The bullied becomes the bully

For a while I've had this idea in my head for a character. A girl who got picked on by some Girly Girl Libbies for a while. She became bitter and wanted revenge. She remember her bullies' girl interests and then attributed them to all girl bullies and in revenge started pulling vicious "pranks" (including putting honey in hair) and verbally attacking all girls who showed those traits. Years later as she continued terrorizing girls who showed especially feminine traits. The only girls she considered 'real' were her followers but only as long as they followed her. In her attempt at revenge the bullied girl ends up becoming as bad as the girls who bullied her .

I'm considering using this in two places. It would fit in better with my 'Magical Girl" story as the evil rival of the hero. But I was also planning on using it for a minor character who picks in one of the Love Interests in my other story. What do you guys think?

edited 16th Dec '10 2:12:52 PM by JewelyJ

Most people who are bullied don't really act that way, although it is a possibility. Mostly, they do what the bullies did. Bully those who are weird, different from themselves, etc. etc.

Huh really?

This girl has her mind on revenge. Her bullies move away and she can't get them so she goes after those who are like them.

Revenge specifically? Then OK, that should be fine. In more normal circle of life sort of things, it would be more geek hierarchy-ish.

Which should I use it for. A major theme of the Magical Girl story is girls' relationships with other girls so it would fit.

Both maybe? At first only doing those like the libbies, but then becoming not so different?

Sounds good. I can make some differences in both characters.

You could play on a cycle of vengeance trope if you wish. Where the new girls she is tormenting comes back to get revenge against her, along with the past girl she hated.