Larisa Korolev

Larisa Korolev is one of the main characters of the webcomic Sandra and Woo. From the comic's "Cast" page:
 * Larisa Korolev is another good friend of Sandra’s. Her life philosophy can be summed up in three words: “Life is now!” Larisa is doing whatever she wants to do, without thinking too much about the consequences of her actions. As a passionate pyromaniac she’s always keen on setting things on fire, abandoned huts just as well as the hearts of more or less innocent boys. She’s particularly interested in Cloud, which naturally causes some conflicts with Sandra every now and then. Larisa is a young femme fatale; a prime example of the chaotic neutral alignment of various role-playing game systems.


 * Larisa’s father Ivan works as an artist and mostly paints abstract and/or apocalyptic paintings to earn a living. Although Larisa has inherited his love for the arts, they don’t get along that well since she prefers landscape art to Pollock’s “masterpieces”.

Larisa is one of Sandra's best friends. She was first mentioned in Strip 18 (Cloud), and first appeared in Strip 33 (Russian Revenge).

Throughout the series, Larisa mainly hangs out with Sandra and Cloud. Sandra often refers to Larisa as "Liz."

Larisa always addresses her parents, Ivan and Jelena, by their first names. She sometimes shortens her mother's name to either "Jele" or "Lena."

Behavior
Larisa has a very outgoing and brash personality, but is basically caring and protective toward Sandra. She loves to set things on fire, both literally and figuratively (especially in the case of young boys' hearts).

We discover early on that Larisa is diabetic. Later in series we learn that she suffers from Wolfram syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that causes child-onset diabetes and leads to optic atrophy and deafness. This may help to explain her often reckless behavior, and why she chooses to live life to the fullest.

Larisa often functions as a temptress, and in fact is occasionally described as a succubus. To emphasize this, Knörzer sometimes uses a device in which Larisa lips extend from her body like the trunk of an elephant, and wrap themselves around the "victim", often over long distances. It was first used in Strip 634 (Grounded). Another example is Strip 886 (Larisa Has a Better Suggestion).

Relationships
Early in the series, while Sandra and Cloud started hanging out together, Larisa briefly made a play for Cloud, by enticing him with a rare book on swordplay and inviting him for ice cream. This made Sandra both angry and conflicted, because she wanted Cloud for herself yet didn't want to upset her friendship with them. After realizing how much Sandra liked Cloud, Larisa apologized and said she would stop going after him (but added that if Sandra dumped him, he was all hers!)

She continued to flirt with several boys (including Justin, a soccer player) until Strip 317 (White Knight). Larisa was desperate to find a study partner after she failed a geometry test, when Landon came across her in the library and offered to help. After getting a B- in her make-up test, she gave Landon a barrage of kisses, and he became her steady boyfriend.