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fandomtrumpshate · 2 months

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Unlisted fandom challenge!

Since our numbers post earlier today, we've had more than 30 signups, including write-ins for 2 more fandoms, bringing the total of unlisted fandoms to 155 ... for now ...

At the top of the list we have a 3-way tie for 1st, a 5-way tie for 2nd, and a 6-way tie for third ...

5 Danny Phantom

5 For All Mankind

5 Yu Yu Hakusho

4 Ace Attorney

4 Ted Lasso

4 Goblin Emperor Series - Katherine Addison

4 Stanley Parable

4 Tortall

3 Greek Mythology/Religion

3 Bungo Stray Dogs

3 Call of Duty

3 Dragon Ball

3 Realm of the Elderlings - Robin Hobb

3 Mummy (1999 franchise)

A single sign up could change all that ...

The rest below a cut for length -

2 Alan Wake/Remedyverse

2 Ghosts (TV)

2 Buffyverse

2 Cosmere

2 CSI

2 Detective Conan

2 Dracula

2 Dune

2 Firefly

2 Formula 1 RPF

2 Glee

2 Guardian (2018)

2 HBO War

2 Hermitcraft/The Life Series SMP

2 Imperial Radch Series

2 Mob Psycho 100

2 Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury

2 Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint

2 Persona Series: 3-5

2 Professional Wrestling

2 Riverdale

2 Saw

2 Shades of Magic - V. E. Schwab

2 Slow Horses

2 Stormlight Archive

2 Bear (TV)

2 Empyrean - Rebecca Yarros

2 Folk of the Air (Holly Black)

2 Radiant Emperor Series

2 Undertale

2 Venture Bros

2 Voltron

2 Wolf Pack

1 1670

1 a league of their own (TV series)

1 A Plague Tale (Videogame Series)

1 Adventure Zone: Balance

1 Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across 8th Dimension

1 Adventures of Tintin

1 American Gods

1 Among Us

1 Artful Dodger

1 Bendy (and The Ink Machine/Dark Revival)

1 Billabong - Mary Grant Bruce

1 Bioshock 1&2

1 Blue Beetle

1 Breakfast With Scot

1 Bunny - Mona Awad

1 Buzzfeed Unsolved/Watcher Entertainment RPF

1 Cabin Pressure

1 Cats the musical

1 Charlie's Angels (2019)

1 Cherry Magic

1 Chronicles of Narnia

1 Cobra Kai

1 Coffee Talk (Video Game)

1 Criminal Minds

1 Death Note

1 Dexter

1 Dice Punks (podcast)

1 Digimon

1 Dimension 20

1 Discworld - Terry Pratchett

1 Divergent

1 Donten ni Warau / Laughing Under the Clouds

1 Dungeons and Daddies (podcast)

1 Fallout Video Game (Bethesda)

1 Falsettos

1 Fargo FX

1 Farscape

1 Fire Emblem (4-10, 13, 14, 16)

1 Five Nights at Freddy's

1 Friends at the Table

1 Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid

1 Good Place

1 Grantchester

1 Green Creek

1 Greenhollow Series - Emily Tesh

1 Grey's Anatomy

1 Grimm

1 Gundam (see below for details)

1 Hatchetfield

1 Hawaii 5.0

1 Hello From The Hallowoods

1 Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

1 Hollows - Kim Harrison

1 Honkai Star Rail

1 Horizon Zero Dawn

1 Horror

1 Inception

1 Inspector Morse

1 IT (Movies - Muschietti)

1 Jeff Satur - music videos

1 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

1 Julie and the Phantoms

1 Last Kingdom

1 Law and Order

1 Left-Handed Booksellers of London - Garth Nix

1 Legend of the Galactic Heroes

1 Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4)

1 London Spy

1 Lunar Chronicles

1 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic

1 Magnificent Seven

1 Mechanisms

1 Mrs. Davis

1 My Little Pony

1 Nancy Drew (CW Series)

1 Narcos (TV)

1 Nine Worlds Series - Victoria Goddard

1 NU: Carnival

1 Omori

1 One Direction

1 Orphan Black

1 Outlast

1 Pacific Rim

1 Pairing (Casey McQuiston)

1 Re-Animator

1 Saint of Steel

1 Sex Education (TV)

1 Shadow Campaigns - Django Wexler

1 Simon Snow Series

1 Skins (UK)

1 Slam Dunk

1 South Park

1 Starry Musical

1 Succession

1 Super Sentai

1 Sweeney Todd

1 Team Starkid

1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

1 Terror (TV 2018)

1 Three of Hearts

1 Tin Can Bros

1 Tower of God

1 True Detective

1 Vorkosigan Saga - Lois McMaster Bujold

1 Wayfarers (Becky Chambers)

1 Westworld (TV)

1 Yellowjackets

1 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters

#fth 2024 #fandom trumps hate #fanworks charity auction #unlisted fandom challenge #signups are OPEN

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lunap999 · 1 year

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For the amazing Turtle Wexler!

#severus snape #snape #severus snape fanart #hermione granger #sshg #sevmione #snamione

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empress-of-snark · 1 year

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#there’s so many more I could include but I only had ten options ;(#the westing game #anne of green gables #a series of unfortunate events #harry potter #a wrinkle in time #the chronicles of narnia #inkheart #the princess diaries #east #the city of ember

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gaslightgatekeepgirlbosscombat · 8 months

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Group B polls

Round 1:

Mercymorn (The Locked Tomb) vs Soyo Nagasaki (Bang Dream! Girls Band Party!)

Starscream (Transformers) vs Sir Richard Carlisle (Downton Abbey)

Taissa Turner (Yellowjackets) vs Takuto Maruki (Persona 5 Royal)

Muu Kusunoki (Milgram) vs Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore (Harry Potter)

Raiden Shogun/Ei (Genshin Impact) vs Betrayus (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures)

Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia) vs Kayne (Malevolent)

Yae Miko (Genshin Impact) vs Big Mama (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Seiga Kaku (Touhou/Suikakasen) vs Queen Iduna (Frozen)

Ruby (Supernatural) vs Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul)

Round 2:

Rita Repulsa (Power Rangers) vs Mercymorn (The Locked Tomb)

Starscream (Transformers) vs Takuto Maruki (Persona 5 Royal)

Blackarachnia (Beast Wars/Transformers) vs Muu Kusunoki (Milgram)

Sirica (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!) vs Raiden Shogun/Ei (Genshin Impact)

Golden Queen (Skylanders) vs Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia)

Salem (RWBY) vs Big Mama (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Sara Chidouin (Your Turn to Die) vs Seiga Kaku (Touhou/Suikakasen)

Ra-im Yu (Operation: True Love) vs Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul)

Round 3:

Mercymorn (The Locked Tomb) vs Starscream (Transformers)

Blackarachnia (Beast Wars/Transformers) vs Sirica (Kirby: Right Back at Ya!)

Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia) vs Big Mama (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Sara Chidouin (Your Turn to Die) vs Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul)

Round 4:

Starscream (Transformers) vs Blackarachnia (Beast Wars/Transformers)

Dennis Reynolds (It's Always Sunny in Philidelphia) vs Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul)

Round 5:

Starscream (Transformers) vs Kim Wexler (Better Call Saul)

#gaslight gatekeep girlboss tournament #group b

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pussyandpetrichor · 2 years

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Turtle Wexler is nonbinary

#the westing game #koko speaks

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froggyfun365 · 2 months

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10 characters, 10 fandoms

1) Dean Winchester (Supernatural)

2) Logan Echolls (Veronica Mars)

3) Sam Beckett (Quantum Leap)

4) Major Lilywhite (iZombie)

5) Turtle Wexler (The Westing Game)

6) Nathan Petrelli (Heroes)

7) Butler (Artemis Fowl)

8) Mickey Milkovich (Shameless)

9) Gwaine (Merlin)

10) Percy (Critical Role/The Legend of Vox Machina)

#first things that popped into my head #fandom #love these characters #randomness

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90secondnewbery · 4 months

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The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin

1979 Newbery Medal Winner

Adapted by Logan R., Graham B., and Nolan J. of Trailwood Elementary School (2024)

From Overland Park, KS

Judges' Remarks: The whodunit mystery story of this book is very complicated and hard to sum up in just a few minutes, but this movie makes a decent go of it! The frequent onscreen text identifying the characters helped to keep things straight, and the occasional dubbing made some of the spoken lines easier to hear, although the sped-up audio sometimes made it hard to understand what the characters were saying. There was a fun use of dramatic music and green screen, especially at the end when Turtle Wexler is surrounded by all that money. Although I don't think I'd understand this movie if I hadn't already read the book, it kept enough of the book's twisty spirit and plot highlights that I felt it was a good tribute to the book, and the engaging performances helped too!

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fearsmagazine · 4 months

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FEARS’ Favorite Films of 2023

Theatrical

LORD OF MISRULE (Magnet) Released: Friday, December 8, 2023 Director - William Brent Bell Screenplay - Tom De Ville Review – HERE

GODZILLA MINUS ONE (Toho International) Released: Friday, December 1, 2023 Director/Screenplay - Takashi Yamazaki Review – HERE

DO NOT DISTURB (Dark Star Pictures) Released: Friday, November 17, 2023 Director/Screenplay - John Ainslie Review – HERE

SUITABLE FLESH (RLJE Films) Released: Friday, October 27, 2023 Director - Joe Lynch Screenplay – Dennis Paoli Review – HERE Interview with Dennis Paoli – HERE

IT LIVES INSIDE (Neon) Released: Friday, September 22, 2023 Director/Screenplay - Bishal Dutta Review – HERE Interview with Bishal Dutta – HERE

SATANIC HISPANICS (Dread) Released – Thursday, September 14, 2023 Director/Screenplay – Five episodes, five directors and five screenplays. Review – HERE

TALK TO ME (A24) Released: Friday, July 28, 2023 Directors – Danny & Michael Philippou Screenwriters - Bill Hinzman, Daley Pearson & Danny Philippou Review – HERE

THE ANGRY BLACK GIRL AND HER MONSTER (RLJE Films) Released: Friday, June 9, 2023 Director/Screenwriter - Bomani J. Story Review – HERE

UNWELCOME (Well Go USA Entertainment) Released: Friday, March 10, 2023 Director - Jon Wright Screenplay - Mark Stay & Jon Wright Review – HERE

Animated

UNICORN WARS (GKids) Released: Friday, March 10, 2023 Director/Screenplay - Alberto Vázquez Review – HERE

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: MUTANT MAYHEM (Paramount) Released: Wednesday, August 2, 2023 Directors - Jeff Rowe & Kyler Spears Screenplay - Brendan O’Brien - Was not reviewed by opening date.

THE SUPER MARIO BROS. MOVIE (Universal) Released: Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Directors – Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic Screenplay - Matthew Fogel - Was not reviewed by opening date.

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (Sony) Released: Friday, June 2, 2023 Directors - Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers & Justin K. Thompson Screenplay - David Callaham, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller - Was not reviewed by opening date.

NIMONA (Netflix) Released: Friday, June 30, 2023 Directors - Nick Bruno & Troy Quane Screenplay - Marc Haimes - Was not reviewed by opening date.

Platform

THE SACRIFICE GAME (Shudder) Released: Friday, December 8, 2023 Director – Jenn Wexler Screenplay - Sean Redlitz & Jenn Wexler Review – HERE Interview with Jenn Wexler & Sean Redlitz - HERE

WE HAVE A GHOST (Netflix) Released: Friday, February 24, 2023 Director/ Screenplay – Christopher W. Landon - Was not reviewed by opening date.

BROOKLYN 45 (Shudder) Released: Friday, June 9, 2023 Director/Screenplay – Ted Geoghegan Review – HERE Interview with Ted Geoghegan - HERE

THEY CLONED TYRONE (Netflix) Released: Friday, July 21, 2023 Director – Juel Taylor Screenplay - Juel Taylor & Tony Rettenmaier - Was not reviewed by opening date.

EL CONDE (Netflix) Released: Friday, September 15, 2023 Director – Pablo Larraín Screenplay - Guillermo Calderón & Pablo Larraín - Was not reviewed by opening date

NO ONE WILL SAVE YOU (Hulu) Released: Friday, September 22, 2023 Director/Screenplay - Brian Duffield - Was not reviewed by opening date

CRACKED (VOD Platforms) Released: Tuesday, July 18, 2023 Director – Surapong Ploensang Screenplay - Ornusa Donsawai, Pun Homchuen, Surapong Ploensang, & Eakasit Thairaat Review – HERE

APPENDAGE (Hulu) Released: Monday, October 2, 2023 Director/Screenplay - Anna Zlokovic - Was not reviewed by opening date

SISTER DEATH (Netflix) Released: Friday, October 27, 2023 Director – Paco Plaza Screenplay - Jorge Guerricaechevarría & Paco Plaza - Was not reviewed by opening date

Major Studio

MEGAN (Universal) Released: Friday, January 6, 2023 Director – Gerard Johnstone Screenplay - Akela Cooper Review – HERE

KNOCK AT THE CABIN (Universal) Released: Friday, February 3, 2023 Director/Screenplay - M. Night Shyamalan Review – HERE

EVIL DEAD RISE (Warner Bros./New Line Cinema) Released: Friday, April 21, 2023 Director/Screenplay - Lee Cronin - Was not reviewed by opening date

RENFIELD (Universal) Released: Friday, April 14, 2023 Director – Chris McKay Screenplay - Ryan Ridley Review – HERE

THE BOOGEYMAN (20th Century Studios) Released: Friday, June 2, 2023 Director – Rob Savage Screenplay - Scott Beck, Bryan Woods& Mark Heyman Review – HERE

COBWEB (Lionsgate) Released: Friday, July 21, 2023 Director – Samuel Bodin Screenplay - Chris Thomas Devlin Review – HERE

THE LAST VOYAGE OF THE DEMETER (Universal) Released: Friday, August 11, 2023 Director – André Øvredal Screenplay - Bragi Schut Review – HERE

THE NUN II (Warner Bros./New Line Cinema) Released: Friday, September 8, 2023 Director – Michael Chaves Screenplay - Akela Cooper - Was not reviewed by opening date

SAW X (Lionsgate) Released: Friday, September 29, 2023 Director – Kevin Greutert Screenplay - Pete Goldfinger & Josh Stolberg - Was not reviewed by opening date

THANKSGIVING (Sony) Released: Friday, November 17, 2023 Director - Eli Roth Screenplay - Jeff Rendel & Eli Roth Review – HERE

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luxflora · 2 years

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the westing game review:

fun to read right up until the last couple chapters where everyone gets a happy ending with the same heterosexual, same-race partner they started with, and the capitalists win and that's considered to be a happy ending. that man was fucking insane and judge ford deserved some fucking closure and a wife

i really wanted the wexlers and the hoos to get divorced and end up with each others' partners, for deere to run away screaming, angela to end up with either theo or sydelle, turtle to be either ace or lesbian or both (i stand by this), and judge ford to get to beat sam westing at SOMETHING and for him to end up murdered, probably by grace or angela wexler. possibly turtle.

#myposts #personal log

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where-our-stories-start · 3 years

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Favorite literary heroines (6/?): Turtle Wexler, The Westing Game

#favorite literary heroines #turtle wexler #tr wexler #tabitha ruth wexler #the westing game #keira knightly

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braidpoll · 9 months

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BRAID POLL !! :D

currently running :

ROUND 7 PART 4

barbie as rapunzel ( barbie as rapunzel ) vs makoto kurume ( skip to loafer )

ICON BRACKET

ROUND 2 PART 1

Edward Elric ( Fullmetal Alchemist ) VS Katara ( Avatar: The Last Airbender )

ABOUT THA ICON BRACKET : tha eight most iconic braid characters ( decided both by iconicness and tha amount of submissions they received ) will compete in an adjacent bracket . tha winner will then face off against tha winner of tha main braid bracket . this is liek what they do in sports , where certain teams get to skip matches and go straight to tha finals . this way icons can be included but its more exciting ( and fair ) than watching them decimate their opponents each round before making it to tha finals anyways

entire 128 character bracket is too large to take a screenshot of but it looks liek this , and will ( obviously ) be done in sections . bracket list below tha readmore , straight down tha left side and then straight down tha right !! :D

LEFT SIDE :

susie carmicheal ( rugrats )

agent 3 ( splatoon 3 )

peko pekoyama ( danganronpa 2: goodbye despair )

sabi ( pokémon legends: arceus )

princess yue ( avatar: the last airbender )

elsa ( frozen )

mei chang ( fullmetal alchemist )

pippi longstocking ( pippi longstocking )

ran hanamichi ( delicious party♡precure )

xiangling ( genshin impact )

neiru aonuma ( wonder egg priority )

mozart ( classicaloid )

mitsuri kanroji ( kimetsu no yaiba )

cure felice ( mahoutsukai PreCure! )

ty lee ( avatar: the last airbender )

toadette ( super mario bros )

prim everdeen ( the hunger games )

joni savage ( cluefinders )

juniper woods ( phoenix wright: ace attorney - dual destinies )

ahiru ( princess tutu )

leona kingscholar ( twisted wonderland )

yoshino shimazu ( maria-sama ga miteru )

jasminka antonenko ( little witch academia )

dewey ( nurse angel ririka sos )

fiona ( shrek )

cure cosmo ( star☆twinkle PreCure )

tsukimi kurashita ( princess jellyfish / kuragehime )

yui nanase ( go! princess PreCure )

piper mccloud ( the girl who could fly )

turtle wexler ( the westing game )

elyon ( w.i.t.c.h )

lily angel ( all saints street )

pearl ( pearl )

jessica riley ( until dawn )

meg thomas ( dead by daylight )

anissa pierce ( black lightning )

miles morales [ earth 42 ] ( spiderman: into the spiderverse )

espella cantabella ( professor leighton vs. phoenix wright: ace attorney )

petra ( fire emblem: three houses )

kikuri hiroi ( bocchi the rock! )

narumi yatadera ( touhou tenkuushou ~ hidden star in four seasons )

doc mcstuffins ( doc mcstuffins )

ruffnut thorston ( how to train your dragon )

magane chikujouin ( re:CREATORS )

eiko tsukimi ( ya boy kongming! )

emma ( pokémon X/Y )

chizuru maki ( DREAM!ing )

momoko sudou ( araburu kisetsu no otome-domo yo. )

hikaru kujou ( futari wa PreCure max heart )

zossie ( pokémon ultra sun/ultra moon )

madotsuki ( yume nikki )

rin kaenbyou ( touhou chireiden ~ subterranean animism )

shenhe ( genshin impact )

draken ( tokyo revengers )

lettuce midorikawa ( tokyo mew mew )

anne shirley ( anne of green gables )

maria momoe ( ookiku furikabutte )

riley freeman ( the boondocks )

lisa yadoumaru ( bleach )

hikaru shidou ( magic knight rayearth )

demeter ( hades )

lucy maud montgomery ( bungou stray dogs )

ajimi kiki ( pripara )

himari arisugawa ( kirakira☆precure a la mode )

RIGHT SIDE :

shuri ( black panther )

cheryl ( pokémon diamond/pearl/platinum )

rana ( vocaloid )

kirari momobami ( kakegurui )

abigail lincoln ( codename: kids next door )

lila sawyer ( hey arnold! )

penny ( warioware )

fawn ( disney fairies )

sveta ( golden sun: dark dawn )

josie mccoy ( Riverdale)

libby folfax ( the adventures of jimmy neutron: boy genuis )

nori ( barbie mermadia )

ashlyn banner ( school bus graveyard )

julia lazarrett ( marionetta )

luther schneien ( ghost eyes )

naru kanda ( ikemen girl to hakoiri musume )

sid barrett ( soul eater )

kumoko ( so im a spider, so what? )

justine courtney ( ace attorney investigations: prosecutor's path )

retsu unohana ( bleach )

jack vessalius ( pandora hearts )

aika s. granzchesta ( aria )

kaname tousen ( bleach )

ludmila ( rune factory 5 )

nikolai gogol ( bungou stray dogs )

jolyne cujoh ( jojo's bizzare adventure: stone ocean )

katniss everdeen ( the hunger games )

violet evergarden ( violet evergarden )

aerith gainsborough ( final fantasy vii )

anna ( frozen )

cammy white ( street fighter ii )

ranma saotome ( ranma ½ )

barbie as rapunzel ( barbie as rapunzel )

rapunzel ( tangled )

bu-ling huang ( tokyo mew mew )

sheeta ( laputa: castle in the sky )

suzuha amane ( steins;gate )

qiqi ( genshin impact )

nah ( fire emblem awakening )

nemu hiiragi ( magia record: puella magi madoka magica side story )

jodie ( daria )

nick hoult ( all saints street )

helga sinclair ( atlantis: the lost empire )

tao ( gokurakugai )

aru shah ( the pandava quintet )

ayşe ( woven )

makoto kurume ( skip to loafer )

library ( misao )

duo maxwell ( mobile suit gundam wing )

revali ( legend of zelda: breath of the wild )

nina ( fire emblem fates )

kiana kaslana ( honkai impact 3rd )

aether ( genshin impact )

kamui ( gintama )

raiden shogun ( genshin impact )

touko fukawa ( danganronpa: trigger happy havoc )

nahyuta sahdmadhi ( phoenix wright: ace attorney - spirit of justice )

haruka hashida ( blue period )

viola ( the witch's house )

nemu kurotsuchi ( bleach )

lingji liu ( ciconia no naku koro ni )

aisha ( romancing SaGa )

ooama no ake no mitori ( len'en ten'eisenki ~ brilliant pagoda or haze castle )

marc ( flying red barrel: the diary of a little aviator )

#pinned #braid poll #braidpoll

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32errors · 5 years

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i have one thing to say

turtle wexler is a lesbian.

sorry i don’t make the rules

#the westing game #turtle wexler

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ladyloveandjustice · 3 years

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The Westing Game Chapter 30...and closing thoughts!

“The End?”

Now it’s the “WHERE ARE THEY NOW: A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DEAD” Edition.

Okay, sorry. But with this chapter we get an even BIGGER timeskip- it’s been twenty years since the original Westing Game. And thus, we have a body count. Not like, a violent one, but Crow and Otis have died of (presumably) old age, Hoo is also dead (A bit younger than the others, he’d have been pushing 70, so maybe there were health problems or an accident involved) and most of the chapter takes place with T.R. next to Westing on his deathbed.

We get status updates on everyone once again!

-Judge Ford is on the US Supreme Court now. She MADE IT.

-Sydelle’s retired with her husband to Hawaii.

-Flora lives with T.R., aww. T.R. even still calls her Baba!

It’s all I wanted for them.

-Angela is an orthopedic surgeon. And she and Denton have married, so I guess he really did change! They also had a kid and named her Alice, double aww.

-Chris married his ladyfriend Shirley, they’re both professors of Ornithology, and Chris discovered a new type of bird!

-Sunny got to make her return trip to China but came back to take over Hoo’s business.

-Grace’s restaurant chain has continued its growth, and considering she keeps hold of the one failure in her chain because it’s close to where Jake lives, their relationship must be good. Jake’s on the State Crime Commission now.

-Doug is a sports announcer and got two Olympic golds.

-Theo is a novelist trying his best. I feel that, bro.

-T.R. is a lawyer and continues to make a killing with stocks. She’s also going to inherit Westing’s stock and become chairman of the company board in addition to legal consultant. Theo and T. R. are married. (He noticed she was pretty last chapter. At least it wasn’t Doug, because that would have given bad implications to his rivalry with her).

(It does rankle a bit that T.R. and Theo are specifically choosing not to have kids because a kid might inherit Chris’s disease. Yes, Chris was miserable as a kid when he didn’t have treatment, support, and resources to manage, but now that he’s gotten them, he seems perfectly happy and successful. And T.R. is a millionaire, so she could definitely afford to give her kid treatment and resources. I’d understand if Theo had baggage regarding caretaking, but that just means they shouldn’t have kids in general, and it would make more sense to say that. But yeah, whatever, the seventies.)

But, back to T.R. and Westing. I like how even during his touching deathbed moment, it’s clear Westing’s still kind of an ass. He asks about everyone, indicating he cares, but throws in condescending comments-he refers to his ex-wife as “poor, saintly Crow”, he can’t help mentioning for Ford that “she was a smart kid, but she never once beat me at chess” and has to be all “I gave Hoo the idea for his invention”. It leaves the reader room to make up their own minds about him. Is he a fundamentally good person now or not? Either way, it’s adorable that T.R. still calls him “Sandy” and very sad that “with him died a little of Turtle.” I note the use of Turtle rather than T.R.- it indicates that it’s specifically part of the child she was that died with her jolly doorman, rather than her current self.

And naturally, the man died on the Fourth of July.

The book ends on a rather nice note. Angela brings her daughter Alice over to T.R.’s place.

“Hi there, Alice,” T.R. Wexler said. “Ready for a game of chess?”

The game is never truly over.

And so we close the book on The Westing Game. I really enjoyed it, even though it exposed my embarrassing lack of mystery solving skills in some regards. I am a little disappointed some of my weirder theories didn’t come true (mostly the “Violet isn’t dead” one. “Two Mrs. Westings” would have been amazing too) but the conclusion was satisfying.

I said I’d say some things about ~theme~ so here are some basic thoughts.

It’s clear with the ending especially that legacy is a huge theme in the book, both rejecting and carrying it on. T.R. was under Westing’s mentorship and now mentors Alice, Ford supported Chris and gave him opportunities after Westing gave her one in his own weird way... At the same time, the idea that a child should naturally carry on the aspirations of their parent is very much rejected by this book. Westing checked out of Violet’s life because she didn’t want to carry on his legacy, and that played a role in her death. Crow, meanwhile, forced her aspirations on Violet which also played a role in her death and Grace did the same thing to Angela, making her miserable. Hoo criticized his son for not being what he most wanted him to be, but ultimately Doug was happiest following his own dreams rather than taking after his father. None of the kids do what their parents did, actually, and Angela even surpasses her father in a path he ultimately leaves behind. There’s a clear message your legacy must be sought out by someone who wants it and needs the opportunity rather than forced on your children. It’s also shown that it’s not okay to either reject or hound your children when they don’t follow the path you want. “Giving opportunities, help and compassion to those who need it” is a reoccurring element of the book, from Crow’s soup kitchen to many characters that thrive from getting the proper medical attention, support and education.

The theme of different marginalized and/or ostracized people coming into conflict and competition with each other, but actually finding more fulfillment through supporting each other, is also a strong one. Different members of the cast are affected by things like misogyny, racism, anti-Semitism, ableism and social alienation in different ways, but they ultimately find common ground and become allies in empathizing with and understanding each other.

What’s fascinatingly unclear is how much Westing himself had a role in that.

The man at the center of it all is full of contradictions, and while ultimately his game has good results, it’s hard to say what exactly he believes deep down. I feel in a lot of ways he was encouraging these people to form a community- the way he bought them together and paired them off rather than getting them to work alone, the fact they were encouraged to work together to come up with the “wrong” answer which could have either led to the RIGHT answer or led to them rejecting Crow and so on....

YET, at the end of the day (from his comments to T.R. especially) he seemed to only expect one person to “win” and thus earn the greatest right to his riches and knowledge. While seemingly recognizing the importance of community and support, he seems to still have this “winner takes all” and “one will rise above the rest” mentality. Which is interesting because it was that exact mentality is arguably part of why he neglected Violet and committed so many wrongs in his past.

There’s an implication that he reevaluated his life after losing his daughter and realized all the ways he’s wronged people and this was his attempt to atone. There’s also the implication that Westing could no longer stand being Westing, which is why he discarded the name he built and valued so much, killed that man, and escaped into another identity. He exposed who he truly was (Windy Windkloppel) but also rejected it. He wanted to make amends, improve lives, yet he could never face those who resented him and those he had wronged honestly, as himself…unless they proved themselves “worthy” by guessing his riddle. So, despite the good he did at the end, he lied, he manipulated, and he ran away, and only T.R. was able to follow. Perhaps while he recognized his own mistakes and the value of community to some degree, he still couldn’t accept himself, didn’t feel he had a place in that community of people and could still only ever function as a chessmaster, hiding behind masks, pulling strings from the shadows. So what he needed most was someone who could both see through that and be okay with it. And T.R. was the one.

I truly do appreciate that Westing is such an enigmatic figure and so much about him is implied but not directly stated. The book doesn’t try to force readers to make any one conclusion about him. He’s a manipulative liar. He’s someone T.R. loves. He did good. He did bad.

In the end, one of the biggest things the book shows us is that people are flawed, but they can change for the better and do better, especially with support and understanding. This doesn’t mean that they’ll necessarily become wonderful people. For example, Grace is still fixated on status at the end, she’s just harming her daughters a lot less, has a better relationship with her husband and feels more fulfilled. Most people in this book improved in some way, whether in circumstances or personally, but it doesn’t mean they or their lives became flawless. Miraculous and immaculate transformations generally don’t happen, we’re all human. But getting little better, bit by bit, and showing more care for others? It’s still worth it.

That’s how you really win.

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