Top 10 Speculative Fiction Moms

AMEN!
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Molly Weasley is who Voldemort has nightmares about. :-D

Even though my character Lyria Spellspinner has never been pregnant (she's able, but finds the process distasteful), she is mother to several new species of beings. Let's see... Zaharat, Lareth, Rattus Blattaria Sapiens, and Reshath; that's four whole species and several thousand individuals (though Lareth barely even count). Then Arrandine and Meriel are two unique species all their own. She uses her own DNA in all of these except the Reshath, but most are only distantly related to her, in terms of genetics. Meriel, who looks human but isn't, is her closest living relative, genetically speaking.

Lyria is VERY protective of the family she's created. Most of her children can look after themselves, but Meriel is still a child. I'd tell you what Lyria did when barbarians almost killed Meriel, but that would be spoilers. :-D Let's just say it wasn't pretty, and you really don't want to piss her off.

*Thinks* Okay, seems Lyria is the most prominent mother in any of my stories. Though I have to give props to Nokwahl's mother for how well she handled Nokwahl's power manifesting. Nokwahl's power is she's a reverse empath. It first manifested on accident against her sister in weaponized form. Her sister was okay, just frightened and hurt since Nokwahl was projecting fear and pain. Her power had to be suppressed for everyone's safety until she could be taught to control it.

Let's see, what else? Hmm... well, in the barely-started story "Exit Strategy," the naturally-multiplicitous shapeshifting species whose name I forget offhand has different body shapes for different genders, and 6 genders/people in one body. One of the several female genders is Birthing Mother, which makes female praying mantises look tame by comparison. That gender is terrifying. Large, bloodthirsty, mean; they could give the Alien mother a run for its money.

Clarissa MacDougall Kinnison. You try raising those five posthuman kids!

Awesome link, thank you!

Addergoole, considering the setting (a fae breeding project), is full of mothers of all flavours, but my favorite has to be the foster-mother of many of the children, Lady Maureen called Foxglove.

How a kitsune-esque former madame ended up raising dozens of children, I have yet to figure out, but she raises very polite, well-behaved children. :-)