Whereas Lydia feels misunderstood by her family, morbid Wednesday Addams of The Addams Family has a mother who not only understands her daughter’s dark temperament but also shares and actively encourages it. I myself am strange & unusual.” - Beetlejuice (1988) Lydia: “Live people ignore the strange & unusual. She’s also the only one who can see the ghosts - underlining that the weird girl’s superpower is perceiving and opening up to what most people completely overlook. This loner draped in black has a flair for melodrama, and a gothic fascination with death, making her the perfect friend for the ghosts who live in her new home. Perhaps the most classic Goth Weird Girl is Lydia Deetz of Beetlejuice. Let’s start with the most quintessential weird girl: the goth.
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Broadly speaking, in TV and film, we can see at least five different subtypes of weird girls: goths, smartasses, basket cases, space cadets, and awkward misfits - although some examples may fit multiple categories and be, for instance, a smartass goth. And the characters who get pegged this way actually have a lot of variation in their personalities. Her peers might label her as a slut or a lesbian, without this necessarily being based on any of the girl’s actual preferences or behaviors. And the weird girl’s sexuality is often perceived with hostility. She also rarely has a romantic partner.That fuels people’s disdain for her, because nobody really knows her. Considering her alternative attitude and interests, the weird girl has few or no friends.Meanwhile, the weird girl has unusual interests or affectations that perplex the normals.Sometimes she does it judgmentally because she has contempt for normal people. Matching her fashion choices, the weird girl has a contrarian attitude.Black offers the easiest visual shorthand for a weird girl, but whatever the specifics, it’s a style that says, “I don’t care what you think.” Here’s our Take on the hidden powers of the Weird Girl, why she scares some people, and how attitudes about her have evolved over the years. People may celebrate individuality in theory, but when it comes to a weird girl, they feel she doesn’t exhibit the right type of individuality. The weird girl in TV and film is defined by some recurring characteristics: The easiest way to dismiss something you don’t understand is to call it weird, and people do not understand the weird girl. That’s because the weird girl confuses people around her. But the weird girl? She’s a cautionary tale. Her sibling tropes, like the cool girl, the tough girl, the smart girl, and the mean girl, all embody some level of aspiration or desirability. Meet the weird girl, the black sheep of female character tropes, and not just because she often dresses in black. Why do people misunderstand her, or are even scared of her? What secret powers does the weird girl have? She’s a Weird Girl, the black sheep of all-female character tropes.
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