THE EFFECT IS INSTANTANEOUS.  Allie’s eyes light up, and she takes the hat from him like she’s accepting the Holy Grail.  After she puts it on her head, Jo leans down and adjusts it so that it sits at an angle, but it’s still a hat meant for a teenager and not a kid, so it flops forward a bit.  There’s a kid over by the fountain who Allie runs over towards in order to show off her fancy new cap, courtesy of the nice man at the ice cream shop.     ❝   We’re new to the area, and she’s absolutely obsessed with the mall.   ❞     Johanna cracks a little smile.     ❝   I’m not sure if it’s all that great or if the fact that she gets ice cream whenever she comes created some sort of feedback loop.   ❞

          IT’S ALL WELL AND GOOD  to be filming in the backwoods of fucking nowhere   ---   saves money on location scouting, individually having to pay to film on different streets.  She’s filmed in big cities before, she knows the sort of hassle that comes with that, but Hangman 4 had a different director with a much smaller budget, and sacrifices had to be made.  Still, it meant that once the shooting day was complete, Jo didn’t have anything to do.     ❝   There anything fun to do around here ?  Besides staring into the eyes of the livestock, that is.   ❞          |          @skyburden

          AT HER SIDE, THERE’S A  seven year old with the remnants of a chocolate swirl cone staining the corner of her mouth clamoring for... something in the direction of the Scoops counter.    ❝   She wants to try the hat on.  She thinks it’s stylish.   ❞    This is followed neatly by a conspiratorial lean forward, just out of the earshot of the over-excitable  ( and no-doubt flying high on sugar )  daughter of hers, a little smirk playing at the edges of Johanna’s lips.    ❝   I’ve tried to tell her it’s a fashion nightmare, but she’s convinced it’s the height of couture.   ❞          |          @ahoys

           girls... it’s time for a STARTER CALL.

          am i following every stranger things blog in sight bc jo can and will adopt all of you ?  perhaps.

❝   Sometimes it feels like wherever I go, Mary Ann Briggs is trailing close behind.   ❞