Thread by @sewistwrites

Today's Monday Mashup deviates slightly from our regularly scheduled programming, & considers how the characters of the Anne of Green Gables Cinematic Universe (the films by Kevin Sullivan, that is) would have used the internet, had it been available to 1890s PEI.

A Thread. 🧵

Anne Shirley herself, of course, would be on Tumblr, as it encompasses fanfic, pictures of things that are divinely beautiful, jokes that are dazzlingly clever, and opinions that will make her feel angelically good by comparison.

Matthew Cuthbert would be a lurker on r/farming and r/fashion. Occasionally he would look at a recipe blog for helpful ideas on what to do with 20 pounds of brown sugar.

Marilla Cuthbert would stay on firm ground and let them Internet away. Such goings-on! 🙄

Diana Barry would be on Goodreads, but her mother would send her an inordinate number of cleaning hacks on TikTok.

Mrs. Barry, on her own time, would naturally be the queen of the outraged Facebook mom groups.

Mr. Sadler would be on NextDoor.

(This photo is way too cheerful lol)

Mrs. Lynde would also be on NextDoor, as well as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and the Avonlea village message boards. ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME.

Gilbert Blythe would be on Quora as well as Facebook, sharing long interesting posts that only a few people would read, and patiently explaining to Mrs. Lynde about data-scraping scams.

Josie Pye would be on SparkNotes and ChatGPT desperately trying to get her Queens homework done for her. (She doesn't have to cheat. She just does it because she's a Pye.)

Oops, children need me. Back soon

Ruby Gillis would still be on SnapChat.

Fred Wright would look at the Google doodle, and only the Google doodle, every day.

Emmeline Harris would perform Shakespearean monolgoues on her YouTube channel, and her only subscriber would be Anne. (The links she texted to her father were left on read.)

Miss Stacy would diligently watch Crash Course on every topic you could imagine, so she could share with her students later.

Katherine Brooke would solve the NYT crossword daily. (Wordle would be beneath her.)

Moody Spurgeon would be a culture war theobro on YouTube, but only because his mom made him.

Mr. Hammond would have been on his phone ordering DoorDash, and perHAPS he might still be WITH US.

Aunt Josephine Barry would spend a great deal of time writing AirBnB reviews and detailing specific ways in which her experience was tried and found wanting. However, any host who did not body-slam her in the middle of the night would receive at least one star.

Minnie May Barry would play Candy Crush at top volume on Diana's phone.

Mr. Phillips would not be allowed to use the internet, by a court order. 💀

Jen Pringle would doxx anyone who displeased her on Twitter.

Morgan Harris would be that annoying eBay bidder who swoops in at the last second and nabs the item you've had your eye on for the entire listing time.

The Lady of Shalott-- who weaves steadily, by night and day-- would of course be on Threads.

And the Rollings Reliable Baking Powder Company would use screenshots of popular tweets to advertise their brand, without getting permission from the author first.

@threadreaderapp please unroll