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PHOTOCALL - Masters of the Air Premiere - 10 January, 2024
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thinking about the poll about canon vs non-canon ships that didn't define terms, and the current fandom focus on things "going canon," so i made up a scale.
this is NOT a question about whether canon matters to what you ship (or matters at all), just how to define the phrase "canon ship."
many ships start low on the scale and slow burn their way up, so vote for the point when you would have called them "canon." i agonized over the order (especially #4-6) for a day and a half, but i went with the order in which i think joe random with a nielsen ratings box and no tumblr account would notice/call something a romantic relationship.
I think there is a lot of potential for someone to adapt the later books in the Anne of Green Gables series (like Anne’s House of Dreams —Rainbow Valley). The series could be split between early 20th century medical drama by following Gilbert’s Doctor career and the drama that Anne is consumed with via the town gossip and the children. And of course peppered throughout would be really wholesome moments of the Blythes being one big chaotic loving family.
What this series could include:
- Anne’s wild adventures in matchmaking (at one point she goes to such great lengths to set up a couple she throws a party at her house that gets so out of hand people end of breaking blythe family heirlooms)
-Gilbert’s life as a doctor. The books don’t give us much detail on who he treats and why they require his services, but i think this leaves open an exciting possibility for someone adapting the series to develop storylines around medical practices that were common at the time. Medical history is pretty fascinating
-Town drama. THERE IS SO MUCH. And quite a bit could be expanded upon. For example there is one lady who keeps buying lacey night gowns and pretending to be sick so that Gilbert will go over to see her, which Gilbert is not amused by but Anne and Susan Baker think it’s kind of funny
-the children’s chaos. Anne and Gilbert have six kids and they all get into their fair share of trouble. It can be quite funny at times and would be interesting to see since no adaptations go far enough in the timeline to feature all their kids
-Anne’s foreword thinking takes on motherhood (for the time period) absolutely gives me life. At one point in the books it mentions that Anne read a medical journal by some dude that said mothers shouldn’t kiss their sons goodnight because it will make them soft or something and she said the hell with this toxic masculinity this man knows nothing. i will show my little boys as much affection and comfort as my girls because all children deserve love and comfort
- Anne and Diana being wine moms when they reunite. If i am remembering correctly they drink courant again when they reunite as a nod to their first tea party together and they talk all about their families
-anne’s poetical son walter blythe. A lot of other people in the town think walter is too much into poetry but anne is like NO THATS MY BOY and i would love to see anne encouraging her poet son since we know that she always loved poetry as a kid too but was hardly ever allowed to indulge in it
- the whole absolute wild rollercoaster of emotions the last chapter Anne of Ingleside is where Anne thinks Gilbert doesn’t love her anymore and she is really tired and stressed and begins to feel unhappy with her life. Then they meet up with christine stewart in their anniversary and she is flirting with Gilbert a bunch and Anne thinks well rip my marriage BUT THEN when they get home Gilbert sweeps her off her feet and reveals that he has been really stressed lately about some dying patient but its all good now and while they were at the party the very special anniversary gift that he ordered for her weeks ago finally arrived but he was so nervous it wasn’t going to arrive on time so he didn’t mention it and also that he has noticed they were both quite stressed lately so he has planned like a second honeymoon for them in london around the same time as a doctors conference. Anne is all like omg you still love me? And gilbert is like hell yeah never stopped
-speaking of anne and gilbert’s trip to london...they just leave all their kids with marilla during this time, so i would love to see marilla to lovingly lose her mind while watching all her grandkids for weeks. And in a show adaptation this could be contrasted with whatever is going down at the medical conference in london that anne and gilbert are at
-also there is so much opportunity for comedy amongst the drama like in the books gilbert and anne come home late one night and gilbert breaks through a kitchen window to get inside his own home
-and as far as wholesome family moments go i would love see the christmas where Gilbert dresses up as Santa to tell their kids stories and pass out presents