Yep. There is (as I was discussing with Elizabeth after I wrote "Permutations") a very real sense of Valentine Wiggin in Dawn's High-Watcher-ness (in my Watcher!verse universe): I've always been attracted to the idea of the teenaged girl who takes over the world (a couple years ago I would have said I was attracted to the teenaged girl herself). With Dawn, I sort of get to have my cake and eat it too.
In a sense, Matilda is always-already earning independence/acting independently - she teaches herself to read, she learns, in the words of the movie's vo, "something most people never learn - to take care of herself," and as soon as she figures out how, she's punishing adults and changing the world to her liking.
And I think this is why her story speaks to so many people. The "changing the world to her liking" is particularly will-to-power-y, an expression of an adolescent fantasy.
Which is why Miss Honey's presence feels so odd. Matilda doesn't need a caretaker (the vo already told us she can take care of herself) and she doesn't need a teacher (she taught herself to read), so Miss Honey's role must be something different....
I see the potential for much angst. Which is why I want to write the fic.
My hypnotic powers are already taking effect Please do!
My canon is at home; I never thought to bring the movie to school with me. Also, I'm not sure I could make it Matilda/Jenny, at least not at first; she'd need a same-age love interest to make Jenny angst some more. Any good crossover candidates? (The movie is set sometime in the 90s, right?)
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In a sense, Matilda is always-already earning independence/acting independently - she teaches herself to read, she learns, in the words of the movie's vo, "something most people never learn - to take care of herself," and as soon as she figures out how, she's punishing adults and changing the world to her liking.
And I think this is why her story speaks to so many people. The "changing the world to her liking" is particularly will-to-power-y, an expression of an adolescent fantasy.
Which is why Miss Honey's presence feels so odd. Matilda doesn't need a caretaker (the vo already told us she can take care of herself) and she doesn't need a teacher (she taught herself to read), so Miss Honey's role must be something different....
I see the potential for much angst. Which is why I want to write the fic.
My hypnotic powers are already taking effectPlease do!My canon is at home; I never thought to bring the movie to school with me. Also, I'm not sure I could make it Matilda/Jenny, at least not at first; she'd need a same-age love interest to make Jenny angst some more. Any good crossover candidates? (The movie is set sometime in the 90s, right?)