#connie porter

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Together We Sail, by Connie Porter

American Girl Magazine, March/April 1996

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Connie Porter on Addy

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Question specifically for Black American Girl fans

Now that I have my childhood Addy back, I want to start including her in my doll stories, but I’m concerned about writing dialogue for her, specifically her dialect. Ideally I’d like to write book-accurate dialogue, but I worry that as a White person, trying to mimic the style of speech in the books may end up sounding overdone and disrespectful. But I also know that the historical Black dialect was something that Connie Porter felt strongly about and argued for (“When you have a group that has been marginalized, you marginalize them even more by thinking they have to talk in a certain way”). I want to respectfully represent Porter’s work, the Black community in general, and the character of Addy herself. What would you recommend? Should I go for a book-accurate dialect (which I'd obviously try my best to be careful writing, and dial back if someone told me to), or have her talk closer to the way I myself talk?

Thank you in advance for your time and effort if you choose to answer this (and no pressure if you'd rather not)! 😊

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misc twd season 11 icons 🧟❤️‍🩹🏹

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Here is the bracket for the Better U.S. Presidential Election 2024!

Round 1 - Ended

Match 1: Camila Noceda (The Owl House) v. Megamind (Megamind)

Match 2: Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb) v. Uncle Iroh (ATLA)

Match 3:Dr. Delbert Doppler (Treasure Planet) v. Perfuma (She-Ra)

Match 4: Augustus Porter (The Owl House) v. Connie Maheswaran (Steven Universe)

Match 5: Hiccup (HTTYD) v. Leonardo Hamato (ROTTMNT)

Match 6: Kiyotaka Ishimaru (Danganronpa: THH) v. Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Match 7: Lilo Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) v. Stan Pines (Gravity Falls)

Match 8: Kermit the Frog (The Muppets) v. Sokka (ATLA)

Round 2 - Ended

Match 1: Camila Noceda (The Owl House) v. Uncle Iroh (ATLA)

Match 2: Perfuma (She-Ra) v. Connie Maheswaran (Steven Universe)

Match 3: Hiccup (HTTYD) v. Ferb Fletcher (Phineas and Ferb)

Match 4: Lilo Pelekai (Lilo and Stitch) v. Sokka (ATLA)

Round 3 - Ended

Match 1: Uncle Iroh (ATLA) v. Connie Maheswaran (Steven Universe)

Match 2: Hiccup (HTTYD) v. Sokka (ATLA)

Final Round - Out now!

Uncle Iroh (ATLA) v. Sokka (ATLA)

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in spite of what critics are saying about the last few episodes of the the walking dead’s 11th and final season, there were a few things that just hit different especially with the finale: 

SPOILERS FOR TWD “REST IN PEACE” 11.24!!

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daryl barricading judith in the hospital the same way shane did to rick in 01x01 – like father, like daughter and even brother because he also carried her the same way rick carried carl when he got shot

 actually, daryl carrying judith into the hospital to save her life vs how he carried beth out after she was killed. the FEAR he must’ve felt given the last time he carried someone in/out from the hospital.

any scene between them + carol (keeping this short bc i can write a whole novel about their scenes) 

luke dying & being comforted by magna, yumiko, connie & kelly (his og group) during his final moments; even though he wasn’t seen for most of the season, dan folger’s acting + that of nadia hilker, eleanor matsuura, lauren ridloff & angel theory was TOP-TIER 

people always die in twd, but up until luke, the newish members of the group didn’t really suffer a sudden and harsh loss like the group from earlier seasons until now

that’s why his death + the group’s raw grief hit different when you consider how this is the first time we’ve seen them have to mourn one of their own so suddenly and with walkers literally banging on their doors

the team up of eugene porter & gabriel stokes = the two characters who, at one point of the story, were the weakest and most cowardly members of the group. i mean, the parallels of how they started vs. how they ended are insane:

eugene, who lied to abraham and rosita about knowing how to cure the infection almost making himself a martyr by telling the truth about the common wealth’s corruption, and 

gabriel, who locked his congregation outside his church to die being the first to open the gates for everyone even when pamela’s people had their guns pointed at him 

if twd did anything right, it was the development of these two characters

even if i didn’t know christian serratos chose rosita’s ending, i still would’ve thought she had a fitting end as one of the original (and last) big hitters for rick’s group on the road

it wasn’t painful and gory like abraham or glenn, shocking like sasha’s or even bittersweet like carl’s in the midst of war– rosita dies a dignified and otherwise peaceful death after all the bloodshed is said & done

she sees her people are safe, knows her daughter’s in good hands and finally lays to rest after fighting on the frontlines for so long

even with her gone, her final interaction with eugene at her side really cements that he is her and abraham’s legacy because “i’m glad it was you at the end” 

(someone make baby rosie looking up to older coco because her mom was her namesake + uncle eugene canon right now) 

this post-war celebration dinner mirroring the what-if dream dinner from 7x01 about what could’ve been (credit to this article for the pic: here) also makes rosita’s death so poignant to me because negan had likened the dream as something that wouldn’t ever happen

it’s not the same exact group and it wasn’t exactly her dream, but the sentiment remains the same

in the end, peace was possible for the alexandrians after all & i’m so glad rosita got to see this before she went & re-joined the others who are no longer at the table 

negan & maggie now established as two sides of the same coin: motives, beliefs and and now shared trauma of being unable to stop their partner from being killed (or almost killed, in negan’s case) as they’re about to start a family

maggie was never going to forgive him for what he did, but that in itself gives so much more substance to their spin-off and i can’t wait to see it happen 

rick “we are the walking dead” grimes + michonne “it’s true. forever” grimes – welcome back. 

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“We’re the ones who live.”

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'Zack Snyder's Justice League' (2021) film

-watched 11/8/2023- 3 [1/2] stars- on Max

Good movie but much too long! For me, I've found that when a movie is over a hour and a half long, it's better to watch half the movie (especially when there are other things I need to be doing), and go back and finish watching it that same night or first thing the next morning.

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Bitter Medicine and Brotherly Love, by Connie Porter

Looking Back: Tired of Giving In

American Girl Magazine, September/October 1994

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The Walking Dead - 10×01 "Lines We Cross"

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What I Read in October 2024

Continuing my absurd isekai/harem obsession (why do I like these?) Well, we have a love confession in like, volume one. It's kinda fun. ^_^

A start to a cute seeimg shojo with some psychic elements. (I do wish they hadn't altered people's names from the japanese...)

I love it. Prefer it to the anime. (Why is Cain so adorable?)

The end of this book just... wouldn't have happened if Aja hadn't been so dead set on being a "i am superior and knowing" bitch.

I love Tifana so much.

I liked this one a lot less. Elf girl's parents and brother were kinda the worst.

My mom couldn't remember this book when I was saying that Tuck Everlasting was written by the same author. So I had to dig it out so she could reread it (and nautrally I did too.) ^_^

These stories were awesome! Really loved Ghost Camera but all of them were so good.

Continuing my American Girl "I can finally buy and read these books" we have Meet Addy. I'd never read this one. Poo Addy and her family.

A fun ride.

I was really bad (fun new tooth problem) so I opted to reread this series.

This had an interesting premise but was a let down. It felt like a neat, gripping story was just...waiting to happen but kept not.

I finished Moby Dick! (Via Whale Weekly!) Woo. That ending though...emotionally unwell I must say.

Finally got my hands on volume 4 and 5

Also Heaven Official's Blessing Volume 5 (says I'm at the 30 images limit)

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HBO Max Presents: "Zack Snyder's Justice League" Trilogy Trailer

So considering that we’ve already shared a few trailer posts and announced the premiere day of “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”, I will admit that I was a little bit surprised to find this “ZSJL” Trilogy Trailer being released almost a month later. By now the fans of these films know that Snyder is no longer involved in the still very uneven DC Extended Universe and that his “Man Of Steel” and…