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So charming, Alan. And yet Mrs. Whaley seems unconvinced.
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“That wouldn’t work – he uses the window” – lol. Getting a little bit of Romeo and Juliet style romance here, are we?
Once upon a time there was a secret scene that was posted in the Voting Incentive where Alan comes and knocks on Bea’s window. This girl here, Eve (who is also in the Thanksgiving Short Story) accidentally discovers Mr. Warren at the window.
Long time readers might remember it.
*hopeful* Eve as in Yvette?
What? They look nothing alike.
True, but the names sound similar and we hadn’t seen her yet, so i dreamed a little dream of she…
Aw, I thought I was a fairly long time reader but I guess I missed that one :P
Ah. I guess I was either not a reader back then OR I thought I had to create an account on the voting website to cast a vote, because I don’t recall seeing that. But that sounds like an awesome idea :)
Must have been one of the first because I’ve been following for years and don’t remember that.
No. It was a year or so ago. Not too crazy long!
Huh. I couldn’t have missed it then but I simply cannot remember it at all…
Nice to meet Bea’s dad
Gosh I just love this page! One of my favorite updates :D
:) Thanks!
Comes in her window!?! thats a little dirty…
LOL, can’t have been too dirty if Alan apologized for kissing Bea in issue #1. Don’t worry.
Why’s Alan talking to that stat — OH! It’s a real person!
Yay! It’s Beatrice’s parents! And — is that Yvette as a maid? Goodness me!
“He uses the window”…..*snerk*
….and the VI…..methinks someone’s getting elected to something….and yet, all I can hear is George Clooney in Ocean’s Eleven ordering, “Whiskey…and a whiskey.”
INCENTIVE CAPTION!!
Guy In Hat: “Yes, I’ve done it and they’ll nerver suspect me, for I am The Spanish Inquisition!”
Ebenezer: “Hey, aren’t you–”
Guy In Hat: “ I SAID NO ONE!!! ”
Ebenezer: “Got it.”
I don’t think that’s Yvette….The girls face looks a little too round for Yvette.
Maybe she just parallels Yvette? *shrugs*
The maid might be related to 18th century Yvette, and her character could get introduced through that connection.
You are all forgetting that Yvette has a certain surname, Howe. Her parallel self remains unknown.
Ah, yes, the “Howe” connection. Betsy Loring may not be the only woman in America to be so “aquainted” with the general. If you get my meaning!
I just had an idea! What if Yvette Howe was General Howe’s servant…..???
Would that work? Or am I wrong?
interesting thought. I think it was not uncommon for servants to take their master’s surname….
@Amber: OMG! I hadn’t even thought of that but YES it would!!!! Just like with James Armistead!!!!!
That could definitely work, although I kind of had a more naughty “Sally Hemings”-type scenario in mind. General Howe can be a charming fellow, so he might end up giving MORE than just the Howe surname to 18th century Yvette. That could start the family branch that eventually leads to modern Yvette. In another possible scenario 18th century Yvette doesn’t get THAT “friendly” with Howe and is instead serving the Revolution cause as a spy in his household. These are just a couple possibilities, of course!
Nothing thrills me more than what their servant has unwittingly revealed. They’re such teenagers!! Sneaking around behind her parents’ backs. I love how Bea adds the ‘s’ right at the last moment. Very cute. ;)
So, this is interesting, it’s definitely confirmed the Whaleys all look *exactly* like their 21st century counterparts. Also, I dare say, behave the same too! Oh gosh, I wish Wednesdays and Fridays were everyday!!
or, more realistically, that Lora updated every day, except then she’d get tired and updates would become sporadic and quality……..but yeah, awesome dream :)
Hahaha, yes, it’s a very lovely dream, ideally speaking. :P
And my reaction to my new favourite line: http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a31/debbielolah/reaction2.jpg
Dude, I think your reaction drawings are starting to become as regular a feature as my captions. :) Nice.
I second this!
That’s how I looked!! Pretty much exactly!! :D
I love Alan. I love love love love love love love love love love love him.
Yes, but do you loooooove him? :)
I LLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE him!!
Modern Mr. Whaley takes offense at the term “exactly.”
What? He doesn’t like the super-fantastic hair styles of the 1700′s? :P
I wonder if he also uses “cake-mix” hair products?
“That wouldn’t work – he uses the window” is my favourite line and I just love the whole page, it made me grin like a child ^^”
:) Thanks. The Dreamer has been so deadly serious lately. This issue is fun to pause and have a few chuckles along the way like the old days…
Haha, “deadly” serious. Oh. Wait. That’s not so funny :P
*lip trembles*
O.O
*runs away sobbing with handkerchief to face*
“That wouldn’t work-He uses the window.” We need THAT on a tshirt!!!!!!!!!!!
About the VI…..Toga? toga! toga! toga! PLEASE toga coming up?????????????? Yes, I’m dying to see it!!!
Or on an Alan Pillow!
Can’t we have both?
But we have a Nathan Tshirt, we need to find something to use for the other boysss (*wants all the pillow cases to take to college with her and would like a full Dreamer wardrobe to keep her sane*)
I think we’re ALL psyched up for the toga scene now – c’mon, I can’t wait to see Joseph again period, but in a toga? That’s just awesome!
I’ve just had a visual of all those people at “The Oration” suddenly putting on makeshift togas and dancing to “Shout”!
ROFLOL! *Like!*
LMAO *breaksthenonexistantlikebutton*
YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!! Omg, that would be EPIC fanart!!!!!!!!!
And we can all thank Joseph for that!
Oh, and maybe Sarah Phillips might cross-over from LK to cover this event for Ben Franklin’s newspaper. She and Bea could end up doing that high kicking “Can-Can” dance on the tabletops, which would make for an interesting reaction from Bea’s folks once they heard about it.
On second thought, they could only kick so high while wearing “hoops”. Maybe they could do “The Chicken Dance”, instead?
*LIKE*
John is quickly scaling the list of favorite characters. “If you mess my hair up before we even get there–” Priceless.
At first I thought you called him “Princess.” Ha! He would’ve deserved it! 18th Century fops…!
Omg I am in love with this page! Also what exactly is the age difference between Alan and Bea?
10 years.
Cheeky
Ten years would have been nothing back then :)
Yeah, I know. Still ;) shows the integrity and determination of a 14 year old Bea.
Is it weird that I pulled out my copy of Volume II and compared Bea’s modern parents to her 18th century ones? Two centuries or not, the dynamic between them doesn’t seem to have changed much. XD
ha!
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Bea’s Mom in the 21 first century may be a perfectionist schedule crazy mom- but she seems WAYYYYY nice that 18th century Bea’s mom. (lock her in her room?? realllly? that-s horrible!)
Her dad seems the same.
all in all I like Bea’s 21th century parents better.
but this page was al Adorable because Of Alan, “Jack” and the maid.
and obviously loving the Romeo/juliet angle of 18th century bea and alan!
He is taking Bea into a hot bed of Whiggish activity– to “The Oration” which you’ll learn more about next week. So her parents are doubly uncomfortable with the whole thing, but at least the families aren’t killing each other. Right?
Well, they’re not killing each other YET, anyway! I mean, what if Mr. Whaley eventually also decides to take up arms and joins one those Loyalist regiments? A lot of things could happen on a battlefield!
yeah, but locking in their daughter inside is a bit much, when it’s alan they are weary off, not bea.
but hopefully 18thy century mrs. whaley will change her mind soon
I actually would love to see her meet Ben Cato in the 1770s.
He’s probably a slave belonging to Uncle Hercules.
Why should 18th century Ben automatically have to be a slave? He could be a freeman like that printer guy on “Liberty’s Kids”. I can’t remember his name. Was it “Moses” or something like that?
I said probably…..I just figured with present-Ben slaving (sic) away on his costume for that dance it would make for a nicely ironic parallel. Besides, even if I’m wrong, there’s no reason he can’t still be in that capacity — “indentured servant”, I believe was the popular term. Maybe it would be something like that? (or was that something else? Hmmmm….)
It was Moses
@David: Yes, his name was Moses.
@Brent: I wouldn’t be surprised as the real Herc really did own a slave named Cato.
BUM BUM BUUUUUUUUMMM!!!
The plot thickens! Well, I was merely trying to avoid a stereotype, and yes, indentured servitude was often just another word for slavery. in some places it still is. I’ve also just done some research of “Liberty’s Kids” and remembered that Moses had a runaway slave brother named Cato. This just keeps getting eerier!
I’ve also noticed that the “Liberty’s Kids” James character resembles a teenage Not-Alan!
O.o I hadn’t even thought of that………..omg then the thing with James admirering Joseph Warren AND Nathan Hale………..Lora, I may have another conspearisy theory in the works!
Perhaps a conspiracy WITHIN a conspiracy! Who knows what’s REALLY going on here? It’s like trying to unravel a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting and knitting…
Or just trying to unravel ANYTHING i knit…………..especially since I never seem to make kistakes at the beginning of the project… >.<"
Um, I didn’t mean REAL knitting. I was actually quoting the METAPHORICAL big cable-knit sweater line from “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure”. Or DID you still get it, anyway? Just makin’ sure we’re clear!
This is my new favorite page! So many well-drawn expressions here :D
Oh, those crazy kids!
This was brilliant! Thanks for the laugh!
No wonder she likes her slightly unrespectable Uncle Hercules. That look on her mother’s face would crack glass!
(But she certainly has enough wits and determination to match her mother’s hardlining!)
Aaawww, 18th-century dating customs are so cute! Church, whist, massacre anniversary orations… I’ll bet Beatrice’s parents are wondering if they can get a refund on that bundling board.
And I absolutely adore Jack’s Tony Manero persona: “Ya know I work on my hair a long time…and he hit it. He hits my hair.”
LOL – that whole first paragraph…PRICELESS!
“that wouldn’t work. he uses the window.” *dies laughing*
haha omg so cute! Some light and fluffy banter between Alan and John and some worried parents, this was a great update :)
OMG! I love this update! It is sooo cute… “He uses the window…” Now Alan and Joseph have something in common: They like to climb into windows! Ha!
But Bea’s parents are mean! I do not like the 18th century parents… They are like… stuck ups. That is the only word that came to my mind to describe them.
I didn’t even make the Warren Window Fetish connection. That’s awesome! It must be genetic.
They like climbing things. Trees, windows– what’s the difference?
Sure,18th century Bea’s folks are snooty aristocratic types, but they DO have reason to be uneasy about this when you consider how things are heating up. After all, blood has already been spilled in Boston. There’s no telling where it could happen next.
To put it another way, what if Ben Cato liked to hang around with a bunch of beer-swilling, anarchist Hells-Angel types? Imagine how THAT would go over with modern Bea’s parents! That should give us an idea of what’s going through the 18th century versions heads about this situation.
LOL! You think of Alan as a Hells-Angel type? I think he’s more the 18th century equivalent of this: http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_livdndKE421qhm17po1_500.jpg
LOL! Actually The “Hells Angel” reference was just meant to be in a 21st century context involving Ben, I didn’t mean that ALAN was like that, but rather that he ASSOCIATES with people who say and do things that range from being merely questionable to outright treason, at least from the point of view of loyalist-minded folks like the 18th century Whaley’s. ANY responsible parent of a teenage daughter in ANY century SHOULD be concerned if her boyfriend hangs out with anyone they think to be troublemakers. I’m just saying we shouldn’t instantly condemn the 18th century parents for feeling the way they do. Heck, they might even agree with the “Hells Angel” comparison for some of the more really “zealous” Patriots. I’m pretty sure King George would! You know,”Boston Tea Party”, hanging of effigies, threats to tax agents, that sort of thing. Oh, well, at least you made the fangirls happy by finally giving them something from THIS century to drool over!
I love how Alan’s face all lights up when he catches sight of Bea – and how Bea belatedly extends her greeting to both men. :)
So funny. I also like the portrayal of Bea’s father and the maid, and John. Great job, thanks!
@Half Moon: Just saw the “fantasy cast list” on your website. You’re right, good luck with THAT! Excellent choices, though.
ROFL Yeaaaaaah. But considering the physical appearance of some of my characters (mostly the girls since they’re all me) are based on those actors/actresses….I’ve gotta go for gold
Some of those actors/actresses might get concerned about getting stereotyped! But anyway, I was wondering if the story also includes werewolves, because werewolves are cool!
Check out Lily and Annabella. That’s all i’m sayin’……and comment on my blog if you haven’t already. thank you!
Ach! Wunderbar! Teen-werewolf girls rule! Aaahhhooooooooo!
^///^ thank you!!! I think we can keep you around for a while……are you coming to the meetup?????
Highly doubtful, for reasons similar to those given by Brent, except I’d have to travel all the way from the midwest. Oh, well. But anyhow, do you think I should have placed a hyphen between the “Aaahhh” and “ooooooooo” parts of that attempted wolf-howl or is it OK as is?
Considering how I normally pronounce it is “a-a-aaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooooooo!”…? that’s fine
and aw man!!!
Haha!! I love it! A good bought of comic relief, thank you!
I wonder what historical!Bea parents would think about Cato… :D
Oh goodness….they’d be beging her to go back to the apple farmer!!!
It’d be kind of like when Archie Bunker met “Meathead” for the first time, only worse! Mrs. Whaley would need smelling salts, or whatever they used for that back then!
The window!
Is for this kind of thing that i love you!
I realle really have to buy that short story.. when i have enocuh money for all xd
Okay, now I’m confused. Are Bea & her 18th century family past incarnations of their contemporary selves or something?
That hasn’t exactly been revealed yet…suffice to say that each version is equally real, as far as we know.
Also, (apparently) welcome to the show.
Hahahaha!! Alan uses the window to come see Bea!! They are so adorable together <3 ….I wish he would sneak through MY window ;)
@Lora: Is Bea wearing some kind of hat under her cloak, and is it a variation of a man’s tricorn? I remember seeing those types of 18th century women’s hats elsewhere.
It is. I love those.
Well, that particular version seems a lot more fashionable than practical!
Just like high heels.
*breakslikebutton*
So you’re saying that hat is the headwear equivalent of five-inch stilettos?
Fashion hats that have no practicable purpose, sure!
oooh. i’m liking the vote incentive. your Sam Adams (if that is him) looks just like the actor from ‘John Adams’ :D
If that is him, I gotta agree with you.
And I was just jumping on to say that the guy next to Ebenezer looks a heckuva lot like Paul Revere. He’s got the Copley eyebrows, anyway.
I have most likely said this before, but the way you put such an accessible and human face on history is just…wow. I don’t even have words. You put us at ground zero of history. I feel like I’m in the place, sitting on a bench right next to them.
The Dreamer: Closest thing to time travel you can get!
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