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For one thing, West reminds me of my all three of my all time お気に入り characters wrapped in one. She's got Azula's cunning and her sort of confidence. She's got Bella's 'maturity' and what I feel is book Bella's type of insanity. And she has this oddly maternal side to her in regards to Tip that reminds me of Regina. Her touch of magic also reminds me of Regina. In being a combo of my three absolute favorites, West has to be added to my 一覧 of お気に入り characters.
On 上, ページのトップへ of this, West has her own complexities. She's a multi-layered character and I enjoyed seeing her develop. They could have just wrote her up as this cackling 雌犬 as she sort of was in the 1939 flick. But they didn't. Instead we have this conflicted and somewhat broken woman. She's a witch and feels bad for betraying her kin, but all the same she was obliging with Frank for a while. She's also a bit of an addict (I'll get to this later). In this portrayal, West was neither good nor evil (as I interpreted it). While she absolutely gave Dorothy a hassle up until the very end she didn't seem to have an interest in war. She kind of just wanted to live her life, as I see it. And to add a little extra something, she's openly bisexual. I think that such is a great thing to add to a character like West.
With that said, I do feel as though she is a very sympathetic character. As mentioned above she feels responsible and a lot of guilt over the death of her kin. I found it to be particularly sad when she's begging Glinda for forgiveness. Later that night she ends up slitting her own wrists. I was so happy to see Tip get her going again. I enjoy a strong character that can be sympathetic in such a drastic way. Moreover I can sympathize in that she's an opiate addict. The fact that she uses ポピー to calm herself before preforming any magic. This goes hand in hand with her complexity; she's a witch who seems to have a divergence towards and fear of magic. West has just been so beaten down and broken but keeps on going.
Which is something else I admire her for. This woman has been through some shit but she's still alive and kickin'. Kickin' 尻, お尻 at that. West is both a strong and smart woman and I really 愛 this about her character. Despite her 愛 of her ポピー tea, this woman has brain power and can still recite her spells perfectly.
But West isn't just this dismal and dreary character. She's probably (to my standard) the funnest character in the show. I think that she has some of the best quotes; "you can turn yourself into a トマト for all I care", "did I mention we sleep in", and (my personal favorite) "you'll let your parents go unavenged so あなた can piss standing up!?" I just 愛 her, she's a riot. And she owns a brothel, not only does she own it but she joins the fun herself. She's lowkey Oz's frat girl. I 愛 her dark humor.
All of this is why I truly hope we can get at least one もっと見る season with her and all of the amazing characters Arnold & Friedman have created.
