Strange Girl: Difference between revisions

She's not normal, that's for sure. The only thing you can pin down about the Strange Girl is that she's hard to pin down (when she isn't doing the pinning, that is). She's visually distinct from her normal peer group, typically in both physical appearance (she's likely to be an [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]/[[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]) and dress, but sometimes only one of the two. As far as demeanor is concerned, she can be anything from [[The Wonka]], a [[Cloudcuckoolander]], [[The Stoic]], a [[Take Over the World|world conqueror]], [[The Messiah]], [[The Ophelia]], an [[Emotionless Girl]], [[My Friends and Zoidberg|Haru]][[Suzumiya Haruhi|hi]]... or [[The Quiet One|quiet]], [[Straight Man|sensible]] and even friendly. Anything goes as long as it stands out from the series' norm.

The unifying trait of all '''Strange Girl'''s is that they are protagonists and most importantly, are ''different'' from their peers (though [[Loners Are Freaks|rarely]] will she be [[Friendless Background|completely friendless]]). Her family or home life will be... ''interesting'' to say the least. Usually she is [[Weirdness Magnet|in touch]] with the supernatural aspects of her setting, even if she doesn't have powers herself. Because of this tendency to experience strange and supernatural adventures, it's not uncommon for their social clique to grow into a veritable [[Monster Mash]] of friends they've helped in various adventures, though they'll likely start out the series with at least one or two [[Unfazed Everyman|Unfazed Everymen]] as completely human friends. Before long she's likely to have [[Seen It All|seen so much weirdness]] little if anything will faze her.

This character is very likely to be a [[Goth]] or show noticeable Goth influences, both in style of dress and in personality. The Goth subculture is particularly well-suited to this character type because it's made up of [[Nightmare Fetishist|people who enjoy strange, morbid things]], on top of the fact that being different from the mainstream is one of the things that defines all countercultural subcultures. That last part means that it would also be quite reasonable for a '''Strange Girl''' to be a member of the punk or [[Emo]]<ref>The actual subculture, not the caricature of it that named the [[Emo Teen]] trope.</ref> subcultures, among others.