Super heroes appear to be an entertainment gold mine right now, so, in keeping with the trend, I’ve decided to create my own alter-ego super hero. She shall be named RED FURY. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned or my readers have surmised but I am a naturally born redhead with pale skin and brown eyes.
My genetic make requires a mutant MC1R gene that sits on chromosome 16. Yes, I said mutant gene. The gene for red hair is recessive, so a person needs two copies of that gene for it to show up or be expressed. That means even if both parents carry the gene, just one in four of their children are likely to turn out to be a redhead. Therefore I am only one to two percent of the world wide population making me quite rare. Plus, I’m an only child, so what are the odds? I really think that deserves a super hero and thus Red Fury was born.
In a previous blog I wrote how this moniker would become my preferred name. That was just me making light of the preferred name trend. But, as I thought about it, Red Fury really did fit me like a glove. I am a redhead and occasionally I do burst into a fury, whether it be a fury of cleaning, baking, shopping and/or orating loudly about whatever news item has caught my sense of the absurd. Yes, Red Fury about sums me up.
The Muse thinks this needs to be made into a graphic novel. He says he can even see the front cover in his mind. Hum ….. let’s see what I can come up with.
First comes the question of how to portray her. Should she be in her twenties, all svelte and smooth with long flowing scarlet hair welding her bejeweled dagger of peace and justice? Or would it be more accurate to paint her as a chubby, flamed-haired magical mess of a creature sporting an extra large bustier and swinging a sharply honed sword that can double as a bread knife?
The muse’s opinion is to go with the twenty year old young. Of course it is. As he mentioned to me once, he still has the mind of a twelve year old. But, really, the full figured gal more currently describes my alter ego. Maybe I will write about both. They can exist in different parallel universes; one based on reality and the other based on the Muse’s dream.
So, for now, the Red Fury bids you adieu. Don’t worry, there will be more installments as I flesh out her exploits, thoughts and goals. See you in the next blog.
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