UGHH I LOVE CHEATHER SM!! it's funny because when i first watched the show, i couldn't believe heather was genuine and didn't have bad intentions towards cheryl, so that kept me from really enjoying their scenes together. But now that i rewatched knowing she was sincere from the beginning... oh boy i had such a blast.
Seeing cheryl talking to her 8 ball (poor girl couldn't have a red one), following her trought her days of contacting heather, she was so adorable?? "noo presh" she's so silly,, or her reaction when she called heather and heard her voice omg, she's so adorable i want to eat her.
Im so sad that Cheather had to end like that. Heather is the literal representation of cheryl's past. By having them dating each other she is symbolically healing from that past (and also being able to have a real closure after so many years...) (penelope when i catch you) (no because it's one thing that she banished her BUT KEPT ALL THOSE SWEET LETTERS FROM HER?? knowing that cheryl must've need a reassurance that heather wasn't mad at her or anything..)
Also Heather knew Jason, at least in passing, cheryl could finally talk about her brother with someone who knew not only him, but was cheryl's life when he was still alive yk
And besides that symbolic, i just think they're perfect together? Like yes we're not used to see cheryl in a gentle, calm, steadfast kind of love, but i feel like that exacly what she needs. She's actively a better person at Heather's side and it's so beautiful to watch?? When heather came back, cheryl was eye hearting her the whole episode Imao, my girl is so down for her, it's so cute to see adult cheryl in love (reciprocicate love, cause ofc she loves toni but.... in a sad way)
One scene that really proves me Cheryl is changing, is when she admits to Heather that she didn't wanted to turn thornhill into a library originally and she just wanted Heather to stay with her. It's not the first time Cheryl manipulated her way around to have what she wants (cannot forget the key party), but the fact that she's realising by herself that this is bad, and she shouldn' "lie" to her AND decided by herself to tell her, genuine character development im so proud of her<3
I love how Heather didn't felt threatened by Toni, like yes heather was the one at cheryl's side but even seeing cheryl being hurt by toni's bombshell about the wedding, she wasn't worried that she still felt some kind of love towards toni
Also love how she didn't take cheryl's outburst personally, i don't know if it's because cheryl was already like that when they were kids or if just.. she just naturally handle cheryl (another proof that she's made for her idc) (she made cheryl talks about her emotions? that's so new to me oh wow)
Another thing a little unrelated but just a though i have. The fact that Cheryl struggles a lot to say that heather and her were witches, at first i thought i was a metaphor for lesbianism, but cheryl is out and proud (she did not pull a kevin keller) so it's not that. Idk if it was because it's a bit flirty and she's flustered (and, let's admit it, a little turned on) or maybe she can't really believe her childhood sweetheart is a witch, something so unreal and mystic? Like it makes their relationship special? or she feels like "it's too dreamy to be real?" or maybe she was just not as confident on the topic as heather was, since she was the student who had to learn, meanwhile before heather's arrival she was the gang's witch)
But anyway, i love them so much and i'm still so sad that they were done like that... (no ily scene?: (((i wish they would've talk about the letters too)
Even if toni and cheryl are soulmates, toni was married and in a "happy relationship" and i wouldn't want to see cheryl waiting over her AGAIN yk, like i'm "thanksfull" for heather to be honest with her, and im not mad at her for leaving cheryl but also.... she left cheryl. Alone. While she was doing so well. But it's okay she took that comet right trought her face and we didn't have to deal with it anymore (i would've love to see a season post comet tho, they were so many situation to unpack and develop)
I truly feel like they're the perfect match for each other, even for heather, like yes we don't know her very well, but it feels like she wants to be with cheryl, she's happy by her side, she doesn't want to fix or save her, just be with her and facing everything at her side. (to me) they were endgame material.
