Amanda Reid

Amanda Reid is a side character in the Elsaverse. She is part of the "Triple A" team of heroes, along with her friends Alexis and Anastasia Bertradino, the three women with powers that are the main protagonists of the novella AAA (2018). Alexis is, indeed, Amanda's hero and platonic love, and they end up making love for the first time in Elsaverse: Transitions, although the scene is presented as a one-time thing. In AAA, she started a casual relationship with Serena, but they broke up amicably when Serena found a man to love. Amanda is a published writer of sci-fi novels and she has the power to telepathically put stories or ideas into other people's minds.

Personal
Amanda has been friends with Anastasia for as long as they remember. Both of them were good students and a bit shy around others, and they were always together as kids. While Anastasia preferred to read comic books, Amanda was always writing stories and, although she was too shy to show them to anyone besides Anastasia, she used to dream of becoming a pro sci-fi writer. Sadly, they soon became the school's official 'freaks'. When Alexis met them in sixth grade at Riverside Junior Highschool, they were regularly bullied by their former friend, Tina, and her court of followers, starting with Tina's boyfriend, Bobby. Meanwhile, Alexis was a newcomer with the potential to become the most popular girl in the school. She could have just gone with the flow to be accepted; however, Alexis was always kind to Amanda and Anastasia and even stood up for her them when they were attacked. For this reason, she quickly became their hero. One day, Amanda wrote a story about that feeling: Bobby stole it for Tina, and Tina handed it over to Alexis, who at first thought it was some kind of sarcastic joke from Amanda. However, when she confronted Amanda, Alexis could see that all that she had written on that piece of paper was genuine and decided to give them a chance. From that moment on, the three of them became inseparable.

Sometime later, when her friend Sarah was cruelly accused at school of being a lesbian, Amanda started to realize that she didn't feel attracted to guys. And, even though she actually had a brief romantic relationship with Sarah some years later, Amanda's heart only belongs to Alexis: all that fascination she felt for her beautiful, kind, brave, and empathic friend since they were kids slowly evolved into deeper feelings that, sadly for Amanda, Alexis just can't reciprocate in full, as she is straight. However, this unrequited love has never affected their friendship and, eventually, Alexis even decided once to try lesbic sex with Amanda, who tried her best to make this one-time thing as unforgettable for Alexis as it will definitely be for herself.