In The United States Men Were Generally Not Allowed To Be In The Room With Their Partners When They Were

In the United States men were generally not allowed to be in the room with their partners when they were having a baby until the 70’s ish, though of course this depends on if you’re in a more liberal or conservative area (like for instance it was more normalized in California before somewhere like Mississippi) and whether or not the hospital was religious, and also depending on if the couple was married, and also unfortunately due to financial status (that is, who would be least likely to have the means to sue)

Given that rural areas are (GENERALLY) more conservative, as is the Midwest generally as a region, and given the fact that the hospital in Gallows Creek is religiously affiliated (most likely Catholic due to the recognition of a Saint in its name, which is generally not a Protestant thing, and unless GC has a big Greek population I don’t see Orthodox either, but it could be) , and given the fact they were teens with not much in the way of means, if George had been alive when Henry was born, there’s a pretty significant chance he would not be allowed to see it.

And like, we know George is a rather gentle soul. Harming people is explicitly out of his character.

But if someone prevented him from bringing comfort to his Bean during an event that could literally kill her (yall they didn’t do ultrasounds back then, anything could have happened) and kept him from meeting his son for however long, he would absolutely be contemplating violence lmao

Thinking of George tucking Henry into bed at night and telling him stories about all the Fearsome Critters of American legend that his dad told him and his dad told him etc etc etc etc brings my level of hatred of Teddy to capacities not thought possible

“Hey sweetie (not in the endearing way but in the I’m-an-older-man-condescendingly-addressing-a-woman way), if you’re listening, you’re really scary and everything and I can’t wait to hear you call up again but before you do can you just pop on over to Ponty’s Pizza and give him a few quick shanks? Yeah he’s over on Jones road next to the fire station. Can’t miss it. Thanks so much sweetheart you’re a doll”

“FORREST!”

“Peggy this is for the greater good”

if i were forrest nash i would tell the whistling man ponty's location over the radio

Just watched a true crime video about a kid from Kentucky who saved his sister’s life and obviously the majority of the people interviewed for it were from Kentucky and like

The accent is just 10/10. I can see why Marie went nuts for George

Along with the Campbells having fluffy hair, it is now also a legal requirement that Marie is drawn with tiger stripes (stretch marks). Not that they’re ever showing because obviously they’re on her stomach …. But they’re there.

What’s the fun of a milf character if they’re not obscenely ripped and have the most fabulous stretch marks???

Shoutout to Virginia who is basically our only confirmed adult POC in Gallows Creek (the rest are teenagers)

Hope Teddy’s ilk didn’t give her too much trouble back in the day, I mean, the 60’s were Beatles and Elvis and drive-in movies and hippies and flower crowns, but they were ALSO the civil rights movement. A particularly heated time for POCs but especially black people (and black women on top of that).