Some miscellaneous random ass Melissa (and Gen!) Yellowjackets headcanons
Melissa is either an only child or the eldest child
She has either never been socialized a day in her life within her home
Or she’s the older brother in the dynamic who plays all the sports with her little sibling and gives them candy before dinner but has like 0 responsibilities that aren’t things like mowing the lawn or keeping her sibling(s) from getting hurt in comedic ways only kids can manage
Melissa and Gen have been friends for as long as they can remember, no you can’t ask them how they met, the answer is some wildly fake story about aliens or something
Melissa has a nonexistent relationship with both parents
Dad doesn’t give a shit, he’s either at work or at a bar and just totally uninvolved whatsoever
Mom....has a vendetta against Mel because Mel has never allowed herself to be forced into anything traditionally feminine a day in her life. I’m talking like cut up every dress she was given, tried to eat the nail polish, cut all the barbie’s hair off and dissembled them kind of refusal to conform to this Idea of a daughter her mother had
Her mom made the mistake of asking her dad for help and her dad was just like “i don’t care what she does, she’s not killing people, just stop wasting all our money on dresses she won’t wear!!!!”
The only and I mean ONLY compromise they’ve ever found is that Mel is actually a big fan of the color pink lol
Unspoken deal is that she can fuck off and do whatever she wants for as long as she wants as long as she’s home by curfew or otherwise has told them where she’s staying the night (it’s always Gen’s) and they won’t ask too many questions
JOCK I know it’s yellowjackets and everyone is a little bit of a jock (by choice or by force) but Melissa is SUUUUUUUUCH a jock. She’s a jock in that she plays every sport they’ll allow her to play at a time and wakes up early as hell to run miles before school
Ur such a himbo Mel be honest, no thoughts head empty, orange cat syndrome, not a single intelligent thought behind those blue eyes and polite cat smile
This mf plays guitar and bass and has the worst pipedreams of being in a riot grrl band
Really loves horror movies but only ever seems to watch the shitty sequels and unironically love them
She’ll watch the classics! But only after seeing one of the sequels and enjoying it
Definitely saw Suspiria and had NO idea what was going on but women pretty <3 yknow?
That’s definitely not the only case either
Mostly sober. Cigarettes are yuck, weed can ruin her success within sports, and alcohol is also just...kind of gross!
Very susceptible to peer pressure though (peer pressure via Gen at least)
Drinks socially? Mostly fakes it but Gen has a way of getting her to actually do it
Only only ever smokes cigarettes with Gen
Gen started smoking because it looked cool and Mel just...kind of stumbles into it when they hang out sometimes because she can’t say no to Gen
Still no weed though. She’s very adamant on that one
Nonbinary but not in the way she identifies as anything other than girl, in the way that if someone decides she’s a man then shit! she’s a man now <3 she will not correct people, she just doesn’t care, it’s all the same to her
Has had 1 (one) boyfriend ever
He wasn’t even a boyfriend, he was a one night stand
She couldn’t even commit to the one night stand thing
She literally puked in his lap when they started kissing
That horror story told in the locker room kept basically every other boy in school from talking to her...which is a win in her books
Not even remotely as cruel or mean as Gen, but is very passive when it comes to her. Will literally let Gen do whatever and say whatever the fuck she wants, even if internally she knows that Gen is in the wrong
She’ll only get involved if the poor victim retaliates, in which case she has scary dog privileges because no one is allowed to bully Gen even in selfdefense
Couldn’t give two shits about what people think of her
Unless of course..........it’s Gen
That’s only sort of a lie
Because she cares if rumors start about her, only gay rumors though
Because like what if they spread and her mom finds out and her mom is upset or embarrassed or angry because she has a lesbian for a daughter
Mel’s personal comfort will always take priority, which doesn’t really stop any rumors, but you know what does stop rumors?
Physical violence.
She’s really fucking intimidating. She’s tall and sturdy and built like a football player
No one wants to get on her bad side and no one wants to say they got beat up by a girl so...for the most part, no one talks shit
Gen is probably also like definitely wlw but getting her to admit that is like pulling teeth and even then she still won’t
Especially when the only girl she’s ever actually liked is Melissa
Which like tooooooooootally doesn’t count because Melissa is just like...sooooooooooooooo not girly yknow? you know
It also doesn’t count if they kiss because they’re definitely drunk or it’s just a game of spin the bottle or that one kind of hot guy thought it would be like so hot if they kissed or- you get the jist
Melissa would be friends with a lot more of the soccer team (same interests!!! they are solidarity!!) if she wasn’t hanging onto Gen’s every word and most of the team...don’t really like Gen! She’s like a meaner wannabe version of Jackie??? Like Jackie can be a bitch but she’s kind and it comes from a place of love (probably) but Gen is like....just a bitch end of statement
Has definitely made at least ONE mixtape for Gen that was...so so so very obviously gay if you just listened to the lyrics for 5 seconds it’s like oh my god girl glass walls!!!! you are living in a closet made of glass!!! swears it’s not a gay playlist though it’s just a COINCIDENCE or some bullshit
RIP Melissa you would have loved Rio Romeo and also you did unironically relate to Weezer songs I just know it
