John-Hughesing

A prejorative term denoting a superficial cosmetic change to a character which seeks to 'improve' a person but completely misses the point. A reference to the transformation of Ally Sheedy from 'Basket Case' to a vanilla, beige, woman-unit in John Hughe's The Breakfast Club and the similar transformation of Annie Potts in Pretty In Pink.
Not intended to be a slur on John Hughes general body of work.
Mercy went through a period of John-Hughesing in the early part of Season 2 before she knew herself.
Nancy Downs went through a reverse-John-Hughes in Season 1 when Mathilda and her bonded over a shared love of The Cure and Nancy ended up borrowing Mathilda's lipstick and makeup, transforming -crucially, willingly- into kind of a goth chick.
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