Only Molly Gibson

I think the funniest part is like.

Obvs he's made up his mind on the war itself and that the Avatar's side is right. So all those Water Tribe warriors that were just captured? They're free to go. Actually can their leader stay for a minute to like. Have Fire Lord Zuko give an apology for Fucking Everything™ and explain that if he's in charge now he's surrendering the war?

So you have Hakoda looking at this child (what do you mean he's sixteen?!) and a second even younger child (Azula's only 14?!?!) who just lost a father but are having nuts reactions to it because apparently their father Fucking Sucked™ and had already disfigured the one years ago(when the boy was 13?!?!?!?!) and now forced him to kill in self-defense and threatened to do so to the younger one to force her to commit atrocities in his name?

It has been literal years but every time I see Martin’s tweets posted somewhere and his word is shared as truth while her post is not shared it sort of reiterates the fact that we trust men to speak about feminism more than we believe women who experience it. 

Adding screenshots of her post. His whole post is there without needing a link. Hers should be, too.

“one man cannot bring in the anchor. ten men cannot bring in the anchor. but together we can.”

making this because it’s useful for my specific brand of dramaturgy and i generally have a good deal of feelings about sea shanties. these are the result of far too much time searching around for shanties that are both authentic and have a tune that can be found on the internet. organized by theme.

these can all be done a capella, obviously, but if you want accompaniment, getting your hands on a concertina would be ideal.

General Shanties

Roll the Old Chariot Along (David Coffin)

Haul Away, Joe (The Eskies)

Rant and Roar (Howling Gael)

Haul Away the Bowline (The Exmouth Shantymen)

Departing

Away Rio (David Coffin)

Leave Her, Johnny (Coda)

The Rosabella (skip to 3:15) (Wareham Whalers)

Off to Sea Once More (The Black Irish Band)

Clear Away in the Morning (Great Bay Sailor) 

South Australia (Johnny Collins)

Randy Dandy Oh (Johnny Collins)

Girls

With You, Fair Maid (skip to 14:30) (Before the Mast)

Spanish Ladies (unknown artist) (psa this one is in moby-dick!!)

Bully in the Alley (skip to 24:10) (Before the Mast)

London Julie (Three Sheets to the Wind)

Excursion Round the Bay (The Fables)

The Maid of Amsterdam (The Roaring Trowmen)

Storms

Round Cape Horn (Cyril Tawney)

Fish in the Sea (youtube user threelegsomen)

To Old Maui (skip to 9:28) (Before the Mast)

Drinking

The Boatman’s Cure  (John Roberts)

Drunken Sailor (Irish Rovers)

Fifteen Men (unknown artist)

Newer/Environmentally Conscious

No More Fish, No More Fisherman (David Coffin)

I find Dr. Redfern very entertaining because he’s so different from all the other characters in the book.

He was rather dreadful and loud—and—and—dreadful. But there was something about him she liked.

He’s rich and has no taste and is utterly discordant with Valacy and Barney’s life in the woods, and has nothing in common with them personality-wise – but Valancy likes him because there’s no fakery in him interpersonally (despite his whole business being built on fakery). His emotions may not be deep but they’re real: he cares about his son, he likes Valancy, his behaviour is relaxed, and all this contrasts with Valancy’s rigid, repressed, artificial family. The sole point of connection is that he’s not a part of the conventional respectability that is the villain of the book.

Even with all of Valancy’s understandable hang-ups about self-worth, I find it unbelievable that learning that Barney spent $15,000 on her necklace doesn’t even budge her assumption that he doesn’t love her and is angry to learn she’s not terminally ill. That’s got to be hundreds of thousands, at least, or even over a million, in our day’s money (i.e. inflation-adjusted). Plus revealing his location after concealing it for six years! That’s not the kind of thing a man does for a woman he just feels sorry for and is happy to hang out with for a year.

A question for consideration: what would Dr. Redfern be if converted into the present day? It would need to be something where he’s very rich; not just his name but his image is familar to most people; and it’s not deeply wrong but is embarrassing. (I think fake patent medicines were very much unethical, but the book doesn’t care about them in that way.)

I another saying all supplements are quackery but I could definately see

A man with a fake medical degree leaning on his phony credibility to sell medicines, supplements and hair care products

Him making a fortune off things that are a household name and beloved by the older generation

And my manager was like no!!!! If that happened, I would drive to find you guys in my truck and we could eat stuff from my wife's garden and I would make sure everyone I know survived!! I would carry you all on my shoulders away from the zombies!!