How I wished at the time to see women portrayed in the same way. I was always mesmerised by stories of brotherhood: two men that would honour and risk their lives for each other. He was my role model, the courageous, honourable, virtuous, humble, and sometimes conflicted hero that is so well expressed in Aragorn, Darcy, or Apollo from the original Galactica. From childhood, I wanted to be him and marry him. I am fascinated by my inner world when it comes to associating myself with the male hero.

The first one was what I wanted to be the second was what society wanted me to be, and I believed them, for a little while. I imagined myself occupying the boots of the hero as much as I occupied the glass slippers of the damsel in distress. The Mists of Avalon, an Arthurian legend retelling from the point of view of the female characters, had as much effect on me as Cosmos by Carl Sagan. I was as excited and delighted with Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre as I was with Battlestar Galactica (the original TV series). I based my stories on the books and movies I was watching and the narratives that moved and inspired me. The first one was what I wanted to be the second was what society wanted me to be, and I belie From as young as I can remember, I have soothed myself to sleep by imagining epic stories of heroes, heroines, sorceresses, dragons, angels, and demons.

From as young as I can remember, I have soothed myself to sleep by imagining epic stories of heroes, heroines, sorceresses, dragons, angels, and demons.

Ange'el by Jamie Le Fay