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Love how John-Boy has absolutely no chill in "The Literary Man" after meeting a real-life writer. The moment A.J. reveals he's an author, John-Boy is over the moon giddy—unable to be normal about things for even a second. Like. The guy doesn't even try to mask a fraction of the excitement. He meets A.J. on the road and soon eagerly asks him to come over for dinner, and you just KNOW John-Boy's brain is going, "Best friend best friend my new best writer friend A.J.!!!!"

Then they get to the Walton house, and John-Boy is just smiling and chuckling and suddenly has completely forgotten the concept of personal space. Look at him. He could not be sitting any closer to A.J. if he tried.

#the waltons #john-boy walton #but honestly I do love that John-Boy has zero filter for his emotions. he's like:#''I have just met you & you're my new best friend. please come to my house & have supper please please this is the greatest day of my life'

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Hello! Thank you so much. I love ladybugs! I've got to get back to making some Waltons posts. I've been busy, but I'll try to pick it up again soon :) Thanks for the message.

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The Waltons 01x07 "The Sinner"

#the waltons #john-boy walton #john walton sr.#poor john-boy spends like half of this episode going person to person trying to get someone to talk about sin with him like he's an adult #and nobody wants to do it #because they're so concerned with preserving his innocence #but he has so many questions and deep thoughts and just keeps getting the runaround

And in today's installment of "Waltons Scenes that Make Me Want to Sob," it's the scene between Grandma and John-Boy in "The Typewriter."

This is one of my favorite episodes for several reasons. It's the one that really establishes John-Boy as officially going after his dream of being a writer. The one where we get to see an intense, emotional side to him as his world crumbles at the typewriter's loss, and we get to see the love his little sister has for him as she tracks it down for him. And the episode also comes with this absolutely lovely scene.

As John-Boy is preparing to send in his first short story to a magazine, Grandma comes in to have a talk with John-Boy. She mentions how he's going to inherit a beautiful local meadow from his grandfather someday, and they have this exchange:

And I just. It's such a wonderful little scene. Grandma comes in all subdued and seems a little hesitant to admit that she won't have anything "big" to leave her grandson. Of course, John-Boy responds in such a John-Boy way. He doesn't care one bit about being left anything material. "I've known you, Grandma. That's all I want you to leave me."

That's all. Just knowing her—loving her and being loved by her—is enough for him. The memories are enough of an inheritance. I want to curl up and CRY.

But it gets even sweeter. Grandma goes on to say that she grew up hearing and telling lots of stories—both made-up ones and true ones of their family history. John-Boy notes that he must get his talent for writing from her. Then, this happens:

Grandma's inheritance is stories! Stories she's kept inside her since she was a little girl, stories that are important to her. And that's what she's going to leave John-Boy! What a perfect, beautiful inheritance to give to someone who has such a love of writing.

And John-Boy's response! Gif form doesn't fully capture the emotion in his voice when he says those words, but you can hear that they are truly from deep in his heart. Overwhelmed by the love he has for her.

"I cherish you." There's something about it that hits differently than "I love you." We should tell people we cherish them more often.

#the waltons #john-boy walton #grandma walton #revisiting this show is a lot like watching it for the first time #i truly forgot so much about the episodes and am having such a nice time watching it and really soaking it in #need more John-Boys on TV and in the world in general please

There's at least one other person in this fandom 🫡🫡🫡

Wooo! Let's goooo!

It's such a lovely show; I wish more people appreciated it!

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The Waltons 01x04 "The Hunt"

#the waltons #john-boy walton #john walton sr.#had only seen this ep once a while back #and I thought it was a deer he wouldn't shoot #something about it being a turkey makes it better in a way?#because turkeys aren't seen as beautiful or majestic #but here is john-boy overcome with the beauty of this bird and so unwilling to take its life #in front of his father AND two of his father's friends no less #and i love John Sr. so much. he is so gentle in handling it

"Eight o’clock. The train is just going over the trestle at Rockfish. Makes a lonesome sound, and far out there in the night, it fills me with a kind of restless feeling I don’t rightly understand."

The Waltons 01x02 "The Circus"

#the waltons #john-boy walton

In which the Walton family is forced to sell their milk cow's new calf in order to make ends meet. John-Boy, unable to continue listening to the mama cow cry for her baby, goes off to the barn to have a talk with her. Simply because he is John-Boy and cannot let an opportunity to extend comfort and love to someone (human or animal) slip by.

So much of who John-Boy is in the early seasons focuses on him moving from boyhood to manhood and wondering what kind of man he'll be. Hoping that he'll be a good one and is on the right track. Struggling with his place in the world and wanting to do big, important things. And I feel like the show does a wonderful job at showing us the impact that John-Boy has on his little corner of the world, up in the mountains with his family. This guy is worrying and wondering if he'll be a good man; all the while, he's going out to the barn at night because the cow is sad, and it's weighing emotionally on him. It doesn't matter to him that she's "just an animal" to other people. When someone is hurting, you help them and love them through it, and that's how John-Boy lives his life.

They struck gold character-wise with John-Boy Walton, having this kid who is so intelligent and sensitive and unshakeable in his convictions. There's so much complexity to him, yet at the same time, his whole outlook is really very simple and childlike: Love others. Love them fiercely and deeply, all the time. Give the cow a kiss goodnight.

#the waltons #john-boy walton #very much enjoying revisiting the series

"Those were lean years and, for many Americans, a harsh and bitter time. On Walton's Mountain, we were sustained with poems and gingerbread and laughter and sharing. But most of all, by a remarkable mother and father."

The Waltons 01x01 "The Foundling"

#the waltons #classic tv #john-boy walton

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