They're best friends both with a rare mental and physiological condition known as "dragonism", which means they were born into dragon-like bodies (not human-looking at all) and have differently wired brains, so they think and behave differently as well as looking just like human-sized dragons. "Dragons" tend to be asocial and prefer being alone, though the few friends they do make they're very close to, such as my two main characters with each other. They're also very intellectual and eccentric individuals. They're both in college, studying accounting, but they don't live on campus. I haven't decided on the sexes of my two main characters, however. I'm stuck between them being two males, two females, and a male and a female. I'm male, so I'm somewhat pushing for at least one of them to be male as well, but what do you think?
I don't really understand the dragonism bit, so I'll just leave that for later, but I'd go with one male and one female, just because whatever their (a)ssexualities may be, they'll end up with different perspectives on the world. Gives you more room to work.
To be honest, the sex of your characters isn't the important thing, but the traits of their personality, as well as their culture. Is true in same aspects male and female approach to a situation differently, however, focus more on how do you want to present your characters. Show us who they are. Details about them. Do not worry about their sexes, just write down your idea. And remember have fun
Actually, their personalities are both somewhat androgynous. There wouldn't be that big of a difference between male and female brains of dragons. Also, dragonism is basically just a condition that makes them look just like dragons and makes them think and behave differently.
It doesn't sound like it matters too much what their sexes are. I'd go for one of each just so that you can use "he" and "she" easily when they're together.
Sorry, I forgot to mention that I'll most likely be using them in either a comic or an animated series, so they won't be referred to as "he" or "she" often, only by other characters when they're not in the scene.
I think you should try and write more about them to try and find out how they are before assigning them a sex. Or since they are fantastic creatures, why couldn't they be genderless? Does their sex/gender really that important? Specifically since their brain is also different, so stereotypical sex behaviours should be irrelevant. Good luck!
I know it isn't that important. I'd just like to have a gender combination and stick to it, because I'm really indecisive when it comes to the names and genders of my characters. I don't want to have to keep changing them over and over again, which I do a lot.
Oh I understand hm, maybe some names that can be used for either gender then? Do at least you can keep the names of you can't keep their genders. - hW
I've found that even in asexual relationships, a male and female duality is the best for conflicting perspectives on the world. Of course, it actually doesn't matter, because there's no saying that a male cannot approach the world with a perspective similar to that of the stereotypical woman's and vice versa. Unless gender/sex-roles and such are very important in this world, and they play heavily into your characters' dynamic with each other, the world and the story, best not to get too hung up on character sexes.
You could just leave them androgynous and not mention their sex then name them something like Alex and Bailey. Have them refer to each other by name or using the inclusive 'they,' then have the characters around them get awkward as they try to figure it out.
