Some incomplete thoughts on last week’s Abbott Elementary

Going to do something I don’t usually do and comment on sitcoms in this post… I didn’t watch last week’s Abbott Elementary until last night, but the episode’s still sticking with me. Even though I teach in a very different educational setting than Abbott, there’s parts of that episode that really hit home. I’ll explain why beneath the cut.

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Am I just going to spam this journal with some unfinished fic I wrote before YRS2? Absolutely

Long before season 2 aired, I was trying to figure out what form sargust would take, and what Sara and August’s arcs would be like. So I did a whole lot of writing about it—just trying to figure out their brains and what they think of one another.

I also had this one idea where it turned out August’s mother was Kristina’s unfortunate romance from her teenage years, and that ended up playing a role in the cover-up of the video. And meanwhile Sara is on an elaborate self-assigned spy mission to make August fall for her and get revenge on him. August doesn’t know it yet.

There’s some weirdnesses and some inaccuracies. I assumed middle names were a thing in Sweden when they aren’t, really. At any rate, it’s an interesting study in what I wrote early, early on before I was ever on social media for this show.

Content note for toxic masculinity and disordered eating, I suppose. And the usual YR subject matter.

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Thank you for joining me on this journey through my early fandom days!