more Juliet x Vanessa headcanons? I rlly enjoy that ship and it’s criminally underrated
Julnessa ily!!!!
I really love the idea of Vanessa finding out about Juliet’s situation and being genuinely compassionate to her in a way that no one was—okay, like, I do think Serena was, but it’s played very weirdly and even if it weren’t it’s still someone who Juliet victimized, etc—and Juliet having understanding of class and having anger at the UES in a way that no one else (and that does include Dan) around Vanessa does
Like, the idea of Vanessa and Juliet having this awkward standoff where Juliet’s expecting the fact that she’s faking wealth to be somehow used against her the way any of her sorority sisters would, and instead Vanessa’s kind of grossed out by the fact that she feels the need to do that but also really sees her and gets it? And specifically at some coffee shop where everything’s overpriced and Vanessa won’t drink anything because it’s not fair trade while Juliet’s subtly ordering the cheapest thing on the menu
Think about Ruby being like “ughhh you’re bringing home another one? This is going to end badly just like it did with Nate” (and she’s probably got weird feelings about Dan by that point too, but way more complicated because Dan was way closer to her) and Juliet being like “oh no I get it my brother’s overprotective too” and that being like. A real and honest slip of who she is that she didn’t mean to make
(Though eventually Vanessa will understand that what Ben is is not best described that way)
Also just in general I feel like the Sharp-Donovans really had a favored child and it wasn’t Juliet even before everything went to shit, and then the Abramses had two least favorite children, and that kind of experience is something the two of them eventually can bond over
I’m not sure if I’ve said this before but I have a lot of affection for the idea of them sharing clothes and makeup—yes their fashions are deeply different, that’s the point. Juliet dressing up some fluttery blouse, Vanessa stealing one of her blazers in return, both of them kind of subverting and remaking the piece as part of their own whole and sharing each other in the process
