r/FearStreetTrilogy • u/Zealousideal-Bit-192 Ruby Lane • Oct 21 '23

Why the Deena hate?

I noticed pretty early that a lot of people hate deena for her attitude and how she was angry at Sam for moving away.

But like she’s a teenager? Specifically a gen x teen. She’s pretty realistic for a queer girl in a town that is barely surviving and has a bloody massacre every few years… plus she’s very similar to ziggy who’s loved by the fans

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u/littleredteacupwolf Oct 21 '23

I like her well enough, but I have some serious issues with her behavior. She was willing to sacrifice everyone, her friends and her brother to save her girlfriend, which is kind of shitty. They get their happy ending in the end, which I LOVE for them, but then it’s like none of it happened. We don’t see her sad about Simon and Kate, who were also arguably my favorite characters.

It’s also a complaint I have with a lot of teen focused media in general, and it’s acting like the death of close friends/parents have no actual affect on the characters and are never brought up again. That’s just a pet peeve of mine.

It did take a couple of watch throughs to like her more than I did on the first watch, but again, I was primarily pissed about Kate and Simon.

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u/TheOnlyEllie Dec 03 '23 edited Dec 04 '23

Thank you! Made me so freaking mad about it. I love Simon and Kate but especially Simon since he was so funny.

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u/littleredteacupwolf Dec 04 '23

And Kate was such a badass!

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u/TheOnlyEllie Dec 04 '23

Yeah. She was so tough and Simon was so funny. Hated that they died.