>>109436308I like her because she tries so hard, she's not pandering, and there are realistic cause and effect to her actions and reactions.
She wants to be a guardian, a warrior, a hero. Tough shit, you're a woman. Does she wail against society? No, she trains herself so she can rise to the moment when the universe gives her a chance. Side effect of being self-taught? She's mediocre at best. Well-studied, but still mediocre with noone to critique her. She jobs hard, and it gets to her. The woman she pines for no longer needs a babysitter/bodyguard and that gets to her. Pining for someone she can't have puts stress on their friendship. Not trusting Raps gets her crippled when she tried to pull her out of the Edgy Avatar State. Raps refusing to accept blame for Cass' mistake gets to her. Being crippled/slowly necrotized gets to her. Watching her oh-so-special perfect princess about to become even more special got to her. And she snapped. Like dominoes.
And her writing is so subtle. It's never spelled out that she's jealous of Rapunzel, or that she envies Eugene's role in her life, or that she resents Rapunzel's clear destiny. Her fanon romantic feelings for Rapunzel are only barepy hinted at, and their existence/absence don't detract from her character at all.
The most gracefully written tragic figure of the last five years is in a goddamn princess show made for babies.
