I need to complain and I'm complaining here bc I feel like it's the only place I can without getting dog piled lmfao,,,
Current Monster High cartoon confirmed this background character is Iris. Iris was a popular background character in the original iteration of MH who eventually made her way to getting her own doll. G1 Iris was thin (like everyone was in g1) and was dressed feminine like the majority of the other ghouls. I think a lot of people who were fans of her G1 design were a bit off put by her new design. She never caught my eye (heh) much during g1, so I don't really care about the changes. In fact I kinda like them? It's nice seeing a character that is both chubby and a bit more "casually dressed" compared to the rest of the main ghouls. I struggle to even call her a tomboy or masc, but I see people using this a lot for Iris. Like .... this is just how a lot of women irl dress? I think it's maybe because it is such a huge different from skirts, dresses, and lots of makeup that the main ghouls usually have?
Anyways, I see a lot of posts on Twitter and reddit calling her ugly. And now that she is confirmed as Iris, redesigns on her are starting to pour in. The problem with the majority of these redesigns is they want to put makeup on Iris or give her "feminine" clothing (thankfully haven't seen someone try to draw her skinny yet) I have also seen some awesome redesigns that keep the original feel, while making her look a little more fashionable? But there are so many that's like "let me slap some long lashes, heavy makeup, and a dress on her, that will fix her" Do you not see the issue here man??
And so the whole thing is giving me :/ I get it's a fashion doll series, people are going to be more interest in "pretty and feminine". But also I looking at her and thinking about how much I would have loved seeing a character like this when I was younger? Like a character that is chubby, dresses tomboyish, and is always seen hanging out with the boys? Good, cool. I love g3 Iris.

