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’re both trying to grow up way too fast

I can easily say that the majority of high school characters in both Gossip Girl and Euphoria are trying to grow up way too fast.

They’re living adult lifestyles before they turned 18, and this is a common theme across both shows.

But for the sake of this article, I’m only shining a light on Jenny and Rue.

With Jenny specifically, she was so ready to grow up and get away from the rules of her father that she wanted to file emancipation.

Filing for emancipation means that she would legally become an adult before the age of 18 so she would no longer need her dad‘s permission for anything.

Jenny was ready to live the life of a full grown woman at 15 and 16 years old.

Rue is similar in that sense. Messing with substances that no one should ever touch at ANY age became her obsession and her addiction.

The legal age to smoke recreational Mary Jane and drink alcohol is 21 years old. In Euphoria, Rue was only 16 or 17 years old.

And we obviously know that Mary Jane and alcohol were just base level substances she was messing with.

She was going hard trying to numb her pain by getting high on anything and everything she could get her hands on.

Rue lives a lifestyle that indicates that she doesn’t care about her childhood.

She’s ready to grow up right away and have enough freedom to do whatever she wants with her life.

For her specifically, it’s because she doesn’t really value her life in the first place.