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  • Nov 12, 2026, 12:06 AM

    6. Miss Martian, DC Comics

    Created to fill out the post-Infinite Crisis Teen Titans roster, Miss Martian came out just as I was getting into comics and comics blogging.

    Putting aside the "race" stuff, she's a white martian who was raised in the aggressive violent white martian environment but feels like a green martian inside and presents as a green martian but is constantly scared that people will see her white martian look which is larger and scary looking and she's haunted by her experiences growing up.

    She's a trans girl metaphor even if I don't think she's meant to be one, and she really resonates with me. She wants to "pass", she hates her white martian characteristics, she was raised essentially in a toxic masculine soup she doesn't want.

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    Picture of Miss Martian from DC Comics, green skinned girl with red hair in a white and red top and blue skirt, behind her is a scary white martian alien in a blue cape which is what she looks like without shapeshifting
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  • Nov 12, 2026, 1:17 AM

    7. Zhuge Liang, Romance of the Three Kingdoms

    This one isn't a girl/woman! Probably one of the earliest heroes I ever had. Yes he's a real person but the version in the romance is fictional. My mom used to tell me the stories as bed time stories.

    In a world where most larger than life heroes for kids are people who can fight and kick ass, and even within the story, most of the characters are defined by how good they are at fighting, it was meaningful for me as a smart kid with no ability to fight and who got bullied all the time to hear stories about a hero whose ability is all about his brain and ability to think outside the box and know his opponents.

    It helped me be good at things like games, even sports, by thinking outside the box & studying my opponents.

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    Art depicting Zhuge Liang, Chinese man with a goatee beard and long hair wearing a tall scholar hat with white robes and a white feather fan
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