#LHotP

[littlehouseontheprairerewatch]

[bloodandwhump]

Doctor Baker: But you'll mend fast. You'll be up and movin' around in a week, 10 days. Mr. Hanson: Yah, the rest will do you good. Charles: I can't spend a week in bed. I've got a lot of work to do. Mr. Hanson: You do what the Doc tells you! I will talk to O'Neil. Charles: It's not just stackin' the grain. I've got plowin' to do. I've got work in the barn. Doctor Baker: It will have to wait. I'll check back in a couple of days, Mrs Ingalls. Caroline: Thank you, Doctor. I'll see you out. Mr. Hanson: You stay in bed.

Little House On The Prairie S01E01 "A Harvest of Friends"

[oatm3al-c00kies]

little house on the prairie as headlines & textposts (1/2)

inspired by @trumanjo !

part 2

[danafoss]

Ah yes, my two favorite middle-aged men

[bellesdiaries]

Laura and Almanzo being adorable [2/?]

[not-a-princess-but-a-queen]

Humm I found Little House on the Prairie on Prime. I know I’ve read at least some of the books but they never quite stuck with me the way Anne of Green Gables did, but I deleted Netflix so maybe this can be my new historical fall vibes show?! Thoughts and other suggestions welcome!

[fruitpunchnoice]

Sometimes the little house on the prairie episode is so wholesome I feel like the only way I can recover is to kill myself

[hazelcephalopod]

Tbh at the very minimum I hc and the very most could argue seriously that Laura Ingalls form the Little House show has “stubborn friendly curious little girl autism”. She only accepts rules that makes sense to her, will not be dissuaded from something once she decides to do it, seemingly has a great lack of awareness about what others deem acceptable behavior unless explicitly explained to her. Everyone is constantly like “Laura! Why?!!” And she’s just like “Huh? Bc it’s the right thing to do!” And just digs her foot in when they argue.

[namedafterflowerstournament]

Botanic Tournament : Laurels Bracket !

Round 2 Poll 1

Laura comes from laurel

Daphne is the Greek name for laurel

[thusfar-artt]

Gonna be real personal here and share a memory.

When I was between 10 and 12, the Hallmark channel would hold Little House on the Prairie marathons on Sundays. My mom wasn't the best person or the best parent, during this time, me and my older sibling were taken away from her custody for a while even. But Sundays for me were really special. My mom was a massive fan of the books and show. She wasn't a massive fan of us kids, so she had a rule: watch Little House with her or stay in our rooms until 10am. Basically, we were being told to sleep in.

I was always an early riser and during this time of my life, my siblings and I were very isolated. We lived on former farm land (we even had an abandoned chicken coop that had to have housed at least half a dozen chickens and an abandoned barn between our property and the property next door). We had a family computer (this was back in 2008-2011) but we had to be monitored the whole time. All I had for entertainment in my room were toys I was too old for and a small library of over 50 books that I had read too many times.

So, I decided to give Little House on the Prairie a try and fell in love with the feel good show. My mom, who I butted heads with all the time but craved approval from, was ecstatic that one of her three unruly children liked something she did. So, she went out and bought all the books for me, secondhand. And I read them and loved them even more than I thought I would. For years, my mom and I would wake up early on Sundays to watch Little House when the marathon started.

I left her custody when I was 14 to live with my dad's parents. There were so many reasons that made my mom an unfit parent and I have a scarce few fond memories of her. Recently, now at 26, I started watching Little House on the Prairie on Prime Video. I'm still on season 1 and found myself loving the show just as much, if not even more than, when I saw it as a kid with my mom on Sunday mornings.

I've caught myself on the verge of tears at times, wishing for those Sunday mornings back. I haven't talked to my mom since I was 21, when she used my grandmothers death and my moms breast cancer scare to try to get back in contact with me. I don't ever see myself talking to her again. While watching the show, I have to remind myself its okay to look back on those memories fondly. Just because someone was a monster to you, doesn't mean that you can't have fond memories of them.

This was all too personal, I know, but I also know that there are other people who have similar stories like mine and I just want them to know its okay. It's okay to have fond memories of someone and curse their actions in the same breath. Humans are complex, lives are complex, and rarely are things as black and white as someone just being a terrible person. And it's okay if you don't have fond memories or if you don't want to think about those memories.

I will never speak to my mother again, but I will always remember how much I loved those quiet Sunday mornings.

[ichbinmeineeigenepuppe]

Kleines Haus

[littlehouseontheprairerewatch]

Charles is really the town social worker

… and that’s hot 🥵

[c-nan]

okay so melissa sue anderson left little house on the prairie bc she thought they exhausted all of mary’s storylines and there was no more for her character but she was WRONG so i complied a list of writing choices the show writers could’ve done to extend her story the rest of the series:

1. mary and adam could have adopted james and cassandra cooper

to me, it would’ve made so much more sense if mary and adam adopted james and cassandra, rather than ma and pa (bc of space + money reasons). this would’ve keep mary in the show longer bc they could’ve have episodes focusing around the kids adjusting to life with mary and adam being their new parents (BAM, happy mary episodes). there would be episodes of the kids at school and mary helping them and such (which would ofc bring more mary and laura interaction bc i loved their sister bond). and of course they’d still visit ma and pa (esp with cassandra being carrie’s only friend and james looking up to albert), so mary would get tons more screen time, even in the eps that don’t revolve around her.

(also, i love cassandra, she’s super cute and a great addition to the show, but like. she takes a lot away from carrie i feel, and i don’t think it would’ve been that way if mary and adam would’ve adopted cassandra (and james) instead)

2. mary could’ve gotten pregnant again and the baby could’ve lived

she lost her first one before it was even born and she lost her second to a horrific house fire, the least the writers could do is give her a baby that lives!! the real mary ingalls never got married, never got children, so i found it unnecessarily cruel that they give the fictionalized character two and then take them both away for what? shock value? stupid imo. a part of me believes that they tried to give her a happier ending than the real mary ingalls, but honestly this seems worse than never being married or having children at all. ANYWAY, with the trauma of losing her first two children, having another would bring on a great, long-term storyline of her and adam being paranoid of any harm that may hypothetically come to it (which would be subtly weaved into mary-centric episodes about her and adam having a family) but by the end of the series, the child would still be happily alive and she’d be HAPPY!!!! and still living in walnut grove of course <3

3. mary and adam could’ve moved back to sleepy eye

adam could’ve gotten a job at that one firm (remember the one Important Lawyer Guy wanting him at his firm after the land case??), and mary could’ve kept the blind school open and teach with hester sue (what she’s wanted to do HER WHOLE LIFE). i think the stupidest thing the writers did to her story was to introduce this wonderful teaching opportunity, have her fall in love with all her students and with teaching, having the perfect life, JUST to rip it all away bc stupid-ass adam got his eyesight back and decide he doesn’t give two shits about the blind school or the kids bc now he can be a lawyer despite all the work they went through continuously to keep the school going. who cares what mary wants?? adam sure doesn’t. and idk, mary not giving much of a fight to stay in sleepy eye and continue to teach never sat right with me, it’s not in her character and honestly feels like an injustice to her. i feel her having the opportunity to go back and fight for her school to reopen would be more true to how she’s been established all these years and would definitely get her a two-parter and keep her in the show (even if we only see her on the odd ep when they travel to sleepy eye for work. better than nothing 🤷)

4. (my personal fave and not an option for the show but can’t a girl dream) mary could’ve left adam bc he doesn’t respect her life and wishes, and go back to sleepy eye to reopen the blind school. there, she could’ve eventually fell in love with one of the female townsfolk and finally live her best lesbian life surrounded by people who love and appreciate her

if i hadn’t made it clear yet, i hate adam and i love any alternative where he is most definitely not a part of mary’s life lmfao. sure, they had their cute moments but i cannot get over the fact that more often than not, he’s an asshole and i can’t stand him <3 the complete disregard for her wishes (taking her away from TEACHING) really irks my ass and not for a second did he stop and think “is there anyway i can achieve my dream without taking away mary’s?” no. no he didn’t, he didn’t care, he didn’t even ask her. like. dude. i feel this would be the perfect ending for her, and many episodes could be used to show her befriending the female townsperson, becoming good friends, and eventually fall in love (and this lady would APPRECIATE HER!!) all the while reopening the blind school and finally getting her happy ending!!!!! idk, it’s perfect to me, there’s no flaws in this one but ik the 80’s (and honestly today too) were too homophobic for this 🙄 it’s real for me, it’s canon idc.

final notes

i’m well aware there’s probably a million more ideas i can come up with and when i do i’ll just rb an addition, but these are the best i’ve got right now!! and notice how i was able to add to her storyline without giving her unbearable anguish?? wish the writers could’ve done that!! but no!! alas, i work with the cards i’m dealt, and i’ve spent a lot of time thinking of these alternatives which helps sooth the pain of awful writing choices.

i guess i’m just upset they took a character with so much potential (and one of the most interesting storylines imo) and just give her nothing and reduce her to nothing more than a wife. by the end of her story, it seemed like she was just there to be adam’s side-piece which doesn’t sit right with me. she deserved better than that and melissa sue anderson deserved better than that (she is SUCH an amazing actress, and it really sucks to see her put on the back burner since s5)

anyway, ik im yelling into the void here but idc i needed to get it all written down lol

[oatm3al-c00kies]

little house on the prairie as headlines & textposts (2/2)

inspired by @trumanjo !

part 1

[danafoss]

damn why does this middle aged prairie man have pretty puppy eyes

[queen-of-obsessing]

Me: *plotting a Little House on the Prairie Merlin AU* yeah, this is the weirdest pairing ever

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