Someone that deep down knows they are still the same
soft mama's girl they were as a
kid, hiding from all the monsters of her past, whether in plain sight or out of sight. Under the hellion on the surface is the same person they always were, trying to change the way
people think and view them, which is why they always want change just a little bit more than everybody else (it could possibly be they want a sex change they
don't want anybody to know about more than everybody else).
The mama's girl would imitate tomboys to
get people to protect her (whether they knew her
well or not at all). Even the true tomboys would stand up for and defend her, thinking she reminded them of themselves.