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(08-05-2015, 04:58 PM)War Siren Wrote:No matter how I may joke about their effects, hormones aren't superpowers '3'(08-05-2015, 04:56 PM)Roda Wrote:Right, right. But again I'm not talking about your average woman.(08-05-2015, 04:25 PM)Virella Douront Wrote: And mind you, women do not only get angry when they are on that time of the month, as many seem to believe. Heck, I have a friend who gets disgustingly happy. Another who gets in the mood for... you know. I get tired and get the urge to sleep.^Yup this!
Bodies are strange.
Possible bodily events:
Bleeding (duh)
Cramps (duh)
Acne
Headaches/migraines
Lower back pain (due to cramps)
Weak/sore thighs (due to cramps)
Sore/tender and swollen breasts
Bloating
Poops/no poops (Or worse, BOTH!)
Cravings for specific nutrients (salty stuff, sugary stuff, fatty stuff, etc)
More emotional events:
Anger (well more agitation)
HypernessÂ
Depression
Anxiety/Existential dread at the ever encroaching void
Horniness
Lethargy
Some women can experience all of these symptoms, some women can experience some of these symptoms, and some can experience only the gore. Â
Can they play a role in how your character interacts with her superpowers? Â Sure! Of course! But I wouldn't think of them as THE monster inside of your character waiting to come out and murder all the things. Â That monster might treat the hormones as food or fuel, but not as a mighty sword or an empowerment spell, just a bit of a snack. And if your character has more than one symptom (which is most likely since with the bouts of high energy, comes the crashes of low energy), then that change in hormones may serve to weaken that beast.
And if your character is a dark knight and is used to meditating to keep her emotions in check and under her control, then keeping the effects of her hormonal changes in check would be a walk in the park. (Like I've said, hormonal changes <<<<<<<<<<< clawing beast that is darkside, when it comes to potency) And I have a feeling your character has been dealing with her hormones for far longer than she has been dealing with dark powers.
Though, if your character has anger management issues, then they may not be able to handle extra hormonal imbalances, due to all the other issues that comes from such problems.
But really in the end I would advise you to treat menstruation as mundane, because it is.
Dark knight powers are what's really interesting here.
And menstruation should really affect your character as much as a kind of crummy day/days/week that's on a schedule. (Since, you know, that's what it is)Hooray for edits: If I could make a suggestion on how it would outwardly appear to affect your character, I'd suggest that it would make her more confident in her abilities. Like "hold my beer, I got this bro" kind of way, balanced out with some anxiety lows in her downtime (like before bed). That way its effects can cause some shenanigans, but avoids the whole periods-are-mystical-mind-controlling-events trap and lets her claim her own successes and mistakes.