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So I have to write a story for English class and I'm trying to decide what the genders of the characters should be. There's only two main characters, the main main character and the dream character.
I'm pretty sure I want the dream character to be enby because my English teacher is cool with that kind of stuff and I can also justify them being enby by being like "oh well they're magical and literally live in a dream". They would have a very nice aesthetic as a masculine girl or a emo-ish guy though.
I want the main character to either be a boy or a girl because I don't feel like using they/them pronouns when I'm doing third person perspective. But I don't know whether they should be a boy or a girl, and whether I should make them straight or LGBTQ. Cuz I think I might have a little bit of flirting going on between the main character and the dream character, it's gonna be a short story though so I dunno if I'll fit that in.
What genders do y'all think I should do?