Jenny Humphrey from Gossip Girl and Rue Bennett from Euphoria are pretty similar, in my opinion.

Here’s one reason why I deeply think so.

They understand both sides of betrayal

A big similarity between Jenny and Rue is the depth of understanding they both have regarding betrayal.

They’ve both been on both sides of betrayal with people they trusted and people they once spelt close to.

For Jenny, she understands the pain of being betrayed because Agnes Andrews did it to her after they agreed to go into business together as a fashion designer and model duo.

Their business quite literally went up in flames when Agnes set Jenny‘s hand-sewn dresses on fire.

And then Jenny found herself on the other side of betrayal when she tried to seduce Nate Archibald while he was with Serena van der Woodsen and when she slept with Chuck Bass knowing that Blair Waldorf was going to get hurt if she ever found out about it.

For Rue, she was betrayed when Jules decided to cheat on her with Elliot. She felt blindsided by that betrayal because she was so deeply in love with Jules.

But she found herself on the other side of betrayal when she exposed Cassie for hooking up with Nate Jacobs in front of their entire social circle, including Maddy, who had half of mind to physically start beating up Cassie on the spot.

The pain of betrayal runs deep and takes a long time to heal from, and this is something Jenny and Rue both understand in their own complex ways.