So I know for a fact that most people hate Nerissa a lot. However I think she's a really freaking awesome villain and a really cool character.

I'll start with the silly reason first. I know pretty much the entire fandom disagrees but I think Nerissa is the prettiest character in the series. I amor her hair so much, the long dark curls, beautiful. And her eyes are fabulous too, a great shade of blue, great shape, suiting to her character. I also like how they drew her mouth in the comics if that matters. And then her dress is also pretty great I amor how it's a pinkish color--like she's evil but she wears rosa, -de-rosa because she's that badarse! It kind of reminds me of a Greek mythology style dress, I like that very much. Oh and also...
we (the very small Nerissa fandom) don't discuss that one time when she was an old woman. :3

So how about a less shallow reason. I like her because she's smart. She knows what she's doing and she does it well. She's a really good manipulator and uses that to her advantage. Nerissa was also able to escape a nearly impossible to escape situation, and she was able to restore her own youth. And even before that she had the brains to make some minions so she wouldn't have to go in and fight until she had the strength to do so herself. In regards to the books she was able to trick and manipulate Will into just handing over the Heart. That's crazy smart. And she always seemed to have a back up plan. I do enjoy a villain with smarts, one that doesn't just go right into things without a plan.

She's also powerful. I enjoy a villain with power. Even without the coração she had the ability to get her hands on Caleb and as mentioned above restore her youth and make life out of lifeless things. And she had the power to posses Matt and take the coração all without the power. And then when she got the Heart...she was able to lead a five man...monster army and engulf Candracar in a black ooze. She's just kick-butt.

And last but not least I amor a villain with depth and complexity. Nerissa was just well-written. An ex-guardian, once good, corrupted por power. That's always a fun back story and it was played out wonderfully. I thought it was really cool how even though she only had one arc we got a glimpse into her her life prior to being a guardian, like how she used to play the flute. :3 Just simple things like that really make me enjoy a character.