Considering her preoccupation with friendship occasions and overboard gifting, her hoarding tendencies and her inability to filter herself, often Leslie is the most identifiable character for me. She’s fiercely passionate on all matters, as exemplified by her yelling, “I am super chill all the time!”, to which her husband replies, “Sometimes, when we disagree, you’re so passionate, I feel like I’m arguing with the sun.” While this is often played to comedic effect, Parks manages to avoid belittling her passion and that is key for me. It has long been desperately uncool to be characteristically enthusiastic about things, while apathy is seen as the height of sophistication. Leslie is enthusiastic about all areas of her life, and that’s what I love the most about her. She cares. She cares about her friends, her waffles, her job, feminism, Joe Biden, the Harry Potter series. She cares so much that she made April, the resident representative of youth apathy, want to care too. Leslie’s devotion to what is important to her, the boundless energy she finds, is infectious. What’s not to be inspired by when it comes to Leslie Knope? She’s got her dream job working for the National Parks Service, she married the love of her life, is raising triplets, is a loving, supportive friend, a formidable feminist force and a fangirl. I’m just scared for the world that we will no longer have Leslie Knope to guide us.