[Chat Log] Feb, 2019

[Charlet]

Nancy drew games was chaotically full of dying

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

so sad on SO many levels

 

[Patty]

The emotional characterization of WOEICS was good too, for its time

 

[Neb]

Carmen was always sure of herself, always calm, always cordial and witty. But she was also firm and strong willed

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

what i will say, and then i'll shut up about tr (kidding, i'll never shut up about tr), is that woeics!carmen was an incredibly powerful rolemodel for me growing up, and while i wouldn't say lara is a rolemodel for me now, she is certainly an aspirational figure. someone i want to be like.

 

[Morgan]

I agree, there are well-written characters in this series.

 

[Neb]

She was motherly, but not overtly so.

 

[Neb]

She did what she wanted, but kindly

 

[Charlet]

I’m so tired

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

The emotional characterization of WOEICS was good too, for its time

YES, this too, especially when you consider it was written for young kids. the recent interview with that one brøderbund exec (you've read it, @Morgan; i can link the rest of you) mentions that they intended woeics for younger kids and the pbs shows for tweens. which i find fascinating, as woeics is the one that's had emotional resonance and staying power for so many of us. the pbs shows are just popcorn tv, for me.

 

[Neb]

In Carmen, I saw possibilities of existence that I didn't think possible, so she became magical

 

[Jacqueline Hyde]

In Carmen, I saw possibilities of existence that I didn't think possible, so she became magical

god i love this sentence. and it reminds me so much of what many women have said about nancy drew.