#aunt joan

[redhatmeg]

Is it too late to wish for this special to be A Christmas Carol: Doc Martin Style?

Like, in this episode doctor Ellingham learns about his mother's death. Her, aunt Joan and Christopher could be great Three Spirits of Christmas. Christopher would be the Ghost of Christmas Past, Joan - as someone deeply connected to Portwenn - would be the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Margaret - who tried to "reconcile" with her son since her future was uncertain at the time - would be a Ghost of Christmas Future.

[ptsinkbaby]

collecting joans of arc like they are my little pokemon team

[imstuckin1999]

Sabrina with Aunt Zelda and Aunt Hilda

[heavencasteel420]

I’m also going to partially defend Jennifer as a name for gender-swapped Jonathan, on the basis that, while it was already popular in 1967, it wouldn’t be the juggernaut that it would become just a few years later. Joyce didn’t have the internet and probably didn’t have a baby name book or even a wide social circle, so she probably wouldn’t realize that it was even that popular (#10 that year for girls). I read an article a while back that looked at the Jennifer explosion, and it said that initially parents thought of it as smart and romantic and a little unusual. My main reservation about Jennifer is that that would be at least a few Jennifers at Hawkins High, and I genuinely believe that it would dull her notoriety if every time someone talked about her they had to be like, “No, I’m talking about weird Jennifer. Jennifer Byers. Not glasses Jennifer. Yeah, glasses Jennifer is kind of weird, too, but…”

[secretsofthewilde]

Imagine how insane it must be for Vera's daughter to grow up and slowly learn about the events that transpired around her birth and how the people in her family all know each other.

Picture being Grace; you've grown up knowing your mum and dad get along well as friends, but they aren't in love like your Aunties Franky and Bridget are. You know that they all met each other at Wentworth, the prison that your parents had once worked at (which your mum also used to be the boss of apparently). It's only when you're a bit older than they tell you Aunt Franky didn't used to work there - she was a prisoner there (you had actually guessed this was the case a year ago, but were glad they thought you were old enough to stop pretending otherwise).

As the years go by you realize your mum doesn't seem to have many friends that she hasn't met through working at said prison. It would probably concern you, but she seems content to spend her free time with you, your aunts, your dad, and the occasional visit from her old friend Will (apparently he was around a lot during your first years, but has since moved out of town bc of reasons).

You're not surprised to discover your mum's secretly a bit of a bad ass - I mean, she did run a prison after all - but finding out that she gave birth to you during a prison siege was definitely a shock. You think that's got to be the worst memory she has at that place, only to discover a year later that she was inside the prison when a bomb went off, killing several people including an apparent old friend of hers. Yet, for some reason, you still don't quite believe her when she says that was definitely her worst experience had at Wentworth.

[ministerforpeas]

Problems!

[une-sanz-pluis]

It was Gaunt who arranged Henry's marriage. The object of his attentions was Mary, the co-heiress to Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford, Essex and Northampton, who had died at the age of thirty in January 1373, leaving no sons, two underage daughters, and a very substantial inheritance. The elder daughter, Eleanor (born in 1366), was married to Gaunt's brother, Thomas of Woodstock, earl of Buckingham, probably in 1374. What now happened to Mary (born in 1369–70) was naturally a matter of considerable interest to Buckingham. As long as she remained single, the entire Bohun inheritance would fall to him; were she to marry, he would be obliged to share it with her husband. Inconveniently, other duties now deflected his attention. On 3 May 1380, he indented with the king and council to lead an expedition to Brittany with a retinue of 5,000 men. During the following two months he did what he could to ensure that the Bohun patrimony did not slip from his grasp during his absence: on 8 May he obtained a royal grant of the custody of Mary's share of the inheritance during her minority; on 22 June Eleanor came of age and Thomas performed his fealty to the king for his wife's share of the lands. Shortly before leaving he even took the precaution of bringing Mary to stay with her sister at Pleshey castle (Essex), where he arranged for her to be instructed by nuns with the intention that she should join the order of St Clare. According to Froissart, ‘the young lady seemed to incline to their doctrine, and thought not of marriage’. Hopeful of having ensured the integrity of his inheritance, Buckingham shipped his troops to Calais and, on 24 July 1380, set out with his army on a campaign from which he would not return for nine months. No sooner had he done so than Gaunt made his move. Three days after his brother's crossing, he secured a royal grant of Mary's marriage, ‘for marrying her to his son Henry’, and shortly after this induced her mother, Joan countess of Hereford, to spirit her away from Pleshey and take her to Arundel, where the young couple were rapidly betrothed. They were married on 5 February 1381 in a service held at Countess Joan's manor of Rochford (Essex). The connivance of the king and council, who would have been aware of the blow this inflicted on Buckingham, is a measure of the financial and political leverage Gaunt exercised in Richard II's minority government. Gaunt attended and presented Mary with a ruby, as well as paying for the festivities; Henry's sisters, Philippa and Elizabeth, each gave their new sister-in-law a goblet and ewer. The king and Edmund earl of Cambridge (Gaunt's younger, and Buckingham's older, brother) may also have been there, for ten royal minstrels and four of Cambridge's minstrels received gratuities from Gaunt for enlivening the proceedings. There was nothing hasty or clandestine about the wedding.

Chris Given-Wilson, Henry IV (Yale University Press, 2016)

[vveirdvvitch]

14, 28, 29.

14. Current word count of all your main wips?

Meemaw is a little old school and starts in a notebook. I love y’all dearly but I’m not counting that. Probably 300 or do words in there and about 350 that have made it to a word doc. Work injury really slowed me down

28. Favourite songs at the moment?

29. What was your first fandom you were in? Did you make any art/fanfic for it?

Star Wars. I saw the special editions in the theater when was 11 or 12. I was hooked the moment I saw Luke Skywalker come into frame. Immediately began consuming Star Wars media. At one point I owned 50 of the expanded universe novels and had read even more.

I never made any official fanfiction or art. But my best friend and I created an entire AU to put our self inserts in. We probably spent 2 whole years reinforcing this fantasy between us.

[goatmilksoda]

Events with moms side of the family: "did you hear about how Jeanette's mom's college roommate's sister got engaged to a doctor?"

Events with dads side of the family: "yeah, I am psychically channeling the twin that Ben ate in utero.... anyway, do you want to hear the story of how I was conceived?"

[asterdeer]

not vagueblogging in a mean way but in a "this is tangentially related to a post i saw but not nearly enough to leave it in the tags of the post", but it's like. so fucking incredibly important to me that the cemeteries of amalo is not a series where the main character loses their religious faith and finds new faith in a secular source. like of everything i care about in literature right this moment, at the very top of the list is "thara celehar not being beaten and bullied by the narrative out of his faith in ulis." this was not even a concern to me at first because it seemed unthinkable but the longer it takes the tomb of dragons to come out, the more the possibility scares the ever loving shit out of me. like no one is allowed to be religious in spec fic even though that's the easiest place to have religious characters, much less religious AND gay AND mentally ill and none of those things are like, canceling each other out -- they are all braided together and inform each other and build his character and like. to me the whole character falls apart if you take faith out of that braid. i know that people fall out of faith and that's valid and fine but can i please have one character. ONE. one character. who stays. pleeeeeease katherine addison i'm begging you. let me keep this one.

[helenstella]

“I’m supposed to look after myself” 🥹

[redhatmeg]

Back in S1 we've had an episode about Aunt Joan's lover coming back to Portwenn and Martin learning about their affair back in his childhood. Now we have a a son of Aunt Ruth's lover coming to Portwenn to scatter his father's ashes.

Intriguing.

[ptsinkbaby]

need them to joan out together

[patrice-bergerons]

I love season 9 for how real it is in its portrayal of everyday tragedies and it is very much so the case with Joan's ending too. Her ending is bittersweet because on one hand, Strange adores her and he *is* the best person she could have married (just to be clear--a far better match for her than Morse). But on the other hand, for Joan, marrying him is if not accepting defeat then certainly accepting a reasoned compromise against the societal pressures she fought so hard against for so long.

Her job means the world to her and yet we don't see or hear any mention of it in s9. She'd said she didn't want to end up in her parents' marriage with a two up two down and a pram in the hall and yet that is the house in Kidlington, where they are moving to because of her copper fiancé's job with her full blessing.

And the tragedy of it is that if there is one person who would listen to her hesitations and do his best to understand and accommodate, it's Strange. But. He is a excellent prospect for her in how kind and loving and stable he is, and there is a limit to these things you know? The society has roles for a wife and a husband and as a woman of that era you have to be very careful in the battles you choose -- if you push too much you can very quickly realise that you found and crossed the line with no way back. And so she doesn't trust him enough to be honest with him--or to ask for anything for herself. It's just a little sad in just how real it is.

[vintage1981]

The Magic is Back! Aunt Zelda & Sabrina Reunite with Beth Broderick | What Women Binge

Welcome to another enchanting episode of What Women Binge! This time, our hosts Melissa Joan Hart and her co-host Amanda Lee are joined by none other than Beth Broderick, best known for her role as Aunt Zelda in Sabrina the Teenage Witch.

Beth shares some magical stories from her past, including the time she had to wake Melissa up when she was just 20, and a fun memory of challenging Melissa to a push-up competition. Beyond the witch's realm, Beth opens up about her personal life, including her relationship with acclaimed director Brian De Palma.

Dive into Beth's fondest memories from the set of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, and discover why her portrayal of a strong, intelligent woman inspired many viewers to pursue careers in science. Beth also reveals her favorite episode from the hit series, providing a fresh insight for Sabrina fans.

But it's not all about magic and science! Beth also discusses her favorite binge-worthy shows and shares her love for jigsaw puzzles – a hobby she shares with Melissa.

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