#ka’kwet

[bitching-barista]

Rip to the people having a fit over queer and racial diversity in Bridgerton, you could never have handled Anne with an E

[chirpsythismorning]

If Anne with an E actually gets renewed I won’t be able to live in my delusion that Ka’kwet returned to her family and lived happily ever after. But then there’s also a chance I’ll get to see Kiawentiio return as Ka’kwet AHHHHHH

[sourlemonsz]

As a Native American rewatching the last season of Anne with an E I always get so sad😭😭 LIKE FREE KA’KWET OR I WILL CRY

it pains my heart so bad.

[thatzwackman]

and while we’re on the topic - matthew cuthbert is the single most considerate man in anne’s entire life. throughout the show, he doesn’t tell her that he cares, he shows her. when her dream is puffed sleeves, he goes out and buys her the dress of her dreams, simply because he knows it will make her happy. when she wants to save ka’kwet, he drives for two days to take her there. when she’s upset because she thinks he doesnt care if she leaves, he uses his words because he knows that that is what she needs. he always defends her, and asks her perspective on things. he truly listens to her. and then? he fights with an armed man significantly younger than him over the child of strangers solely because he understands their pain. he is an amazing human being, and anne is lucky to have him.

ive said it before and i’ll say it again. michael cuthbert’s passing away ruined marilla and matthew’s lives forever. not only because they lost a brother, but because their mother was grieving so hard that she basically forgot her other babies. she fell into an immobilizing depression, forcing matthew and marilla to leave school to help on the farm and around the house. their key desires (marriage, travel, literally anything else) were put on a major league hold and by the time their mother died and left them on their own in the world, it was just too late. my heart breaks for them both every time i watch awae.

[savameh]

finished Anne With An E and I feel robbed that we didn’t get a fourth season :(

I’m so sad we never got to see what happened with Ka’kwet and her parents

[hawkeyefierce]

keeping my expectations low but i must watch the new avatar show if only for kiawentiio

[tepkunset]

Kwe’! I’m a Mi’kmaw person too (but adopted by a white family so pretty ignorant right now) and I was wondering since you are knowledgeable about our heritage, if you knew anything about Mi’kmaq names & naming conventions before colonization? Or names given by elders I suppose? I’m super embarrassed to say I only know the names Ka’kwet, Aluk, Mimikej, and Kitpu from Anne With an E lol… 😭😭 I wanna learn more, but google search results feels lacking and there is almost no Mi’kmaq population where I live to ask :( anyways thank you if you read this cousin <3

Kwe' no'kmaq 🖤

I do know that when people give children traditional names, they usually do one of two things: A) use a noun in the language (this is also what AWAE did) or B) use a Catholic name equivalent (this is much less common nowadays but I know a handful of Elders who have names in this convention).

Some examples of A -

Pi'kun (feather)

Apistanewj (martin)

Jipji'j (bird)

Kaqtukwaw (thunder)

Some examples of B -

Mali (Mary)

Pa'tlik (Patrick)

Je'n (Jane)

Mise'l (Michael)

[asoiaf-fancasts]

Irri - Fancasts

Age: 13 - 16

Appearance: She is slim compared to her sister. She has skin the colour of copper with black hair and “almond-shaped” eyes.

Character: Mulan [Younger]

Actress: Crystal Rao

Movie: Mulan [2020]

[She was 10 - 11 during the movie so too young for canon timeline Irri but it works for her pre-canon perhaps before her fathers Khalasar was destroyed by Drogo. She has black hair, copper coloured skin and “almond shaped eyes. She wears clothes from the Northern Wei Dynasty.]

Character: Ka’kwet

Actress: Kiawentiio Tarbell

Show: Anne with an E [2017] [Season 3]

[She was 13 during this season so perfect for Irri in the first book. She’s slim and has black hair. She has skin the colour of copper and has “almond shaped” eyes. She wears Mi’kmaq clothing in the scenes that best fit Irri.]

Character: Lawrence’s Daughter

Actress: Izabella Alvarez

Show: West World [2016] [Season 1 & 2]

[She was 11/12 - 14 during this show so good for her pre canon up until the second book. She had dark brown almost black hair and has skin the colour of copper. She also has eyes that are somewhat “almond shaped”. She wears 18th century clothing so she’s better for close ups.]

Character: Pocahontas

Actress: Q’orianka Kilcher

Movie: The New World [2005]

[She is 14 during this movie so good for Irri at the end of the first book and in the second book. She is slim but doesn’t have black hair but a relatively dark brown. She has skin the colour of copper and has “almond shaped” eyes. She wears vaguely indigenous clothing and British 17th century clothing.]

[evenawormillustrates]

Anne With An E is possibly my favorite show ever

Left to right, top to bottom: Anne, Diana, Cole, Gilbert, Ka’kwet, Bash

[annamarielabeau]

Currently watching Atla after discovering the Zutara ship. I’m so excited for the series!! 2024 cannot come soon enough! 

Also I found out that Kiawentiio Tarbell, who played Ka’kwet in Anne With An E is playing Katara, I’m so excited for her!!

[robbierants]

Anne With An E Rant❤️

My fav AWAE Season Is Season 3

Moira Walley-Beckett, creator of the show, weaves a tapestry of both the nostalgic and contemporary. The result is a masterpiece, with the idyllic and charming small town life of Avonlea a perfect contrast for the weighty issues the show tackles, issues that are particularly relevant today. The young but talented cast, led by Amybeth McNulty as Anne, Dalila Bela as her best friend Diana Barry, and Lucas Jade Zumann as Gilbert Blythe, bring the story of Anne of Green Gables to life.

The major theme of the show is its message of acceptance, beginning with titular character Anne Shirley’s struggle to be seen as something other than a ragged orphan who is up to no good.

When Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert (played by R.H. Thomson and Geraldine James respectively) take Anne into their home, they are unprepared for what’s coming. Her big ideas, matched in size only by her big heart, take the little town of Avonlea by storm at first. But the Cuthberts, along with the rest of the town, soon grow to appreciate Anne’s imagination, creativity, and kindness.

Not stopping there, Walley-Beckett introduces Queer characters, Aunt Josephine Barry, and Season 2 newcomer Cole (I fucking love him sm), a classmate of Anne’s. When Cole is shunned by his classmates and family for who he is, he contemplates suicide. It is only Anne’s intervention that saves him from a terrible fate. He eventually finds his place living with Aunt Josephine in Charlottetown, a more progressive town than Avonlea.

Walley-Beckett goes on to bring racial prejudice into the mix as well, with the introduction of Bash, a funny and lovable man who hails from Trinidad, and befriends Gilbert Blythe, Anne’s love interest, while they work aboard a steamer together. Bash goes on to become Gilbert’s business partner, and moves to his farm. It is Gilbert, Anne, and the Cuthberts who make him feel welcome in Avonlea, despite the initial rejection he faces by the rest of the town.

The fight for women’s equality comes into play as well, in the form of Miss Stacy (MY QUEEN) , the new schoolteacher, whom Anne calls a ‘kindred spirit’. An independent woman with radical ideas, Miss Stacy scandalizes Avonlea by donning trousers and refusing to wear a corset.

Season three is as funny and charming as it is heartbreaking. Taking place right when Anne turns sixteen and is busy preparing for the Queen’s College entrance exams, the season deals with acceptance once more: of our fellow man, of identity, and of growing up. Anne’s desire to find her birth parents speaks to all of us who have wondered where we come from. Marilla’s fear that Anne will leave her if she finds out about her blood relatives rings painfully true. It is here that Walley-Beckett teaches us that family is family, by blood or otherwise.

The racial prejudice theme is prevalent once more in Season Three. Bash, his wife Mary, and their child Delphine try to find their place in Avonlea, who is quick to spurn them based on the color of their skin. A new storyline featuring a Native American tribe, the Mi’kmaq, living in the area, sheds even more light on racial issues. The townspeople view them with disdain and fear. Predictably, Anne does not follow their example, and befriends Ka’kwet, a young indigenous girl. (I love their dynamic sm 💕)

With the Mi’kmaq storyline, Walley-Beckett does not gloss over the more unsavory parts of history, but instead brings things out into the open with Ka’kwet’s enrollment in a new school set up by the government for Native American children. What follows is a glimpse into the shocking events that occurred in that era, with the violent kidnapping of these young children, and their forced assimilation. The school turns out to be nothing short of a prison, where Ka’kwet’s beautiful braids are chopped off, and her Mi’kmaq heritage ripped away from her and her fellow classmates, starting with their being rechristened with English names, and forbidden to speak their language. Ka’kwet eventually escapes, but is taken back by force. Her desperate parents are threatened and shot at when they try to get her back.

Anne and her classmates stir up controversy in the town when they fight for freedom of the press after Anne writes a strongly worded editorial about equality. When Josie rejects Billy’s sexual advances, he spreads false rumours about her to ruin her reputation. When nobody looks at him as being in the wrong, Anne is indignant enough to write an editorial about the events that occurred. She comments on the double standards that seem to exist when it comes to gender, and the importance of spoken consent. The town board is infuriated, and retaliates by giving the paper a pre-approved list of appropriate topics to write about. They stipulate that the newspaper will be shut down unless they follow these guidelines, and fire the instigator of the controversy, Anne, from the paper. I'm proud that Anne did this.

Anne brings her classmates together to protest, and in a moving scene, they stand together, mouths gagged by handkerchiefs, and silently hold up a hand painted sign emblazoned with their message: Freedom of speech is a human right.

With this storyline, Walley-Beckett succeeds in addressing many of the issues we discuss today; freedom of speech, media censorship, consent, and gender equality, all without seeming too forced or unrealistic. There is no magical solution for all the problems, but small triumphs recognized as steps to making a major change that the world will one day be ready for. It is richly satisfying and simultaneously accurate for the time period, as women back then still had a long way to go in the fight for equality.

Finally, Anne and her classmates face their biggest challenge: entering the adult world, and dealing with the heavier problems that comes along with. Plans for the future are discussed, preparations made, and farewells exchanged. Matthew Cuthbert struggles to deal with Anne’s leaving for college, a familiar concept to any parent. Anne is left with second thoughts about leaving Green Gables, and cries in Marilla’s arms for the childhood she leaves behind. Diana Barry, meanwhile, makes the decision to attend Queen’s College, rebelling against her parents’ plans for her to go to finishing school in Paris. The right to and the importance of education for women as well as men is addressed here. Diana is eventually successful, and comes to join her classmates at Queen’s.

And finally, Gilbert and Anne confess their feelings for each other. They wave goodbye to each other as they go off to their respective schools, and the credits roll at last.

With all the topics Anne with an E fearlessly broaches, it is as surprising as it is dismaying that the show has been canceled. The season ended off with hints of a burgeoning romance between Miss Stacy and Bash, a multi-racial couple, and the beginnings of a possible public exposing of the nefarious nature of the indigenous school.

Ka’kwet is left languishing in the classroom, while her parents set up camp in the nearby woods to wait for an opportunity to get her back.

We are left with the promise of more that will not come, thanks to the show’s cancellation. Poor viewership was blamed as the cause, though outraged fans have already started petitions to keep the series running. In 2020, with corrupt government, fake news, and a general outcry for change, Anne With An ‘E’, with its messages of acceptance and truth, is more important than ever.

The show had a mere three seasons, consisting of less than 30 episodes, whereas medical dramas like Gray’s Anatomy, and sci-fi shows such as Supernatural, have well over 300 episodes. The Simpsons is in its 30th season, despite declining viewership over the years. But ‘Anne With An E’ is gone. Which leads me to wonder: Is the world not ready to speak about the truth?

[bitching-barista]

Tbh Ka’kwet from Anne with an E was more Katara than the Katara in the live action atla show was, but Anne with an E had good writers and directors that actually understood feminism and cinematography

[aarafox]

Just finished my rewatch of Anne with an E and hhh gosh season 3… I remember feeling so bad and now I remember why! Ka’kwet’s story remaining unsolved was so so difficult to watch. I remember being unable to focus on Shirbert getting together (sth which I’d hoped for for ages) bc I couldn’t stop thinking about Ka’kwet…

Now that I knew that we weren’t gonna get a proper ending for her I could be a tiny bit more excited for Shirbert but yeah,,,

[ethereal-maia]

Hii how are you dear ? 😊🧡

what flower would you like to be given?

hugs or hand-holding?

favorite feel-good show?

hello! I am well but should be asleep it is 2 am where I live rn ;)

I’ve never really given it much thought, but I think that small flowers would be the most heavenly thing to receive. Clovers and baby’s breath and lilacs and lavender and chamomile and primroses and also��� poppies and tulips. Even thought the last two are bigger flowers there’s something so lovely and soft and bloomy about a poppy, and so sleek and ready and chilled about a tulip. 🌼

Hugs!!! Absolutely! I never can be held long enough. I like to feel safe and closed in and warm. Holding hands is lovely too ofc but over a hug? Pleaseeee it’s hardly a question! 💛🌟🫂 (now I want a hug very badly) (unattainable because I am again up too late for anyone else to) (it is alright I have blankets to cocoon myself in 👍)

my favorite show of all time is Anne With an E!!! Unfortunately it got cancelled before we reached some very needed conclusions (I SCREAM INTERNALLY EVERY TIME I REMEMBER KA’KWET. I- AUHHHH) but it is a lovely lovely show and even though season two exists merely to rip my heart out I adore the whole show with the same (if not more) passion that I did when I was twelve. The characters are so comfortable and familiar to me and they’re all unique and love each other, and even if some of the characters are truly despicable, I appreciate them because they bring me to another very beautiful plane of existence. Plus also Ruby Gillis is there and she’s the one reason I’m even partially glad we didn’t get renewed for a season 4 because I simply would not have survived if the show brought her where the books bring her 😔👍. It’s hard to watch certain scenes because of the Emotions (and the outrage you may feel) at times but it brings me so so much joy nonetheless. Such a beautiful show. I definitely recommend it if you have not watched it before!

thank you for the ask!! 💛🧡

[paladin-n-cleric]

anne and ka’kwet are so perfect they are real soulmates i love them i love this show!!!!

[maybeimamuppet]

why did it take me a deep hyperfixation casting google to realize ka’kwet from anne with an e is katara in the live action atla