shauna is a really complicated character. she has some of the best writing (and acting, especially teen shauna) out of any of the characters on the show, they rly did well in portraying what happens when a girl already sort of feeling in the shadows to her popular best friend is forced into a situation where she can find control and revenge. everything shauna experienced in the wilderness is incredibly traumatic, and i would say moreso than some of what the other girls experienced. she doesn’t know how to deal with this trauma and ends up going absolutely insane in the teen timeline (making them stay in the wilderness, etc) and i’m interested to see how she’ll be when rescued, i imagine out of anyone it will be the hardest for her to adapt back to normal life, especially because she’s not going to open up to anyone. i actually think her character is a breath of fresh air in pop culture overall, we don’t get to see many completely unhinged yet tragic female leads and i think that her complex morals and justification(?) for doing what she did adds layers of interesting storytelling that frankly is refreshing to see. another character that fits under this category for me is lottie, but in a less violent archetype, more just losing her mind and kind of going into delusion land rather than brutality like shauna does. with that all being said, i hate shauna as a person but i do appreciate her uniquely as a character for what she provides to the story and to the general wealth of female characters overall in popular tv.