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Gilbert seeing Anne at school everyday:

#gilbert blythe #anne shirley #shirbert #anne of green gables #anne with an e #awae #aogg

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There’s so many good parallels between Squidward + Spongebob and Marilla + Anne lol

#anne of green gables #aogg #anne shirley #marilla cuthbert

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#anne shirley #anne of green gables #aogg

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A conversation that might as well have happened during an A.V.I.S. meeting:

Anne: Who isn’t a little bit in love with their best friend?

Diana: Awww

Gilbert: Define a little

Fred: I can’t tell if you’re talking about Diana or Gilbert

Anne: Yes

#anne of avonlea #anne of green gables #anne shirley #diana barry #gilbert blythe #fred wright

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Adding to this thought— what if after Anne and Gilbert are married and living in their House O’Dreams, Gilbert’s mom keeps sending them holiday cards like this

They are roughly time period appropriate...

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It’s casually suggested once in Anne of the Island that Gilbert’s mom might be a crazy cat lady and like...i just think as a fandom we could all have so much fun exploring that potential aspect of Gilbert’s home life growing up. Also it’s one of the few indicators about Mrs. Blythe’s personality.

#we could just lean into Mrs. Blythe liking cats #nothing is stopping us #Mrs Blythe #anne of green gables #aogg

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How Gilbert Supports Anne

In Anne of the Island, Anne writes, and attempts to get published, a short story titled Averil’s Atonement. But when the story is rejected by two magazines, she gets discouraged, forgets the idea and locks the story away, giving Diana a copy. Later that summer, Diana sees a baking powder competition for the best short story featuring their product, so she adds a couple of references to that particular baking powder, Rollings, into Anne’s story and sends it, telling Anne nothing. Averil’s Atonement wins the competition and that’s when Diana comes clean about it, but Anne, for some reason or other, is not happy about the fact, despite the success. 

Gilbert stops by Green Gables to congratulate her and this is the scene:

Gilbert arrived at dusk, brimming over with congratulations, for he had called at Orchard Slope and heard the news. But his congratulations died on his lips at sight of Anne’s face.

“Why, Anne, what is the matter? I expected to find you radiant over winning Rollings Reliable prize. Good for you!”

“Oh, Gilbert, not you,” implored Anne, in an ET-TU BRUTE tone. “I thought YOU would understand. Can’t you see how awful it is?”

“I must confess I can’t. WHAT is wrong?”

“Everything,” moaned Anne. “I feel as if I were disgraced forever. What do you think a mother would feel like if she found her child tattooed over with a baking powder advertisement? I feel just the same. I loved my poor little story, and I wrote it out of the best that was in me. And it is SACRILEGE to have it degraded to the level of a baking powder advertisement. Don’t you remember what Professor Hamilton used to tell us in the literature class at Queen’s? He said we were never to write a word for a low or unworthy motive, but always to cling to the very highest ideals. What will he think when he hears I’ve written a story to advertise Rollings Reliable? And, oh, when it gets out at Redmond! Think how I’ll be teased and laughed at!”

“That you won’t,” said Gilbert, wondering uneasily if it were that confounded Junior’s opinion in particular over which Anne was worried. “The Reds will think just as I thought—that you, being like nine out of ten of us, not overburdened with worldly wealth, had taken this way of earning an honest penny to help yourself through the year. I don’t see that there’s anything low or unworthy about that, or anything ridiculous either. One would rather write masterpieces of literature no doubt—but meanwhile board and tuition fees have to be paid.”

This commonsense, matter-of-fact view of the case cheered Anne a little. At least it removed her dread of being laughed at, though the deeper hurt of an outraged ideal remained.

I love this scene, I love how he comforted her and his, as the author describes it, so common sense and matter-of-fact. Of course we would all like to write high literature but not while we’re struggling students. Professor Hamilton needs to chill (that is, if he would have really judged Anne for this, he might not have, not while she was still at college). Also it’s interesting how Anne says “oh please, Gilbert, not YOU!”–like she considers him on another level than Diana. Diana is her BFF but Anne realises in some ways Diana doesn’t get her. But Gilbert GETS her. I don’t understand why Anne didn’t confide in him about the story in the first place, instead of Mr Harrison. Idk what LMM was thinking, he’s the last person you’d go to with your literary ambitions. Like, why not some writers’ club at Redmond, they must have had those! Anne of the Island has always been my favourite but at the same time, I wish the author made different choices with some parts. It’s still good, though.

#anne of the island #aogg #anne of green gables #anne shirley #gilbert blythe #shirbert #lm montgomery

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https://time.com/collection/100-best-ya-books/6084495/anne-of-green-gables/

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I just love these French editions of Anne!

#there are so many pretty book covers out there #anne of green gables #aogg

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I believe ka'kwet's father and the rest of the mi'kmaq villagers are wearing european attire due to some sort of forced assimilation. An entire community of people wouldn't just abandon their meticulously crafted and culturally resonant clothing for a different set of clothes that likely aren't as functional.

The Mi'kmaq people in 3.01

This is them in 3.08

Considering there's atleast 3 months between these events, you're right that an entire community won't just give up their attires. The men I can understand because they have to do business outside, but the women and children too! There is an absolute possibility of forced assimilation. (I'm not in anyway capable of commenting on the historical accuracy of it) But, I think that they themselves are abandoning some part of their identity so that white people don't look down upon them any more than they already do. Like to coerce people into doing something you want, deliberately or not, is forced in my opinion.

Also, most Mi'kmaq children of age are enrolled in the school system, as of now, that could also have "encouraged" them. Like Ka'kwet's mom said herself that, "Maybe learning their ways would help the community." So that no more interference is done in their way of life.

#interesting clothing history #awae #anne with an e #ka’kwet

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Anne being assigned to work on a group project at school with Gilbert during the time period when she’s still holding her grudge:

#anne of green gables #aogg #anne with an e #awae #anne shirley

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It’s casually suggested once in Anne of the Island that Gilbert’s mom might be a crazy cat lady and like...i just think as a fandom we could all have so much fun exploring that potential aspect of Gilbert’s home life growing up. Also it’s one of the few indicators about Mrs. Blythe’s personality.

#i think it mentions that she feeds a lot of barn cats #but HOW many barn cats #what if they all have funny cutesy names #like mr. mittens or something #Gilbert’s one of those kids who grows up with fursiblings #Gilbert does buy Anne a little cat trinket for Christmas when they are engaged and makes cat puns when they are married #so clearly cats are on the mind for him #he also mentions a cat being in his dream house #anne of green gables #anne of the island #Gilbert blythe

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Anne, behind the camera: I want to see my little boy

Pris, holding up Rusty: Here he comes

Anne: I want to see my little boy

Pris: Here he comes

*Phil and Stella glancing at each other across the Patty’s Place living room like why do we live with these two*

#this definitely happened in anne of the island and isn’t a vine reference #incorrect quotes #anne of the island #anne shirley #priscilla grant #rusty #philippa gordon #stella maynard

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do you have any fanfic recs for bookverse Anne of Green Gables fanfics? Also hope you have a wonderful day!

Sure do! A general rule of thumb is that fanfiction.net has a strong bookverse community and ao3 has a stronger showverse community. As such, my recs are all from ff.net!

To me, Catiegirl is one of the best fic writers there is in the whole fandom. Every single one of her stories are novel length works of art, though people especially liked Shore of Dreams and Catching Moonlight.

Similarly, MrsVonTrapp, Katherine-with-a-k, and oz diva are notable writers in the community as well. All three of them have incredible characterization, really heartfelt stories, and generally capture the essence of the Anne series. One of the ones that really, really stuck with me is The Parting Glass by Katherine. (Though be warned, it's a bit sad. You will cry, promise.)

After you exhaust through all of their stuff, you can browse their bookmarks. Lots and lots of good stuff.

If you do read any of their stuff, be sure to favorite or review to show some appreciation. Their side of the fandom tends to be kinda quiet! Anyways, hope this helps!!

#all these writers are so impressively good!!! #anne of green gables #shirbert

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― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea

#anne of avonlea #anne of green gables #l.m. montgomery

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I’ve been feeling a little blue. Just a pale, elusive azure. It isn’t serious enough for anything darker

Phil Gordon (Anne of the Island)

This is one of my all time favourite Phil quotes, just because I like that someone has acknowledged those slightly off moods you get sometimes, where you’re not properly sad but you’re not quite right either

#phil gordon #philippa gordon #anne of the island

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“We are going to be the best of friends,” said Gilbert, jubilantly. “We were born to be good friends, Anne. You’ve thwarted destiny enough.”

- Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

If this isn’t Gilbert in this scene:

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One scene that I really wish was in the books is Gilbert finding out Anne is going to Redmond too.

There is a scene where Marilla tells Anne they can afford to send her to Redmond in the fall with Gilbert. And there is another part where it’s said that no one is more happy about Anne going to Redmond than Gilbert, but we never see his initial reaction.

How does he find out? Does Anne excitedly go run over to his house and tell him after Marilla tells her? Does Mrs. Lynde spread the gossip such that it reaches Mrs. Blythe and then his mom tells him? Does he hear from a mutual friend? How excited was he? Did he exclaim with joy? What was his reaction?

Imagine if you and your best friend that you’re secretly in love with were bummed out that they couldn’t go to university with you in the fall even though you’d both been working towards this goal for years, then suddenly you find out that’s not the case! They are going to university too!

Anne and Gilbert must have both been absolutely giddy with excitement.

We’re they just screaming at each other with joy?

Dancing with joy like dorks?

Absolutely losing it???

A lot to think about...

#anne shirley #gilbert blythe #shirbert #anne of avonlea #anne of the island #aogg