#spinelli

[peppermintpapers]

Time for a throwback to one of my favourite childhood shows! Here's the main six Recess characters in my style!

[gen-toon]

[lab-gr0wn-lambs]

So I watched Heartstopper

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[womeninfictionandirl]

Spinelli by DrMistyTang

[femmes-et-art]

Spinelli

[vanillacolaandsprigfan]

Along with Misty, Spinelli was the formative tomboy of my youth.

[sailorplank]

What’s wrong with their faces?

[alienscumbag]

Ur honour..... I luv them

[postcard-from-the-past]

French vintage postcard, illustrated by Spinelli

[opelman]

Mercedes AMG GT3 / Loris Spinelli / ITA / Florian Scholze / DEU / AKM Motorsport by Artes Max Via Flickr: International GT Open 2021 / Circuit de Barcelona

[princesssarisa]

Ashley Spinelli for the character ask

Favorite thing about them: Her snarky wit, her feistiness (especially when she uses it in defense of someone vulnerable), and her sheer energy and passion. Also, compared to other shows from my childhood centered around groups of kids, I appreciate that Recess included such a tough, pugnacious tomboy character without either (a) making her a bully, or (b) having her constantly humbled and taught to be nicer, or (c) giving her an explicit crush on the male lead, even if the latter is hinted at.

Least favorite thing about them: Well, sometimes her attitude can be mean.

Three things I have in common with them:

*I sometimes have a temper.

*I like to wear red.

*I like dancing and art, as "Dance Lessons" and "Spinelli's Masterpiece" reveal that she does.

Three things I don't have in common with them:

*I'm much more traditionally feminine than she is.

*I don't like rough contact sports.

*I don't care about being seen as "tough" or "cool."

Favorite line: From "Operation Field Trip," when she's sick of the song "This Old Man":

"If I have to sing that song one more time, I'm gonna play knick-knack on somebody's head!"

From "Mama's Girl," her response when T.J. asks if she's okay – alluding to Carrie because the whole school has been laughing at her.

"As good as can be expected, considering my life's like a Stephen King novel."

And from her speech in "Beauty Contest":

"I mean, sure, I'm all for peace and people reading, but if I really was selected Little Miss Blush, I'd do the same junk I do now. Watch a little pro wrestling, try to keep up in school, hang out with my friends! You know, kid stuff! I only got entered in this contest 'cause some kids thought it was a funny joke, and I stayed in 'cause I wanted to win. But the truth is, this isn't me. (puts on her ski cap) This is me. I'm not a painted-up doll, I'm a kid, and I don't want to be anything else!"

brOTP: T.J., Gretchen, Mikey, Vince, and Gus. Especially T.J.

OTP: Probably T.J. when they're old enough, though of course Johnny V. is an option too.

nOTP: Principal Prickly.

Random headcanon: When she grows up, she's going to identify as non-binary. Though whether she'll still use "she/her" pronouns or switch to "they/them" or "he/him" I don't know. I don't just think this because she's a tomboy who hates girly things, but because she gets irrationally angry whenever someone calls her "a girl" (although she has no trouble calling herself one, she just hates hearing other people say it) and because she once said that she wants to be a (presumably male) 6-foot tall bodybuilder named Moe. As a '90s kid, she just doesn't know the terms to explain who she is, but she'll learn them someday. That said, she'll always be attracted to men and men only.

Unpopular opinion: While I'm all in favor of shipping her with T.J., and I do think there are plenty of hints that the show's writers and animators did too, I also think at least a third of the "hints" listed on Recess Wiki's list are just friendship moments. They'll have plenty of time in the future to become a couple: for now, they're kids, they both want to be kids as long as they can be, and neither will admit they enjoyed their kiss in "The Experiment" even if you paid them.

Song I associate with them:

The theme song, for want of anything exclusive to her.

Favorite picture of them:

[curewhimsy]

Spinelli from Recess is transmasc

-Has a deadname

-Punches people in the face for calling him a girl

-Wishes he were a 6-foot tall bodybuilder named Moe

He’s depicted as a girl in canon but I’ve never seen a character reject their birth sex as violently as him. He’s just 9 and he knows what’s up. Slay

[carminespinelli]

[welldonna]

Spinelli x Velma (aka Vinelli) crossover costume. Jinkies!

"Are you Spinelli?"

"Are you Velma?"

Me: Yes. (Boffum 🗣)

[femmes-et-art]

Spinelli