrew firecrackers made from cap gun pellets or chemicals or scrounging around in the garbage for things she considers useful. She makes innumerable shitty jokes and puns, if only to herself. On the other hand, I have toned her down quite a bit. Instead of being irritatingly talkative, the TF2 version of her is intended to be largely very quiet, only speaking to Pyro for the most part. Instead of being deliberately outlandish she makes a conscious attempt to blend in. She is ashamed of the fact that she's female because she's surrounded by men and tries to downplay it, though she's already fairly androgynous. I just don't want her to be some quirky!sue clinging to the Pyro's arm though. She's an idea I've had in the works for a while. Any opinions?
