Quote: Carmelita Foxapparently one of the showrunners tried to justify that with "uhh well JD is the real villain. the heathers are good guys!!"
yknow even though the heathers' cruelty is what sparked veronica and JD's crusade in the first place
exactly. Heather's actions are what set Veronica to get back at her and gave JD the tools for murder, Heather Duke (in the musical) pushed JD off the edge to kill Ram and Kurt. I will say JD does become the villain the second half of the movie, but the beginning is all the Heathers.
The relationship between Heather Chandler and Veronica seems messed up as well. It wasn't a great friendship, but I think that deep down Heather did consider Veronica a friend, which is why she trusted Veronica enough to drink the drain detergent. Yeah, JD's taunts is what got her to eventually drink it, but she wouldn't have drank it unless she trusted Veronica. The show seems to point it as just a popular kid bossing and using a less popular kid around when it was more then that.
My question now is, what is the consequence of their actions? In the movie and musical, that was Martha. Everything Veronica did, it affected Martha. She was teased, called fat, and mocked for her attempted suicide. Who/what is going to be Martha? It can't be a fat girl, because Heather Chandler is "fat". It can't be a black girl, because McNamara is black. It can't be a gay guy, because Duke is a stereotypical gay guy.
They mixed up McNamara and Duke's roles as well? McNamara is the lowest totem of the Heathers when in fact it's supposed to be Duke, especially considering her rise to power after Chandler's death.
My concern is that they're going to paint "Duke" as this innocent girl going along with the Heathers, and have her the one that attempts suicide, while leaving all the nasty and vile things to "McNamara"