I am working on a graphic novel that includes a character who fills the typical badass-type person role.  A little way into the story, it is revealed this badass is a woman (disguised up until this point) and a member of an oppressed (WWII-style) demographic.  Out-of-combat, I plan to have her exhibit neurosis and phenomenon that a real person would exhibit, having been forced into becoming a mercenary at a young age (think Berserk’s “Guts”, but a little less dark).
I am thinking that she would be quick to anger, prone to physical violence and generally clueless about daily life, yet still hold a certain wistfulness that she never experienced it.  She will be counterbalanced by a man who was once a war criminal (enhanced by magic) who constantly takes the high ground (moral and physical) with aloof ease.  It is implied that he smokes pot.  The setting is a fictional land with a hybrid of fantasy /1930’s technology.
Any thoughts?  I apologize for vagueness, but I am protective of my idea…

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