Characters & Relationships We Need to Write About More

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• Healthy, strong sibling bonds
• Two supportive, active parents
• Men who are open with emotions of all kind
• Women who have no weak spots for romantic love
• Hardened characters who (professionally) care for kids, animals, or the elderly and are sweet with them
• Pansexual and lesbian characters in sci fi
• Intense newly-formed friendships
• Lust at first sight, reluctantly (& eventually) in love
• MCs who aren’t naturally or easily athletic 
• Lazy do-gooders
• Unlikely cat people
• Someone who’s known for being a good singer/musician but would rather pursue math or science
• Men who are rough but aren’t condescending to women
• Non-humans who live in a human world and have a cultural identity crisis
• Characters that willfully go to a therapist
• Women with careers AND a rich, full family/social life
• Dedicated teachers
• A character that got a degree in business/finances/tech to have a secure job and save up for a lifelong dream
• A woman who lives in an isolated area/home alone and prefers it that way
• Divorced parents and step-parents that care about each other and work hard to be a loving support network for the kids involved
• Sex workers that are not angels or demons, but complex characters like everyone else
• Stay at home dads
• Recovering alcoholics/addicts that have been clean for years and help other trying to get clean
• A deadbeat, unemployed female character
• Rough characters who are also bookworms
• Kids who are just as emotionally intelligent as the adults