[ SECRET POST #2529 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2529 ⌋

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

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[Babylon 5, Art by A-gnosis]


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[HGTV]


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[Boy Meets World]


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05.
[Doctor Who, "Day of the Doctor"]


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06.
[Battlestar Galactica]


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[Brian Cox, Jim Al-Khalili]


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[Doctor Who]


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[Top Gun]


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[Once Upon a Time in Wonderland]














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Comments

[fscom]

04. http://i.imgur.com/SuY5hq2.jpg
[Boy Meets World]

[klutzygirl]

Well, they're still together so it worked for them.

But totally understand what you're saying - Topanga probably should have gone to Yale. In real life, that would have been a really stupid decision.

I see nothing wrong with getting married in college, though.

[forgottenjester]

Being married on college is normally a bad idea for financial reasons.

[klutzygirl]

Good point.

[lunabee34]

However, just like with having a baby there's never any perfect financial moment to get married. I got married in the last semester of undergrad and we're coming up on 13 years married. It can sometimes be a bad financial decision, but especially for people who live together before they get married there's often no appreciable financial difference. I also found that it was easier to live cheaply at the beginning of my marriage because we were both so used to being poor students. I remember being blown away and excited about my grad school assistantship and now it seems like such a ludicrously tiny amount of money. LOL

But everyone's experience is different.

[blitzwing]

How do you figure? I mean, it's one of the few ways you can apply for financial aid as an independant if you're under 25. That's a pretty good deal if your parents have enough money that it's ruining your chances of getting aid--and Corey's parents were pretty well off iirc.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, the Yale thing didn't bother me as much at the time because I was in middle school and twu wub/friendship forever, but thinking about it now... it's a bad choice. But while I don't necessarily think all couples should marry in college, it works for some people.

[forgottenjester]

Yup, those are stupid things. I still liked them together though, and the show. Hopefully the new main character chick won't make the same decisions.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel ya, but I think it was mostly a convenience thing. Plot-wise it was easier to have them (and all of their friends, which isn't very realistic either but eh) in the same school and, lbr, Cory wasn't about to get into Yale...

In real life though, I would definitely think it would be a terrible decision. My cousin is going to school in colorado solely because he boyfriend goes there (we live in Texas) and I cringed whenever she told me. I mean, if they break up then she's stuck there until at least the end of the semester

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, plotwise it made sense, but even then they could've just had Topanga end up being rejected, which would've also been interesting for her story arc.

[(Anonymous)]

yeah but by that point, Topanga had no flaws so of course no one would reject her.

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

considering how hard they pushed the "topanga is the perfect student who has literally never received anything less than an A and overachieves in all other areas" angle, I think the only way I would have believed that is if she had a truly disastrous interview with Yale (kind of like in Fresh Prince where Carlton fucked up his Princeton interview). that would have been interesting though, I agree

[(Anonymous)]

Topanga/Cory is a weird pet peeve of mine because in the first few seasons Topanga was that weirdo hippy chic that everyone made fun of and Cory didn't like. Then later in the show they re-imagined their entire history and did the whole "forever together and love at first meeting" thing. So yes, I have never liked them as a couple but for very different reasons.

[(Anonymous)]

This.

Early Topanga was amazing, wtf happened.

[dragonimp]

That bothered me, too. Especially the weird retconned "we've been together since we were babies" bullshit. I would've liked it much better if they'd kept Topanga's quirkiness and let the relationship evolve without the retcon.

Secret 4 - Boy Meets World

[transcriptanon]

[Picture is the actor Ben Savage playing Cory Matthews and the actress Danielle Fishel as Topanga from the TV series "Boy Meets World". Cory has light skin, short dark curly hair and is wearing a light blue shirt. Topanga has long brown hair pulled back in a high pony tail, light skin and is wearing a white short-sleeved blouse, a denim vest and white earrings. They are standing close together, lightly embracing and with their faces very close together. Topanga is smiling up at Cory with her eyes half-lidded.]

I've never liked them as a couple. I don't care about the new spin-off, either.

Not going to Yale just to be with your boyfriend is a terrible idea and so is getting married while you're still in college.

Re: Secret 4 - Boy Meets World

[(Anonymous)]

I'm seeing this all over the comments and this...is just so weird.

It is just school, which is not as important as all of you are making it. Maybe this is because I came from the generation where we ALL got degrees and then everyone had to get entry level jobs anyway, because there were no jobs. (I went to an IT school btw.)

Your relationships are always more important.

Yale isn't going to take care of you when you are old. A nice job isn't going to love you when you've had a stressful day. A lot of money has never solved anyone's problems.

And this whole idea that being married is a BAD financial decision? Is there anything backing that idea up? Uh, you get cheaper car insurance and health insurance (since you get to get it joint), you get more money back on your taxes at the end of the year, you get loans for anything but especially school loans easier (with lower interest) once you are married.

And some people simply can't get the loans at all until they turn 25, because their parents can't afford to get the loans (or refuse to help their kids get loans) and the money their parent make count against them until they either get married or turn 25.

Turning your back on someone you know you want to spend the rest of your life with because of something as replaceable as school? A job? or Money? If you are in a happy healthy relationship, you hold on to it. People are NOT as replaceable as SCHOOLS.

I've been to a lot of schools in my life (including 2 colleges and 1 university) and none them would I give up spending time with someone I love over. People in my life that treat me well will always trump the place I sit in a classroom at.

AND recent studies have shown that those big dream colleges like Yale and Harvard are actually just a waste of money. It doesn't get you farther in the long run, simply farther in debt. So financially NOT going to Yale is a really SMART thing for people to do.

[sootyowl]

I liked Topanga and Cory together, but I do agree that Topanga not going to Yale to be with Cory was a bad move. I never like storylines like that in shows. Too often women give up something for guys.

[(Anonymous)]

I always felt like the reasons Topanga didn't go to Yale were like 70% she wasn't ready to stop being the big fish in the little pond (i.e., that at Yale everyone would be as smart/smarter than her and she wasn't ready for it), and 30% she didn't want to leave Cory. Didn't they imply that in later episodes?

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you for making this comment, anon.

It's been years since I've seen the later seasons (I watch the earliest seasons a lot) but I seem to recall that it was more than JUST not wanting to leave Cory.

If OP was going to have beef with Cory/Topanga, I think the "A Long Walk to Pittsburgh" two-parter makes their relationship make more unhealthy than her making a choice as complicated as where she's going to school.

If Topanga had REALLY wanted to go to Yale, she would have.

[intrigueing]

Yeah, it was kind of stupid, but it worked out for them. Sometimes, people can do stupid/risky things and have it still turn out alright. *shrugs*

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I agree. Their relationship seemed a bit unhealthy. Then again, I don't really believe first relationships end in a long marriage. People should at least try new relationships before settling. I remember when Cory was slightly interested in the girl from the ski lodge and I was like, "Yes, new relationships are good! Try new things!" I don't remember Tapanga getting into Yale (I assuming it's her and not Cory) but it's stupid that she didn't attend just because of Cory.

And, wha? There's going to be a spin-off? Do tell! More information please!

[(Anonymous)]

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=boy+meets+world+spinoff

[(Anonymous)]

I agree with you about the first relationships not lasting thing, but I'm a weird exception. Married first serious boyfriend, we've been married 14 years and together for 19. It's possible, but not likely.

[(Anonymous)]

I don't judge Topanga too harshly for not choosing Yale... It's been a few years since I've seen it, but I recall her analyzing the situation from many different angles before she decided not to attend college there. Her relationship with Cory was one of the factors she considered, but it wasn't the ONLY factor. Again, it's been a while since I've actually seen the material, but the impression it left on me wasn't that Topanga gave up on Yale to be with some guy, but that she decided that Yale wasn't the right choice for her.