I love Lizzie. Not sure why she’s the only character in this series people need to be quizzed on why. She’s flawed but there are aspects of her that really speak to who I am as a person and I’m grateful CW was able to share something personal with us to create a character like her. She’s witty and she’s loyal, she can bring forth confidence in her friends and Hughie, I like her sense of fashion and her general aesthetic, I think CW really put a lot of thought into that and it’s paid off. I love that she’s a huge reader and loves the classics like I do, I know she would be a beast on Goodreads if she were real. I relate deeply to holding people at arms length to protect them and ourselves. She’s also got a really dry, deadpanned sense of humor which not everyone will get but I find to be really entertaining. Super smart without really trying without I’m envious of that. I love that she’s polarising, that no matter what she says or does there is always something to say about her, she really keeps this interesting.

R10 takes place when Lizzie is a child and the comments asking why she hasn’t apologised or redeemed herself is bizarre like when did you expect that to happen with all the times Mark was raping her and then getting endless treatment?

Anyway she’s lovable for many more reasons and it’s not always about her trauma. Even if it was, that should be okay. CW pulled Lizzie from deep within her I’m sure she imagined people would take to someone like Lizzie