Modern Feminism: From Susan B Anthony to Bea Arthur - Second Period - 09/12

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Not tired in the least from radio and then having to sleep on the couch and then bickering with Nate all night and then not getting any coffee...

Okay so he was a wee bit tired, so sue him.

Anyway!

Deadpool cleared his throat, grinning at his class cheerfully. "Goooood morning my lil' chickadees! Today we'll be learning about Susan B. Anthony and no, she's oddly enough not the subject of David Bowie's Suffragette City. I know! I was shocked too!"

Deadpool affected an entirely different posture all of a sudden - ramrod straight, to be exact. "'Suffragette City' is about her polar opposite. That's relevant." He smiled at the class. It probably looked strange with that mask on. "She was a civil rights leader and an admirable woman who battled to secure women's suffrage for 45 years."

Posture going back to a slouch, Deadpool frowned. "Hey! I'm teaching here!"

It went right back. "I'm helping."

Oh, those poor students watching this... Deadpool went right back to normal, flailing his hands about. "Like you helped get me stuck on the couch?!" Wasn't it fun when teachers brought their personal lives into the classroom?

If there was such a thing as shooting yourself a look, it's what Deadpool was doing now. "Susan B. Anthony left her vocation as a teacher in 1849. Three years later, she would help organize the first women's state temperance society in the United States. As she gained prominence as a women's rights advocate, she finally founded the National Women's Suffrage Association in 1869 with the help of Elizabeth Stanton."

The children might also be surprised to learn that one can also stick a tongue out at oneself. But that doesn't mean Deadpool did. Because he was a teacher and that wasn't dignified. "And she also worked with Frederick Douglas to try and get rights for slaves as well as women. See? I can also play the 'I know everything because I'm from the future' game!" A beat. "Though I'm not technically from the future..."

"It's all a matter of perspective," he deadpanned at himself. "In 1872, she cast a vote in the presidential election, leading to her arrest. She plead 'not guilty', citing the fourteenth amendment as granting her the right to vote because it granted the privileges of citizenship to all persons - including women. One of these privileges was the right to vote."

Deadpool gasped. "Even mutants?!"

"I hear they're declaring us an endangered species now..."

Deadpool rolled his eyes... at himself. "Oh please, there will be some big company wide cross-over event that will fix this problem and cause yet more to happen. Probably bring your mom back to life at least twice during it."

"She is due, yes... Anthony was declared guilty despite her famous speech in defense of women's suffrage. However, she refused to pay the fine, and the courts did not pursue her for nonpayment, as this would have allowed her to appeal." He took a moment to ponder at himself. "It's that time of the year again?"

Shaking his head in confusion suddenly, Deadpool tried to give himself a look. "Holy crap, it's spreading!"

"I'm just recapping."

"Yeah, yeah... easy for you now," Deadpool grumped. "You've still got a series."

Still sulking over this fact, Deadpool seemed to hesitantly reach up to give himself the most awkward and bizarre pat on the shoulder ever seen. "Just watch the film strip, kids."


[[ooc: Co-written with the ever wonderful spring_lost, please wait for the OCD is up!]]

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[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Collapsey like Deadpool's heart after yesterday's news!

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Meg Manning

During the Lecture

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Boggle, pass notes, talk to each other...

Re: During the Lecture

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Meg was boggling. And she now was slightly worried about being a minion of a crazy person.

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[southernbender.livejournal.com]

Katara stared. And stared.

And then wondered if maybe Deadpool was really the ruler of a great city and was trying to keep it from being invaded by acting crazy and invoking the principle of neutral jing.

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[scary-jeff.livejournal.com]

Jeff was paying absolutely no attention to Deadpool whatsoever. He had bigger problems. Like underwear.

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[comelyhonour.livejournal.com]

Beauty? Also staring.

It wasn't boding well that the majority of the adults she'd encountered so far seemed to be moderately to completely mad.

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[wannabehunter]

Sadly, this wasn't the strangest thing Jo had seen from one of the teachers here.

It was close though.

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[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

Faile? Staring.

She knew that men who could wield the One Power went insane, but she didn't think that applied here. She was beginning to wonder though.

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[thebluespirit.livejournal.com]

Ha! He always knew Deadpool was crazy, this just confirmed it.

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[ashockingbitch]

Jenny wrote in her notebook, Teacher either crazy or possessed. NB find out which if can be bothered.

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[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

Anathema listened to the lecture, and with a frown jotted something down in the corner of her notebook.

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[snow-white-boy.livejournal.com]

Haku always knew that Deadpool tettered on the edges of sanity, and after watching that he was quite sure he'd fallen right over.

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[mrodneymckay.livejournal.com]

Rodney looked back towards the door to the room. Surely someone would be coming to take the crazy man away soon. The administration couldn't possibly allow this nutcase to keep teaching. Could they? Rodney sunk into his seat and made sure he wouldn't draw any unwanted attention to himself.

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[bookyeve.livejournal.com]

Evie was getting whiplash while taking notes, and seriously wondering if Professor Deadpool had, well... possibly had that breakdown that had always seemed imminent.

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[electric-sitar.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, Demyx wasn't even fazed by Deadpool's...bipolar tendancies. It seemed perfectly normal to him.

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[inthereflexes.livejournal.com]

Jack was boggling. And trying to find someone who could explain this to him in rational terms, aside from "Professor = batshiat crazy".

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[lilpunkinbelly.livejournal.com]

Dawn boggled a lot, but took some very decent notes during part of the lecture.

Watch the Film Strip

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

It's edu-tainment!

Re: Watch the Film Strip

[falcon-or-blade.livejournal.com]

"You vote for your leaders?" Faile asked, mostly rhetorically. It was clear she thought this was a strange idea.

Talk to the Teacher

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Deadpool was slumped over his desk, contemplating storming Marvel HQ. He might not be a Young Avenger or a Runaway but he was a good seller!

...didn't even give him a gold watch.

Cable thought it could be worse. He felt the strangest sense of pouches approaching.

Re: Talk to the Teacher

[tricksy-spy.livejournal.com]

Aly wandered into the room after class carrying two cups of coffee and a box of cookies. "Don't say I never gave you anything," she said lightly, pushing the one of the coffees in front of him.

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[practicaldevice.livejournal.com]

Anathema stopped by after class, a piece of paper with writing on it in her hand.

OOC

[mouthy-merc.livejournal.com]

Damn you Marvel, damn you to hell.

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[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Awww! *gives snuggles*