Grumpy/Sunshine Duos

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Wednesday, December 07, 2022

by Katie Killian

One of the best tropes, in my humble opinion, is the grumpy/sunshine pairing. Recently, this has been portrayed on the Netflix series Wednesday - a new take on the Addams family’s most woeful child. In the series, Wednesday is sent to a boarding school for unusual students, where she is paired up with a new roommate Enid - her true antithesis, full of bright colours and happy tunes - to indoctrinate her into the school’s community.

Just like with Wednesday and Enid, I’m a big fan of unlikely pairings; I enjoy relationships that stem from wildly different circumstances, personalities, or backgrounds. Though they can lead to somewhat expected “trope-y” stories, these can be really fun reads (or viewings). Each one brings its own twist, however, and that’s the real reason to dig in!

Here are some tried and true titles I recommend: