{"id":374,"date":"2003-07-29T04:25:42","date_gmt":"2003-07-29T09:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/2003\/07\/29\/\/"},"modified":"2005-10-20T20:49:35","modified_gmt":"2005-10-21T00:49:35","slug":"nancy-drew-will-kick-your-ass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/2003\/07\/29\/nancy-drew-will-kick-your-ass\/","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Drew will Kick your Ass"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

Got home from class around 10. Needed to finish typing in the notes and email them to the prof before I went to bed.<\/p>\n

I still have to do this. *sigh*<\/p>\n

Why do I do this to myself? It’s really stupid.<\/p>\n

Anyhow, now I’m posting this rather than going to type the notes.<\/p>\n

So thanks to Okina’s generous birthday gift certificate, I went on a spending spree at B&N and got a bunch of Nancy Drew reprints. Dang. I’d only read the first one before, but I really like<\/i> Original!Nancy. She is sooooo much cooler than Revised!Nancy.<\/p>\n

Here are some snippets of dialogue from The Hidden Staircase<\/i> which illustrate my point:<\/p>\n

(p 76)<\/b>
Unlocking her traveling bag she removed the revolver her father had given her and a flashlight she had thoughtfully included as part of her emergency equipment. Carefully loading the revolver, she placed it under her pillow.<\/p>\n

“There!” she exclaimed, with satisfaction. “Any ghost that comes prowling about is apt to meet with a warm reception!”<\/p>\n

(p 179-180)<\/b>
“If my father were here, he’d convince you all right,” Nancy said, with rising temper.<\/p>\n

“Your father?” [this is the sheriff speaking]<\/p>\n

“Yes, Carson Drew.”<\/p>\n

“You don’t mean Carson Drew, the lawyer from River Heights? You’re his daughter?”<\/p>\n

“I am.”<\/p>\n

“Well, that’s different. Why didn’t you say so at first?”<\/p>\n

“What has that to do with the case?”<\/p>\n

“Well, I reckon a daughter of Carson Drew knows what she’s about. If you say Nathan Gombet is a crook, I’ll take your word for it.”<\/p>\n

“Well, it seems to me you’ve taken plenty of time to make up your mind,” Nancy said sarcastically.<\/p>\n

Yeah, that’s right, boys. Don’t mess with Nancy Drew! She will snark at you and riddle you with bullet holes.<\/p>\n

Just imagine the Harry Potter books with a decisive, insightful heroine at the helm:<\/p>\n

Book 1:
Nancy arrives at Hogwarts.
Nancy: Hmm. I don’t know anything about my parents or this world. I will try and find out.
Nancy: *looks at old newspapers*
Nancy: *talks to professors and students*
Quirrell: Ha ha ha!
Nancy: *shoots him*<\/p>\n

Book 2:
Lockhart: Look at me, look at me!
Nancy: *shoots him*<\/p>\n

Book 3:
Sirius escapes.
Nancy: You know, the wanted poster is scary, but perhaps I’d better study it.
Nancy: What, he knew my parents and so did Professor Lupin?
Nancy: *talks to Lupin*
Lupin: *answers questions*
Nancy: Wow, that completely confirms everything I learned for the past two years by reading newspapers and books. Now I know what went on in the 70s.
Peter: *squeak*
Nancy: *shoots him*<\/p>\n

Book 4:
Nancy: *waits*
Voldemort: Ha ha ha!
Nancy: *shoots him*<\/p>\n

Book 5:
Dumbledore: I’m sure you’re wondering why I’ve kept you in the dark so long—
Nancy: Shut up, old man. I figured it all out long ago. Do you think I’m blind, deaf and dumb? Jeez!
Nancy: *shoots him*<\/p>\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Got home from class around 10. Needed to finish typing in the notes and email them to the prof before I went to bed. I still have to do this. *sigh* Why do I do this to myself? It’s really stupid. Anyhow, now I’m posting this rather than going to type the notes. So thanks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flaminggeeks.com\/k\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}