*chewing at the walls of my enclosure* SUSIE IS AETHETICALLY AND BEHAVIORALLY PUT IN PARALLEL WITH DESS AND NOELLE’S ATTACTION TO HER IS EXPLICITLY BASED ON THOSE QUALITIES (BEING REBELLIOUS/MISUNDERSTOOD/BADASS) AND NOELLE HAS A WHOLE THEME ABOUT HAVING INTERESTS THAT ARE TOO DARK FOR A “GOOD GIRL” LIKE HER *chews harder and faster* DESSELLE IS A FASCINATING NARRATIVE BACKDROP TO WORK ON WHEN YOU LOOK AT NOELLE’S RELATIONSHIPS SPECIFICALLY IN THE CONTEXT OF DESS BEING GONE AND NOELLE BEING UNABLE TO SHARE WHAT THEY ACTUALLY MEANT TO EACH OTHER AND HOW THAT FEEDS EVER DEEPER INTO HER REPRESSIVE AND RESTRICTIVE ROLE IN HOMETOWN *breaks a tooth* CAN ANYONE HEEAR MEEEEEEEE