#alice jones
As much as I love Alice’s childlike innocent and silly expressions, I feel like she’s not praised as much as she could be for her maturity. It’s fair for her to be somewhat stunted socially due to her childhood, but this is a young woman that lived trapped for seventeen years, over six of which were alone, and not only she did adapt to the outside world but she did a pretty damn good job of adjusting to everything that was thrown at her.
She had the fortitude to survive a jabberwocky attack and deal with the inevitable emotional fallout of being the sole survivor, never let her unfair situation get her down, was kind and compassionate in spite of the absolutely traumatizing situations she had been through, and overcame obstacles like facing her childhood horrors head-on or standing up for what she believed in, in spite of a literal mob being against her, with more strength than I can often summon to just schedule an appointment.
She’s a tough cookie. A good, sugary, sweet cookie, but a tough one nonetheless.