Louisa Harland as Nell Jackson
Renegade Nell (Ep.2)
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I love how Papa Trotter keeps telling Nell she can stay conditionally, but keeps changing the terms. First it's a night in the barn with the donkey, then she can stay indefinitely provided she wears a dress, and then we see her back to her normal clothes just before she leaves again. This is a man who cannot set boundaries for his daughters and I love it.
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Polly is so enamored with Nell.
And Nell, she doesn't seem to be hating it.
She might be a bit confused, but not hating it.
And Roxy isn't exactly disapproving.
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more renegade nell stuff.... and thank you so much for all the love on my morgana wip whaaatttttt????? i'll post the finished drawing and some other stuff soon :DDDD
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Louisa Harland as Nell Jackson
Renegade Nell (Ep.6)
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For anything else you want to say about the new show Renegade Nell, I'm deeply appreciative for its sartorial gender subversion. I love that we get to see Nell alternate between and at times actively mix codes of feminine and masculine dress AND that the response to this subversion is an equally mixed reaction of acceptance, confusion, and an absolute grab bag of pronouns and descriptors.
Specifically, I enjoy the refusal of limits. Nell's "disguise" as a nobel woman is complete, believable, and well received. Her "disguise" as a doctor is complete, believable, and well received. Her choice to stand before the queen in military dress is accepted at the same time as she retains the feminine social etiquette of curtsying (even as she does so awkwardly). What we are seeing is a complete refusal of easy categorization and that strategy of opacity is so expertly delivered by Louisa Harland and is so very queer.
I'd love to see a deeper investigation into the costuming of this show, its historical referrants, and the queer readings it elicits
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I love how Polly kissing Nell is the most climatic moment of Pollys life but Nell just rode across the country, saved her sister from an evil theatre kid, and helped a woman give birth, so she’s just like sure okay this is happening and doesn’t even comment on it.
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Another little thing I appreciate about renegade nell is that nell is illiterate but she's still shown to be incredibly intelligent and resourceful. I like how it shows that education/high bred status and actual intelligence are two different things.
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