Brenda Miller

## Brenda

* Current
* 1988
* CANVAS

**Brenda Miller** is a main character in *Jackson's Diary*. She attends Jeanes High School along with her twin brother, David.

## Appearance

Brenda has shoulder length, wavy, tangerine hair which she sometimes styles, and she has aquamarine eyes. She has long black eyelashes and thin eyebrows and wears stylish clothes along with accessories which include her earrings. She often enhances her looks with makeup.

In 1984, Brenda's hair was much longer. In usual flashbacks, her hair is seen to be tied in the back with a pink ribbon.

Brenda's original character design had a lighter hair color and looked a lot more like David. Her hair was shorter, but kept in a similar style seen in her current appearance.

## Personality

Brenda appears to have a bubbly personality. She is kind, understanding, and is always cheerful around most people except for Exer, who she later on came to forgive. She is the type to encourage people out of their comfort zone as seen in Episode 22 of the series.

She is quite protective of her friends like Jackson and Pamela. Brenda can often get angry if she is messed with or her loved ones. She wouldn't hesitate to let her anger out on others, sometimes hurting them unintentionally.

## Relationships

### **Family**

* David Miller
* Her Mother
* William Miller

David is Brenda's queer brother. He is always overprotective over her regarding guys who are interested in her. She is the older one out of the two. After a slight misunderstanding, David thought Jackson liked Brenda and would sometimes light-heartedly comment on how he would support it if they were to date. He never seemed to pick up on how Exer and Brenda had feelings for each other, though. When he found out they'd dated behind his back, David was upset with both of them, but quickly made up with Brenda.

Not much is known about Brenda's mother besides her only appearance in Episode 34. In Episode 51, she had speaking lines but did not make a physical appearance. In Episode 52, she had written a note to Brenda and David saying that she couldn't make dinner for them as she had an emergency meeting at work, and David seemed disappointed but not surprised, so it can be inferred that she's busy with work a lot of the time.Brenda’s mother was shown in episode 89 talking to Willam Miller about David getting dropped. It is shown in this episode that Brenda’s mother and father are divorced.Her mother still is unnamed.

Brenda’s father has showed up in only a few episodes including episodes 34,81,87,88 and 89. Brenda and her father have shown not to have to much of a relationship because she lives at her mothers house most of Willam Millers appearances are with her twin brother David. In more recent updates, William Miller is seen more often. In episode 90 while William is dropping David off to stay at his mother’s house, he asks Brenda how the musical she was in was going, she reminded him that the musical happened months prior (not mentioning the fact that William was literally AT the musical), this further implies that he doesn’t pay attention to both her and David’s interests if he doesn’t find them beneficial. In episode 100 Brenda and William vaguely interact. While William forces David to leave, Brenda can be seen distraught in the background, but not surprised.

### **Friends**

* Jackson Smith
* Exer Campbell
* Pamela Lopez

Jackson was Brenda's friend. Although David used to think that Brenda and Jackson made a good couple, Brenda is not interested in him anymore and only saw him as a friend.

After the dispute between Exer and Jackson, Brenda no longer trusted Jackson around the people she loved, specifically Pamela. When Jackson wanted to speak with Pamela alone, Brenda and Jackson both stuck out their tongues at each other in a childishly insulting manner. However, later in season 2, Exer revealed the truth about their dispute and Brenda was extremely apologetic towards Jackson. They are no longer friends, nor enemies.

In beginning episodes, Brenda was cold to Exer because when they dated back in their junior years, Pamela was upset at how Brenda was ignoring her for Exer and the popular kids. She realised that Exer was using magic and tried to reveal it to the school but it backfired, leading to Pamela being branded as a "witch". Brenda was enraged and broke up with Exer telling him that he could have handled the situation better.

Brenda and Exer slowly get closer, as both still had feelings for each other. Brenda slowly forgave him, seeing changes in him such as being nicer to Jackson and making up with Pamela. She believed that he had changed for the better, and the two are now able to be open to each other about their feelings. During the first season, Brenda and Exer both still had feelings for each other, but Exer's feelings slowly faded and it became obvious that he would choose David over his relationship with Brenda (🏳️‍🌈) They are now still good friends.

Pamela is Brenda's best friend. In the beginning episodes, their friendship was kept discrete because of Pamela's reputation-if Brenda's clique saw that she was still friends with Pam, Brenda would have been ostracised as well. After a certain amount of putting up with their snide remarks about Pamela, however, Brenda realised that it was unfair on Pam to continue being friends with them while trying to stay with her other 'friends'. Brenda walked away from her table of 'friends' and went to sit with Pam, who was happy to welcome her.

The two are openly closer now and communicate more. Brenda supported Pamela when she realised Pamela had feelings for Jackson, and continues to support her to this day, choosing her over anybody else-even Exer, while Brenda and Exer were dating.
## Sightings

* Despite being introduced in the 2nd episode, a skirt that was similar to Brenda's was visible in the 1st episode, hinting her first appearance.

## **Trivia**

* It was revealed in Episode 23 that Brenda and Exer used to date secretly in 1988.
* Brenda loves to do musicals, but because of her status and friends she is afraid to, musicals are considered lame and uncool.
* The main similarities between David and Brenda are that they both have the same eye color and bangs.
* In the original/canvas version, Brenda had blonde hair, and looked like a female version of David.
* She is often shipped with Pamela and Jollie.
* Her parents divorced when she and David were 13
* Her favorite colors are pink and yellow
* Her favorite member of the detention squad is Jolie.