Quirky Curls: Difference between revisions

[[File:quirkycurls01_2663quirkycurls01 2663.jpg|link=My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|frame|Pictured above, this trope and [[Princess Curls|a completely different curl trope]].]]

Characters with elegant [[Princess Curls]] are refined and high class, but characters with tightly coiled, all over the place curls tend to be the opposite. Where Princess Curls are large, sleek coils that look like they were made with a huge curling iron, [['''Quirky Curls]]''' tend to be rendered as zig-zagging kinks which stick out all over the place, much tighter than their more elegant counterpart and are prone to frizzing.

This type of curly hair, especially in girls, represents non-conformity or high energy. These characters are the type to march to the beat of their own drum, sometimes on purpose, other times because they simply feel they don't fit in. They may be [[Genki Girl|quirky and fun]], [[Spirited Young Lady|rebelling against expectations]], or [[Strange Girl|just eccentric or different]]. There also seems to be a correlation with this type of hair and being nerdy or intelligent, which contrasts popular girls having long straight hair, and too add to their 'differentness' is not uncommon for characters with [['''Quirky Curls]]''' to also have glasses or freckles. If in a fantasy work, if a character has very tight zigzaggy curls they may have lightning or fire powers, or if they have softer waves, they may have water magic.