[ SECRET POST #2828 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2828 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Wakfu]


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03.
[rupaul's drag race]


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04.
[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]


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[3-2-1 Contact: The Time Team]


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06.
[Anna Popplewell, Reign]


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[The Strain]


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08.
[Justice League]


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09.
[Louisa May Alcott's Little Women]

















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Comments

[iceyred]

Honestly, the whole book was irritatingly preachy. God, did I hate Jo. Jo sucked. And when Beth kicked the can I shed no tears.

[(Anonymous)]

I liked Jo, but everyone else bugged me. Especially Margaret, who took forever to grow out of that silly, vain teenage girl phase.

[iceyred]

They were all static characters, subservient to the men in their lives and utterly boring and self-righteous.

[(Anonymous)]

If it makes you feel better, Louisa May Alcott didn't like the books either. She only wrote them because she needed the money, and "how to" books for young ladies were big back then.

[iceyred]

It actually does make me feel a little better.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree about the subservient part, but they definitely weren't static. Jo starts off as a very tomboyish, honest but unrefined and rather tactless. She becomes a more mature woman who at least knows how to behave properly in public without embarrassing her family and in the sequels ends up as a sort of Marmee 2.0. Amy transforms from being a spoiled brat to a more sensible (I'd even say TOO sensible since she gave up on art because she wasn't a genius) young woman. Margaret's journey is the least dramatic, I'll grant you that. Of all the daughters, she's the worst because she's held up as an example of the perfect docile wife and mother who's little more than a brood hen/ornament to her husband.

Now, what they became wasn't very interesting or all that impressive by modern standards, but there was definitely dynamic change.

[(Anonymous)]

When was the last time you read the book? Did you ever really read the books?

[iceyred]

I read the book when I was 15-16ish. I even read the sequels and hated them too. In my twenties my parents dragged me to a Christmas showing of the play. It still sucked.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Fair enough. But I hope you'll take other peoples' word for it that they've got a more recent recall of the characters and while they're not great people, they're not all static and unchanging.

[(Anonymous)]

I'm wondering the same thing.

[(Anonymous)]

i loved jo. it was amy that sucked ass. i read that book once, and i never bothered with it again because my amy hate was strong.

[(Anonymous)]

My family watched the 1995 movie many times, and my mom and I agreed that Amy reminded us of my sister. After that, we were all watching it again and my sister said something like, "I hate Amy, she's so shallow," and my mom and I just looked at each other and went YUP.

[(Anonymous)]

If you think these are bad, stay faaaaar away from her other books then. Jack and Jill are pretty bad, and the Rose series (Eight Cousins and Rose in Bloom) are laughable. Even Old-Fashioned Girl, which is pretty bad, is good compared to those.

[ceebeegee]

Really, OFG is better than the others? I liked Little Men (a lot) and then I read OFG and haaaaated it. Turned me off LMA completely. "Flirting is slutty! Don't do it!" Jeez Louise, what the hell's wrong with flirting?

[iceyred]

I read the sequels and hated them too. LMA is not my cup of tea.

[(Anonymous)]

Have to disagree. Eight Cousins is slightly preachy, but far less so than Little Women. Rose has a lot more independence, and she isn't stuck married to some patronizing dude like Margaret and Jo were, but to a man who actually respects her abilities and intelligence.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree so much! I hated Little Women when I read it as a kid.