Moonstruck poses the question, “What if, instead of doing the right thing, you did the thing that felt right?” What if, the next time your heart ached, instead of practicing acceptance, you railed against it? Gnashed your teeth. Tried to fight God. What if you put down your bullet journal, skipped your sensible bedtime routine, and went outside to howl at the moon?

A hot minute has passed since I dove into one of the eight FMC archetypes. Previously, I covered the kind, caring and charismatic Girl Next Door. Next, I will focus on a character who usually serves as her antithesis. In direct contrast to the "desirable" traits of the GND, the Femme Fatale's overt self-confidence and resolve made it easy for her to be branded a story's villain.

Here at The FMC, we love 'love.' We adore a good sworn-worthy romance that ends in a classic foot-popping kiss. But, if you were to ask us what our favorite kind of love is, we would have to tell you that platonic love is the adoration of choice. Friendship holds within itself and fosters a special kind of magic. Any good romance feels empty without it. What good is meeting a leading man if the FMC does not have at least one best friend to fawn over him with? Half of the giddy feeling that accompanies falling in love is partly due to the oft-dramatic retellings shared over a bottle of rosé.

I know the millennials reading this (and perhaps those in Gen Z as well since Buzzfeed still seems to be thriving) are no strangers to personality tests. Many we took were sanctioned by our schools or current employers, giving us brief identifiers that summarized our personalities and allowed us to be grouped with like-minded or counter-thinking individuals. I, for instance, am an ENFJ or a 3x2 enneagram type. Others were less official. They consisted of the many "Which character are you?" quizzes found in Tigerbeat, J-14, and Cosmogirl or hosted on websites such as Quizilla, Playbuzz or, later in the game, Buzzfeed, as previously mentioned. Growing up, if I liked a TV show or book, I carved outside validation to prove I was most similar to the character I liked best. In some ways, I still do. But, as an adult, I'm much better at relating my strengths and weaknesses to the fictional women in my life and owning the result, even if it's not entirely complimentary.