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bisluthq · 1 month

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I really believe Taylor is so controlling to the point if a man doesn’t do things the way she wants, she moves on, and she is petty about it. The timeline is also usually not 100% accurate, because the relationship starts earlier and ends earlier than the dates publicly known. She always delays announcing to make the relationship seem longer than it was. One example is Kennedy. She didn’t announce till Oct, but by that time, but she was back in contact with Harry, for the 2nd time, during the VMAs in late Aug or Sept. Harry had dinner with her and her friends. I talked to Hiddles stans, and they believe like I do, Hiddleswift barely lasted 6 weeks, at least on her part, ending in late July, but it wasn’t announced till Sept 6, after Joe came in the picture. The plane in mid Aug to RI I always believed was Taylor telling Tom it was over. I won’t even talk about the Tayvin breakup. That was messy too, timeline wise, in the beginning and the end. I really believe Joe wanted out, but it was difficult for him to leave. 6 years is a long time by Hollywood standards. I also don’t believe he was a shitty partner anymore than Taylor was. End of relationships are never clean for most people. Most can’t be friends.

I don’t like the tone of this ask. I do agree with the conclusion of both parties were ultimately to blame because that’s normal in a relationship breaking down - as I said even in situations with a bad guy like I don’t think it’s ever clean and I used my bf’s marriage as an example where I’m on his side and think she was a cunt but I’m also well aware that she obviously had her own reality and like I’m not delusional and he isn’t perfect lol. I wouldn’t respond to his imperfections by having affairs personally and a lot of his quirks I find quite appealing but I can see how for someone else like it might’ve been really hard to live with him.

what I don’t like is calling Taylor “controlling” because you give 0 examples of controlling behavior (and there aren’t publicly accessible examples thereof) and re timelines yeah Tay’s messy but also like idk no one - literally real life normie people - owes you explanations in real time? And they might not even know themselves? Usually we hang out with a person for a while before we date them properly lol like we don’t go on one date and announce it to everyone and then start “dating” them that night? When we’re hanging out with someone, we might not want to like tell people or introduce them to friends yet or anything because it might not work but we’re chilling with them and it’s nice? And relationships breaking down like same thing we don’t have one fight and announce it publicly? It’s normally a process? Unless you’re 15 and living in like 2009 in which case that’s absolutely how it was done on Facebook in those days lol but outside of teens in the late 00s that’s not a thing? I think it’s super unfair to expect updates from celebs - perfect strangers - that we wouldn’t even get from our real life friends and family. Also in non live in relationships breakups can be semi complicated because things just peter out so when do you know exactly when you broke up like unless it’s big and dramatic it sorta starts winding down and then like you might eventually say “listen this is clearly not happening” 🤷🏻‍♀️

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tomhiddleslove · 3 years

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chrishemsworth on IG:

" This year marks the 10th anniversary of THOR when two unknown lads were given the keys to the kingdom. It’s been a hell of a ride and we clearly haven’t aged a day 😂 "

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maryxglz · 5 years

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Tom Hiddleston attends 'The British Academy Television Craft Awards' at London Hilton on May 17, 2009 in London, England.

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hiddlesfashion · 7 years

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#TodayInHiddleHistory

May 17, 2009: Tom Hiddleston attended the BAFTA TV Craft Awards.

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just-the-hiddles · 4 years

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Forever Hold Your Peace | Chapter 1 The Break-up | Tom Hiddleston x Cumberbatch!Reader

A/N: This came from an anon request: So, Ben finds out Tom had a fling with his little sister (reader) in the past, the one guy that she just cried herself on him for hours because of a break up, and they have a little fight about it. Time slip, they are friends again, BUT the reader is about to marry a guy that Ben doesn't trust. Ben finds out that the groom is an cheater, and he sees no other option but to make Tom, the love the reader has never forgotten, stop the ceremony and declare himself to the reader.

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Pairing: Tom Hiddleston x Cumberbatch!Reader (eventually)

Summary: see above. There are five chapters planned

This Chapter: Reader has met a new guy and can’t wait for big brother, Benedict, to meet him. Unfortunately Tom breaks up with Reader on the eve of his graduating from Cambridge. Fast forward to 2009, Benedict and Tom meet at an industry event and Benedict has not forgotten what Tom did.present day

Warnings: Language, Fighting, Tom is a bit of an ass, Tom gets hit (this will be a reoccurring theme)

Word Count: 1734

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Benedict glanced at the name of his cell phone screen and rolled his eyes.

“Hello?” he said in a flat tone.

“Hello, Benny boo.” the giddy voice bubbled up on the other side of the line.

“What can you want at…” He glanced at a nearby clock. “five in the morning? Shouldn’t you be off somewhere sleeping off a hangover?”

“Can’t a sister want to talk to her older, wiser brother?” you commented on the other side.

“No.” Benedict deadpanned. “Not at 5 a.m. on a Saturday. You want something. Or rather, you need something. So why don’t you save us both some time and just tell what it is.”

His tone grew more and more irritable. You knew your brother was not a morning person, but this news was too big to wait any longer.

“So I met a guy…” you started.

“Another one? Honestly, I don’t need to hear about all your conquests at Cambridge. We’re close but your sex life—”

“It’s not like that! And ew…” you interrupted. “And this guy is not just a conquest. It’s serious.”

“Just like you thought with James, and Charles, and Stephen…” Benedict rattled off names of ex-boyfriends like a grocery list.

“I get the point, so stop. Now if you would listen for a minute, I can tell about Tom.”

He slumped into his chair, knowing he wasn’t getting out of the conversation soon. “Go on.” he gestured in the air not that you could see it.

“So he is studying the Classics.”

“Dead languages, that’s a useful life skill.”

You scowled at your phone. “Who is talking here?”

“He went to Eton.”

“Stuffy and pretentious.”

“Says the man who attend Harrow.”

“And he is an actor.”

“WHAT?!” Benedict yelled into the phone. “You of all people should know better than to date an actor. They are insufferable.”

“Says the actor.”

“I’m your brother I don’t count. So how did we meet this actor, which means unemployed student?”

“At a play.”

“Naturally.”

“He is charming and polite and handsome. And I want you to meet him.”

“Absolutely not.”

“At graduation. He’s graduating this year. It would mean a lot to me.”

“Nope.”

“Please…” you whined and Benedict swore he heard the pout through the phone. “… you can pick the restaurant for dinner.” You attempted to appeal to your brother’s voracious appetite.

“Even that curry place you hate?” he asked with hope in his voice.

“Even the curry place I hate.” you parroted back in defeat.

“Then it is a date.”

“Thank you. And Ben… be nice.”

“I make no promises. I hate him already.”

“Under different circumstances, the two of you could be friends.”

“I doubt that.”

“Just keep an open mind.”

“Fine.” he huffed into the phone. “Send me the date and I will be there.”

“Thanks, bro. I will talk to you soon.”

“Bye.”

Benedict ended the call and slumped even further in the chair, covering his face with his hands. He loved you more than anything in the world as his baby sister but he sometimes wondered in your taste in men. He hoped this time he was wrong.

Three Days Before Graduation

“This isn’t working out between us.” Tom started as he took a bite of the burger.

“I beg your pardon?” you asked as your jaw dropped open. “Are you… are you breaking up with me?”

Tom ran his hands through his messy blond curls. His blue eyes darted around the pub. “Well…” his lips pulled into a thin line as he chooses his next words. “… yes. I’m going off to RADA and you will be abroad for your third year. Long distance never works. I need focus on my acting on my career, I don’t have time for a girlfriend. I mean did you expect this would last past graduation?”

“Yes!” you screeched, not caring if you made a scene.

“Keep your voice down.” Tom hissed as he leaned across the table.

“Is that why you brought here, so I wouldn’t make a scene!?” you lowered your voice only slightly.

Tom reached for your hand but you pulled away. “Come on, that’s not why. I thought we could enjoy a nice dinner out… as friends.”

Tom gave you one of his killer smiles. The smile that until thirty seconds ago would have made you melt in your seat. But all you saw was a smug grin and white hot flames of anger.

CRACK! You reared back and slapped Tom hard on the cheek. He sat stunned holding his face in silence.

“WE ARE NOT FUCKING FRIENDS, YOU BASTARD!” you threw your napkin on the table and stormed out of the restaurant, leaving Tom there with the rest of the patrons glaring at him.

You dialed your brother once you got home.

“Dinner is off!” you sobbed into the phone.

“What? How?” Ben tried to decipher what happened between your sobbing and sniffling.

“He… broke… up… me…!” you managed squeak out between gulps of air. You collapsed into sobs once again.

“He who?”

“Tom!” you snapped.

“What? But everything was going so well.” He resisted the urge to say “I told you so” but only because you sobbed so loud into the phone.

“Apparently not. He said something about wanting to be a serious actor and needing to focus when he goes to RADA.”

“He clearly has poor taste and is ill educated. Everyone knows LAMDA is better.” He joked trying to get you to laugh.

“Not helping.” you gave a halfhearted chuckle through stifled sobs. “I thought he was the one. Is it me? Why do I always pick the wrong guys?”

“It’s not you, these guys do not realize what they are missing out on. As for picking the wrong guys, if you just listened to your big brother…” his voice trailed off.

“And here is the ‘I told you so’.” you snorted, your tears drying and sobs subsiding.

“Did I say those words?” Benedict feigned mock hurt. "Those words came out of your mouth, not mine.”

“Hahaha.” You gave a joyless laugh.

“See? You are already laughing. The healing process has begun.”

“Hardly.” you wiped your nose with your sleeve.

“How about I speed that process along with coming up a day early and taking you to that diner place like?”

“You would do that for me?” your voice perked up.

“I would do anything for you. You’re family. That includes beating up the rat bastard that broke your heart. You never told me his last name. How else am I supposed to exact revenge?”

“It’s a ridiculous last name.”

“More ridiculous than Cumberbatch?”

“Hiddleston. His name is Tom Hiddleston.”

That name seared upon Benedict's brain for the next eight years.

2009

Even after several years in the industry, Benedict wasn’t sure if he loved or hated these kind events. A bunch of young actors grouped together like they were all friends. His agent and publicist insisted he needed to attend. This event was no exception, a gathering of upcoming British actors. He tugged at his jacket out of nerves.

“Is this seat taken?” a deep baritone asked. Benedict turned to catch a tall man with messy blond hair looking at him with questioning blue eyes.

“Please.” Ben pulled the seat away from the table and the man took a seat. “Better to grab one now than have to stand all night.”

“Right.” the blond man commented. Ben studied the gentleman next to him with narrowed eyes. “I don’t believe we’ve met before, name’s Benedict.” He extended his hand.

“Tom.” he took Ben’s hand and gripped it with enthusiasm. “I don’t think we have. I haven’t gone to many of these events yet.”

“A few tips, drink slowly, find a seat early, and use hand sanitizer.” Ben leaned in as he took a long sip of his drink.

Tom laughed. “I will remember that. Now that I look at you, there is something familiar, did we go to school together?”

“Harrow?” Ben offered.

“Eton. Cambridge?” Tom offered.

“Manchester. How about drama school?”

“RADA.”

“LAMDA.”

Tom smiled. “You must just have one of those faces.”

“Must be.”

Before long, they were laughing and chatting like they were old friends. Tom raised his glass.

“To new friends.” He offered in a toast.

“To future costars.” Ben countered.

They clinked their glasses and drank. A young woman came up and tapped Tom on his shoulder.

“Mr. Hiddleston…” Ben stiffened in his chair. “… you are need outside for a moment.”

“Of course.” Tom stood and gave Benedict a nod before walking off. “Save my seat.”

“I’ll do my best.” Benedict choked out.

Benedict’s eyes narrowed as Tom’s lean frame walked. This is the man who broke his sister’s heart. After about ten minutes, Ben downed the rest of his watered down cocktail and stood from the table to find Tom.

He entered the empty lobby and moved along to see if Tom had ducked into a side room. Benedict rationalized he just wanted to talk to Tom. But Benedict’s hands fisted at his side told another story.

A door opened at the end of the hall, Tom stepped out. In several long strides, Benedict caught up with Tom. In a single motion, he pushed the taller man against the wall.

“What the hell?” Tom exclaimed as he pushed back against Ben’s grip.

Although Tom outmatched Benedict in weight and height, he could not overcome Ben’s anger fueled strength.

“Does the name Cumberbatch mean anything to you?”

Tom tilted his head down, searching. “No… oh… “ His face grew in recognition. "Are you related to her somehow?”

Ben pushed him against the wall, digging his forearm against Tom’s throat. “She is my sister.”

Tom threw his arms up in defeat. “I didn’t know, I swear, mate. Listen, I acted like a jerk back then, I could have handled things better.”

Benedict stared down Tom. Tom gave a smile to Ben to diffuse the situation. “Bygones?” Tom offered.

Benedict contemplated letting him go. But the image of his sister absolutely crushed flashed in his brain. Before he knew what he was doing, he punched Tom square on the nose. Not enough to break any bones but Tom saw stars.

“Bygones.” Benedict muttered as he walked away.

Tom stood still, regaining his bearings. He left the event thinking the Cumberbatch family had a mean right hook.

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enchantedbyhiddles · 4 years

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hiddles birthday week day #6

Prompt: How did YOU become a Hiddlestoner?

This is a long story, but also typical for the Hiddleston-charme. And for the destructive power of Tumblr. ;) There wasn’t one moment, where I thought “Wow.” It was a long journey that went from “Oh, this guy is kind of charming.” to “Yes, I will watch some interviews and movies with him.” to “I can’t remember the last time I was that infatuated with someone else.”

I first learned about Tom Hiddleston by accident. I found tumblr by looking for pictures about Doctor Who with David Tennant around late 2009/early 2010. Some people around here posted about the actor that was cast as Loki in the new Marvel-movie about Thor. It were pictures like this:

And people talked about how much he looks like JJ Feild and back then I also saw that, even though I thought that JJ was far sexier. My original folder of pics from that time is still called “Hiddleston - Feild”, because there were quite a few comparisons. I couldn’t see though how that baby-faced, golden-curled cherub could play the God of Mischief.

So in the next year I didn’t pay that much attention to him. I was a Doctor Who-fan and a looked for David Tennant stuff around here. But more and more pictures of Tom would creep into the blogs and into the ones I saved. Then the first trailer and promo-videos came out and wow. He looked so different.

I wanted to watch the movie before, because Thor was always my favourite Marvel hero (back from the old TV-show). But this looked really good. And now I wanted to watch Loki on the big screen as well.

Still, just one of the few actors I liked to look at. so then the interviews came out. With every one of them it became worse.

This. Charming. Bastard. Soon he was the main focus of my internet addiction and I had no idea how that had happened.

Still, though. I didn’t gave in 100% just yet. I didn’t want to become a fangirl spending too much time on here or everywhere. So I spent my evenings searching blogs around here, saw the fandom blow up in all kind of ways, was excited and scared. Looked up his work and his interviews. Didn’t have my own blog though... but then when Avengers came out and The Hollow Crown was about to be shown shortly afterwards in 2012. That was when I made my blog and I have been around here ever since. :)

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dangertoozmanykids101 · 4 years

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I have been a huge fan of Neil Gaiman since I randomly bought in Wolves in the Walls, an instant favorite for my daughter and me. Since then I've discovered and fallen in love with the many talented artists he has collaborated with, including Chris Riddell.

LOOK!!! COMING SOON!!!

“Pirate Stew began in early 2009, when I scribbled a handful of lines of a poem about the sorts of ingredients that would go into a Pirate Stew down on a scrap of paper,” said Gaiman. “I kept the scrap of paper in my wallet as the years went by, and would look at it and feel guilty. And then my son was two, and I thought I should write a book I can read to him when he’s older. I remembered the scrap of paper, and knew that it was time to tell that story.”

Sooooo, the lesson to learn here is to ALWAYS squirrel away any and all plot bunnies. Someday..... Ya never know. :-)

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malapertmarquess · 7 years

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Now you've read all the plays I'm curious to know which Shakespeare movie adaptations you've seen. And what you think of them.

WELL THEN YOU ASKED FOR THIS HERE WE GO (sorry about the super long post guys)

Hamlet

Olivier, 1948 - Half the plot was cut to shorten the running time, which surprised me but does make sense. I thought that the focus on Hamlet’s family troubles was done quite well, and it works well. Did not like that Hamlet was one-dimensionally moody. Also the first production to put the infamous closet scene in Gertrude’s bedroom because Olivier quite liked Freud (he even cast a woman 14 years younger than him to play his mother, so super Oedipal). Do NOT agree.

Zeffirelli, 1990 - I know I’ve seen it, but it was pre-2008 sometime and I remember very little about it. I think it was also quite Oedipal? And I don’t think they kept the original text (I wish they had; Mel Gibson trying to speak in Early Modern English would be fucking hilarious). I don’t remember being terribly impressed. Like Braveheart but Danish?

Branagh, 1996 - Olivier’s antithesis! This film was everything Olivier’s was not: the scale was huuuuge, Branagh kept every line of the original text (and added a lot of flourishes), it was very anti-Oedipal (GOOD). The cast was very star-studded, which was cool but seemed to detract from the storytelling a lot because you’re too focussed on the fact that Robin Williams is in it for no known reason to pay attention to the text. Branagh’s characterisation was way more manic than the melancholy Olivier, but still came off as being a bit flat because his only emotion was ~INTENSE~.

Doran, 2009 - My fave.

Much Ado About Nothing

Branagh, 1993 - Kind of quintessential? I watched it in high school when we studied the play in record time because the teacher had us on the wrong one for two weeks. Emma Thompson was in it, and I eternally adore Emma Thompson. Also featured were the guy who plays Wilson on House and Keanu Reeves as the evil Don John, doing a wonderfully mopey Don John (guy’s such a wet blanket). There was a ridiculous scene when Bea and Ben “discover” their “love” for each other and decide to love the other back, which for some reason involved Emma Thompson on a swing and Kenneth Branagh splashing in a fountain. WHY.

ShakespeaRe-told, Nicholls, 2005 - A modern adaption set in a television studio. Very cleverly done, and given more of a sense of realism in a modern world than the original text has. I liked that at the end *spoilers* Hero wasn’t keen to get back together with Claudio, which is how most modern women would react in that situation. *end spoilers* Good actors, good adaption.

Rourke, 2011 - Another filmed stage show starring David Tennant (shut up). He’s opposite Catherine Tate, and OH MY GOD I love the energy those two have together. There’s a reason Donna’s my favourite Who companion. Both fit their roles very well and carry a believable relationship built on teasing each other mercilessly. The staging was brilliant, with a revolving circle making up most of the stage with some pillars to create separate spaces and for the actors to interact with. Also: Benedick enters majestically in a golf cart. And gets covered in paint. And Beatrice gets hoisted into the air by her belt. Basically this show is a JOY to watch.

The Taming of the Shrew

Zeffirelli, 1967 - I’m pretty sure I watched this one pre-2008 too, so I don’t remember much. I think I liked it well enough? There was a hayloft? Elizabeth Taylor was pretty great I think.

10 Things I Hate About You, 1999 - Pretty fab. Great casting, and I liked the changes they made to the story to make it more in keeping with the setting. Generally pretty good.

Twelfth Night

She’s the Man, 2006 - Another pre-2008 movie. I liked it a lot! I don’t remember terribly much, but I remember that. Makes my li’l cross-dresser’s heart happy.

Coriolanus

Van Someren, 2014 - This is the one with Tom Hiddleston. I like Tom Hiddleston. Almost as much as I like David Tennant. Hey, they should work together on something... Anyway, I watched this before I read the play, so I was unprepared for just how GAY it is. Like, Coriolanus and Aufidius are clearly either boning each other or having a lot of uncomfortable dreams about boning each other. Also Hiddles strips off his shirt early on, and even a flaming asexual can appreciate the beauty that is Tom Hiddleston’s chest. His muscles are very impressive. Another filmed stage show - this one had a fairly minimal set, which I like! It had a really gritty, warlike feel, almost industrial, which worked really well with the grimness of the play. I probably would have gotten more out of it if I’d read the play previously.

King Lear

Nunn, 2008 - Ian McKellan is a brilliant Lear! You can really see how delicate he is, despite all the posturing. The madness scenes were very heartstrings-pulling, with his flowers and all. It’s another stage show, but you’d hardly know it with the amount of dirt and tussock they managed to get hold of. Like how is that workable?? I’m a bit amazed. The costumes are GORGEOUS. So great. I’m retrospectively a bit disappointed that Regan wasn’t cleverer in this version. They did manage to answer the question of the Fool’s disappearance quite well, though.

Romeo and Juliet

Romeo + Juliet, Luhrmann, 1996 - It’s very iconic, and Luhrmann uses imagery really well, but I’m just not that into it, despite Tumblr’s obsession with the film.

Titus Andronicus

Titus, Taymor, 1999 - This film is fucking WEIRD. I watched the first 10 minutes of it in a uni class, and they made zero sense. I later watched the whole film, and it made slightly more sense. The film is completely anachronistic, with ancient Rome superimposed onto the twentieth century, or maybe the other way around. There is symbolism in SPADES, and it’s really artsy symbolism that isn’t always clear. Anthony Hopkins plays the titular role, and I think he’s well suited to the role. It also has Alan Cumming in it, and I don’t know how that happened.

The histories

The Hollow Crown, Eyre, 2012-2016 - Lumping this all together because it’s easy. I really liked this series for several reasons:

It presented most of the history plays together in a way that emphasised their interconnectivity, because out of the 10 history plays, 8 of them are consecutive, and the same characters pop up in several plays. It also provided a lot more context for the later plays and about the Wars of the Roses in general.

Margaret of Anjou is a BAMF. Like, so cool. She murders people like it’s the most fun she’s had all day, and she’s fierce and fearless and spitting curses, but she’s also a mother and a powerful leader and strategist.

Bolingbroke/Henry IV is so damn serious - such a stick-in-the-mud - and he tries SO HARD, but then he gets stuck with Harry and is So. Disappointed.

Harry and his gang are pretty great, especially Poins. I may have started lowkey shipping Poins and Harry.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays Richard III, and while I’m not as enamoured of him as I was, I still have mad respect for his acting ability, and he does the part really well.

So yeah. A+ work.

Richard III

Loncraine, 1995 - Sir Ian returns as one of our favourite villains. Always a pleasure to watch him, almost as much as watching Maggie Smith as his mother. That woman is a gem, and I can still remember the thrill of hearing her spill all the venom she feels for her son. The setting is a 1930s fascist dictatorship, so obviously a lot of telling imagery there. It was interesting, but I wasn’t as thrilled by the direction as I was by Dame Maggie.

So that’s all of them, And I think I might have seen Branagh’s version of Love’s Labour’s Lost? It’s a musical. And there was colour symbolism. I remember nothing else, so I’m not counting it.

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redridinghood26-blog · 7 years

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Sharon Creech

Name: Sharon Creech

Birthplace: South Euclid, Ohio

Current Residence: New Jersey

Family: parents (Ann and Arvel), sister (Sandy), three brothers (Dennis, Doug, and Tom)

Fun Fact: Before becoming a famous author, she was a high school English teacher!

Inspiration for Walk Two Moons (in her own words):

This story began as a follow-up to Absolutely Normal Chaos. In that book, Mary Lou Finney writes a summer journal, and as I began Walk Two Moons, I was merely speculating about what might happen when she turned in that summer journal to her English teacher. A few drafts later, Phoebe Winterbottom and her wild imagination leaped into the story, and she took over with tales of a disappearing mother and a lunatic. And then, shortly after rediscovering a fortune cookie message in the bottom of my purse (the message was “Don't judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins”), I began a new draft with a new character: Salamanca Tree Hiddle. The fortune cookie message inspired a journey (walking “two moons”) and a character who is a very small part Native American (the moccasins).

When I began Sal’s story, all I knew was that she was a country girl and she was going on a trip. The rest of her story came out a little bit each day, as I sat down to write. I was too stubborn to throw away the earlier drafts with Mary Lou Finney and Phoebe Winterbottom, so they found their way into this new draft, along with Ben, the lunatic, Mr. Birkway, Margaret Cadaver, and Mrs. Partridge.

Retrieved from: http://www.sharoncreech.com/books/walk-two-moons

Inspiration for Walk Two Moons from her life (in her own words):

Creech's experiences as a high school English teacher led to become a world-renowned author for young children and adults. She is the best-selling author of the Newbery Medal winner "Walk Two Moons" and the Newbery Honor winner "The Wanderer." Her other works include the novels "Heartbeat," "Granny Torcelli Makes Soup," "Ruby Holler and Pleasing the Ghost," as well as the picture books "A Fine, Fine School" and "Fishing in the Air." Her most recent book is "The Unfinished Angel" (2009).

“In Walk Two Moons, the trip that Salamanca takes with Gram and Gramps follows the same route that I took with my family when I was Sal's age, but we weren't searching for my mother (she was in the car with us) and we didn't face the danger and difficulties that Salamanca does. The fictional town of Bybanks appears in many of my stories. Bybanks is based on the real town of Quincy, Kentucky, where my cousins live on a farm, and where I spent many wild days as a child, running through the hills.”

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