#scarlett mitchell

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It's officially spooky season. So here's a sneak peek for chapter 9 of Hear You, Seek You.

Scarlett pressed her lips tightly before speaking, expression firm. “It was Nicole, wasn't it?”

Tatum tilted her head while Sidney nodded her head, sniffling. 

“How did you know?” 

Scarlett frowned, memories going back to middle school. 

“Nicole used to say mean things to me when we were younger. Mainly about my dad but Casey got her to back off.” 

The redhead paused, heart hurting and eyes stinging at the thought of Casey. After what felt like a lifetime she cleared her throat, composing herself as much as she could. 

“Plus, she’s the only mean cheerleader on the squad.”

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Teachers, am I right?

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Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

[amilinak]

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

[colour-of-dream]

"Znudziło mi się ciągle udawać i nigdy nie móc robić tego, co chcę. Znudziło mi się udawać, że jem jak ptaszek, i chodzić, kiedy właśnie mam ochotę biegać, i mówić, że słabo mi po walcu, kiedy mogłabym tańczyć przez dwa dni i nie czuć zmęczenia. Znudziło mi się mówić: "Jaki pan nadzwyczajny!" do głupich chłopców, którzy nie mają nawet ćwierci tego rozumu co ja, i udawać, że nic nie rozumiem, aby mężczyźni mogli mi wszystko tłumaczyć i aby byli dumni, że to robią..."

Margaret Mitchell - "Przeminęło z wiatrem"

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A sun :D

Based on science.

[uwmspeccoll]

Scarlett's Scandalous Saga

This 1968 edition of Margaret Mitchell’s American Civil War-era novel Gone with the Wind was created for the Limited Editions Club and published in New York in a limited edition of 1500 copies. The two-volume work is signed by John Groth, an American illustrator and teacher best known for his depictions of combat, and Henry Steele Commager, an American historian who “helped define modern liberalism in the United States,” introduces the book.

John August Groth (1908-1988) produced more than one hundred fifty black-and-white drawings and twenty-one color illustrations, which were then turned into plates by Rainbows, Incorporated of Hazardville, Connecticut, and printed by The Holyoke Lithographing Company of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The text was set and printed at The Sign of the Stone Book in Bloomfield, Connecticut. 

Book designer Ted Gensamer chose the font for the text, set in 10 pt. Janson and Jaguar script in various sizes for the display lines.

Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), an American novelist and journalist, completed only one novel published during her lifetime. Her classic, sweeping epic Gone with the Wind was released in 1936. It won her the National Book Award for Most Distinguished Novel in 1936 and the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. This was after she spent ten years of her life writing the story out of boredom at home, recovering from a recurring ankle injury.

The book is not without its share of controversy. It has been the subject of intense debate, with its racist rhetoric and idealized portrayals of slavery coming under fire. Critics argue that it romanticizes the antebellum South and glosses over the horrors of slavery, depicting the Lost Cause as something heroic. While these criticisms are significant and should not be ignored, they do not detract from the novel's literary value. Instead, they spark critical reflection and discussion, inviting readers to engage with the text in a more nuanced way.

At its core, the story is a classic historical romance filled with love and heartbreak. It is a coming-of-age story about southern belle Scarlett O'Hara, a strong-willed, determined young woman who refused to bow to the patriarchy and societal standards of the time. The tale is set during the American Civil War and Reconstruction in Georgia, a period of substantial social and political upheaval. This context is central to understanding the characters' lives and their resilience and determination to survive and thrive in the face of adversity.

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-Melissa, Special Collections Graduate Intern

[charlie-grusin]

They come from families who live in luxury under a social system which shouldn’t exist and is inevitably doomed to fail.

They survive the devastations brought onto their land and name through sheer ruthless determination that borderlines on childishness.

Said ruthless determination brings them out of ruin into wealth but in turn alienates everyone they ever knew and love for the heartless monsters they have become.

They���re the same bitch.

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how would each ghostface (billy, stu, mickey, mrs. loomis, roman, jill, charlie, amber, richie, detective bailey, ethan and quinn) react to an altercation with scarlett and randy's daugther? xx

Billy: I don’t see him actually stabbing Jamie. However he definitely would’ve done to her what he did to Scarlett in the final act of Scream. And that’s break her leg. He��d claim it’s the only way he could keep her from running off 😭 (Fun fact: How Amber breaks Tara’s leg in the movie is how Billy does it to Scarlett.)

Stu: Okay unlike Billy, Stu would actually stab Jamie. BUT it would only be stab wounds that would slow her down, not kill her. He knows that if she died by his hand he’d have to deal with Billy 😳 (really he should fear Scarlett more)

Mickey: I’d imagine any altercation Jamie would have with Mickey would be in a car 🤣 So she’d have to deal with his crazy ass driving.

Nancy Loomis: Well, this would all depend if Billy had survived the first Scream. If yes, she wouldn’t go after Jamie knowing how much Jamie means to Billy. If no, if Billy had died then Nancy would go after her.

Roman: Ah, the man who started it all. Well, I see him only going after Jamie as a way to draw Sidney out. He knows how much Jamie means to her. So he’d use that to his advantage.

Jill: This would be such an interesting altercation. Because Jill is so unhinged. I honestly see her hurting Jamie the same way she hurt Sidney. Obviously Jamie would survive but with severe injuries.

Charlie: Whatever the scenario Jamie would’ve beat his ass easily. You know this is true. He’s also my least favorite Ghostface 🤣

Amber: It’s Amber who Jamie has the encounter with in Scream 5 when she goes through the doggie door. She manages to get a few hits on Amber before doing so.

Richie: Jamie’s encounter with Richie will be short as she one ups him with her skateboard. Amber really was the better Ghostface between the two 🤣

Detective Bailey: The dude’s gonna send a pizza bomb. Enough said. He ruined pizza for Jamie.

Ethan: An altercation between these two will happen. It’s the final one that has me excited because of what Jamie’s going to do to him. But before that Ethan definitely messed with her. I mean, he even stabs Jamie so when he comes to the ‘rescue’ she has to rely on him more.

Quinn: She’d be eager to stab Jamie. Unlike Ethan, Quinn doesn’t care about her. But I’d imagine Jamie just grabbing a brick like Tara and hitting Quinn in the face. She’d lose more teeth.

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Poor boy would’ve suffered by the hands of his own father 😭

And as you pointed out Billy wouldn’t have laid a hand on Scarlett, but the same can not be said for their son.

Even though Scarlett would’ve been a wonderful mother to him, all those fanatics have no idea how terrible Billy would’ve been as a father.

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Say you'll marry me when I come back or, before God, I won't go. I'll stay around here and play a guitar under your window every night and sing at the top of my voice and compromise you, so you'll have to marry me to save your reputation.

Rhett Butler to Scarlet O' Hara, delicately proposing marriage, Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

[izzythehutt]

Re-reading Gone With the Wind, I'm struck by how much Ashley did not lead Scarlett on, how explicit Mitchell makes this, and how much the fandom (in which I used to be a very active participant) unfairly blames him for screwing Scarlett/Rhett. I don't really know what Ashley could have done differently?? I guess be extremely mean to her and call her a dumb ho. The real villain of the piece is Victorian social mores when the heroine is emotionally obtuse af.

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Nicole, sweetie, just you wait. Scarlett is going to mangle up your face. No one is going to disrespect our sweet Tatum and her memory.

I'm just picturing Tatum cheering for her bestie. <3

[caostalgia]

"Dios sea testigo de que los yanquis no van a poder conmigo. Voy a sobrevivir a esto, y cuando todo termine no volveré a pasar hambre otra vez. Ni yo ni ninguno de los míos, aunque tenga que robar o matar. ¡Dios sea testigo de que nunca más voy a pasar hambre!"

Lo que el viento se llevó; Margaret Mitchell.

[spiritusloci]

Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind (2023)

[cowboyfiles]

When Taylor Swift wrote “what’s a lifetime of achievement if I pushed you to the edge but you were too polite to leave me?” and when Phoebe Bridgers said “I don’t think I love you anymore, that goldmine changed you” and when Miranda Priestly said “you chose to get ahead; you want this life, those choices are necessary; everybody wants to be us.” and when Joni Mitchell sang “a woman must have everything” and when Lou May Alcott wrote “talent isn’t genius; and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing.”