Slightly below average looking and/or overweight (I definitely expect Heather Duke would try to teach a daughter of hers to be mindful of her weight.)

In case you weren’t aware, works created and published between 1978 and 1989 as works-for-hire have a copyright term of 95 years from publication. And since Heathers had  wide U.S. theatrical release in 1989, it falls within that window. 

So, 59 years from now, Heathers will enter the public domain. What this means is that anyone will be able to use, adapt, and build upon the original film without seeking permission, paying licensing fees, or risking copyright infringement. 

Once in the public domain, you can adapt the story, characters, and dialogue into new creative formats, such as making sequels, prequels, remakes, or new adaptations for different mediums. Additionally, you can alter settings, time periods, or character dynamics, and could legally sell, monetize, and profit from these works without paying a single cent in royalties.  

The only thing is that this only applies to the original 1989 film, the musical, the 2018 TV show, and individual copyrighted songs on the soundtrack all have their own separate expiration dates. Plus, trademark laws on the name itself might still apply.

So, uh, just 59 more years until we can legally do whatever we want with the story.

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These are my thoughts, as the characters were born in the 70s and so their kids should mostly be adults now unless they had them late:

-Veronica had just one kid, a girl. Her daughter is on Tumblr a fair amount, has depression and other emotional issues even though I could see Veronica having gone into psychology. Her daughter also writes fanfiction. Her daughter is an English major, and is a disappointment to Veronica in some shape or form. Veronica never told her about the murders (obviously not) but her daughter holds a certain level of resentment towards her even though she doesn’t dislike her entirely because she has always sensed something is off. She noticed how paranoid her mother could seem at points growing up, how when mom was on her own for too long at points she didn’t take care of her appearance. She tried to rebel in high school because it angered her that Veronica tried to monitor who she was friends with. Veronica snapped once when she was in high school and told her that she’s ungrateful even though it’s pretty typical. She is bisexual and well read, but was not a star student like her mother was which was something she always sensed Veronica was disappointed about deep down inside. Her parents divorced when she was young and her father’s comments about her mother having been an enigma, a puzzle he could never quite figure out made her even more curious about the past Veronica seemed so hesitant to talk about (Betty Finn’s name came up, she has met Betty Finn, but there are others who mom just never wants to mention.) She romanticizes the 90s, likes Nirvana, has tattoos and piercings that Veronica doesn’t approve of. What she and Veronica have in common is that both are sensitive but are not “nice” people (she has trouble with her emotions and can be quite mean when she snaps, but is otherwise sensitive.) Her daughter likes Lana del Rey.

-Heather Duke has two kids. One of her daughters has never necessarily been bulimic, but does have issues due to her mother having encouraged her so consistently in childhood to monitor her portion control (Duke is also the type who has criticized her daughter’s appearance before, though Duke has also aimed to get her daughter into makeup.) Her son was a bully in school, very entitled and demanding.

I’ve posted about how that’s my headcanon for both, that they end up divorced whereas Heather Duke in adulthood finally gets with what I hc her true type to be (nerds, she’d get with a guy who was able to teach her a lot about different things she didn’t know.) I think Veronica in modern day has a daughter with an ex husband and that Heather M would be divorced as well (she actually mentions in the film that her parents are divorced.)

I could see Heather M getting with a guy who tries to control her. Has money, but is abusive in some shape or form. She seemed to have low self esteem and without therapy and serious personal work I see her initially going for someone who was abusive in some shape or form.

I feel like after what happened with JD Veronica would be seeking stability. I sense that Veronica was someone who always really liked people who she felt were sincere/genuine. I think it’s partly why she and Betty Finn always got on so well - she saw Betty Finn as a genuine and kind person in a sea of dogs. I’m debating on whether I think she marries a male Betty Finn (and it still wouldn’t work out because Veronica is too dysfunctional) or someone who is extroverted, similarly nice, probably pretty creative.

I’m imagining 1950s housewife Veronica who poisons her husband

Went into it expecting to not remember anything within two seconds of finishing it, and go "well I just wasted a bunch of hours". But no. Because I'm still thinking of the scene with Heather McNamara going through the skating place, bleeding out, and nobody noticing, and then going home, and nobody noticing. Beautifully well done, can't lie

ok so i’ve seen the movie a million times, musical is my happy place, etc. and i was watching it with my sister last night and she said “well, strong chance heather chandler would’ve killed herself eventually” and referenced the way she spits at her reflection as her textual proof that she hated herself.

i NEVER thought about this. the spitting always seemed focused on her hating the charade she was putting on for the guys, but not necessarily herself overall. sure she’s a cunt but she had power and money and looks etc etc.

BUT the more i thought about it and the more we talked about it, the more i could see her side of “heather c actually hated herself.” she was feared, not respected, and that definitely matters in the long run, esp for women.

curious other die hards’ thoughts here, was my sister overthinking? due to my own high school trauma from the past, am i giving popular girls too much credit???? do you think she would’ve led a happy life?

I don’t think she’d have been a great mother regardless of what career she ended up in

I have a lengthy list, a few of which I’ve posted before:

-Heather Duke married a stable guy who is considered smart and is good with money (I had that post I made about how I feel like she’s the type who would have always crushed on “nerds” and not wanted to admit it.) She had partly been so attracted to her husband in the beginning because he was able to teach her different things she didn’t know.

-Heather Duke does have children (two, boy and a girl.) Veronica has a daughter. Heather M has two children as well (she always wanted two because she didn’t want for the eldest to be lonely.) Martha didn’t become a mother. Betty Finn has 1-2 children. Betty Finn is the only one who was a good parent. One of Heather Duke’s children was known for being a bully in school, and Veronica’s daughter has a lot of issues (depression, did not turn out well.)

-Veronica actually was married, it didn’t last long. She was never quite able to heal from her relationship and experience with JD. She was hesitant for the first few years after high school to date. She has a daughter with her ex husband.

-Heather Chandler’s parents were negligent. Even though they were wealthy she was a typical latchkey kid (do we even see her parents at her funeral?)

-People are nicer to Betty Finn in adulthood. She marries a guy who does well and starts taking better care of her appearance (what do you think of this one?)

-Heather Duke and Heather M did have issues within their marriages. Duke’s husband actually can find her to be a bit too demanding. Heather M actually ended up divorcing (she mentioned having divorced parents, and much like Veronica her trauma in an early relationship proved to be too much trouble for her in the long term.)

Even though it’d have been a terrible choice for them.

Heather Duke wouldn’t get anything out of it and would go for something that made her more money. Becoming a therapist also requires a lot of schooling and I don’t see her going for it.

I could almost maybe see Veronica going into it convinced she has good intent and wanting to understand people better. But it would be a poor choice for her.

I added the heathers to my island and they all moved in together. The outfits are kinda bad but it’s as close as could be. Now the only question is whether Heather Duke will stay with her friends or leave to pursue her relationship with Pina Bovidae, her boyfriend.

Shannen Doherty had a very classic looking face. I always thought that she and Veronica (Winona Ryder) would have still been big movie stars if they’d been apart of their parents’ or grandparents’ generation. I really could have seen Doherty in a 1940s/1950s period piece, but also her face was just so perfect looking. Very symmetrical.

I know absolutely nothing about how to write fanfic, I'm not very familiar with the topic, but I'm interested. A friend asked me NOT to ask questions, but if I could create a fanfic about these characters.

As I mentioned, I don't know anything about creating fanfiction, although I can draw a little. I'm struck by how out of place this is, so I just wanted to ask for help if anyone has any ideas on how I could bring these two characters together.

With my limited imagination, I thought maybe Stu had survived and escaped the final fight in Scream 1996 and trying to live a "normal life" in Sherwood. (This is the only thing I could think of as a "baseline". If someone wants to contribute something, they don't have to follow this "baseline".) THANKS EVERYONE!!! :)

So I've watched both the movie and the musical countless times and I have a certain opinion on JD and Veronica's relationship. When it comes to the movie I think it's pretty clear JD and Veronica were both dating each other for the wrong reasons. Veronica liked the idea of having a boyfriend whilst JD liked the idea of having someone he could use/abuse to numb the pain of what his father put him through. I do think they loved each other in the movie but not as much as it was displayed in the musical. However there's always something I've wondered about in the movie. Why did Veronica seem to not care that he was going tokill himselfin the movie. No hate to the actress of course, Winona Ryder is very talented and it just might be the case it was part of the script. But why? I understand he did SA her a couple times and it could just be she was realizing he wasn't a good person but with everything they went through, I assume they knew each other at least like 3 months right? And most people don't leave their abusers because they love them too much. You would think we'd get a little bit more emotion knowing he was going to kill himself.And as for the musical, we did get that. She was crying and begging him not to do it. Idk but I thought she would at least be somewhat more emotional at watching her ex boyfriend blow himself up.

I had written about how I feel like for Heather Duke it would be introverted nerds. She had probably had a crush before on someone at the school who wasn’t considered popular, but who was knowledgeable and rational. I could see her wanting someone who was stable and reliable.

I actually don’t know about Heather M.

JD was clearly Veronica’s type even though he was very toxic. She said herself that she had no control over herself when she was with him. His personality was certainly very attractive to her in the beginning.

I’m not 100 on Heather Chandler. Chandler and Duke are both toxic enough in film that I don’t know what kind of person either would actually be compatible with. I see Duke valuing intelligence and I could see Heather C caring about it as well - Heather C is an interesting one for me to consider. I sincerely don’t know what kind of guy I think she’d have done well, she feels more to me like the kind of person who needs to be single. I feel like she wouldn’t respect someone who just gave in to her but she’d also never want to be controlled. She wouldn’t respect someone who was meek and submissive.

At least after becoming popular.

She is very toxic in the film so I find it hard to say who I think she’d be compatible with. But I see her as the type who never really grows past high school and is still too afraid to date “the nerd” as an adult even though I could see her actually privately liking a quieter bookworm type who knew a lot about different things.

-Heather Chandler in particular experienced SA in childhood. I actually hc this for her over Heather M but it could have been both. I think that it was one of her father’s colleagues, and that she partly grew up to be such a cold and cynical person because of this (someone in her life knew and did not care.) SA was very common in the 1970s.

-Veronica has a family member, a grandmother or great grandmother, who suffered from a personality disorder and depression. I’m going to go with great grandmother because her parents both seemed normal, albeit naive, and fairly well adjusted.

-Veronica was an outcast in elementary and middle school. She did experience some level of bullying, even though it was not on Martha’s level.

-Heather Duke settled down with someone who was successful after high school. I almost started to say that I think he is a bookish nerd, but Heather Duke seems like one of those people who isn’t going to change a whole lot after high school.

Could someone reccomend me good editing software for pc? NOT CAPCUT I beg of you, that thing eats up my storage like crazy.