Blaze

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## Characteristics

### Born

♈ April 19th, 1993
Age 22

### Instruments

* Lead vocals
* Guitar

## Personal Status

### Affiliation

* The Misfits
* Misfits Music
* The Lunas

### Debut

*Showtime, Part Three*

***Blaze***, real name **Leah Dwyer**, is one of the main antagonists of IDW Publishing's *Jem and The Holograms*. She is the lead guitarist of her band The Misfits. Blaze is a transgender woman, and at the end of the series is the girlfriend of Clash.

She is the first original character to be introduced to the *JEM* universe since the series' end in 1988.

## History

### Reconnecting with Clash

While meditating Blaze receives and takes a call from Clash, and asks if she's working as a waitress at a company which caters for The Starlight Foundation's annual fundraiser. Clash asked Blaze to get her a job on the waitressing staff for the event (*Showtime, Part Three*). Blaze was hesitant, because Clash has already gotten Blaze fired from jobs twice before, but agreed to help her, unaware that Clash intended to sabotage the event and put Jem and The Holograms' life in danger n exchange for meeting their shared favorite band The Misfits (*Showtime, Part Four*).

During the event, after the lighting rig fell and hit Aja, Clash and Blaze were seen arguing in the background. Blaze later called her, asking Clash if she was to blame for the accident (*Showtime, Part Five*).> Some days later, after the food fight at the *Misfits VS!* concert, Blaze went to meet Clash at The Misfits' trailer. Clash had promised Blaze that she can meet The Misfits, but Clash told her that it not a good time, because of inter-band tension. Later, Blaze was seen backstage with Clash at the concert while The Misfits are performing. Clash and Blaze were holding hands while they watched (*Showtime, Part Six*).

### Leading The Misfits

After Pizzazz fractured her larynx in a car accident, The Misfits were forced to audition for a temporary lead singer, because the band was contractually obligated to perform on a tour of the West Coast (*Dark Jem, Part One*). Blaze auditioned, and was offered the job as lead singer - but was hesitant and upset, and asked for a moment to think about it. Speaking to Clash, Blaze explained that she was worried because The Misfits is an all-girl band, and Blaze is unsure if that would be a safe environment for her because she is transgender.

Clash reassured her that The Misfits would accept her - but that if they didn't, they could go home and burn all their Misfits merchandise. Blaze went back into the studio and told Stormer, Roxy, and Jetta that she is transgender. They immediately accepted her, and told her they're more concerned with whether she's reliable or not. Blaze accepted their offer to be the lead singer of The Misfits (*Dark Jem, Part Two*).

On the West Coast Tour, The Misfits stayed in their green room during Jem and The Holograms' performance, and so are unaffected by Silica's virus being spread by The Holograms on-stage (*Dark Jem, Part Two*). They were unaware that the audience had been effected. Blaze and The Misfits performed, but the audience did not respond at all, even though their performance was very good. Coming off stage, Blaze was worried that the negative response was because of her, but Stormer told her that there was something wrong with the audience (*Dark Jem, Part Three*). In a backstage bathroom, Blaze panicked again, worried that she had single-handedly ruined The Misfits. Clash reassured her that it wasn't true, and that Blaze's performance was amazing. Blaze threw her arms around Clash and kissed her on the cheek (*Dark Jem, Part Four*).

Blaze and Clash were both infected by Silica's soundwave after watching The Holograms' performance online, but were shocked out of it by Roxy and Jetta (*Dark Jem, Part Five*). When Pizzazz returned to The Misfits on tour, Blaze feared that this meant she was going to be kicked out of the The Misfits. Instead, Pizzazz complimented her, and told her she could stay in the band on lead guitar and occasional vocals. Blaze performed in The Misfits-Holograms supergroup performance which helped deactivate Silica for good (*Dark Jem, Part Six*).

## Creation and Development

Artist and creator Sophie Campbell has said she based Blaze's red and yellow streaked hair and color scheme on Sunset Shimmer, a character from the *My Little Pony* spin-off franchise *Equestria Girls*.

## Appeared in

* *Showtime, Part Three*

* *Showtime, Part Four*

* *Showtime, Part Five*

* *Showtime, Part Six*

* *Dark Jem, Part One*

* *Dark Jem, Part Two*

* *Dark Jem, Part Three*

* *Dark Jem, Part Four*

* *Dark Jem, Part Five*

* *Dark Jem, Part Six*

* *Ch-Ch-Changes, Part One*

* *Ch-Ch-Changes, Part Two*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part One*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Two*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Three*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Four*
* *Enter The Stingers, Part Five*

* *Outrageous Annual (2017)*

* *Our Songs Are Better, Part One*

* *Our Songs Are Better, Part Two*

* *Our Songs Are Better, Part Three*

* *Our Songs Are Better, Part Five*

* *Infinite, Part One*

* *Infinite, Part Two*

* *Infinite, Part Four*

* *Infinite, Part Five*

* *Infinite, Part Six*

* *Jem: Dimensions #1*

* *Jem: Dimensions #2*

* *Jem: Dimensions #3*

* *Jem: Dimensions #4*

## References

1. ↑ **Tumblr:** IDW Jem Character Birthdays
2. ↑ **Tumblr:** Blaze's color scheme

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