User blog comment:SapphireFlower64/Rebooting My Character/@comment-1806960-20151014011948/@comment-1806960-20151016031945

Heh, that's how Terrador got his weapon lol. Being "cliché" isn't entirely a bad thing by the way. I consider my characters pretty well written, but they're riddled with them. Especially Twilight, who's the character I hold the closest to me (or at least a close second with a certain Griffin considered).

So with that said, having a family heirloom be a weapon, while somewhat overused, can be done well. Being born with her powers would require some extra thought and a definitive reason. The more vague you are, the more others could look down at that. I've been down that road alot.

And finally, having a heat power based, female cat is already a base of sorts. And that was only my perspective. Whether you did or not is unknown to me, not that that's a bad thing of course lol