MEOWW???

- twain, surprisingly, is well read and literate. i was gonna make him illiterate but then i remembered hes literally writing a diary and i was like “oh yeah wait.” but i think its a surprise to everyone when they find out that he knows what words mean LMAO

- “does he know?? does he know what that means????” (yes he does. only about 50%) 

- im sure hes used his literacy to his advantage when picking up ladies (i am a firm believer that he is a fuckboy/charmer/casanova you will pry that from my cold dead hands.) hes just very charming and i think you’ll either love him or hate him when you first meet him. he knows his way around a conversation and can change the course of it to his advantage very easily. its his CharmTM 

- he taught tom and huck how to read and its his worst mistake ever. (their handwriting is horrible. the pencil is as big as them. they can barely hold it) 

- anyway. can you tell whos my favourite. 

- lucy does know how to read but i also dont think she is well read. she read in the orphanage and was taught a little more in the guild but she just doesnt strike me as the reading type. if that makes sense. she does, however, have public speaking skills. its just her aura, she knows how to command a room. what a gal. 

- steinbeck barely knows how to read. i think he would work on the family farm and that would take up most of his time so he just never learned or wasn’t taught very much. he cant do public speaking that well either. hes good with one on one but i think he cracks when its a fairly decent crowd. i dunno i just think hes a loner by accident (he hates loneliness but it just seems to follow him around.) 

- lovecraft does not know how to read. when asked how he learned to speak he said “by observing people.” he is a creature of the depths why would he ever need to know what words mean? thats not what creatures do. he doesnt care to learn; probably just figures it out himself.