#Phil Gordon

[janefrigginausten]

[abs0luteb4stard]

W A T C H I N G

[fruitloopsforlife]

She was certainly very pretty, with a vivid, irregular, bewitching type of prettiness. There was a gloss as of brown nuts on her satin-smooth hair and a soft, ripe glow on her round cheeks. Her eyes were big and brown and velvety, under oddly-pointed black brows, and her crooked mouth was rose-red.

Anne and Priscilla’s first impression of Phil Gordon, from Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery

[the-moral-of-the-rose]

It is crazy that so many of L. M. Montgomery's girls have "inherited" Philippa Gordon's traits/plotline:

1. EMILY STARR

both cherish the people they eat with more than the food itself:

Phil Gordon:

“Better a dinner of herbs where your chums are than a stalled ox in a lonely boardinghouse.”

Anne of The Island by L. M. Montgomery

Emily Starr:

"Better a dinner of herbs where Cousin Jimmy is than roast spare-ribs and Aunt Ruth therewith," she said."

Emily Climbs by L. M. Montgomery

2. ILSE BURNLEY:

-both are popular with boys:

Phil Gordon:

"She had all the “beaux” that heart could desire, for nine-tenths of the Freshmen and a big fraction of all the other classes were rivals for her smiles."

Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery

Ilse Burnley:

"Nonsense," said Emily reassuringly. "Nine out of ten men will fall in love with you."

Emily Climbs by by L. M. Montgomery

"But Ilse, though she told many a tale of lovers forlorn whose agonies seemed to lie very lightly on her conscience, never mentioned Teddy's name."

Emily's Quest by L. M. Montgomery

-both like the boys who are in love with someone else:

Phil Gordon:

"But, of course, the one I like best I can’t get. Gilbert Blythe won’t take any notice of me, except to look at me as if I were a nice little kitten he’d like to pat. Too well I know the reason."

Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery

Ilse Burnley:

"There's never been anybody for me but Perry Miller. And you've got your claws in him."

Emily's Quest by L. M. Montgomery

-neither of them can hate a girl their crush likes:

Phil Gordon:

"I owe you a grudge, Queen Anne. I really ought to hate you and instead I love you madly, and I’m miserable if I don’t see you every day."

Anne of The Island by L. M. Montgomery

Ilse Burnley:

"Emily, I wonder I don't hate you. Rejecting with scorn what I want so much."

Emily's Quest by L. M. Montgomery

-both are willing to change their ways of life for the men they love:

Phil Gordon:

“You’ll have to give up a good many things you’ve always had, when you marry Mr. Blake, Phil.”

“But I’ll have him. I won’t miss the other things."

Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery

Ilse Burnley:

"I think you'll have to ask Perry sometimes if you can do things."

"I won't mind that. You'll be surprised to see what a dutiful wife I'll make."

Emily's Quest by L. M. Montgomery

3. RACHEL "RAE" (CUDDLES) GARDINER (Pat of Silver Bush)

-both have the same trouble (choosing which one of two man would be better and then):

Phil Gordon:

"Alec and Alonzo are two dear boys, and I like them both so much that I really don’t know which I like the better. That is the trouble."

Anne of The Island by L. M. Montgomery

Rae Gardiner:

"Of course I mean to make up my mind permanently some day. I feel sure I'll marry one of those boys. They are both good matches."

"And I'm not mercenary...I'm only through with being a sentimentalist. It's just that I find it hard to decide between two equally nice boys."

Mistress Pat by L. M. Montgomery

-both end up marrying "the third man":

Phil Gordon:

"Anne, I’m the happiest girl in the world,” confessed Phil suddenly.

“So Mr. Blake has asked you to marry him at last?” said Anne calmly.

“Yes. And I sneezed three times while he was asking me. Wasn’t that horrid? But I said ‘yes’ almost before he finished—I was so afraid he might change his mind and stop."

Anne of The Island by L. M. Montgomery

Rae Gardiner:

"Fancy any one not knowing who Brook Hamilton is. I can't believe I didn't know him myself three weeks ago. I met him the first night you went away at Dot's dance..."

"Rae Gardiner, you don't mean to tell me you're engaged to a man you've known only three weeks!"

Mistress Pat by L. M. Montgomery

-both end up marrying a rather ugly man:

Phil Gordon:

“He is a very ugly young man—really, the ugliest young man I’ve ever seen. He has a big, loose-jointed figure with absurdly long legs. His hair is tow-color and lank, his eyes are green, and his mouth is big, and his ears—but I never think about his ears if I can help it."

Anne of The Island by L. M. Montgomery

Rae Gardiner:

"I suppose," said Pat sarcastically, "he's extremely handsome and you've fallen for..."

"But he isn't. I think he's ugly really, when I think of his face at all. But it's such a delightful ugliness."

Mistress Pat by L. M. Montgomery

[antigerrymanderingspiderman]

i started thinking about philippa gordon and now i have another book i want to reread but can’t

[another-country-heard-from]

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[plitnick]

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[goonersaurus]

somewhat late england art for euros 24

[call-me-oracle]

barbara gordon in birds of prey (1999) covers pt. 1

[dailydccomics]

Birds of Prey covers by Phil Noto

[iamtryingtobelieve]

"We are the mods! We are the mods! We are, we are, we are the mods!" Quadrophenia (1979) Dir: Franc Roddam

[dnpbeats]

april fools is only one day after easter so im feeling an easter baking april fools prank. idk how it would play out but that's the vibe im getting. like everything starts like normal but then gordon ramsay pulls up and starts yelling at them

[parasocialdnp]

iconic moments of history (1)

[cityzenchick]

Is your dream guy in this Euros 2024 England Squad?? 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿♥️💙🤍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[pinkydec]

so post match thoughts

I won’t lie, this result doesn’t hurt as much as the Italy final. Nowhere near as much, because in my own head I expected us to lose 2-0/3-0, Spain just are in their own league of their own atm, the young talent they’ve got coming through their ranks is insane.

we’ve not played our best this tournament, it’s been utter dogshit if I’m being honest, the England from a few years ago was completely different. we play such boring football, our tactics are just not right, and it’s a pain in the ass to watch at times.

But still, we had hope. it’s the one thing that kills us off, hope. we know what this team are like, getting the final huddle again and again and falling short, but we always hope. always have the hope that we will one day bring football home. whether it’s the wc, the next euros or in ten years time, we always have the hope.

they say it’s the hope that kills you, but for England fans it’s the hope that keeps us alive. We’ll always keep that hope with us, with the talent in our ranks, that one day they finally will bring it home.

This will hurt today, hurt tomorrow, hurt for the next year but, we will always pick ourselves up and go again, it’s just what we do.

today it went home to Spain, but god knows what the future holds. this team will pick themselves us, pick up the pain, players will come and go, but we’ll go again.

always have hope. one day it will come home.

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