Why Should I Be Normal?
I have never been considered "normal," but to be normal, I would have to be fake. Why would I want that? Being abnormal is more fun and I can be myself.
Normal girls shop for shoes and skirts and purses. I browse those stores and try not to look too bored. Normal girls gossip about their friends' love lives and the "it" couple. I find gossip annoying so I tune it out to heavy metal from my ipod. Normal girls watch chick-flicks. I watch action movies with epic fight scenes. Normal girls style their hair and put on makeup. I braid my hair to get it out of the way and don't waste my time with something like makeup.
These are ways I'm abnormal in terms of stereotypes and expected behavior for girls, but there is one more that I forgot to mention: I can fight. I am martial artist. I can defend myself. I don't need "Prince Charming" to rescue me. I'll rescue myself. Few girls have the skills needed to fight and I love being one of those few.
My refusal to play a stereotypical role is not my only abnormal trait. I have creative and unusual thoughts that later turn into drawings or occasionally stories. I have created worlds where dragons and witches and vampires live among humans. And I populated these worlds with bizarre and often uncommon characters. Female werewolves, benevolent demons, human-animal hybrids, and more. These characters refuse to be normal, so why can't I?
If someone asked me to try being normal and I would act like they are crazy. To be normal, I would have to act like a stereotypical girl. I would have to stop doing martial arts and start to gossip and wear makeup. I would have to abandon the worlds I created and the characters who live in them. Doing so would make me feel superficial and would drive me to madness.
I could never be fake, not when I have more fun as myself. I will never know how other people can pretend to be someone they are not just to fit in. I would rather be an outcast than a fake, yet I found friends who love me for my abnormalities.
So why should I be normal?
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