The Hero Nobody Asked For

About the character.

Name: Fern Oswald (Harmonic)
Age: 17
Gender: non-binary
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 136lbs
Body type: Twiggy
Skin type: gingerbread
Hair color: umber
Eye color: hickory (turns a clover green when their powers are activated)
Sp: Bisexual

Personality:

Fern is quiet and mostly observes what's happening rather than give their two cents. Plus, they're used to being talked over so much that they just don't bother anymore. They are definitely a daydreamer and often find themself staring out the classroom or bedroom window. In fact, their daydreams are some of the only things that keep them sane. At least they can have friends and have the courage to be open about themself in their head. Despite being kind of the loner type, Fern has a few friends in their neighborhood whom they hang out with. All four of them go to a closed off part of a nearby forest and just look at the stars, which is a perfect place to daydream.
Fern also has trouble expressing their feelings, so even to their friends, it's like their feelings are overlooked. Of course, they only blame themself and their fear of arguments for this and promise themself to get over that fear, but they're not sure when to do it.

Backstory:

Fern was born and raised in a lower middle class home with a single father and a pet banana ball python.
Originally Felicity Jenny Oswald, Fern had an average life as a child in a lower middle class economy. They didn't have many friends, even when they were little, but that didn't really bother them. What bothered them is that they were immediately expected to like pink and play with barbies, but they didn't like pink or blue. They liked green things and playing with musical toys.
This wasn't a problem until people started to ask about Fern's gender. Fern always responded with a shrug or an "I don't know" and their dad always had to nervously laugh and say, "she's a girl! She's just really shy!"
This always made Fern feel bad because they thought they were being forced into something that they didn't have a say in.
This caused them anxiety whenever they were asked that question and made them even more quiet.
For years, they didn't answer anything that anyone asked, for fear it would only lead them into trouble.
This only got worse when they got to elementary and middle school. The teachers would always put Fern in a group of extroverts to try and change them and make them more social, but it just made them more overshadowed and less likely to present to the class. Despite this, they maintained good grades and made their dad proud academically.
In high school, the teachers didn't even bother with making Fern get into a group. They still got good grades, but they began to get in trouble for not responding to "Felicity" anymore. Once Fern's dad got called in for this, tension began at home. Fern's father tried to scream at Fern and manipulate Fern into going back to being the girl he knew and loved, but that only pushed Fern away more and more until they were barely seen at home anymore and were always in their room when they were home.