Esmecuckoo - Telepathic Barbie

Been thinking a lot about Cheryl Blossom lately (it's 6am, what do you WANT me to think about??), and I think what makes her rise above the rest of my spoiled rich mean girl faves is that she's one of the most good of the bunch. I hesitate to say she's flat out "a good person" because that is a complicated answer, and I think she's too damaged and traumatised by her family to be GOOD good. But not for lack of trying!

She's still allowed to be an unrepentant bitch AND do the right thing, and have moments of goodness. There is a lot of depth and nuance that a lot of this character type lacks under lesser creators.

(Which isn't to say she's unique. Cordelia Chase grew into that role, even if she started out more as just straight out clueless mean girl.)

In fact, I feel a lot of her character parallels Emma Frost. In this essay I will...

I've almost always heard Illyana in my head with an American accent, or at least much less of a Russian accent than her brother.

This? This reads as very Russian to me.

Illyana Rasputin in Wolverine: Black, White & Red #3

She tells no lies. She is very popular.

It's totally normal to just break down sobbing at completely random times throughout the day, after watching I Saw the TV Glow, right?

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