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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 😅

#:0 #the penderwicks #jane penderwick

iamaugustyouaremyjune

when mrs. tifton is being cruel and skye looks batty in the eyes and tells batty she’s not crazy, she’s perfect. and when jeffrey takes skye to see the moose at point mouette and skye wishes batty were there to see them. 🥹

#we'd all take a bullet for batty penderwick #the penderwicks #skye penderwick #batty penderwick

misted-buttercup-enjoyer

do you guys ever think about what jeffrey's childhood must have been like. no real friends. no father. his grandfather and Mrs. Tifton constantly telling him who he is and what he wants. just...playing the piano, alone in that big, cold mansion, wondering why his mom hates his music so much.

#ouch #jeffrey tifton #the penderwicks

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Hee hee I finally wrote a Penderwicks fanfic!

#the penderwicks #skye penderwick #jeffrey tifton #batty penderwick #i do what i want and if that includes writing trans masc skye then so be it

peregrin-tookish

Tbh the reason I ship Skyffrey is because I relate to Skye so strongly and I really want my own Jeffrey. I might not be able to have him, but she could take the opportunity for the both of us.

#too real #the penderwicks #skye penderwick #jeffrey tifton

cry-my-eyes-violet

#the penderwicks #smh saw it coming in like 5th grade but was helpless to stop the nonsense #little women

a-hundred-jewels

skye and jane are they/them and she/they solidarity change my mind

#too true #the penderwicks #skye penderwick #jane penderwick

bisexualcharmanderenergy

Penderwicks headcanon: Batty is autistic.

Do I have evidence? You bet.

She’s awkward and uncomfortable in social situations, especially in the earlier books. Autism tends to go undiagnosed in girls because they’re seen as “just shy.”

Music and animals are clearly her special interests.

In the fourth book, her tendency to randomly break into song sounds a lot like a vocal stim.

Feel free to reblog with further evidence!

#dude i was literally just thinking this!#batty penderwick #the penderwicks #actually autistic

Honestly I think my beef with the ending to The Penderwicks series (and by extension Little Women and Jo March) is that Skye is so clearly some flavor of queer. I've seen arguments in several ways: ace, lesbian, trans, and I can get behind all of those. I could relate to Skye's childhood experience as wanting to fit in as a sister but feeling different.

Having Skye in a happy heterosexual relationship that bloomed off the page was very jarring for me and seemed disingenuous. If Jeanne Birdsall had at least given us some time to understand why Skye gets into a relationship and decides to get married I would have felt less let down. I honestly can't see Skye from the first four books do anything like that without some serious character development.

Anyway, let Skye be ace and trans thanks for coming to my TED talk

#the penderwicks #skye penderwick #the penderwicks at last #we are having one of those angry at various pieces of media that slighted me nights folks