#also SO TRUE about the having more chemistry than their love traingle counterparts smh smh

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wenclair // ronance (enemies to lovers done RIGHT)

first, there's the tropes

black cat and golden retriever (a little bit of a stretch when applied to ronance, but in a vague sense, the energy is there)

enemies to grudging acquaintances to respect and equal footing to first signs of friendship to something Truly Telling tm

5 times wednesday/nancy didn't smile and the one time enid/robin made them lmao

enid and robin are the clear golden retriever gfs here. enid makes her vibrant personality clear through many of her clothing choices, just like robin does. the time periods are different, so it's represented in different ways (enid dyes her hair, paints her nails bright colors, and wears clothes that are clearly meant to stand out. robin cuts her hair short-short, wears clothes that don't exactly conform to society's expectations of fashion for the female youth, covers her bright red converses with. drawings of choice)

they're both incredibly bubbly and determined. they've got that super cheerful outlook that hides something they're ashamed of, something looked down on by society. enid's talk about her fear of dying alone would absolutely hit hard for a teenage robin hyper-aware of the aids epidemic and indiana homophia.

sidenote: i just think it's interesting to look at their differences. enid's insecurity about not wolfing out clearly weighs down on her, and she's constantly reminded of it bc of nevermore's school cliques and whatnot. robin's is more subtle, and there's a stronger fear of confessing and coming out to anyone. therefore, enid's position lends itself well to establishing a place in her community. she runs a blog, and has info on most of the kids at her school. robin tends to fade into the background, despite being in band and at a relatively small (?) high school.

in terms of nancy and wednesday !! their differences are much clearer. wednesday prefers a daunting reputation, and cares very little about what people think of her. nancy, on the other hand, cares very much. but even still, they can be surprisingly kind. nancy crossing the hall to talk to jonathan circa s1 draws parallels to wednesday and eugene. they have drive, but their respective circumstances shape it.

they both have some pretty intense character development to experience. nancy loses barb, which acts as a catalyst for her to break away from the cul-de-sac housewife future she feared. wednesday was insistent on not letting people get close to her, just like nancy, though we don't get as much of an in-depth exploration. i suppose her late pet scorpion could be one moment of loss, but it wasn't the same rising-from-the-ashes moment as nancy had post-barb. they follow similar motions, wrecking their interpersonal relationships a bit more, the heavily questionable love triangle preferably chalked up to teenagers and comphet, and finding a close girl-space-but-no-space friend.

nancy and wednesday act as the "bigger" characters, in the sense that they seem to get more screentime and their own subplots than their gfs. both robin and enid are the talkative, sometimes-can-be-too-much kind. despite their lesser screentime, the audience gets quite attached to these characters

in terms of the heads of the two shows,, the female lead is constantly tormented by two problematic white boys, while her female lead friend is effectively removed from the love triangle. the obviously superior pairing is not found within said love triangle.

regardless. there's that library scene in st4, where robin rambles even when nancy is clearly not upholding her end of the conversation. same vibes as many of the enid wednesday conversations, where enid talks and wednesday stays silent and not particularly amiable. or even the bedroom fight, where they're just listing off small habits of the other and being too upset to confront their underlying feelings ! simply radiates gay-teens-in-a-homophic-town vibes.

there's the crying wolf story, featuring s3 (?) nancy and wednesday trying to follow their instincts but being shot down by authorities and overall having a terrible time (losing jobs, constant fighting, expulsion, death of people, etc).

they're just... all so gay. nancy and wednesday marching into trouble and robin and enid trying to be a voice of reason !! enid and robin coming to terms and being more comfortable with themselves !! the little holding hands and getting down on your knees moves with ronance and the climactic hug with wenclair... infiinitely more chemistry than with the guys they're supposedly attracted to :/

anyway. this is incredibly long, pretty ramble-y, and not super organized, but. i hope you enjoyed :)

HELLO THIS TOOK ME SO LONG TO RESPOND SORRY BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I READ ALL OF IT BC !!!!!!!!

me vs being articulate but. you’re literally so true so correct so real…..wtf…….gay people