hm. not enough of ms peyton out here tbh. even within the show. beyond her initial episode - in which she was the highlight of an otherwise mid episode, i also really enjoy her in “A Mid-Childhood Night’s Dream” and “Women in Shorts”. and i know she often gets put in to represent the school board alongside skinner and chalmers, but i would like to see her do more as a teacher as well! esp interacting with her class
peyton's characterisation is distinct and refreshing compared to the other jaded teachers at springfield elemen, but also a little layered and overall interesting! she is optimistic, but not naive. she's a very knowledgeable teacher with wisdom to share, but isn't immune to unsavoury slips of the tongue (which she promptly and verbally nips in the bud) or a bit of her own mischief. she's really great!! i really like her!!!
18. headcanon you’re tired of seeing?
not really a headcanon, but ☝️ i hate the ship name skedna < hyperaware of how men will be called by their last name but women by their first, but its also just a bad ship name imo lol. i'm more partial to krabskinn anyway jfgjk
27. favourite catchphrase or quirk?
i love LOVE how stupid a catchphrase "I'm Shauna" is. it's so stupid. it's so dumb. it's endearing to me (thanks in part to how i've grown attached to shauna). and i think they know it's stupid too, but it's really the best when they do something a bit unique with it. it's charming in "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" where Lisa calls her name and surprises her and she let's out a panicked "I'm Shauna!", as if it's an instinct hfjsdk. but i think "Welcome to The Yellow Lotus. I'm Shauna. You're Tasha." from "The Yellow Lotus" is a bit stupidly funny too
29. friendship/relationship you wish was developed? [x]
i mentioned carl and naima last time, right? can we see naima again? please? carl mentions her in "Cremains of the Day" so they're still together... so, where is she? it's the thing i vaguely talked about in the last ask (and discussed in the replies) where they'll introduce a female love interest, establish a serious relationship, then don't elaborate on the love interest as a character, or even bring her back at all. but, with naima, it feels a little different as a Black woman with strong ties to springfield's Black culture, and facilitates carl's ties to it too (which, in "Carl Carlson Rides Again", they ultimately leave as just him being wholly ignorant about)
it'd be great to see an episode with her again, even if it was just an episode to further explore her relationship with carl. though, not without developing her further as well - maybe more on her as a business owner? i just think a carl/naima/lenny friendship could be fun too :]
i do realise that, with both maya and naima, i've responded to this question about relationships wanting more generally to see these woman fleshed out as characters. but god are they stuck to their partners and, realistically, an episode about them, that expands upon them, would really be an episode centered around their partners and their relationship with them. but, please .. pleeease !! i get why it happens - it's a sitcom, they need to return to the blank slate status quo to get into more comedic situations - but you really do start to notice the vapid and/or disposable or backseated female love interests in what are supposed to be serious relationships.
