#miss valerie frizzle

[not-wikied-sexyperson-brawl]

Miss Frizzle's Info Post.

Ash Williams' Info Post.

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thank god and quinta brunson for abbott elementary or else this would’ve been a much shorter poll

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I had no idea that you were a college instructor.

Consider me very impressed. 👍

Reblogging because this great advice no matter what grade of school (or college) you’re in or even what you’re learning/studying. I’m not even in college and even I still feel the need to immediately turn to others when I’m not sure what to do. Nothing wrong with asking for help obviously, but don’t be afraid to be independent too.

I’m not gonna say anything else because I think this covers pretty much everything you need to know, but I just want to end on a quote of another great teacher —

American high school A/B students, come here. I need to gently hold your face, give you a cozy blanket, and get you a hot cocoa. Then, I need to sit you down and talk with you.

You guys are working so, so, so damn hard. And a lot of you guys have extra curriculars on top of that. And you guys are recovering from the whole thing that Covid put you through, which was a really hard time to be an A/B student because you had to self-motivate to keep the grade even while your mental health went down the shitter. A lot of you guys have been taught to put your nose to the grindstone and work, and you do it well. You guys are working hard, and I see that.

And I have to tell you that school is failing you in a very, very, very important way.

I'm a college instructor. I also used to be that A/B student who put absolutely everything into her grades and sacrificed sleep, a social life, and at times money to get that degree to say that I was ready for the adult world. But now, I get you guys after high school has run you through, and the most, most, most important skill you could cultivate is one that isn't treasured a lot in high school, and it's one that thoroughly knocked me on my tail end when I got into college myself.

College requires you to test things for yourself. It requires you to ask "why." It requires you to think outside the box at times.

It requires you to troubleshoot a problem when one comes to you.

I have a lot of students who are earnestly doing their best, but at the first hiccup, they will stop. They won't ask why. They won't troubleshoot. They won't try to figure out what's wrong and how to either fix it or move around it. School has taught them to be scared of trying new things out and afraid to get the wrong answer lest you get punished severely.

I had a student who didn't know what setting to use in google docs to make a hanging indent. They didn't look it up, and they didn't start pushing buttons. Because of that, they lost about a day's worth of work in indecision.

I have another student who is doing research. They were so confused as to what [#] meant, and they didn't consider that the number referred to the numbered sources at the bottom. Why? Because they'd been taught to be afraid to be wrong, and they wanted me to figure out this new, complex problem instead just in case they couldn't figure it out themselves.

I have students who run into technological errors, as are common nowadays, and at the first sign of trouble, they frantically look around for someone else to tell them what to do.

Guys. You have got to bring troubleshooting back. When there is a problem, please poke around. Press buttons. Try things. Chances are, you won't break a website by poking around, and you won't break anything physical unless you very viscerally smash it on the ground. Getting stuck and needing to figure your own way out is not a failing on your end; its the honing of a very, very, very necessary skill.

You are an A/B student for a reason. Chances are, you want to make a name for yourself or make your parents proud. You want to be An Adult one day, respected and secure and loved. And I am telling you that, as an adult, people will look to you for answers that you may not always have. Right now, here, wherever you are, you need to start learning to troubleshoot. Don't just blindly follow directions anymore.

Start learning how to troubleshoot. Start learning to figure it out. Give yourself permission to try solutions, be okay if they don't work, and try again.

Your future self will thank you so, so, so much.

[heathtrash]

tww drabble exchange team! i have here a list of media that i’m very fond of for secret drabble purposes (i.e. any hallowe’en costumes or maybe crossover if you can make it work?? some of these are definitely here for costume purposes only). i realise that not everyone knows all the stuff i’m into and i don’t even talk about all of these on a daily basis. i hope you can find some common ground so we can be unwell about these characters together! you can go with a very subtle reference or like a full-on whatever your brain comes up with, as per my chaos request

you can use these however you wish—individual characters as costumes (or random crossover)—or couples costumes. ship them cross-media if you like??? with media that contains m/f, cross-dressing is very welcome unless stated otherwise (in which case i probably don’t want the male character(s)). anywhere i’ve put a ship name, assume the individual characters are up for grabs too

i’ve probably forgotten something, so if you’re like, “what about _?” send me an anon and i’ll let you know if it’s something i like or don’t mind receiving a reference for!

101 Dalmatians (Cruellanita)

Battlestar Galactica (Starbuck)

Beauty & the Beast (cross-dressed)

Buffy (Buffy/Faith, Willow/Tara)

Carmen Sandiego (series. i love Julia Argent SO much. you have no idea. also Carmen of course. and whatever their ship name is)

Carol (Carol/Therese)

Charmed

Critical Role (Imodna, Vexleth, Beaujester, Beauyasha. no m/f cross-dressing here actually)

The Devil Wears Prada (Mirandy only)

Discworld (any of the witches (main series. I don’t know Tiffany Aching yet) - i don’t ship them but they’re fun. also Susan Sto Helit hhhhhhh)

Doctor Who (except 10th Doctor. Jenny/Vastra, 13/River, 13/Missy)

Downton Abbey (Lady Mary/Baxter my beloved)

Dracula (novel. the ladies. idk. i love vampires)

Dragon Age (only played origins so far but i love Leliana, Morrigan, Wynne)

Enchanted

Frozen (Elsamaren. Elsa & Anna only if they’re not portrayed by a romantic ship)

Gentleman Jack

GLOW (Ruth/Debbie but i love all these gays)

Hacks (Deborah/Ava)

Hades (the game. idk i love Nyx, Artemis, Aphrodite. all of the ladies)

His Dark Materials (Marisa Coulter/Mary Malone only)

Homestuck (if you pick this you’re so cursed (affectionate). Rosemary or any f/f ship. but heck, anything if you’re this committed)

The Incredibles (Edna Mode, Helen Parr)

Jane Austen (any novel)

Jane Eyre

Kim Possible (Kim/Shego)

Lady Dimitrescu

Lady Felicia Montague from Father Brown

A League of Their Own (any)

Little Witch Academia (i love Ursula Callistis)

The Locked Tomb (Griddlehark, any)

Lolly Willowes

Maleficent/Briar Rose

The Marvellous Mrs Maisel (Miriam/Susie)

Mary Poppins

Mass Effect (Liara/femshep, Chakwas/femshep, any f/f)

Matilda (Jennifer Honey)

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (Phryne, Mac)

Ms Valerie Frizzle

The Mummy (Evelyn/cross-dressed Jonathan. or better yet, Evelyn/Meela from Returns)

Nintendo (Zelda, Link, Rosalina, Samus, Peach, Daisy)

Orlando (character by Virginia Woolf)

Phantom of the Opera (Christine/cross-dressed Phantom)

Rebecca (Mrs Danvers/Rebecca, Mrs Danvers/narrator)

Ride the musical

Sailor Moon (any f/f but i’m also into the idea of cross-dressed Tuxedo Mask)

Scooby-Doo (Velma/Daphne)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Catradora but any f/f ships)

Star Trek (Kiradax, J7, Jadzia Dax/Lenara Kahn, Christine Chapel/anyone, literally whatever f/f)

Star Wars (movies/series. Dedra Meero/Arihnda Pryce. Padmé Amidala/Satine Kryze. Sabine Wren/Shin Hati. i do not know what happens in the majority of the novels. any other f/f you can imagine or some fun cross-dressing)

Steven Universe (Pearl my beloved. anything f/f but i’m not that interested in Steven or the human characters)

Tangled (Cassunzel)

Ugly Betty (i don’t have any ships idk)

Wednesday and The Addams Family (Wednesday/Enid, Morticia/cross-dressed Gomez)

The Well of Loneliness

The Wheel of Time (Moiraine/Siuan)

Wicked (Gelphie)

The Witcher (Yennaia)

Wuthering Heights

Xena/Gabrielle

non-fandom specific:

any legendary historical ladies (Joan of Arc, Julie d’Aubigny)

any generic costumes that aren’t gross (i.e. poacher/prey animal, ball and chain. basically anything that has you asking if the cishets are okay)

[kidlit-queen-competition]

Welcome to the Science Lesbian Swag tournament!

Who out there has the most science swag, lesbian swag, and the most swag at the science/lesbian intercept? This bracket is here to find out! If you're unfamiliar with the concept, see the original post. Inspired by other polls like @topdisease @vs-coughing-baby, @sharp-teeth-swag, @autisticgirliesbracket, @sapphiccharacterstournament and @fuckablerobotbracket. This blog used to be fictional-train-fight! if you're looking for those posts, check the masterpost.

RULES:

No real people please

polls will last a week, qualifiers (if there are any) will last one day

One submission per character per person!

if lots of characters from one piece of media are submitted I'll hold qualifier polls

Canonical scientists/engineers/mad scientists only

widely-headcanoned lesbians (like Ms Frizzle), other wlw, and characters that just do absolute numbers with the girlies (like Evelyn Deavor) will still be considered!

You don't have to be a mad scientist to get into the bracket, but I'm pretty sure it helps!

I might use submissions as propaganda/post material before the bracket starts, just to keep things interesting- bear this in mind when submitting!

Terfs explode and die challenge

Everyone have fun!

Bracket:

Matchups under the cut:

Cosmia from Orphan Black vs Aura Blackquill from Ace Attorney

Honoka Yukishiro from Futari wa Pretty Cure vs vs Dr Macmillian from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries

Croix Meridies from Little Witch Academia vs Marina Ida from Splatoon

Silence from Arknights vs Ellie Sattler from Jurrassic park

Olivia Octavius from spiderverse vs Setsuna Meiou from Sailor Moon

Bonnibel Bubblegum from Adventure Time vs Harrowhark Nonagesimus from The Locked Tomb

Athena Cykes from Ace Attorney vs GLaDOS from Portal

Valerie Frizzle from the Magic School Bus vs Ema Skye from Ace Attorney

[spacefinch]

Favorite quotes from the original MSB books

(Yes, these are all real quotes!)

Alex: I couldn't find any rocks.

D.A.: I found one, but my dog ate it.

John: Your dog ate a rock?

Ms. Frizzle: This whole cave is made of limestone. Can you find more fossils here?

Phil: Here's one, Ms. Frizzle. (gestures at D.A.)

D.A.: Knock it off!

D.A.'s revenge:

Ms. Frizzle: This rock used to be shale. It was changed to slate. Slate is harder than shale.

D.A.: This rock is very hard. (Knocks on Phil's head)

Phil: Cut it out!

Arnold: What is your favorite rock?

Phoebe: Rock and roll!

(Ms. Frizzle is saying hi to one of her scientist friends.)

Florrie: She calls him Jeff?

Shirley: He calls her Valerie?

Tim: They went to high school together?

Alex: That must have been in prehistoric times.

Ms. Frizzle: Doesn't learning about oceans make you happy, Arnold?

Arnold: Actually, it makes me feel kind of crabby.

"This is my sculpture of a HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA'A, a fish that lives in Hawaii. The name is longer than the fish." (by Alex)

"Pardon me, please. I have to rescue a school bus." -- Lenny the lifeguard

Carmen: Look! A school of fish!

Fish: Look! A school of children!

Another kid: You're not afraid of the dark, are you, Arnold?

Arnold: Who, me? I love the dark. The dark is my friend. Can we go home now?

"Those worms look just like spaghetti."

"Did we have lunch?"

"Please. I just lost my appetite."

Amanda Jane (seeing a brain coral): Look! It's your brain!

John: No, it's yours. I heard it's been missing for years.

Arnold (thinking): Leftover fish fingers? Ick!

Arnold (out loud): I'll swap you these terrific fish fingers for that horrible peanut butter and banana sandwich.

John: Forget it!

"Children, prepare for landing. Please remain seated until the school bus has come to a complete stop." -- Ms. Frizzle

Janet: My school is taller than your school. Our swings are better than your swings. My teacher is weirder than your teacher.

Arnold: Who wants a tall school?

Alex: Look! It's a UFB!

Janet: A what?

Alex: An Unidentified Flying Banana.

Janet: I was in a national jump-rope contest. I won, of course.

Wanda: Is there a national bragging contest?

Janet, reading Ms. Frizzle's lesson plans: "There are thousands of rings around Saturn, class."

Gregory: They look like the grooves in a phonograph record.

Wanda: Saturn is the grooviest planet, man!

Arnold: We could have been lost in space forever!

Arnold's mom: Eat your salad, honey.

Phoebe: At my old school, we didn't have all these projects!

Keesha: At my old school, our teacher didn't dress like that!

(The kids are about to sneak into a beehive)

Gregory: We're taking a big chance.

Carlos: I'll buzz to that!

D.A.: The queen [bee] lays up to 1,500 eggs a day.

Michael: Wow! That's one egg every 58 seconds!

Carlos: That's eggs-cellent!

Wanda: Thank goodness for that last metamorphosis.

Carlos: Thank goodness we changed back to our real selves.

Wanda: I just said that.

D.A.: That's not a real scientist!

Ralphie: (holding a drawing of Dr. Frankenstein) But he's famous!

Ms. Frizzle: In the time of Copernicus, most people thought the Earth was the center and the Sun went around it.

Tim: Today we know the Sun is the center.

Ralphie: I thought I was the center of everything.

Wanda: We noticed that.

Ms. Frizzle: Class, we are here in the city of Pisa, in the year 1610.

Ralphie: Wow! A whole city of pizza!

Wanda: She said Pisa, Ralphie. Not pizza.

Ms. Frizzle: Class, Newton's math is very advanced.

Carlos: Someday, I'll explain it to you, Ms. Frizzle.

Florrie: Oh no! Not the octopus dress!

D.A.: I conserve paper by writing on the back.

Ralphie: I conserve paper too-- by not doing my homework!

Wanda: Why is Ms. Frizzle taking us to a lightbulb?

Carlos: Because she doesn't want to go to a heavy bulb. Get it?

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Propaganda below

Paul

The vibes, I think

Miss Honey

Submitted without propaganda

Ms. Frizzle

Autistic women should support each other

Ms frizzle loves to teach and would enjoy Amelia's out of the box thinking

It would be fun and chaotic

[daiquirishortcake]

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❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?

💕 What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

😎 What fics do you prefer on a scale of canon compliant to wildly original?

❤️ What is your favorite line that you’ve written in a fic?

Y'know what, I think I do actually have a standing answer to this! Although now I don't know whether to be concerned or not cuz it's an old line XD But I posted an unfinished (as in, bracketed author's notes still in the text kind of unfinished) fic specifically so as not to lose the line, so I shall slap it in here.

Ah. Turns out it works best as a set of lines, but it was still the first thing that popped into my head, so here goes:

CW: Non-Graphic Animal Death

Carlos was counting the lab mice, suspicious that the bonsai they lived next to may have picked up some carnivorous tendencies. [...] Carlos lost count of his mice. His hands hovered over the cage, frozen. What had Cecil just said? Miss Frizzle? Aunt Valerie ? It refused to process. Carlos turned away from the cage to grab his phone, missing as the bonsai unfurled a branch and snagged a mouse by its tail and dragged it, shrieking, into its thick leaves.

END CW

💕 What is your favorite fic that you’ve written?

Oh, gosh, there are a few contenders. I could say the first one I remembered making, because I got to hand it to Mary Pope Osbourne before I knew giving authors fic was Bad. And I really don't remember much about the contents of it, just that it was handwritten and I did a little cover for it.

Of my modern fic, I think I'll pick two, due to them being the fics I've shown the most commitment to.

Face to Unfamiliar Face, recursive fic of @tulipscomeinallsortsofcolors's Love and Other Fairy Tales. I think about it a lot because I'd like to do more work on it. Alas, every time I go into it thinking that this time I will post it to AO3, I start sketching out major structural edits and get scared of the workload and let the poor thing keep languishing. I should just carry it over directly and then redux it later, just for the purpose of archiving it. Maybe I'll do that today. (Thank you in advance if so, Willow 💜)

And The Princess's Son (Ba, Ba), a Witcher fic where Jaskier is Renfri's kid. It haunts me constantly. I think as-posted, it's finished and satisfying from a reader's perspective, but from my Author's Vision it's unfinished, so the haunting continues. Alas, the redux keeps stalling out in the first few chapters. And then I don't want to just skip forward to get it started with because I feel like I can better build up the Lilit stuff so it's not such a Deus Ex Machina, even if I don't think I've changed all that much about the mechanics of her whole Thing. 😭

😎 What fics do you prefer on a scale of canon compliant to wildly original?

I think solidly in the middle as a reader? I know I lightly avoid 'modern AU' tags in AtLA and Witcher and stuff, but not strenuously. I like plenty of Sanders Sides fic where they're proper people and not just figments in the mindscape. But I think I also prefer to read when it's not super rooted in canon, either? Fleshed out side characters and Everybody Lives, Nobody Dies for the win, baby!!!

Now as a writer...

One of my provided filter-able tags is canon divergence XD I still like to keep things pretty rooted in canon, though. I like having a scaffolding to build around. Going too far into original territory tends to make everything feel a little too wobbly.

I think the most original I get is smashing together fandoms that don't necessarily make sense based on tiny details. (Or details that aren't there. Ben Wishaw and Colin Morgan are just. Connected in my brain for some reason and so I have Once And Future...Spy?!)

[clueless1995]

have i told you guys my theory that valerie is about miss frizzle

[my-so-called-art]

My Frizzle doll: finished and ready to watch.

Sorry for the watermark.

[not-wikied-sexyperson-brawl]

Miss Frizzle's Info Post.

Raine Whispers' Info Post.

Perch Perkins' Info Post.

[drarreckyninja]

Carmen Sandiego: What is this!? Valerie Frizzle: That’s the weight of guilt. Give in to the nice side. Help those unfortunate, and make the guilt go away, my friend. Carmen: Ow! Make it stop! Valerie: Surrender to your kindness, Carmen. It’s nice to be nice. Carmen: Your guilt is strong, my friend. But it is no match for the power of my selfishness!

[jomarchswritingjacket]

mary poppins 🤝 jennifer honey 🤝 valerie frizzle

iconic lesbians adored by children everywhere

[reallyhardydraws]

a commission of absolute style icon miss frizzle for @trans-siberian-marching-band , featuring fruity fashion, which is 10000% goals.

💖my commission info💖

[kidlit-queen-competition]

Round 3 poll 8: Ms. Valerie Frizzle from the Magic School Bus vs Emma Skye from Ace Attorney

Entry propaganda:

Valerie Frizzle

the og, have had a lesbian crush on her since the 1990s

MS.

Emma Skye

she has an autistic special interest in forensic science and has been obsessed with it since she was a teenager. she is so passionate about it that when she misses out on her dream job of forensic scientist, she becomes bitter and depressed, only perking up when she talks about forensic science. then she becomes much happier when she gets the job! she also introduces mechanics like dusting for fingerprints and luminol to the series. she's not canonically a lesbian, but like she obviously is