#amanda scott

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“The separation of church and state is important to me because it protects the rights of both non-religious and religious people. The same wall that protects atheists from state spon.sored Christianity is the one that protects Christians from state spon.sored Islam.”

-- Amanda Scott

[my-name-is-dahlia]

... although he had oft regretted his speech, he had never regretted his silence.

The Reluctant Highlander, Amanda Scott

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Amanda Scott was practically born into ballet slippers. Her parents had her enrolled in tiny tots dance classes almost as soon as she could walk and she’s been twirling through life ever since. She bounced from studio to studio in her home state of Oregon, progressing swiftly through tap and jazz when she was a munchkin to more modern and contemporary styles as an adolescent. There was even a phase when she tried out hip hop and ballroom dance (those weren’t for her, she decided), but throughout all of her years of training, ballet has remained her one, constant passion.

She became quite well known locally for her dancing, earning top awards at local and state competitions for both her solo and her troupe performances. She dreamed of dancing professionally, and in her eyes, the next step towards that was studying at the Juilliard School in New York. When she was a senior in high school, she auditioned for the prestigious dance program and was fortunate to be selected as one of only twenty-four new students entering into the program in the fall. Juilliard would give her the skills and the recognition she deserved as she entered into the professional dance world.

A car accident curtailed that dream in her third year at the school. She and her friends were on their way back into town from a weekend away when a drunk driver hit their car. It all happened so fast; one minute she was singing along to the radio with her friends, and the next, she was in excruciating pain. At the hospital, the doctors diagnosed her with spondylolisthesis after finding a small stress fracture in one of her vertebrates. Much to her dismay, they expected that this would likely end her dancing career before it even began.

Amanda accepted that her time at Juilliard was over, but she refused to give up her dream of dancing. Two years later now, after countless doctors’ appointments and seemingly endless physical therapy, her fracture has long-since healed but she still struggles with lingering pain and weakness in her back and hips. She can handle dancing in short spurts now – not quite at the level she’d need to dance professionally, mind you – but you can trust that she’ll keep at the rehabilitation until she gets back to 100% again.

In the meantime, to keep her passion alive, she teaches children’s dance classes around the city. Her students love learning from ‘a dancer who attended Juilliard’, and she can still demonstrate, practice, and foster her love of dance this way without overtaxing her body. Teaching can only do so much for her, though. When she needs a little extra inspiration to keep her hope alive, you might find her sneaking onto empty stages in empty auditoriums across the city to dance for an invisible audience; it brings her back to her prime, reignites her passion for dance, and inspires her to keep pushing to get back to full health.

Missing pieces

Faceclaim suggestions: Sofia Carlson, Maia Mitchell, Mina El Hammani, Sarah Hyland, up to player.

Relationships:

Jacob Armstrong - She was sipping coffee at a local park when they got chatting about something futile on a bench and eventually exchanged numbers. Jake never did catch her name, but when came to the conclusion that she was a student, he couldn’t bring himself to delete the number, instead changing the contact from ‘girl from the park’ to ‘the dancer’. As Jake begins to avoid the dancer, trying his best not get involved with a student at such an early point in his career, Amanda is completely unaware of his mistake - she’s still waiting for that text he’d promised.

Upper West-Side Brownstone - It’s not a very big building but she’s still not quite gotten around to introducing herself to her fellow renters, unlike her charming-as-anything roommate, Evelyn Abebe.

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Vocabulary (pt.mxl)

Words taken from The Reluctant Highlander by Amanda Scott:

breeks (n.) Scottish. variation of breeches.

certes (adv.) archaic. assuredly; I assure you.

croquembouche, croque-en-bouche (n.) a French dessert consisting of choux pastry puffs piled into a cone and bound with threads of caramel. [x]

equerry (n.) an officer of the British royal household attending members of the royal family.

liege (adj.) historical. (of a superior) entitled to receive or (of a vassal) bound to give feudal service or allegiance. 

prithee (interjection) archaic. please.

profiterole (n.) a small cream puff usually filled with cream and covered with chocolate sauce.

scapular (n.) Christianity. a monastic cloak consisting of a piece of cloth covering the shoulders and extending in front and behind almost to the feet.

transept (n.) either arm of the part of a cross-shaped church at right angles to the nave.

upwind (adj., adv.) against the direction of the wind.

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Vocabulary (pt.mxxxiv)

Words taken from The Reluctant Highlander by Amanda Scott:

barratry (n.) fraud or gross negligence of a ship’s master or crew at the expense of its owners or users.

cresset (n.) historical. a metal container for oil, coal, etc., lighted and usually mounted on a pole for illumination.

doucely (adv.) in a douce manner. [x]

feardie (n.) Scottish. a coward, timorous person. [x] 

gelt (n.) North American. slang. money.

hornwork (n.) an element of the Italian bastion system of fortification. [x]

ruction (n.) informal. a disturbance or tumult.

rudesby (n.) archaic. an uncivil turbulent person. [x]

tocher (n.) chiefly Scotland. dowry. [x]

tawse (n.) British. a leather strap slit into strips at the end and used especially for disciplining children. [x]

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December 30, 2021 | The Reluctant Highlander

The Reluctant Highlander (2017) is a historical, romance novel, by Amanda Scott, set in Scotland in the 15th century. It has nothing to do with Egypt, modern or ancient; however, in the the note from the author, Scott writes that “playing cards first entered southern Europe in the fourteenth century, probably from Egypt.” The “probably from Egypt” caught my attention. I am not sure where to get more information about Egypt’s association/history with playing cards, but I thought I would note it here in case someone else has any sources or thoughts to share on this.

[Screenshot of part of a page from the eBook version of The Reluctant Highlander (2017)]

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Hey does anyone remember this MySpace singer and whether or not they released more music? https://myspace.com/amandascottmusic I still have those three songs on my iTunes after all these years and they’re really sweet.

I don’t think the songs actually play anymore cause MySpace is be open but some of the lyrics here: half across the world, way beyond the sea, in a different world but I feel you next to me, you are so gentle like the summer rain I can see heaven in your eyes, I see a plane, flying through the starry sea, and I wish it were you, flying here to be with the me.

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