I created a character named Ali,
Who had a quirk called "Empathy."
Her mother was killed in front of her,
And she was trained and beaten for years.
She was forced to **** hundreds of people,
Despite her own tears.
She could feel whatever someone was going through,
With a simple touch of her hands.
As she grew more powerful,
The feelings, she could gently sense.
She fell in love with an explosive boy,
Who filled her troubled life with joy.
The biggest tragedy and irony of Ali,
Was that, despite all the heroic things she did,
She always hated herself for what she was,
Even until her death.
She never saw herself as a hero,
Merely repaying old debts.
Writing her was a journey,
And it hurt me in the end.
For bits of her are part of me,
The painful, but necessary, empathy.
The need to help everyone else,
Despite the hurt to myself.
I love to write,
And the characters I create,
Impact me deeply.
I thought you might like to know about them,
Starting, of course, with Ali.
Jan 28
Jan 28, 2026 at 10:38 PM UTC
I created a character named Ali,
Who had a quirk called "Empathy."
Her mother was killed in front of her,
And she was trained and beaten for years.
She was forced to **** hundreds of people,
Despite her own tears.
She could feel whatever someone was going through,
With a simple touch of her hands.
As she grew more powerful,
The feelings, she could gently sense.
She fell in love with an explosive boy,
Who filled her troubled life with joy.
The biggest tragedy and irony of Ali,
Was that, despite all the heroic things she did,
She always hated herself for what she was,
Even until her death.
She never saw herself as a hero,
Merely repaying old debts.
Writing her was a journey,
And it hurt me in the end.
For bits of her are part of me,
The painful, but necessary, empathy.
The need to help everyone else,
Despite the hurt to myself.
I love to write,
And the characters I create,
Impact me deeply.
I thought you might like to know about them,
Starting, of course, with Ali.
