#jessalyn thornton

[drewlyyours]

(All ao3 screenshots are from @ao3-crack)

[nancydrewpcpolls]

Aside from Nancy

[incorrectnancydrewquotes]

Harper: Do I need to swear on a Bible and take an oath to show you I'm on your side? Jessalyn: Are you even allowed near Bibles? Don’t they burst into flame in your presence? Harper: It's been known to happen.

[tfg5]

[that-one-fandom-girl]

Oh my goshhhhh! They’re all so goooooood! The Harper one about how in books everyone always sees the heroine for who she is and wanted that for herself after years of being pushed away made me cry. 🥺

The extra context of Jessalyn finding out her mom lies about the people who would be a threat to her is 🤌.

SAVANNAH x WADE! Didn’t really ship them before, but I can hear the foghorns blowing now. 🚢

It’s all gold that I now wish was in the game; it would probably make GTH go higher in my favorite ND games. 💖

some of these have been posted before, but I figured I'd compile them in one place. Here are some unused/possibly just unbeknownst to me audio files that WILL and already HAVE kept me up at night:

Addison believing that Jessalyn is dead and blaming herself

MORE SAVANNAH/WADE

Savannah calling Nancy a yenta = possible Jewish Savannah!??

Wade and Savannah breaking up because of Wade going to jail

Confirmation that Jackson was a Bad Man with no family values 📝📝👀👀

Wade was originally going to be a more distant cousin

Wade using the Grey Lady's grave to throw shade at Clara

Young Clara being so severely traumatized and convinced her aunt and uncle didn't want her DEAR GOD

Wade waiting for his own death :( FROWNY FACE :(

Addison's sad comment on Clara's parenting

Harper's super dramatic metaphor for her and Clara's fallen sisterhood that breaks my heart every time

Harper explaining her affinity for books... (#supportyourlocallibraries) Also re-contextualizes her "I don't function well in reality" comment a bit

Colton (righteously) yelling at his parents/his parents wanting him to ask for money from the grieving Thorntons lmaooo

Colton doing some SHADY SHIT that I don't even know what it is but good for him

Jessalyn dramatically telling someone they can't keep running away. Originally assumed it was Clara, but since Colton literally tries to run away, I think it was actually meant to be a confrontation between Jess and Colton

Addison somehow getting scared off of helping Nancy

Jessalyn realizing Clara's controlling behavior is part of a much bigger and more disturbing pattern (delicious)

(Kind of suggests Wade was originally going to be more estranged, too? Since in-game dialogue has Wade saying he and everyone is close to Jessalyn, but this bit of dialogue suggests Clara tried to keep them away from each other.)

Possible Wade & Harper scene?

Wade saving Nancy

Nancy letting Clara stay in the fire all suicidalcore OR possibly, based on the prev dialogue, HARPER doing it and Nancy coming to save Clara

"I CHANGED MY MIND" ruh roh!!!

Possibly Nancy listening to Clara burning alive and just

Ned's tongue 🤪🤪🤪

[ndconceptarchive]

Jessalyn Thornton

[mrwooglewogle]

[wh0dunit]

jessalyn has such southern gothic horror final girl energy even though the entire premise for her disappearance is of her own creation and the antagonist of the story is the continued perpetuation of the thornton family's sins, so retroactively she is both the villain and the victim.

[c0ldcased]

〈 𝟎𝟐. 〉 ⋟ ┈ * 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝙻𝙴 .

ㅤ 𝙲𝚄𝚁𝚁𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙰𝚂𝚂𝙸𝙶𝙽𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃 : ND GAMES .

⌕ — elliot chen . . . the procrastinating artist . 20s . he / they . pan . canon divergent . FILES : pins . notes . ic tag .

THE CASE OF THE MISSING CAROUSEL HORSE : wanted in connection with amusement park accidents, forgery . . . known associate of captain's cove staff . connections with the black market ( accomplished art forger ) .

⌕ — frances humber . . . the sheriff's daughter . 20s - 60s . she / her . bi . mostly canon compliant . FILES : pins . notes . ic tag .

THE CASE OF THE DAISY STITCH : wanted ! if found, please contact sheriff humber . . . known associate of meryl humber + dirk valentine . rumored lover of infamous outlaw . talented cross stitcher, pianist, baker .

⌕ — jake rogers . . . the blackmailer . 17 . he / they . pan . headcanon based . FILES : pins . notes . ic tag .

THE CASE OF THE HIDDEN CIPHERS : wanted for suspected blackmail, theft . . . known associate of multiple paseo del mar students . aspiring film student . disliked by most of his peers .

⌕ — jeff akers . . . the park ranger . late 20s . he / him . bi . mostly canon compliant . FILES : pins . notes . ic tag .

THE CASE OF THE SPEAKEASY'S KEY : wanted in relation to mobster's hidden loot . . . no known associates . moon lake's singular park ranger . takes his job way too seriously .

⌕ — jessalyn thornton . . . the heiress . 20s . she / her . bi . mostly canon compliant . FILES : pins . notes . ic tag .

THE CASE OF THE VANISHING FIANCÉE : wanted ! help bring our jessie home . . . known associate of the thornton family + the birchfield family . heir to the thornton fortune and agricultural conglomerate .

[hidden-clue]

Adding to this, I just replayed the Ghost of Thornton Hall, and you can't call Ned in this one, but if you call Bess, Ned replies, and Bess says she 'kidnapped him because he's a good listener'. And then a bit later in the game, you find out that Harper lured Jessalyn away in order to make her listen. Jessalyn emphasizes on how she listened and didn't turn away from the truth. Both Ned and Jessalyn are there by their own volition, brought there to be listeners. It was very subtle but it was there!

I was listening to Clue Crew Podcast today and in the SEA episode, it was explained how the theme of the game was loneliness, and how every character in that game has lost somebody, via breakup, divorce, death, and along that theme, Nancy and Ned have also had relationship trouble and were arguing, even getting close to Nancy making the future of the relationship uncertain.

And I realized that this is not only true for Sea of Darkness, now that I think back on it, Nancy and Ned's dynamics have consistently been in theme for every single game. Remember in Captive Curse, how annoyed we all were that they were constantly arguing and getting angry at each other and making drama, interrupting our play? That was a clue. It was a clue that the theme was breakup and revenge, it was showing us that the culprit was someone who held a grudge against their relationship partner. I think the game was hinting at how badly a relationship could go and Nancy and Ned have managed to evade the disastrous outcome by making peace and finding a way to work thru their issues.

And then think of every other game where Nancy and Ned have been arguing and it fit the theme perfectly. And then think of every game that they were pointedly not arguing; remember the Castle Malloy where Ned was stuck at a party, unable to escape but loyal to Nancy to a fault and completely dedicated to her to the point where he didn't even want to speak about how inconvenienced he was. It was a metaphor for Matt! Who was stuck but still completely loyal to Kyler! We could have figured out that they would have stayed together just looking at Nancy/Ned dynamics in the game!

That kind of hint is so subtle I've never realized it before. Seriously, these games, there's never an end to realizations.

[barbiestuffps]

Nancy Drew: Ghost of Thornton Hall, 2013

[drewlyyours]

I’m afraid Her Interactive is falling for the Disney problem. The sheer AMOUNT of female characters in these games with dead mothers is actually funny:

Joy Trent (the OG sad mom story)

Frances Humber

Emily Crandall

Pua Mapu

Kyler Mallory and Fiona Malloy

Rachel and Kim Hubbard

Yumi and Miwako Shimizu

Jamila El-Dine

Harper, Charlotte, and Clara Thornton (and Jessalyn, depending on the ending you get 👀)

Elisabet Grimursdottir

Lauren Holt

Elka Strojník

It makes the number of living mothers in Curse of Blackmoor Manor (3 if you count step-mom Linda) astounding!

Now that I think about it, I’m actually kinda perturbed that they fall back on making a female character more interesting by having a dead mom. They NEVER do this with the male characters, give them a dead mom or dead dad just for some edge, except maybe Henry and Grigor, but Grigor’s backstory was interesting because of how sucky the foster system is.

Lets find other ways to deepen female characters, okay?

[nigelspookerjee]

[incorrectnancydrewquotes]

Jessalyn: You actually were telling the truth.

Harper: I do that quite a lot. Yet people are always surprised.

[knittingbee1987]

Hello Beautiful people!!!

I posted this a while back and had quite a bit of interest in it. It gave me major Ghost of Thornton Hall vibes when I finished it.

Anyway, it is now for sale in my Etsy shop. My mother was in the hospital a couple of weeks ago and I am trying to help ease some of her medical costs. I am also happy to do custom orders!

I you guys could possibly reblog this post I would be so grateful. Thank you! ❤️

[thebeastofblackmoor]

behold the fruits of my labor

i was supposed to print out my updated resume and three professional references instead i spent an hour making too many ghost of thornton hall textpost memes 🤡