the penderwicks

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it is time to read the penderwicks again

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OMG THE PENDERWICKS FANDOM IN THE WILD???

YES OF COURSE COME JOIN US!!!

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Hi! I really liked reading the Penderwicks when I was a kid and I must have read the whole series like twenty times or something. I was wondering if anyone else got the impression that Jane actually wrote the series when she was older? Idk that's what I interpreted Wesley's prediction in At Last that she would write a series, maybe five books, to mean. Maybe this is accepted? Ty!

Wait that's wild that I've never thought this (or don't remember thinking it lmao) given that the books are meant to be a Little women retelling and it's absolutely understood that "Jo wrote the books when she was older." So yes, love this interpretation and maybe someone who's been more active than me recently can tell me if I'm way behind 😅

[ben-penderwick]

rereading point mouette as an adult is so funny cause as a kid any attempts at foreshadowing completely went over my head and all of a sudden i can see it and it's like every other page

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Jeffrey: I’m quick at math.  Skye: Ok, what’s 38 times 76?  Jeffrey: 24.  Skye: That wasn’t even close.  Jeffrey: But it was quick.

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Batty: How did none of you hear what I just said?!  Ben: I've been zoned out for the past two and a half hours.  Jane: I got distracted halfway through.  Skye: Ignoring you was a conscious decision.

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Jane, after getting a library card: Now I know what true power feels like.

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Skye: I’m genuinely surprised we haven’t gotten arrested, let alone gotten a felony yet.  Jeffrey: Nat 20 Charisma.  Skye: That is NOT how that works-

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Jane: I love the term 'partners'. Are we dating? Are we robbing a bank? Are we the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies and are members of an elite squad known as the special victims unit? Who knows.

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Jane: The last time I went to an urgent care clinic, I checked off 'excessive crying' on the symptom list, and then the nurse got really confused and said that was meant for babies.

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Jeffery: How petty can you get?  Skye: I once edited a Wikipedia article to win an argument I was wrong about.

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Rosalind: *very seriously* You need to stop doing weird things to cope with the stress. Going outside might help.  Batty: I went to the park today.  Rosalind: There you go! I hope you got something from that.  Batty: *opening their coat* This duck.

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Jane stays up all night writing fan fiction for her many different fandoms fs

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Batty: I’m sad.  Ben: Don’t be sad, because sad backwards is das.  Ben: And das not good.

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Skye: I swear to god I'm the only one here with a brain cell.  Ben, Rosalind, Jeffery, and Jane: ALL HAIL the keeper of the sacred brain cell!

[alwaysspeakshermind]

Having another one of those urges to rewrite the entire final book in a series that I started reading at the appropriate age but that destroyed my life as an adult because it ended WRONG and I am BITTER about it and there is a part of me that will never rest until things are set RIGHT.

No, I do not care that it's a middle grade series.

I WAS ROBBED AND I WILL NOT GO GENTLY INTO THAT GOOD NIGHT.

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the superbowl is HUGE on gardam street because the geigers throw a huge party.

rosalind always bakes for the party and organizes all the food

skye is pretty into the game along with nick and tommy

jane is just there for the superbowl ads

batty and ben are just annoying, asking for everyone's attention while they try and watch the game