[ SECRET POST #4268 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4268 ⌋

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Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

I've been getting into the Enid Blyton school novels again lately (Malory Towers and St.Clare's) out of nostalgia and noticed two things:
1. The in-universe and author sanctioned bullying is through the roof in those books.
2. They're super shippy.


(On another note: I also noticed that weird spinoff audio books for St.Clare's are still being produced in my country and I took a quick listen into one of the more recent episodes and ... Some of the voice actors are still the same as back in the 70s and damn do you hear that. It's very weird listening to much, much older women trying to sound like ~16 year olds...)

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

1. The in-universe and author sanctioned bullying is through the roof in those books.

That sucks but I also feel like it's pretty common in a lot of those older books, especially in Britain

2. They're super shippy.

Tell me more

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the bullying is very much of the "if you don't fall in line with the group you deserve ridicule" variety but it's actually a fairly realistic portrayal of group dynamics, especially for that time.

The shippy parts: almost everyone gets paired off with a "special friend" over time, some of them more shippy, some less. Some of the more shippy ones in St.Clare's are Margery and Lucy, who basically save each other from self destructing due to family issues and who support each other adorably. They move up a form together and aren't really in the other novels but it's still cute. Then there are Mirabel and Gladys, who are basically the classic tomboy/shy girl pair.

In Malory Towers, the main ships in my eyes are Clarissa and Bill on one side (ugly duckling turned swan girl and tomboyish girl who bond over their love for horses) and Mary-Lou and Daphne on the other (super shy girl who turn surprisingly assertive when it comes to her friendship and pretty girl who used to exploit Mary-Lou at first but was won over by her selflessness).

Re: Secrets you're too lazy to make

[(Anonymous)]

Damn those sound like good ships.