Thread by @lainasparetime

Okay, ready to look at Project Green Gables season 2 in today's #LainaReadsAnne? This season adapts Anne of Avonlea and is the only adaptation that doesn't combine it with the 3rd and/or 4th books.

#LainaReadsAnne Episode One is a cute little montage of Anne and co doing summer things. I think we have a Gilbert with a face now!

Diana got a cute haircut, too!

#LainaReadsAnne Also I don't want to comment too much on how people look since they were teenagers making it, but I will say.

The actress(/co-writer) playing Diana is the only Diana I've seen so far who is anything but straight-sized.

#LainaReadsAnne She's not really on social media as far as I know, so I don't know if she'd call herself fat or not, and again, teenager at the time, trying not to be weird XD But I would consider her Diana an actually fat Diana, the first so far.

And I like that a lot!

#LainaReadsAnne But yeah no plot in this one, just montage and dubstep.

Episode 2 is called "Chatting with Gil". We do indeed have a Gilbert with a face!

#LainaReadsAnne Alo we got new theme music which I'm not mad about after hearing the last theme song 40+ times.

Anne: "He was a dick."
Gilbert: "But I'm better now."

His hair is kind of unfortunate but I like him and his portrayal of Gilbert.

#LainaReadsAnne He also apologizes again, but this time to us/the audience for how he treated Anne/being ignorant and racist. We like to see it.

#LainaReadsAnne Gilbert: "I might be a hopeless hipster, but, Anne Shirley, so are you."

LOL honestly.

She lends him a book, they joke around, it's really cute.

#LainaReadsAnne Episode 3 introduces Anne's new neighbour, "Mr. H." Anne finds him a nuisance, lol.

Instead of cow selling, the first conflict is Anne accidentally sending a paper to his printer instead of hers. Like six times.

#LainaReadsAnne They still include the part where he thinks Marilla is Anne's aunt, which I think is cool because Marilla is still white in this. It's just kinda nice that Mr. H. doesn't assume it's impossible for them to be related because Anne's Black.

#LainaReadsAnne Episode 4!! Poetry Club has ended also, so Anne just shares some poetry she wrote with us.

I have to quote it.

"You call girls weak but
I'm strong enough to grind your
bones into powder
and bury the rest
into the forest."

Very teen angst, lol.

#LainaReadsAnne Then she goes to print it.

After a moment, she realizes it's not printing.

I wonder why.

#LainaReadsAnne Anne: "So in case that wasn't clear, I just sent a death threat to Mr. H."

Anne ran over to apologize, Mr. H. was embarassed about his behaviour, and they bond. I laughed SO HARD about this episode.

Also, they still include the bird.

#LainaReadsAnne Episode 4 has Jane and Gilbert talking with Anne about the tutoring program. Apparently it's tutoring other teens, which I did not expect.

We're rolling with it.

#LainaReadsAnne Anne's very excited, Jane and Gilbet are more laid back. Jane plans to be fairly strict, which Anne is not into.

It's very by the book, but modernized aka no talking about hitting children.

#LainaReadsAnne Whoops that should have said episode 5. I wrote 4 twice by accident.

So episode 6! Anne recaps her first week, in animation!

Apparently she's tutoring 16 year old freshmen. Which, 1, we don't call them that in Canada. 2, they'd be like 14 in grade 9? Soooo...

#LainaReadsAnne She talks about the students, nothing super exciting.

The Donnells are twns now, which is amusing. Apparently VERY WHITE Jacob Donnell says to Anne, "My brothers call me Slim Rizzle."

I'm dead.

#LainaReadsAnne Anthony Pye's still a dick, surprise. Not only is he still sexist, but he's racist and homomisic, too. Gross!!

Paul Irving is still the best, obviously.

There's no episode 7. Don't ask me - I can't find one and I'm not sure one ever existed.

#LainaReadsAnne Episode 8 is a hair update.

Anne's hair has grown back a lot and she talks about her hair routine. She also talks about how she likes her hair a lot more and dealing with internalized self-hatred.

#LainaReadsAnne It's a really nice follow-up to her previous arc that shows how she's grown and how her self-love has increased.

I'm not the intended audience for this obviously, but I wanted to point out how good it was.

#LainaReadsAnne Episode 9 introduces Paul Irving and I try not to hate him on sight.

No, for real, the actor is portraying him as kind of shy which I like a lot. I also appreciate them aging him up to sixteen.

#LainaReadsAnne They play "Would You Rather?" and Paul asks if Anne would rather marry Charlie Sloane or Gilbert Blythe. Exasperated, she says neither and half-sarcastically asks which he'd rather marry.

Paul, no hesitation: "Gilbert, of course."

Queer Paul??

#LainaReadsAnne Episode 10 is a Ruby episode! I'm so curious about all this toilet paper.

I mean in 2021, this is just sensible, but this is 2016

#LainaReadsAnne Apparently they're... selling it... door to door?? To raise money to repaint the school hall.

What?

I've heard of selling WRAPPING paper as a fundraiser, but toilet paper? Again, in 2016.

#LainaReadsAnne Also apparently Diana ditched Anne to go with Fred, which I think is a scheduling issue with the actors.

Goes the same as in the book, mostly, though. I just don't get why it's toilet paper.

And that's our thread for today!!

#LainaReadsAnne If you liked this thread, RT the thing about the toilet paper because I'm super curious if that's a thing anywhere.

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