@MikaelAllan
@WolfHouseAK
@_celia_bedelia_
There’s a lot of demands for an answer to this silly question going around, and then adding to it if you’re not satisfied for whatever reason. Nobody ever said bears are safe or will change your tire.
@nisslbodies
@grey_ws
Just ducking in to note that most Brothers Grimm stories were told to them by women (the expression “old wives’ tales” is because of women who told folk tales), and were rewritten many times, with each Grimm edition reducing female agency and sex yet increasing violence.
@cafepleiades
@lqvekanthony
Women can inherit property if spinsters or widows. For married women, the inheritance becomes her husband’s (until the Married Women’s Property Act of 1870). Most peerages in Scotland can pass to a woman if there are no sons also.
@becomingcry
I wonder whether Val needed to suck to get the 1996 audience on the gay couple’s side or to have a character change (I can’t call it an arc) at the end. I haven’t see La Cage aux Folles.
@woofknight
I went to my daughter and said, “I have picked a husband for you,” and she said NO. I said, “He is Bill Gates’ son and the CEO of World Bank.” She said, “Not interested. Going on tour with my band and, anyway, I have a girlfriend.”
@HLeeHurley
At that point, they might as well describe JKR as an author whose Doctor Who episode was scuttled by DT. It’s as important career wise and about as relevant.
@RyanTroutSays
@notcapnamerica
Before Shakespeare’s day! That was during the period when he was the Doctor’s companion and brought his plays back in time.
@JoyceCarolOates
We once had an assignment to find out what the words meant, and I remember feeling quite angry that we had been making a promise without its ever previously being explained that’s what we were saying.
@CruzandoR
@FellowshipFans
@business
He could have posted it on Archive of Our Own, but he can’t publish it for profit without their okay. And they are not required to read it.
@tormasmuller
@akchmrk
They are talking about Kate’s bio mom (remember when Edwina got mad and called her “half-sister@?), who, in the books, died in a freak accident in a thunderstorm, which was why Kate had panic attacks in thunderstorms (which they also didn’t do on the show).
@caranthirs
There was definitely a movement to get more practical attire with the New Woman and bicycling, but they already had two Married Woman’s Property Acts by then (in England). I don’t know whether you have a particular era/location in mind, so, of course, variable.
@cafepleiades
@lqvekanthony
Titles and estates are usually tied together. Notably, the show has never dealt with a Scottish title before. However, if John leaves a son, he would be heir, and this could be the plan. But if there is no heir besides Michaela, this would set up an interesting problem.
@ghostlyscenez
@moniza_hossain
She isn’t really in that position in the books. Anthony does attempt to court her because she looks good on paper, but that doesn’t last long and Edwina isn’t interested and basically ships him with Kate.
@starswheeled
And: Juliet should have listened to her parents. She was too young to get married.
Oh, yeah. Her parents who were forcing her to get married?
@lhpanthermom
@cbsaustin
So now if a volleyball player spikes a ball it’s her fault if another player doesn’t block it? What is this person standing up for, exactly?
@cieduoti
@madisliv
I don’t like that, when Kate asks not to consummate their marriages right away, he refuses her request. There are other things too.
@baddestmamajama
I don’t think Penelope would enjoy managing an estate while her husband is gone for years at a time and raising kids (with nanny & governess) on her own. I think she wants love.
@theoceanblooms
She relates it to her experience, but it’s more of a jumping-off point for that—not an unheard-of rhetorical device. That was my assessment anyway.
@bellalugosii
I thought Penelope did “something great.” Why isn’t she running to Colin to tell him about it proudly? She destroyed Eloise’s chance with Theo but wants Eloise to help her lie to Eloise’s brother for the rest of her life? Does she think Colin will never find out on his own?
@magi_jay
Yes, it is used in that pronunciation for emphasis by English speakers. It has also been a rule or suggestion to pronounce it “thee” prior to a word starting with a vowel (“the end”) and “thuh” prior to a word starting with a consonant (“the beginning”), similar to the a/an rule.