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This was going round a while ago and I had no time to do it. But now I will!

Give me a character and I will tell you...

* How I feel about this character
* All the people I ship romantically with this character
* My non-romantic OTP for this character
* My unpopular opinion about this character
* One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.
* Something about them I consider true, even though it's only my head canon/fanon

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Con Maynard (I'm rereading the Chalet school series :))

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How I feel about this character
Of the whole Maynard – and extended Bettany – family, Con is the one I like best. She might be pigeonholed as dreamy, moony Con, but she’s far and away the most normal and down to earth in many respects. I hope she gets away and founds her own life. Now it occurs to me that I might see her as a reflection of one of the Exclusive Brethren girls at school – sort of going along on an even keel, but not achieving nor really being encouraged to achieve her potential.

All the people I ship romantically with this character
No-one in the books at all, none of them, ever, ever, ever, definitely not a doctor, definitely not a Richardson boy. She can take her pick from the rest of the planet, but not someone on the Platz, please!

My non-romantic OTP for this character
Con/stories! Also, Con/hair gel.

My unpopular opinion about this character
She ought to have been head girl ;-) OK, maybe not. But she is done a serious disservice by the categorisation of her sisters as the responsible one and the naughty one, leaving Con in arguably the worst place of all as the boring one in the middle. She can never be as good as Len nor as bad as Margot, but that doesn’t let her be herself, either. I feel rather sorry for her.

One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon
She doesn’t marry a doctor. I can make no greater prayer. Also that she finds literary success that is different from her mother’s, and that she isn’t always known as “Josephine M. Bettany’s daughter, you know”.

Something about them I consider true, even though it's only my head canon/fanon
She is a great deal more intelligent than her school or family give her credit for, surprises them all in public exams, and unlike Len (who gets a Second) gets a First at university. Obviously Con is known to be bright, given that she’s in a form a long way above her age, but I don’t get the impression that she is considered very intelligent so much as a well taught and reasonably clever person who applies herself (why on earth is she told that she’s rubbish at maths, as opposed to a very strong average for her age??). I’d like to see her in a different intellectual environment, meeting its challenges.