#because her expressing her neuroses and anxieties is probably a manifestation of how she truly feels. but her kissing zane almost comes out

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emma's first time getting moonstruck: is rude to her father's party guests, gets a little handsy with byron, eats a ton of fish

cleo's first time getting moonstruck: gains siren powers and sings to a bunch of teenage boys

rikki's first time getting moonstruck: burns emma with her powers, sets half of mako on fire, literally roasts zane from the inside out, near insists on being left alone on a desert island which is still somewhat on fire, loses consciousness almost entirely in the moon pool, has an actual mental breakdown,

#that's on being a traumatized teenage girl i guess! #i like how for emma and cleo the first time they get moonstruck their personalities sort of change to the opposite of what they usually are #so emma is normally quite controlled and disciplined but during her dad's party she is rude and acts out and is completely out of control #cleo at least in season one is pretty shy and withdrawn so she becomes a siren who is at the centre of everyone's attention which she loves #for as long as the moon spell lasts at least #but then for rikki... god. i don't even know. so much goes on in bad moon rising it's hard to even pin down what the writers were going for #it's pure chaos and i mean that in a good way #like presumably the rikki in the show does share those insecurities and a part of her believes she is a malevolent and destructive person #who deserves to be alone. but then her powers are out of control AND she kisses zane and it's like. what were they even going for here? #because her expressing her neuroses and anxieties is probably a manifestation of how she truly feels. but her kissing zane almost comes out #of nowhere. and then we know she's freaking out about setting everything on fire and highkey is hating herself in the moment #but then in the last scene when she's talking about her kissing zane on mako she's like something weird happened. something out of control. #which makes me feel like *shifty eyes emoji* #can i again just talk about how much i hate that all the girls kiss their love interests under the influence of the full moon. #but also when cleo's like 'i don't even want to THINK about what rikki would do to zane under the influence of the full moon' lollllllll #.txt #h2o just add water #h2o #h2o: just add water #cleo sertori #emma gilbert #rikki chadwick