So I neither have BPD nor know anyone IRL with a diagnosis (that I'm aware of, anyway) but a while ago I realised one of the main cast in a story I'm writing could very easily be interpreted as being borderline, and since I don't want to half-ass anything when it comes to representation (I'm queer and have ADHD and basically no one in this story is cishet or neurotypical) I thought it would be best to confirm it and do the effort of being careful of how I treat her in regards to it.

So without getting *too* into the story, her name is Emma Rose, she's a werewolf space pirate who used to be part of a pack (werewolf space pirate crew) but it was a pretty damn toxic environment for a lot of reasons which I won't go into here. Eventually that ship dumped her without warning on a random planet and she ended up joining the main cast- a group of ragtag space rebels who for various reasons didn't/couldn't stay on their respective homes and now travel the galaxy aiding different causes as they go. It's a pretty classic found familly/healing from trauma thing but from the perspectives of seven different people with very different histories and personalities.

I'm still not quite sure what specific subtype of bpd she would have yet, but her most prominent traits are explosive anger/unpredictable emotions, difficulty having trust in relationships and self-destructive behavior/self-hatred. 

Aside from the specifics of her character, I know what the obvious things to avoid are in terms of stereotyping/stigmatising her condition (she's never written off as "crazy"/abusive/anything like that by either the main cast or the narrative nor is she reduced to her condition, she doesn't actually get a diagnosis until a good bit into the story but she isn't treated differently afterward) but I'd like to hear from you all what you want to see in a character with your condition outside of literally the bare minimum.

One last thing I'm a bit unsure about; as she lives in space, emma doesn't depend on the phases of any moon for her transformations, instead she can do it at will and often unintentionally. The idea is that when her emotions- especially her anger- overwhelm her she has a harder time controlling her form and will often undergo transformation when things become too much (which isn't uncommon). Now this was meant as a semi-metaphor but as I don't have BPD I don't know if it's really apropriate, so I'd like some opinions on that too (I've spoken about it with someone before but I really think I should get more than one person's opinion on it).

So that's the gist of it, altho I'm sorry this post is so long already. Any kind of constrctive feedback is very much apreciated :3