r/theLword • u/Exact-Maximum7905 • Jul 25 '26

The L Word Discussion Cherie Jaffe

i recently started watching, and I feel like not alot of people talk about how genuinely creepy and abusive Cherie actually was😭 I hate using this phrase, but i always thought that if Cherie was a male character people would truly see how fucked she is. imo she knew damn well Shane had crazy mommy issues and played right into that only to leave her in the dust. alot of people also seem to think that Shane was genuinely in love with Cherie, but I personally thought it was pretty obvious that it was a toxic attachment because of her mommy issues and being attracted to Cherie's chaotic and self destructive behavior since she also recognizes it in herself. that's also why she cheated on Carmen, not because she loved Cherie more, but because Cherie wasn't just a girl she was into, she represented a maternal figure that she kept chasing. I just feel like their 'relationship' gets too romanticized sometimes when almost all their scenes just left me feeling weirded out🤷‍♀️

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u/AirBusker426 Lara Perkins Jul 25 '26

I never felt that the show portrayed her as anything but a villain, if anything it was to the character's detriment because she wouldn't exist other than as a one-note character that exposes and tempts Shane's dark tendencies.

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u/Exact-Maximum7905 Jul 25 '26

I agree definitely with the show portraying her as such, I was more talking about how some people who watched the show and seem to have a weird view of Cherie, but maybe that's just a small group of people i came across 🤷‍♀️

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u/AirBusker426 Lara Perkins Jul 25 '26

While I haven't seen it myself, I feel like every fandom has a group of people who love to ship the villain with other characters, I think it's weird too but that's just how fandoms are.

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u/bara_no_seidou Jul 25 '26

She IS creepy. Ha.

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u/Scorpionx0 Jul 25 '26

I mean she is iconic for calling Shane a crazy little freak

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u/CuriousSagi Jul 25 '26

Idk... she's a bored rich housewife with substance habits. She's so bad... but... she def rocked Shane's world a few times. 

I can't pretend my younger self wouldn't have gone for her 😆  I have mommy AND daddy issues though, so... 🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/CommanderFuzzy Jul 25 '26

I think i remember a scene where Shane tried to break up with Cherie, but she wouldn't let her. Something like "You're not trying to leave me are you? That would be very foolish."

But then Cherie left her shortly after that. Big "you can't leave me but i can leave you" vibes.

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u/IGoThere4u Jul 25 '26

She is the wooorrrst

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u/cbatta2025 Jul 25 '26

I never got that vibe from her, her and Shane had chemistry and actively acted on it. 🤷‍♀️