One thing that bugs me in thasmin fanfics, is that every so often the writer will make the mistake of “umbreen = old == homophobic”, and that absolutely could not be further from the truth.
Umbreen went against one of the biggest cultural romance norms of her time by marrying a Hindu. On the exact day of partition - the biggest act of Hindu/Muslim segregation in history - umbreen is doing the total opposite. The person who officiated her wedding was a woman (in the 1940s), came from an unknown place/culture/faith, wasn’t even a holy person.
Her own mother (while ultimately there for her) thought the marriage was “cursed”, and her future brother-in-law was killing people to prevent it. Umbreen heard and saw all that and went ‘fuck you manish, I love who I love, deal with it or leave’.
And people think that woman is going to turn around to her “favourite granddaughter” and say she can’t love a dumbass soil-eating alien genderfuckery of a woman?
Umbreen’s whole deal paved the way for Yaz to accept her sexuality, to the point that Yaz directly quotes her when trying to convince 13 that they should be together. Thasmin is umbreen’s legacy!
While Najia (rightfully) freaks the fuck out about the 3000-yr-old-alien/time travel/mortal danger thing, umbreen would be shoving her granddaughter back inside the TARDIS demanding that she run off, live her best life, and never regret a thing
