I have a tricky history with Monster High, particularly the first reboot or "gen 2" as the community has come to refer to it. Monster High was, for a long time, a sort of special interest and a source of great passion and joy for me, far too much in fact that I really over invested emotionally in little plastic people. Apparently this isn't uncommon for people with crippling depression but it's taken several years of being healthy mentally to get to a place I wanted to actually go back and reassess.
I did this recently, rebuying Silvi and Venus for cheap and my feelings about the shortfalls and successes of g2 were much the same as they were back when they first came out, albeit with less emotion behind the disappointment.
but i'm a curious sort and I had always kinda wanted signature Lagoona back then so when she popped up for sale with Frankie and Draculaura tagging along I decided it was time to take a look at the main ghouls at long last.
What did gen 2 do right? What did they do wrong? And do the first reboot's interpretation of the characters deserve the ire they get?
