#this isnt me beung a patriot or caring about ned kelly its just me feeling indignant
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There’s a line in one of my favourite books that goes “nobody knows who Ned Kelly is” and implies that a character is weird for knowing who ned kelly is and weird for thinking other people know who ned kelly is and it makes me incredibly miffed at Americans every time I read it. Like I know it’s a fictional piece of dialogue in a fictional book but like... learn about something every now and then.
#like the writer really did think she was being clever.....#but i’d hazard ned kelly is the most well known entry level piece of australian history for people outside of australia#so like instead of making your character an eccentric and oblivious possessor of great general knowledge youve just made me like him more#this isnt me beung a patriot or caring about ned kelly its just me feeling indignant
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