#chapmans

[youaremysunshine-court]

im no artist but i have this poetic vision in my head of the tiled roofs of piffling vale, each building is one maybe two storeys tall, and the square is beautiful planter pots and cobblestones and then rising out of this idyllic square like a cry for help is eric chapmans 5 storey tall monstrosity funeral home

[thejakeformerlyknownasprince]

I'm rereading 16, and something that sticks out is when they're perusing the list of known Controllers they come across Chapman and it gets dismissed as being random due to being a common name. Presumably the list uses full names. How many Hedricks do these kids know?

I mean, the name Chapman is hella common. I don't have any stats on this (googling it just turns up ads for Chapman U; this dystopia sucks) but it seems very popular. I used to live next door to 4 Chapmans, I get groceries on Chapman Ave, I have 3 former and 1 current coworkers named Chapman, and I bought my car from a Chapman. My desktop art is by 2 Chapmans, and Wikipedia says there are 17 cities called Chapman in the U.S. Even K.A. Applegate has reused it — in Saving Sam, Animorphs, and Crenshaw.

Also, real talk: do the kids have any idea what their vice principal's first name is? I couldn't have told you any of my teachers' first names when I was in middle school. Heck, even today I couldn't tell you the first name of my middle school principal, and I had regular conversations with her from ages 11 to 18.

[hungry-hyena]

for your listening pleasure:

[pagingdredgware]

consider: wooden overcoats great british bakeoff au

[atirasleepysoeepy]

[aryburn-trains]

1986 05 19 7 VIA 6312, -, WB Super Continental Chapmans BC (Custom) by waldronyoung

[pulloversandturnovers]

I actually love my ice cream scooper.

[hungry-hyena]

since yall are having ship name wars for the antigone/eric ship may i present my own champion: anic