#Iola Morton

[looz-y]

THE HARDY BOYS AND A BONUS OF GIRLS!!

the struggle i had....with drawing men's hair is embarrassing 💦

also been enjoying some fics and got curious about Callie when she's included, looked into her and also loved Iola! they're now Mine to play with in the future LOL

[thenonbinarydetective]

I always see nedcy shippers....are there any frank x callie shippers left anymore? Ned has die hard fans saying he's a revolutionary character even outside nancy but haven't really seen passionate callie fans. She gets brought up only when Frank's mentioned and only to own other frank ships. Ppl say she's a very special character but hardly include her in anything. Vanessa despite not really being a classical character is included more than her.

Idk sure. Here? Probably not. Tumblr is still full of games only fans who see Callie as a roadblock.

Vanessa doesn’t get in the way of anything and isn’t all that special so I guess that helps her. And people still love fridging for whatever reason

It’s not easy for Callie to exist as a woman in this environment

[argeriant18]

"cardigan" by Taylor Swift really hurts to listen to. Not because of personal experiences. But because I'm imagining Joe Hardy having to replay memories and blame himself over Iola's death. This song just really makes me think of them, oddly enough.

[yourbespokeartisanalapocalypse]

Whoah, what the actual fuck

Found an old Hardy Boys book from my youth and my word do they love to fat shame Chet and his "ample frame" and "love of food". Even Aunt Gertrude is like "you can stay for dinner but only one dessert, the same as every one else!"

Meanwhile Joe has bad hay fever which is definitely going to get him caught given that he's spent the first twenty pages hiding in the bushes outside the bad guy's house.

I'm looking forward to meeting Joe's girlfriend Iola Morton because I'm pretty sure I had a crush on her and I'm also pretty sure she'll turn out to be a few copy-paste descriptors in a gender-role-shaped trenchcoat.

[valiantarcher]

Tagged (quite a while back, sorry!) by @novelmonger to make a poll of beloved female characters and see who everyone else likes most - thank you! I went with some potentially lesser-known characters, so we'll see how this goes.

Leaving an open tag for anyone who thinks this looks fun since I'm not sure who did this when it was going around back in the fall.

[ravenwind-75]

Nancy Drew Au

Nancy Drew = Wren Ives (MC)

Frank Hardy = (adopted brother) Ominis Sallow.

Joe Hardy = Sebastian Sallow.

George = Imelda Reyes.

Bess = Poppy Sweeting.

Chett Morton= Garreth Weasley

Iola Morton = (OC) Evelyn Weasley

Callie Shaw = Natsai Onai

who could be Ned?

Of all the calmer boys we interact with Arthur Plummley might fit. He also likes treasure and adventures...

[drfrankenjoe]

Hardy Boys Friends - Dr Frankenjoe Style

Chet Morton - Primed to take over his family's farm and feels stifled by it, so he throws himself into any hobby he can, hoping something will stick well enough to justify him going into another career. Good-natured and confident, though cautious to join in the danger involved in the Hardys' adventures. Rarely is he ever cautious enough not to tag along.

Callie Shaw - Aspiring news reporter. Curious by nature, her goal is to bring any and all secrets of Bayport to light, whether it be underrated gems or corruption. Naturally, she crosses paths with the Hardys often. Her down-to-earth, coolheaded nature has earned her many contacts, including Frank. They swap stories regularly.

Allen "Biff" Hooper - Always willing to hang out with the Hardys, if only just to liven up their trips. He and Joe share a similar sense of humor; once they get started, there's really no stopping them. He's a passionate boxer, but prefers to keep fights inside of the ring, not with whatever potentially armed criminals the Hardys attract. He will fight if he must.

Phil Cohen - Hobbyist computer scientist and chemist. Behind the quiet exterior, he's a little blunt. He does appreciate the Hardys giving him practical uses for his hobbies, and in turn, they get valuable information from him. The trouble they bring hardly bothers him at all, but he's not much of a travel guy. However, if given a beautiful location to paint, he'll go almost anywhere. He's closest to Frank, his hacking protege.

Iola Morton - Wants nothing more than to inherit her family's farm, but not by Chet's demise. She's extremely wary of the disaster magnets that are the Hardy Boys, how they tempt her brother into going along with them. She tries to steer everyone towards safer forms of thrill-seeking, but it rarely works out in her favor. So sometimes she takes matters into her own hands and tags along to make sure no one dies. She's fiercely protective of Chet; the two are each other's biggest supporters. She has a fondness for nature and animals, the latter of which she bonds with Joe over. If it weren't for the detective thing, maybe they could've been closer friends...

Tony Prito - Loves being out on water. This has become a little hard for him for a few reasons. One, he works for his father's trucking company. Two, his beloved speedboat the Napoli got blown up while helping the Hardys on a case. He's... still a little sore about it, but he'll lend a helping hand to them so long as they lend a donation towards his purchase of a Napoli III. To tide him over, he has the Napoli II, an innertube with a motor attached.

[tabbyrp]

Day 25: Hayrides

"Hardys set off for the Morton farm at five o’clock. When they arrived, the group learned that Chet had piled hay into his father’s truck, so they could all go on an old-fashioned hayride to the amusement park. “Len is going to drive us,” Iola announced. A big cheer went up from the boys. Len Wharton, a good-natured former cowboy, had recently come to work at the Morton place. Len grinned. “Shucks, I figured that if I was seventeen I sure wouldn’t want to be stuck with the drivin’." — Franklin W. Dixon, The Clue in the Embers (Hardy Boys, #35)

[bayport-detective-inc]

The Hardys joke that the first person to realise that Laura was pregnant with Joe was Frank. Joe was such a small child, born so soon after Frank, that all the signs Laura was pregnant were missed because they assumed it was all just left overs from Frank being born. Only Frank, whenever he saw Mrs Morton and the pregnancy bump that would one day become Iola, would pat at his mother’s belly insistently.

But there was no way Frank really knew to expect a younger brother on the way, right?

[heartscfvalor]

                       Joe Hardy x Iola Morton Aesthetics

Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye You were bigger than the whole sky You were more than just a short time And I’ve got a lot to pine about. I’ve got a lot to live without.

[platanchorsociety]

In the same vein, what about callie and iola?

I honestly feel like in the ATAC Ace world, he wouldn't know Callie until after he leaves ATAC. I can see her being part of Grant's return. And although I ship Grant and Tom Swift somewhat, imagining him deciding to help take down the Road Back and then meeting Callie Shaw forensic scientist? He would immediately be smitten and Ace would love her.

A terrible part of me is like Casefiles Iola! Casefiles Iola! Because in Casefiles Iola Morton (Joe’s long term girlfriend for those who don't know) is killed in an attempt to kill the Hardys and having a dead ex-girlfriend would be fun to work in with the Horseshoe Bay ghosts.

But honestly, I can imagine her being the one that got away, his childhood sweetheart girlfriend before Laura who he didn’t tell about ATAC despite having very strong feelings for her and she ultimately comes to mistrust him and leave him (which would explain why Ace no longer keeps anything secret from his love interests). She still genuinely cares for him but the trust is no longer there to sustain a relationship. I think she'd be a massive fan of Nancy though. She would know Ace well enough to know Nancy is perfect for him.

[brothershardy]

I’m not in denial, okay, I just think the Casefiles era really fucked Joe over for no reason by killing off Iola, so I decided to make them in the Sims so they���re happy together

[thenonbinarydetective]

Why does joe always take the hit or mess up in Hardy boys books? Like, he makes more mistakes than Frank and suffers more in hardy boys books. Like he's meant to be the "heart/emotions" but even Frank has emotions and he messes up less. The book were lola was killed, all books from then on became 90 Percent focus on his pain

Because he is representative of impulsivity. He’s “silently” teaching kids to not be impulsive or emotionally volatile without turning to a camera and saying it. I think the lesson with Frank is to not be boring lol. No but really there is encouragement (minor encouragement) to find a balance between the two hardy boys

Yes Joe takes chances that gets him hurt, but it’s worth it to take chances sometimes because it shows that you’re brave and confident. And Frank thinks things true which is always good, because it keeps things in order and shows his maturity. He’s more of the responsibility figure that usually needs to loosen up.

The Casefiles was a separate series. Everything “main continuity” remained the same. And undercover brothers and adventures weren’t series at all. Funnily enough, Iola was only of the only characters they kept throughout the series

But anyway, Casefiles was specifically for a slightly older demographic in the 80s and 90s that more reflected the interest of teenage boys. So explosions, hot girls, spy work, and man pain. Fridging was all the rage in the 80s/90s. Or just generally killing characters off. I mean Iola Morton died just a year before DC killed off Jason Todd

Regular Hardy Boys and Casefiles ran side by side. Often written by the same ghostwriters. Basically they would come up with mysteries and if they seemed a little mature, they would go to Casefiles. If they seemed like regular hardy boys stuff, it would go to the main canon. There was a little bleeding over, and you can see why some were switched between.

You can also see that Iola and Vanessa were the same exact character. Because they actually were. If a manuscript that leaned more Casefiles was originally for regular hardy boys canon, they would just change the name.

[queenofmoons67]

‘don’t say that. you’re going to be fine.’ with hurt joe hardy? thanks!

WARNING: severe injuries, including severe burns. possible character death (depends on how you read the ending)

Iola stormed out of the mall, a despondent Frank behind her. In the back of her mind, she felt sorry for him—but the majority of her was full of anger at the boy in front of her. The nerve of him! The—the misogynistic, ego-centric—he could have just come with her from the start! But no, he had to play with his keys in front of that girl before heading to the car. Didn’t even have the decency to listen to her anger, to the point he’d ended up far before her. And—

Ooh, the worst bit was she knew that wasn’t who Joe Hardy was at heart. It’s just who he turned into on a bad day. His instincts for self-sabotaging would win Olympic gold.

Well, Iola didn’t have to listen to them! Look at her, talking herself out of her anger. She’d give Joe a chance to apologize when they’d both calmed down. If he didn’t take it—well, that would be his problem when he ended up without a girlfriend, wouldn’t it? Oh, her mother would be proud of her.

“Joe!” she called, breaking into a jog. “Wait up—!”

BOOM.

The explosion rocketed flames all the way up to the ceiling of the carport and sent Joe to the ground. She could see him there, close to the flames, too close—

A dark-haired body broke past her, and Iola started in shock. She hadn’t even realized she’d come to a stop. Even as she watched Frank pull Joe free from the wreckage, though, her attention was drawn to a swiftly growing line of flame.

“Frank!” she yelled, and started to run. “Frank, the gasoline—!”

The second explosion wasn’t as big as the first, but it sent Frank and Joe flying backwards. At least they were free, she thought, and fought back a hysterical giggle as she skidded to a stop next to them. There was already a car’s length between them and the flaming car, and she grabbed Frank first to make that distance grow.

“Frank?” she asked, and shook him. “Frank, can you hear me?”

“Callie?” he groaned, and opened his eyes.

This time, Iola couldn’t fight the giggle, but it came out as a sob. “No, Frank, it’s Iola. Can you—can you move? I need to check on—”

“Joe!” Frank gasped, and started to roll to his side.

Iola let him, but said, “I’ll get him! Can you move? We need—we need paramedics, and we can’t risk moving Joe farther from the fire with his injuries.”

The fire had died down somewhat after the second explosion, but she could feel the heat on her face. She would look sunburned, she knew, but that was better than Joe. She needed to check on Joe.

“Move!” she ordered Frank, and turned away. “Joe? Joey,” she cried, and cradled his face in her hands. His body was—it was twisted, body laying exactly where it had been thrown. And his arms; the skin was blackened, burnt, and bleeding in places. She could imagine all too well which parts of him had been closest to the car when it blew. Not to mention the—the smell.

Swallowing, Iola rubbed his cheek with her thumb. “Joey,” she whispered. “I’m going to check for a head injury, ok? I’m sorry if this hurts.”

And then she palmed the back of his head with one hand—and pulled away as Joe’s eyes shot open and he choked on a scream, the sound guttural and deep in his throat.

“I’m sorry!” Iola said, and wiped a bloody hand on her skirt. “Your—your skull—” her voice broke. She had felt it.

And then Joe rasped, “I’m gonna die,” and Iola felt lightning go up her spine.

“You are not,” she reprimanded. “Don’t say that. You’re going to be fine. Look at me, Joseph Hardy,” and she reached out and grabbed his face in both hands, firm but careful of his skull. “Frank just dragged you out of an explosion! I’m sitting—I’m sitting feet away from a burning car! We did not do this just for you to go off and die on us! Do you hear me?”

Joe’s lips wobbled, and a tear slid down his face. “‘M sorry,” he said.

“What did I just—”

“F’r bef’re. ‘M sorry, I’la. ‘M sorry.”

Iola gently turned his face so she held it in a single palm, resting it there so it wasn’t against the hard concrete—and then she reached up and wiped away tears from her own eyes. “You don’t say that now,” she rasped. “I told you, didn’t I? You’re not going to die. You can apologize to me from a hospital bed, but not before, Joe. Not now.”

“L’ve you,” he slurred. “‘M sorry.” And Iola broke. Crumpling over her boyfriend’s burnt body, she watched through blurry eyes as their combined tears cleaned ash from his face.

“I’m sorry too,” she cried. “I’m sorry, too.”

And then the paramedics arrived, and pulled her screaming from the boy she loved.

[minxchester]

The ones we love never truly leave us.

@heartscfvalor / @brothershardy

[thejoeisthejoe]

I love Iola so much! I was so sad she didn’t officially appear in the 70s series! I would have loved to see her date Shaun’s Joe 🥰🥺