Does your series have any positive male role models?

@ArtGremlin Will steal your shiny gold coins
Tue, 05 Aug 2025 23:22:11 +0000

@ArtGremlin wrote:

I have this one story that’s about a 21 yr old guy who struggles with showing his feelings and wanting to rely on others, but there’s a specific reason for this. His entire body lights on fire when he feels strong emotions. Not good. So he’s learned to close off his emotions because of this and he doesn’t like relying on others because he feels like a burden. Throughout the story you can see how this all negatively affects him and his mental health. But by the end of the first book he ends up finding a way to live with his emotions (context: there was something that made it so he had to keep his powers a secret that gets resolved, and he also gets a better job so he can afford more fire-resistant clothing.) And then the next book is a lot about him working through his emotional issues and trying to be more healthy. I feel like the character does exhibit positive masculinity traits later on in the story
(Not a story I’ve posted yet btw. Not sure if I will or not.)