#Kate wetherall

[averagecygnet-blog]

the mysterious benedict society books truly had some of the most homosexual characters of all time. mr benedict? gay ass old man, had a whirlwind affair with that sailor guy when they were in the navy together, believes he'll never find love in this homophobic world and doesnt try anymore. reynie muldoon? gay little autistic boy who gets bullied for being gay YEARS before he realizes it's true. sticky washington? bi and has several crises about it in his teenage years. kate wetherall? wouldnt even question it she's just into who she's into (mostly girls) and that's how she vibes. pencilla and rhonda? those are lesbians who met a gay ass old man and decided he's their dad now. the fuckin,, mean girl martina or whatever the fuck?? that bitch was lesbian as hell. sq pedalian? gay boy trying his best. dont even get me started on the campy gay villain that is ledroptha curtain. hell constance is 3 and that little asshole is a mean lesbian in the making if i ever saw one

[tenmillionthfirefly]

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

Trenton Lee Stewart was like: Neurodivegence is a superpower. Fuck capitalism. Killing people is wrong when there are alternatives. Immigrants are heroes. Women are awesome. Black people are freaking gorgeous. People are good at heart.

And then turned that into a book series. And succeeded.

[pumpkinthistle]

The Mysterious Baby Society 📕

For @mahpotatoequeen, my beloved.

[sophieswundergarten]

I really like the idea of the kids being mythical creatures, but, in that way where it's something that just... came into being

Sticky's a nature spirit that manifested in an abandoned library that became overgrown with ivy and mushrooms and plants. He grew out of the warped books being eaten away by fungus, full of knowledge and used to the lonely cold and damp

Kate's a wind spirit that appeared laughing during a festival full of flags and kites and little kids running with pinwheels. She did handstands and somersaults along the banner, laughing along with the children whose skin she tickled

Reynie is the spirit of one of the ancient gargoyles perched on the roof of the orphanage leftover from when it used to be a home. Miss Perumal would talk to it sometimes when she visited, and then one day Reynie appeared in the line up of kids, as if he'd always been there

Constance is the spirit of a child's lost rainboots, discarded and looked over but never claimed as they sat in a lost and found bin, listening to the whispers of all who had let something important go missing. Unwanted, but stubbornly resilient in looking for a home and a way back to somewhere she belonged

[bi-demon-ium]

the nigerian job, leverage // a whisper, not a shout, the mysterious benedict society

[personinthepalace]

Kate's mill pond memory:

“Well, down the road from our house was an old mill pond, and my father took me there to swim once. I was only two, but a good swimmer. The water was cold, the day was warm, and I thought it all felt wonderful. I laughed and splashed until I was exhausted. Then my father — I can’t picture his face, but I can still feel his strong arms lifting me out of the water — he carried me on his shoulders back to our house. I remember asking if we could swim there again, and he said, ‘Of course we can, Katie-Cat.’ I remember that very well. He called me ‘Katie-Cat.’”

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Milligan's mill pond memory:

And just as this realization struck me, so too did the cold waters of the underground stream, and into my mind flashed an image of a mill pond, a lovely place perfect for swimming. I could picture a girl swimming in that pond — so young it was hard to believe she could swim at all, much less splash and dive about like an otter — and in my mind’s eye I drew her near to me, heard her laughing, and, as I took her hand to lead her home, heard her ask me, ‘Daddy, may we come to the mill again?’ To which I replied, ‘Of course, Katie-Cat. Of course we’ll come to the mill again.’

Something I just noticed that might have been pointed out before is that their memories of the mill pond are different. Of course, we have Milligan remembering the "mill again" part while Kate doesn't. But Kate remembers being carried on his shoulders but Milligan remembers that he was holding her hand to walk her home. It would make sense if one or both of them remembered some details incorrectly since it's a memory. Kate was so young while Milligan's memories were buried. Plus it happened so long ago.

[fallenangelfish]

Happy birthday to Danby and Professor Theodore Caramel

[lotsofsq]

THE MYSTERIOUS BENEDICT SOCIETY!!!!!!

i’ll be posting most of my stuff chronologically so enjoy my journey

[ID copies from alt text: four headshots of the four society members: reynie is smiling calmly, his hair is sweeping left over his forehead. he is wearing a green sweater vest with a line of little sprouts on it over a button down. sticky has a nervous expression, he is fully bald. he is wearing a blue sweater over a button down. constance looks peeved and has wispy blonde hair with red hair clips. she is wearing a red coat over a yellow shirt. kate is excited and winking, her gold blonde hair is in a high ponytail. she is in a red and white striped t-shirt. all 4 have emphasized lines around them in their respective colors: reynie has green flowers, sticky has blue sweat beads, constance has red jagged lines, and kate has yellow radial lines around her. ]

[tmbsincorrectquotes]

Milligan: What did you guys do? Reynie: Constance: Kate: Sticky: Milligan: You’re not in trouble, I just need to know if I have to lie to the police again or not.

[moonlarkandpinetree]

Really love goofy optimist girl x reformed mean girl sapphic couples in books/shows

[magic-swords-art]

mr benedict’s very secret team er, the mysterious benedict society!

some bonus S.Q.’s. gave him a tooth gap for no real reason…it just felt cute and fitting :)

[dragoncookies]

(spoilers)

can we just talk about how hardcore the second book is?

I mean, ALL the books are crazy, but it’s been four years since I last reread tmbs and I remember glazing over the second book, because usually in a series the second book is just like build up and filler for the third one (with the first book having all the magic a first book usually had)

but this series? I aged 58 years reading the second book, and I was disgustingly addicted to it the whole time I read it. I truly thought it was the end for our protagonists. Usually you can see how they might turn a bad situation around, but it just looked straight hopeless when everyone ran out to the beach in hopes that help had come and there was just nothing there. And then, when the Shortcut appeared from seemingly out of nowhere, I cried real tears of joy. I know it’s a kids series and sometimes kids series can be deep, but these kids have to be straight traumatized by their experience in that book. They were pushed to their absolute extremes physically, psychologically and emotionally. From being stuck on the ship in one small confined room while traveling across oceans to a place they had never been before, solving all the riddles, keeping watch during that dark night trying to stay awake with the fear of death and being captured hanging over them, being tied up in that giant room with the ten men ready to torture them, then being captured by Curtain and BEING tortured (shocked), then having to run and carry Mr. Benedict until their hands were bleeding and they were beyond their physical limits, and THEN after seeing their LAST CHANCE for making it off that hellish island not be there having their hopes let down….if I were them, I’d probably just go insane. Its shocking because the whole series is so breezy light, but the actual content, once you think about, isn’t so light at all.

Every character was developed so deliciously. Reynie went from being smart and good at riddles, to being a conniving plotter, who could be a supervillain in his own right. Kate almost bombed a ship full of her worst enemies (willingly), but then found some insane inner strength and decided NOT to. Sticky went through an ego-struggle arc and then, after being the group scaredy cat, suddenly became THE MAN in their darkest hour when they all had to carry that stretcher down the mountain and had nothing left to give (and it almost broke my heart when Reynie narrated it saying smt like “maybe we’re all gonna die but at least I get to witness Sticky in his prime 😌). And Constance? Well. She’s Constance, but her mind reading is sick, and I like the relationship dynamic that grew between her and Reynie in this book.

there was so much inner turmoil from Reynie, and the whole “there’s no good-hearted people in this world” belief he struggled with, resulting him question which Benedict twin he himself was more like, was just so scrumptious. He’s the perfect person to narrate the series, and that becomes clear during this book. Finger lickingly good stuff. And we can’t forget Sticky knocking Constance off the watch tower when a ten-man appeared from the darkness. That made me chortle. Or Kate regurgitating McCracken’s key so they could all escape. She’s just so different.

There are just so many good moments in that book. It’s really truly quite the adventure.

[feratscal]

some Mysterious Benedict Society shiz not rendered cause i couldnt be bothered, i mainly wanted to practice drawing faces ig? making the people i draw look like they do in real life, im not very good at that but i think it turned out alright!

[pumpkinthistle]

Another old one I never posted.

[sophieswundergarten]

I think it's interesting that, when they all meet up in the middle of the tests, Reynie specifically asks if the other kids called their parents. He didn't assume they were orphans like he was, or even say something like "guardians".

It says a lot about him, both in that he is emotionally aware and understands that his upbringing isn't necessarily a common one, and that he feels nervous about that very fact, and probably didn't want to give himself away as "weird".

Kate tells him "You get it", even though she doesn't have the full information. I don't know, just, the way they all are so used to assuming they're the odd one out, the one who'll be judged, and that isn't true