I have never seen a single episode of The Americans but I very much relate to the "sharper than a serpent's tooth" mixup. For me it's all LM Montgomery's fault -- her villains are always misattributing the that line (and Shakespeare in general) to the Bible. Standard move in the "guilting your noncompliant child/adoptee/niece/wayward sca…
I have never seen a single episode of The Americans but I very much relate to the "sharper than a serpent's tooth" mixup. For me it's all LM Montgomery's fault -- her villains are always misattributing the that line (and Shakespeare in general) to the Bible. Standard move in the "guilting your noncompliant child/adoptee/niece/wayward scamp from the community that you tried to forcibly adopt" playbook.
I have never seen a single episode of The Americans but I very much relate to the "sharper than a serpent's tooth" mixup. For me it's all LM Montgomery's fault -- her villains are always misattributing the that line (and Shakespeare in general) to the Bible. Standard move in the "guilting your noncompliant child/adoptee/niece/wayward scamp from the community that you tried to forcibly adopt" playbook.