Love that Jack Robinson - who clearly has such contempt for 'diplomacy' and the machinations of the upper classes - goes to work one day, meets a random woman in a bathroom, and ends up in the inner circle of not just Phryne Fisher, but also Prudence Stanley, who seems to be one of the most influential people in Melbourne.
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Honoring International Labor Day with a snippet by Mary from S2E12 Unnatural Habits. Her character might be minor, but her fighting spirit was anything but.
Being impregnated by a factory foreman against her will, Mary sought shelter from the church. Instead of receiving empathy and the proper care from the nuns, she was given a different name, Ada, because “You ain't fit to kiss the Holy Mother's feet, let alone share her name”. In spite of her condition, Mary was forced to perform heavy laundry duty in a horrendous working condition alongside other “fallen girls” while constantly being reminded to “beg our Lord's forgiveness for your wicked, ungrateful attitude”.
Mary’s defiant response “If I do that, do you think He'll start paying us wages?” caught Phryne’s attention. When told that “The Magdalene Laundries are exempt from usual labor laws”, she was as determined as Mary to “stir up dissatisfaction with the talk of workers' rights and regulations”. It was a joy to watch the two kindred spirits developing a bond and interacting with each other.
Speaking of a special bond, I loved the relationship between Mary and the “rich old battleaxe” (aka Aunt Prudence) too. Not only did Aunt P help Mary deliver the baby, but she also decided to take the pair in. I could imagine the two feisty women clash often, but the Stanley household would certainly be more lively because of it.
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by Elly (cozyluv)
The return of Phryne and Jack to Wardlow, and how will they navigate their relationship after a year overseas
Words: 4233, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Fandoms: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (TV)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/F, F/M
Characters: Phryne Fisher, Jack Robinson, Hugh Collins, Dorothy "Dot" Williams, Albert "Bert" Johnson, Cecil "Cec" Yates, Tobias Butler, Elizabeth MacMillan, Jane Ross (Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries), Rosie Sanderson, Prudence Stanley
Relationships: Phryne Fisher/Jack Robinson, Hugh Collins/Dorothy "Dot" Williams, Elizabeth MacMillan/Rosie Sanderson
Additional Tags: Post-Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, Jane has a cat, Baby Collins is also part of the family now, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort
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top 5 personal HO fave - he was he was super thrilled to be there, had a great time, lost his mind a little & flexed (literally). Incredible.
📚 STUFF I READ 📚
😊 Throuple Honey (Brent Archer) - short, sweet & simple with lots of domestic details
🥰 "Why Don't We Just Kill the Kid In the Omelas Hole" (Isabel J. Kim) - love a skillful response to the classic original story. I just kept saying 'wow. wow.'
😍😍😍 Reread the entirety of Rachel Reid's Game Changers series. I just love them all SO MUCH!!!! 😍😍😍
Game Changer (Game Changers #1) [Scott & Kip]
Merry Christmas Scott & Kip (Game Changers #1.5)
Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2) [Shane & Ilya] {here's a really great review of this book, which is THEEEE GREATEST rivals-to-lovers story ever!}
My Dinner with Hayden: A Heated Rivalry Short Story (Game Changers #2.5)
Tough Guy (Game Changers #3) [Ryan & Fabian]
Common Goal (Game Changers #4) [Eric & Kyle]
Role Model (Game Changers #5) [Troy & Harris]
The Long Game (Game Changers #6) [Shane & Ilya, Part 2]
🥰 The Supersoldier's Amnesiac Groom (casspeach) - 48K, very canon divergent arranged marriage AU - reread for Stucky Book Club
📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺
A Word on Words | NPT: Starter Villain - John Scalzi
Hot Ones - Tony Hawk
Hot Ones - Sterling K. Brown
Hot Ones - Mark Ruffalo
Hot Ones - John Oliver
Hot Ones - Barry Keoghan
Hazbin Hotel - s1, e2
D20: Fantasy High: Junior Year - "Mall Madness" (s21, e5)
D20: Adventuring Party - "Can I Offer You a Nice Shrimp in This Trying Time?" (s16, e5)
🎧 PODCASTS 🎧
Desert Island Discs - Graham Nash, musician
⭐ Up First - The Sunday Story: Tiny Desk, Big Stage
⭐ What Next: TBD - Streaming Is Cable Now
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Taquile Island
Short Wave - Wolves Are Thriving In The Radioactive Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The Sporkful - Undercover Dining With NY Times Restaurant Critic Pete Wells
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - The Top 10 Places We Would Love To Visit
Pop Culture Happy Hour - 2024 Grammys Recap
Vibe Check - Hey, Sis: featuring Audie Cornish
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Moynaq
Shedunnit - The Green Penguin
Vibe Check - Hell Has Flooded
⭐ It's Been a Minute - Sam Reich on revamping the game show - and Dropout's success as a small streamer
Ologies with Alie Ward - Theoretical & Creative Ecology (SCIENCE & ECOPOETRY) with Madhur Anand
The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Welcome Home
Short Wave - After 20 Years, This Scientist Uncovered The Physics Behind The Spiral Pass
99% Invisible #569 - Between the Blocks
Switched on Pop - Brittany Howard's Chaos Theory (with Brittany Howard)
⭐ Song Exploder - Green Day "Basket Case"
The Assignment with Audie Cornish - Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce: Cultural Supernova
⭐ Throughline - The Scent of History
⭐ The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum
Alt.Latino - The greatest Boleros of all-time
The Sporkful - Deep Dish With Sohla And Ham: Tacos Al Pastor
Today, Explained - When one (airplane) door opens …
Dear Prudence - Is My Work Husband Keeping Me A Secret From His Wife? Help!
Pop Culture Happy Hour - Lisa Frankenstein And What's Making Us Happy
Endless Thread - Recess Therapy's Julian Shapiro-Barnum is skeptical of kids becoming social media stars
⭐ Strong Songs - "In Your Eyes" by Peter Gabriel
Today, Explained - Why Taylor left TikTok
Short Wave - Clownfish Might Be Counting Their Potential Enemies' Stripes
You're Dead to Me - Simón Bolívar
Consider This from NPR - What Makes A Football Movie Great?
It's Been a Minute - A Super Bowl in 'new Vegas'; plus, the inverted purity of the Stanley Cup
Wait Wait… Don't Tell Me! - Lena Waithe
Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly - Putting the Awe in Audio
🎶 MUSIC 🎶
The Very Best Of Buddy Holly And The Crickets
My Mix #5 [Simon & Garfunkel, Carpenters, John Denver]
Hey flashers! It’s time! Heat 1 is starting right now. These are your prompts.
Creative differences // "You can't seriously still be reading that?" // A 'second time' story
Pretending to Be Gay // Bodyguard // Face Slapping
Outback // there was only one bed // turns out somebody doesn't like having nice things
Oblivious // on the run // flower shop
Restaurants // Third Wheels // Suggestive Themes
Chaos Theory // Is it Slash fic or Slasher fic? // Dot on the run
Prudence Stanley & Jack Robinson // what do you mean awkward Phryne Fisher doesn’t do awkward // the butler did it
At least they made it to the beach // where did the dog come from? // Minor character injury
Jealousy // Idiots to Lovers // Smoking
Tick-tock.
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Part 1 of the series in which Aunt Prudence turns out to be quite an eccentric party planner
Party planning with Aunt Prudence
1/6
When things don't go according to plan, and John Andrews dies quite unexpectedly (although his wife might disagree - she quite expected him to die), Aunt Prudence volunteers herself and Phryne, her newly arrived niece from London, to take over the charity soiree, initially organized by Lydia Andrews (the happy widow/drug lord). Anyway, things still don't go as planned.
Series dedicated to/inspired by @allpartofthejob , who once said: "Seemingly antiquated Aunt P hosts all sorts of extravagant events! Engagement-raves, nudist camps, murderous tennis matches..."
P.S. Change of style, everyone! Since my free time is almost non existent, for a while at least, I won't be able to add my usual clip bits into the videos anymore. I hope you enjoy them either way. 💖
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