Shelby Merrick Y'all

@RavenPrentiss' Side Blog. All about Higher Ground and the Cast.

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Cliffhangers Layouts Cont.

The boys + Hannah

Ezra Friedkin

Auggie Ciceros

Scott Barringer

Peter Scarbrow

Hannah Bower-Barnes

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I made Twitter layouts for the Cliffhangers + the counselors

PLEASE FEEL MORE THAN FREE TO USE THEM AND DO SHOW ME IF YOU DO, I'D LOVE TO SEE THEM!!

Katherine Ann Cabot

Shelby Merrick

Sophie Becker

Juliette Waybourne

Daisy Lipenowski

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As for the other dolts at Horizon, they’re a bunch of pains, and I’m glad to be rid of them. And you were the biggest pain of them all, Daisy. Thanks for that. It’s weird, though, because I wish I was taking every one of them with me, because I feel like I’m leaving my family behind and I’m scared.

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does it ever hit you that daisy who was basically introduced in this scene

“Daisy: I’m a child of alcoholic parents, my mother has lost all maternal instinctsand my father, disenchanted with life, is verbally abusive. I’m here because i’vebecome a nuisance to their addiction. Hannah Bauer: Do you know why else you’re here? Daisy: When my father finally threatened physical abuse, i used one of his golfclubs to set him straight – a seven iron. Perfect balance of weight and speed. Hannah Bauer: Daisy, you do understand that trying to injure your father was the wrong way to deal? Daisy: I wanted to off him, and the only reason I didn’t… was I didn’t think I could cry for the police.”

that this girl is actually one of the sweetest and most caring characters. and not even in a character development sort of way, but she just generally is really sweet and caring and such a good friend. she just does not accept people treating her or her friends like crap when they do not deserve it.

and like okay we all know that my favourite thing ever said about daisy is shelby’s line in ep 15 “You think if you tell everybody about whacking daddy with a seven iron, they’ll leave you alone.” which is super important bc it is really such a good description of daisy and all the ways in which she hides+copes

but there is this other line that is so telling about her which i don’t talk about much, (mostly bc i get v emotional about ep 17) “great, you’ll let me know when it has been two years”, which she says in regards to her father having been sober for two days. and honestly this is such a great line and really shows how forgiving she is and what she is like as a person. bc that line is her extending an opportunity for maybe creating something of a relationship which is something she does not owe him at all. And she does this in a way that offers him hope, but also makes sure that she is not sacrificing herself in order to do that. she is not here to help him through his recovery attempt, but if he proves that he is serious about trying that and changing things, then she is willing to at least hear him out and see whether she woud be open to creating some sort of relationship

and just daisy is extending so much here and offering it up while protecting herself and being so forgiving while standing her ground and refusing to let anyone disrespect her. 

that line is just really important to me and i feel like we forget about it a lot, and i think that is larely bc immediately after that line her father makes a comment about how he is trying and maybe she can do the same, and then they start fighting. but the thing is that line, that is daisy trying, that is her being the bigger person, she doesn’t owe him anything, and yet she is willing to extent that.

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Sophie: Now tell me about your sister. Kat: There’s nothing to tell. She drowned – end of story. Sophie: Accidents happen. Doesn’t mean it was your fault. Kat: Then whose fault was it? God’s? I tried blaming Him, and He blamed me right back. Sophie: Oh, so you’re just gonna let Him? Kat: Why do we have to talk about this? Sophie: Because obviously not talking about it hasn’t helped you. So what’s it gonna be? Kat: What do you want from me? Sophie: I want you to feel something, other than anger and guilt. Kat: It hurts to feel anything else! Every time I laugh, every time I smile, it reminds me that I’m alive and Shannon – Okay. You finally got something out of me. Are you happy? Sophie: I’ll be happy when you are. Kat: Then you don’t plan on smiling a lot. Sophie: Hank made you smile. Kat: That was the problem. Sophie: Playing the martyr’s not gonna bring Shannon back and she’d want you to live. Kat: I don’t have the right to live. Don’t you get it? Sophie: I get that you want to be punished for something you had no control over. Kat: …Tell that to my parents.

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Most heartbreaking Higher Ground scene ; Episode 15: ‘Exposed’ [video]

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Higher Ground Original Television Promos

(Sorry about the quality & size; there wasn’t anything I could do about it.) Series Promo #1

Series Promo #2

‘What Remains’ Episode Promo: 

'Walking the Line’ Episode Promo: 

'Close Encounters’ Episode Promo

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hi yes can the higher ground fandom collectively agree to hunt down matthew hastings and demand to know what was planned for season 2.

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Merry Christmas! Here are 2 original promos for Higher Ground:

Higher Ground Promo for The Insider (January 31, 2000)

Higher Ground Canadian TV Promo (March 21, 2000)

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Peter: How’s Juliette doing? Hannah: Um… Shelby’s in talking to her. Peter: Shelby. That’s like shock therapy, isn’t it?

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if you ever think that my love for higher ground has dimmed, you’re very mistaken.

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Shelby: I wish I lived in Juliette world. A land of wide green lawns rolling up to great mansions where ladies sip tea and chose bridal gowns. And money just comes from nowhere. Juliette (sighs happily): It’s a beautiful place.

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she tells a story of how she ran away and struggled to survive and watched her friend die in front of her and HE CAN’T GET OVER THE FACT THAT SHE TURNED TO PROSTITUTION

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I'M GONNA PEE MY PANTS LOOK WHAT I JUST FOUND

  DANCING PETER AND SOPHIE WHAT THE HELL WHO MADE THESE HAHAHAHAHA

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character playlists ➝ the cliffhangers

// r.i.p. 2 my youth / the neighbourhood // hallucinogenics / matt maeson // the kids aren’t alright / fall out boy // lovely / billie eilish feat. khalid // i wanna get better / bleachers // run boy run / woodkid // unsteady / x ambassadors // reaper / sia // red hands / walk off the earth // paralyzed / nf // made of light / mikky ekko // youth / shawn mendes feat. khalid // teenagers / my chemical romance // all the king’s horses / karmina // hello my old heart / the oh hellos // renengades / x ambassadors // start a riot / banners // helena beat / foster the people // control / halsey // waves / dean lewis // home / dotan // kill your heroes / awolnation // i’ll be good / jaymes young // someone to you / banners // coffins / misterwives // smile / mikky ekko // sedated / hozier // looking too closely / fink // demons / imagine dragons // how far we’ve come / matchbox twenty //

listen here

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This is the video clip from one of the posts I included in my 10 Favorite Television Scenes prompt. This is the “Get away from me! Get out of my life!” scene from Season 1 Episode 15 of Higher Ground.  A.J Cook portrays Shelby Merrick; a 17 year old in a school for troubled teens. In this scene, it is revealed that her step father, who was sent to the hospital after having a heart attack, abused and molested her when she was younger. Hayden Christensen portrays Scott Barringer; Shelby’s boyfriend who was also molested by his step mother.

Um, I cried.