Take me to the Lakes

i love yellowjackets, taylor swift, fanfiction, mha, marauders and playing stupid puzzle games

[s1aaaaaa3]

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INTRO!

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𓂃 𓈒𓏸‪‪ 𓇼 HI! My name is Sia!

⋆｡𖦹 ˚ 𓇼 ˚｡⋆ pronouns: She/Her

𓂃 𓈒𓏸‪‪ 𓇼 age: 16

⋆｡𖦹 ˚ 𓇼 ˚｡⋆ interests: Yellowjackets, marauders, MHA, Bunch Of Friends, Project Hail Mary, Life is Strange, Miraculous LB & CN, Hunger Games, Heathers (and more musicals), Fear street, After School Lessons for Unripe Apples, The Owl House, The Pitt, MCU (though i havent watched past Wandavision yet), Anne of Green Gables (both book and show), Malory Towers, Six of Crows, SpyxFamily, Haikyuu, The Amazing Digital Circus, and Stranger Things

𓂃 𓈒𓏸‪‪ 𓇼 music: I love Taylor Swift, The Last Dinner Party, Conan Gray, David Bowie, Queen, Olivia Rodrigo, Sabrina Carpenter, Chappel Roan, Hozier and Yaelokre

I talk on #siablogzz

my edits on #siaeditz

⋆｡𖦹 ˚ 𓇼 ˚｡⋆ dni: creeps, homophobes, transphobes, racists, bigots and basically anyone unkind

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[jackietaylorfart]

The REAL World Cup winners, BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ!! 🐝

Who else is rooting for the Yellowjackets World Cup winners 2026!!! 🐝🐝🐝

[acanfullofspiders]

once a teacher always a teacher

[paradichlorosocksy]

Been getting into apples lately 🍏

[jackiegaylore]

nooo babe i love your obsession with the hit youtube channel bunch of friends its so sexy and cool

[fairytwles]

them during those 19 months

[kittercritter]

i’m actually still not over anthony in the new video oh my god he’s a real person that exists and and and

[caraphernillia]

"he/him lesbians arent valid-" "bi girls are bringing their boyfriends to pride-" "neopronouns are ruining the queer community-" "i hate polyamorous people -" "aroace people aren't really queer-" I DON'T GIVE A FUCK!!! I DON'T CARE!!! THE GOVERNMENT WANTS US DEAD!!!!! THEYRE TRYING TO MAKE LAWS AGAINST BEING QUEER!!!! CONVERSION THERAPY IS LEGAL IN 23 STATES!!!! WE HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS THAN OTHER PEOPLES IDENTITY!!!!!

[only-alter-idem]

whoever decided to put shauna in flannel deserves a raise oh my god she’s so fine

[cberzatto]

The Odyssey (2026) front row in 70mm IMAX

[scriptcomshitwriter]

(Malory Towers s3 spoilers ahead. TW mistreatment and abuse from a teacher discussed.)

For an all ages, family friendly, “based on a children’s novel” series, I think Malory Towers did a brilliant job with portraying manipulation and, for all intents and purposes, non sexual grooming.

I mean, poor Gwen! Miss Johnson was so calculated in her scheme, not only in isolating and breaking down the girls, but in what she did to Gwendoline in particular was awful. She zeroed in on Gwen’s sense of inadequacy and deep need for praise and positive attention and turned it against her. I’ll write a more in depth post on it later (probably), but I really wanted to touch on that.

I know, given the nature of the show, that they likely won’t address it further aside from the occasional reference to the events, but even with good hearted adults like matron, Miss Grayling, and Madame DuPont at MT, I can’t imagine this betrayal would be so easily forgotten.

Her upbringing and personality already alienated her from the other girls, and Miss Johnson thoroughly exploited that. Of course Gwen chose her friends in the end, but it must have torn her apart inside to be forced to make that choice.

Oh, Gwendoline Mary Lacey, the character studies I could write about you.

I also have a theory that Gwen is a closeted sapphic and had a bit of a crush on Miss J, but that’s another post altogether

[when-bookworms-age]

Re-reading Childhood Books - “Second Form at Malory Towers”

I’ve shared my unasked-for opinions on the first one. I thought, “what the hell, why not keep going?” 

- Even now, the arrival at Malory Towers feels like coming home for me. 

- Irene’s health certificate shenanigans give me life.

- I used to have such a crush on Belinda Morris. I just thought I’d let everybody know that. 

- I am of the opinion that Irene and Belinda are a wonderful pair of scatterbrained geniuses and are deeply in love. Nothing you say shall convince me otherwise. :)

- Does invisible chalk really exist? I’d love to get hold of some.

- My darling Mary-Lou has transferred her affections to Daphne. 

- Alicia is being a right bitch this term. At least it’s being acknowledged in this book. The characters are maturing. 

- I used to think poor Ellen Winters was an anomaly. Now, nearly everyone I know suffers like her. 

- Gwendoline snarking Alicia feels oddly satisfying. 

- Ah, the age-old problem: grades or morals? These days, I feel like people are increasingly being pushed towards grades. 

- My brave, foolish Mary-Lou!

- I actually have a lot of respect for Daphne. Thief and liar? Absolutely. But her plan at the cliff is actually very clever under difficult circumstances. The girl is secretly very smart. 

- This book is a real education in the power of rumour. 

- Miss Grayling is an inspiration to us all. 

- The judging of Daphne is the power of the little people at its finest. I always felt so proud when they chose to give her a second chance. 

Verdict: This was one of my favourites as a child and I’m quite sure it will continue to be so now. I’d say that with the maturing of the characters and the lessons Miss Grayling teaches towards the end, this one holds up better than the first book in the series. 

[when-bookworms-age]

Re-reading Childhood Books - “Third Year at Malory Towers”

This was always one of my least favourite in the series but my sister adored it. I have no idea how it will hold up. I scarcely remember what happened in it. 

- Blyton’s prejudice against Americans shines forth once more. I really took that to heart as a kid. It was a long time before I realised most Americans were, well, normal. 

- Bill’s dramatic arrival lifts my heart.

- I’m glad Jean is head girl. I never paid any attention to Jean as a child but I really appreciate her now. 

- I’d love to read an analysis of Blyton’s tomboys - like Bill, or George from Famous Five - with regards to a modern perception of gender. Anyone? 

- “The happy, normal girls” feels like a judgement. Are you sad? Stressed? Introverted? You’re abnormal and must learn to conform. 

- As someone who grew up riding horses, I can tell you that being scared of them isn’t silly at all. It’s actually pretty sensible.

- I sympathise heartily with Zerelda’s attitude to games. Sure, I could run. But why would I want to?

- Zerelda has earned respect. She’s kind and good-tempered. She’s generous with compliments. She faces the trials of moving down a form with pride and dignity. She holds her head high and won’t let them shame her. Zerelda Brass does America proud. 

- The word “colic” actually gives me chills, remembering incidents in the past.

- Miss Peters is a “perfectly marvellous person”.

- Somehow Mavis’s “They didn’t let me sing” feels deeply tragic. It really got to me.

- Round and round the yard in the rain… It’s bitterly nostalgic for me. I once spent all of Christmas doing just that, trying to keep my friend’s horse alive whilst they were away seeing family. 

- Even if it’s true, it’s cruel of Miss Hibbet to so destroy a student like that. Where does she get off on public humiliation? 

- I hate how Malory Towers always seems to use shame and humiliation to make “good schoolgirls” of its pupils.

- What makes a jigsaw notably American?

- Zerelda is wrong. She is so much more than a “no-account person”. 

- Mam’zelle is a darling. Country dancing lessons are the best dancing lessons. 

- Looking only at the reserve list and not at the team is such a Darrell thing to do. 

- Whenever Irene and Belinda have both “mysteriously disappeared”, I can’t help but imagine them kissing in a cupboard somewhere. 

- I wish my school terms went by as fast as they do at Malory Towers. 

Verdict: This one surprised me by being better than I remembered. All of Bill’s horsey shenanigans was hugely nostalgic and Zerelda Brass was a much more interesting character than I ever realised. I still don’t like some of the spitefulness and public shaming that goes on in these books but a lot of the characters - particularly Darrell - seem to be growing up well. I enjoyed it without too much grumbling. 

[queer-cosette]

I’d make a list of all the gay characters in Malory Towers but it’s literally easier to make a list of all the straight characters because its literally just everyone’s parents, my god, everyone else is so fucking gay. Miss Peters is literally described as ‘only comfortable in her riding gear’ and ‘mannish’. There’s a girl called Bill who is also only happy in her riding gear and at the end moves in with her best friend to a tiny cottage where they run a riding school. Sally gets jealous every time Darrell speaks to Alicia. Mary Lou falls of a gotdamn cliff trying to deliver a parcel to the post office for Daphne because she wants so badly to be ‘friends’ with her. Amanda Chartelow’s entire existence is gay rights. And that’s the stuff written in the 1940s and doesn’t even take into account the follow-up books written in 2009.

[when-bookworms-age]

Re-reading Childhood Books - “First Term at Malory Towers”

It’s been five years since I last read “Malory Towers”, and eleven years since I first read them. I think it’s time for a reread, don’t you? Let’s see if they hold up. 

- Jesus Christ, I have read this book so often that all the pages are falling out. 

- I’m sorry, Darrell, but a uniform of brown and orange is never going to be “jolly nice”.

- I was always disappointed that the other towers were so often ignored. What hi-jinks went down in South Tower? Somebody tell me what the South Tower girls were doing whilst North Tower had all this drama.

- Subtle exposition? What is that? 

“This is a girl in Darrell’s form.”

“Hello, I’m a girl in Darrell’s form. In case you forgot in the literal second since it was last mentioned.”

- “Judgemental” is not a strong enough term for these girls. Good grief…

- Health certificates! I was always disappointed that I didn’t need one. 

- I have always loved and related to Sally Hope. I think I love her even more now that I’m rereading it. 

- Even now, I have the greatest respect for Miss Grayling. 

- Ah, yes. That age-old rule that girls can only have one friend. 

- I wonder if students in America have to be given permission to sit down. It’s never shown in the movies.

- Is it reassuring or insulting to be told that “if you’re brainless and at the bottom [of the class] we shan’t blame you”? 

- THIS. This is what bothers me about this book! When Darrell plaits Gwendoline’s hair for her, she could easily have said “You look very nice” or “It suits you this way”. That would have been a reassuring compliment. Instead, she says, “You look much nicer” and that sort of comment is not what Gwendoline needs right now. I mean, I know the girl is a spoiled brat but you could always try helping her improve? 

- “They’re frightfully pi.” Gosh, I remember using that in normal conversation as a child. We should bring it back. 

- That swimming pool though… 

- Okay, I still laughed at the deaf prank scene. 

“A rake? I don’t want a rake, thank you, Mam’zelle. I’m not gardening today.”

- It was years before I realised that Coventry was a real place. I wonder why it’s slang for ignoring someone…

- Let us all offer the hand of friendship to sweet, fearful Mary-Lou. She deserves it. 

- If you have to do your friend’s lines for them in order to keep their friendship, something is wrong. 

- Surely, as a teacher, Miss Potts should reward honesty and obedience before trying to shame a sneak? I’m only realising now quite how much these books contributed to my view of teachers as utterly useless in all the problems of life. 

- In Miss Potts’ favour, however, the speech she gives Darrell about hard work and wholeheartedness is excellent. 

- Jean is an underappreciated character: forthright, honest, intelligent, perceptive, unflappable. More praise to Jean!

- Sally is right. Darrell is interfering. Darrell is mean. She’s a real bitch to Emily, too. 

- Yes! Be nice to Mary-Lou! Yes!

- I’m PMS-ing and I almost burst into tears when Mary-Lou jumped into the pool to save Darrell. 

- My darling Mary-Lou is playing detective. Her crush on Darrell is just adorable. 

- Yes! Woohoo! Victory for Mary-Lou!

Verdict: Well, the girls are certainly bitchier than I remember but the story still holds up. I would still drop everything for a chance to go to Malory Towers. 

[justlesbian]

Is it just me or is Darrell in the Malory Towers tv show lowkey whipped for Gwendoline

[yourfave-isqueer]

Darrell Rivers from Malory Towers is a lesbian!

(Requested by @frogswillruletheworldoneday)