Is My Ma 'n Ruimtewese by Christie Nortjé
Character Map
Tiaan
Tiaan's mother
Drian
Definitive Traits
Relationships
Physical Appearance
Definitive Traits
Relationships
Relationships
Definitive Traits
Tiaan
Her son
Grounded him for a year
after his antics
Skin turns red when she is angry
Splits up her son's name into syllables
when she is angry
Capable of shouting and screaming without stopping
Knows when Tiaan is lying
She is not actually an alien
Snores very loudly
Eccentric
Curious
Vivid imagination: believes
his mother is an alien
After his experiment fails,
he thinks his mother's snoring might
be proof that she is a werewolf
Uses the scientific method to
investigate things that pique his curiosity
Owns a white rat named Jasper
Keeps a diary of his findings
His mother
His test subject
Believes she is an alien before believing she is
a werewolf
She is an alien because:
She can shout and scream at him without fatigue -
proof of super vocal chords
She knows when he's lying even though no one
else is none the wiser
Her "super hearing" allows her to detect the faintest sound -
like when he switches on the PlayStation instead of doing
his homework
Her "form" changes when she is angry
Attempts to feed Jasper to his mother because "aliens eat rodents"
Night blind, contrary to Tiaan's belief
Tiaan
Best friend
Knows where the diary of Tiaan's "research"
is hidden should anything happen to him
Keeps a diary of his experiment
Hidden in a secret place only
his best friend Drian knows