#Abbey answers

[mercury-falls]

Hello, mercury-falls!

First of all, forgive me for bothering you with this question, but, yes… I'm new, and yes, I know, I came late to the party… but, I've to you a… I don't know if I've to call it stupid or weird, but, I've a stupid or werid question to you:

According to Google, Stan have cataracts, but… in the whole series, he looks like he can actually see… is this a joke of the writers of the series or what?

Thank you so much for reading my stupid or weird ASK, and have a good Saturday/Sunday!

No worries at all! I hope you’ve been enjoying your time in the GF fandom! :)

The fact that Stan has cataracts stems from a joke made in The Legend of the Gobblewonker (S1E2):

This was most likely put in as a throwaway joke by the writers, as it is never mentioned again for the rest of the series. There is also no visual indication of this, and in general, there are very few exceptions to the circle with black pupil eye style that's standard for the human characters (of course, the most prominent is when a character’s eyes turn yellow when possessed by Bill).

Even though this joke is the only canon indication of his cataracts, I have seen some pieces of fan media (mostly fics) that have mentioned it. If you plan on making any GF content, you can incorporate this if you feel it’s important to the story you’re trying to tell and/or fits your headcanons for Stan.

Thanks so much for the ask, anon! I hope this helps 😊

[abbeyofcyn]

Krang infection ask collection

@atlantahammy @universallyghostcopbat

@thejavavoid he's got 4, so 3 spare ones, right?

@diona98 @kittycutie506 @spacemimz @kiwi-smug-silvalina

@fanatess @dripping-blue

@khlegacynexus nothing special. Just a weird chopped tentacle that can stretch ;_;

@amazing-captain-castiel it wants sonething that's alive! And not just a plant, but something with a brain to latch onto

[strawberryblondebutch]

is it too early to ask who will be first overall in the 2025 PWHL draft?

It’s going to be Abbey Murphy, which I have… thoughts about.

Murph is an incredibly skilled player. I will not deny that — first in goals last year in the NCAA, third in points. She’s a USA Hockey blue blood, which the scouts go crazy over. She was on the Olympic roster and has been on three IIHF worlds rosters.

My problem with Murphy is fairly obvious: she’s a thug, and she likes to be a thug. Last year she had 118 penalty minutes in 39 games. That’s an average of over a penalty a game, and there were some majors and misconducts in there. An article in The Athletic compared her to Brad Marchand, but I honestly see a lot more Matthew Tkachuk in her game.

In either case, Murph has by her own admission defined her game as playing with an edge, which puts her coaches in a tough spot. Either you accept the player as she is, which means accepting that she’s going to take boneheaded penalties on a regular basis, or you try to rein her in, which risks losing the bite that makes her a dynamic scorer.

It’s not a coaching position I envy, and she’s going to see some growing pains when she hits the pros.

[literallyjustanerd]

Art requests?! A proverbial buffet of things that may or may not strike your fancy and are welcome to be ignored anytime! ❤️ Hope you feel better!

Hunter on the beach. However you see that. 😉

Any kind of domestic Hunter?

Any kind of… uh… sexy Tech? 🤣

or none! Haha. You’re a blessing just for existing. Glad you’re here. 💕

Okay first of all thank you so much 🥺 you're too sweet and this message made my day <3

I ended up doing two of the prompts and getting extremely carried away with the second, hope you like them!

Letterkenny references? In my art? It's more likely than you'd think.

And enjoy a tech!! Poor guy, Wrecker messed up the Marauder's console again, and fixing it is hard work. Also you cannot convince me that Tech is not the most heavily inked of the entire batch.

Bonus:

[oatflatwhite]

liz i’m on the fence about watching downton abbey, please help me decide and make an argument why i should or shouldn’t GO

well of course i'm going to say you SHOULD but a more nuanced answer would be:

wonderfully complex characters, women allowed to be totally awful human beings at times but still with rich emotions and inner lives, interesting interplay of upstairs/downstairs relations and topics although not explored very in-depth (in this house [downton abbey] we love the artistocracy..............), BEAUTIFUL costumes, pieces of dialogue and storylines that are so silly sometimes they turn around to brilliance, actually brilliant storylines and dialogue, my favourite 5 year span in history: world war one, a dog who although is decidely a background character is a very integral part of the family, and of course most importantly: an evil (sometimes) gay (canonically) footman who serves such extreme levels of cunt i fear there will never be another character like him (there won't be).

all this to say: please watch downton abbey and i hope you like thomas. he is evil but like. he deserves to be. sometimes.

hope this helps annie!!!!!!!!!!! tell me everything if u do decide to watch it.

[acrossthewavesoftime]

[Narrator voice] And it was not the Albanian national dish after all.

[neroushalvaus]

Cora: It appears my brother Harold has lost my father's entire fortune. We need to go to America straight away.

Robert: Yes my love. But where will we stay now that Harold has lost everything and your mother is hosting a lesbian orgy in her Newport house?

Thomas: You could come stay at our place.

Thomas: [realizes people are staring at him] I mean. I could inquire Mr Dexter about his house. If he could spare a few rooms for you during your stay. From his house. In which I have one room, in which there is a bed I sleep in. My lord.

[princessheatherblossom]

Thought he was on to something there

[mercury-falls]

Hello, mercury-falls!

Yes, I'm the same anon of that stupid or weird ASK, I'm here to tell you that I'm so grateful of your answer, I kinda knew that it was a joke of the writers, but yes, I wanted to... like, re-confirm that it was a joke, and of course, I want also say: Thank you so much to @i-prefer-base-twelve, for the new meaning about the cataracts, the reason of that question and/or confusion about it, is this video > youtu.be/gjp90li7k50 <

Once again, thank you so much for reading my ASK, and have a good Sunday!

Aww no problem at all! I'm so glad we were able to help! I hope you have a great day too!! :)

[abbeyofcyn]

Does Donnie still go kinda animalistic at times? If he canonically hisses I imagine he does much more than that now that he’s been formerly infected.

Like does he crawl around sometimes or bite people or scratch at them or perch on top of ledges just out of familiarity like he did when he was infected?

The little drawing of him biting Leo for his phone was the funniest thing and I’m really just asking for more of that

More please.

Pretty please? With cherries and/or your favorite desert topping on top?

- 🌸 anon

I mean....he does it in the series. The Hissing as you mentioned but also perching on top of trees. Some things never change.

He doesn't try to bite his brothers anymore though. Play fighting is without teeth nowadays. Raph's orders. (and Donnie feels really really bad when he accidentally does it out of habit)

The characters do what they want when I draw them so who knows. We might see him a lil feral again

[strawberryblondebutch]

Explain it to me like I’m 5 why Murphy was the only one to get a penalty

Because she has a Reputation™️

Keith Law’s The Inside Game is about logical fallacies in baseball, but a lot of the same principles apply: pitchers who have a reputation for throwing strikes get more pitches called strikes. Pitchers with a reputation for bad command get strikes called balls.

Murph is a thug, goon, whatever you want to call her, so in the refs’ minds, if there’s a scrum and she’s involved, she must have done SOMETHING wrong. Self-fulfilling prophecy. (And as much as I support the violence on a personal level, she did herself no favors taking the cage off)

[fictionadventurer]

Austen asks! 4-24

I don't know if you intended this to be inclusive, but I'll answer them all anyway (skipping over the ones that have already been answered).

6. Favorite movie adaptation

The 1995 Sense and Sensibility. To me, it strikes a good balance between being a good adaptation and making the story accessible to audiences that haven't read the book, and it's one of the few that seems to understand Austen's humor and romance.

7. Favorite Austen couple

Anne and Wentworth. Their personalities balance each other perfectly.

8. Least favorite couple

Colonel Brandon and Marianne are so frustrating to me, mostly because of how Austen writes them. They fall victim to the Marian Halcombe Problem--if you spend the whole book showing a man and woman having tons of conversations and developing a good dynamic as equals, I'm not going to believe that he's in love with her sister.

9. Most hated foe of a heroine

Isabella Thorpe is a terrible person, and I can't think of any redeeming qualities or circumstances.

11. Least favorite book

I gained a better appreciation for Sense and Sensibility on my last reread, but it's still definitely Austen's weakest novel.

12. Least favorite Austen heroine

Marianne Dashwood is a realistic teenager, but not someone that I can admire or sympathize with too much.

14. Favorite love confession from the books

Can any Austen fan say anything other than The Letter in Persuasion?

16. Least favorite film adaptation

I hold a grudge against the 2005 Pride and Prejudice, because it did nothing to make me understand the appeal of Austen, and it's a horrible adaptation, but it has such a huge influence on fandom's interpretation of the novel.

Also, every once in a while, I remember the scene in the 2008 Sense and Sensibility where Brandon gives Willoughby a "stay away from my daughter" speech, and I shudder over how creepy it is.

17. Moment that made you sad/cry while reading

Basically any scene of Fanny Price's childhood.

18. Moment that made you smile/happy while reading

Henry Tilney's introduction scene in Northanger Abbey is just pure distilled joy.

19. Moment that made you laugh while reading

I'll never forget the time I laughed out loud in class while reading one of Miss Bates' speeches in Emma.

20. Moment that made you mad while reading

I don't know if I've ever been so mad for a heroine as I was during the scene where the neglected poor, orphaned, outsider Fanny watches everyone fawn over poor, orphaned outsider Mary Crawford.

22. Favorite Austen female casting decision

I love Tamsin Greig as Miss Bates in the 2009 Emma, because I did not imagine her talkativeness as stemming from anxiety, but it was fun to see her played that way and to experience a different interpretation that still felt valid.

I'm also going to take this opportunity to mention that I love Mrs. Jennings and Sir John Middleton in 1995's Sense and Sensibility. I just grin through every scene they're in, and I especially respect them after learning that they were the only cast members that Emma Thompson didn't have to write random extra dialogue for in crowd scenes, because they just naturally knew how to talk like Regency characters.

23. Favorite Austen male casting decision

I love Johnny Lee Miller as Mr. Knightley in 2009 Emma. I don't know if he matches the character in the novel, but I love how he portrayed the dynamic with Emma.

Also, Hugh Laurie as Mr. Palmer in 1995's Sense and Sensibility is perfection. And Greg Wise as Willoughby is beautiful and charming enough to do his job of fooling you into thinking he could be the romantic lead before he proves to be an utter cad.

24. Favorite supporting character

Mrs. Jennings. Hands-down. So vulgar, nosey, and over-the-top, but beneath it all, so kind and friendly and helpful. I love her so much.

[autumnrose11]

also a separate mary/matthew question: what are their love languages? both to give and receive

Thank you for the ask!! Sorry it took a while, I was trying to get it perfect :D

SO. Matthew is a person who’s affectionate in visible, transparent ways. We’ve seen that so many times on the show. He kisses Mary’s cheek in greeting and goodbye. He likes a fair bit of PDA (the cricket match kiss..... he could NOT get back to the game without giving her a smooch!) not too over the top, but the way he does it leaves no doubt of how madly in love he is. He also LOVES cuddling - I’m taking that “I’ve held you in my arms....” scene as proof that this is a man who adores cuddles and snuggles. And he comes up with the SWEETEST verbal professions of love, too. They make my heart melt every time. - “I could never be happy with anyone else as long as you walk the earth." “I do love you so terribly much. “I will love you till the last breath leaves my body.” “I didn’t think it was possible to love as much as I love you.” “I fall more in love with you every day that passes." He’s such an adorable romantic! And he really likes doing things for and with Mary.... getting her necklaces because he knows she’s fond of them, giving her belly rubs during her pregnancies, dancing with her..... oh, he loves her too much.

Mary, though.... she’s more complex, and her love language is a little more subtle. The thing with Mary is... she’s not a person who will gush about how much she loves you. It’s hard for her to express herself verbally. But when someone has deeply cemented themselves in her heart, they can never for a moment doubt how much she loves them. She uses her “I love you”s more sparingly. Actions speak louder than words where she’s concerned. Her beauty lies in the things she does for Matthew that demonstrate how much he means to her. When he’s working late in the library, she lays on the settee to keep him company. She distracts him when she knows he's thinking about the war (especially in early November when Remembrance Day draws nearer). She calms him down when he has nightmares, simply by holding him and kissing him and reassuring him that everything’s all right and he’s perfectly safe with her. She gives him endless massages with warm, scented oil when his back hurts him. When he’s ill, she devotes herself to him body and soul. She doesn’t leave Matthew for a moment, unless she really has to. She gives him a rub between the shoulders when he’s hunched from sitting at the desk too long (in 3x04). AND SHE LOVES KISSING HIM. Yes. She likes their snog sessions, kissing him and being kissed. Mary uses kisses to convince him that she’s on his side (“There.... will that convince you?”), she uses it to apologise after they’ve had a tiff, she uses it to reassure him and support him. And she plays with Matthew’s ears quite often - if you notice, during most of their kisses, she's touching his earlobes..... oh, and she likes running her fingers through his hair. HIS THICK SOFT BEAUTIFUL HAIR. Her touch, her loving gaze, her tiny caresses..... Matthew treasures her gestures of affection, because they perfectly complement his.

[glamfellens]

literally. end my life

[jakeperalta]

Downton Abbey, high/low stakes period drama series of all time. The only reason why I hesitate to rewatch it, is the knowledge that I’ll have to experience Sybil’s death all over again and I’ve ended up sobbing every single time I’ve watched it

right!! it seems like it should be a nice peaceful little comfort show and in some ways it is but then you get these moments of absolute heartbreak like sybil's death 💔💔

[forkingandcountry-if]

Sometimes a milf doesn’t have actual kids….milf is an energy, a way of life even

I get it now, in my speech you're saying she's mother.

That's true, Veronica is mother despite having no kids that I won't argue, I do wonder would that be compromised if she was younger.