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[Scott is holding a copy of his complete Works of Shakespeare and looking really, really confused.]

So that was all Shakespeare?

[He flips through the book a little, blinking at the camera.]

I thought that was an Amanda Bynes movie.

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[whatthefoxsay]

[Oh, Scott.]

The Amanda Bynes movie is based on the play. Like how 10 Things I Hate About You is actually The Taming of the Shrew?

[velocette]

Have you found what character you were?

[interns]

Scott.

[ Scott is nothing like Flash, her brain doesn't really compare them. but sometimes, Gwen gives him the same sort of looks and tones she gave Flash ( once they were.. actually friends ) and right now is one of those times ]

Of all the adaptations you pick Amanda Bynes' movie.

[ a beat. a very thoughtful beat ]

Though I guess She's the Man was pretty great.

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[tucky]

Which one?

[She was alive in the 90s. She's seen her fair share of Amanda Bynes movies.]

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[He....knows he saw that title in the contents, but.]

I don't remember them taming an animal in that one.

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No, I'm not really sure which story it was.

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Exactly! [He is latching onto the last, giving her one of his only slightly self-depreciating smiles.] It made me try to play soccer.

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She's the Man. Did you see that one?

[lbr he has seen all the dumb teen movie.]

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[tucky]

That the one where she pretends to be a guy?

Yeah, I saw it on TV once.

[interns]

Try. Like you're not incredibly athletic and probably picked up on it right away.

[ apparently, Gwen forgets that there was a time before he had his woof skills, like there was a time before Peter could swing from webs. woops. ]

[whatthefoxsay]

It's - it's not about taming an animal, it's about this guy who wants to get this super aggressive girl to marry him. 'Shrew' is kinda like 'beeyatch', you see? The way Kat was a beeyatch to Peter Verona?

[forgetyourusedtobe]

English class not your strong suit?

[She has a teasing smile though. She's (mostly) not making fun of him.]

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Oh.

...Was he the dude with the long hair?

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I wasn't always, though. [It's cool, sometimes it's hard to remember the whole....before.]

I couldn't even run for long when I had asthma.

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Yeah! To play soccer on the men's team. And she had that crush on the team captain?

[velocette]

Maybe you were like me, then, some amalgamation of all the side players. That or I was the fool.

It was kind of fun, don't you think?

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You could probably say that.

[Doesn't help that Jennifer Blake kind of made English evil.]

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Actually...wait! [He found something in the book.] Duke...Orsino? I think?

...And yeah, it kinda was.

[velocette]

Orsino was...Midsummer Night-- no, I can't remember. Hopefully a good character, not one that goes mad and commits suicide or murders his children?

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[tucky]

Uh-huh, I remember it. Pretty funny.

So you thought you were in a movie?

[theresalwayshope]

Ohmigod, who were you? I still need to read through the books in my room, but I was a noblewoman pretending to be a boy and teaching my man how to court me properly and...

It was weird. But fun, too!

[interns]

You had asthma?

[ she doesn't exactly sound like she's saying "that's so cute", but like. almost. it's just hard to picture. ]

And you just.. don't now? It healed your bronchus...es? Your bronchi? [ she laughs ] Sorry, I knew that word, I really did.

[whatthefoxsay]

[Oh, Scott.

But she beams at him, like she'd give him a gold star sticker because Puppy done guessed right.]

Yep!

[Then sheepishly,]

Sorry. It's probably not a surprise that my dad enjoys Shakespeare and I've read a bunch.

[She didn't want to make him feel stupid.]

[forgetyourusedtobe]

Well, at least the Admiral gave you some light reading material to get caught up. [A beat.] You might wanna look up No Fear Shakespeare though.

[voluntaryapnea]

Yep, that was all Shakespeare.

I'm kinda disappointed I didn't turn into Romeo. Although I guess maybe not, considering the ending.