My hometown has a "famous" "historical" diner in a train car but they don't wear conductor hats (too silly for them?) it's still great though, visit someday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iTTUhNhxZY

I liked that she said she won't sign copies of the picture because she feels it's disrespectful to Mansfield. Ladies defending ladies, even if she once had to save her from a wardrobe malfunction with only the strength of her glare!

This post is so great, thank you so much for this! I feel myself slipping into those "why can't they just be like everyone else? why do they have stand out?" judgments sometimes and I have to remind myself that I'm here for all the queer (in multiple senses) variations on sexuality, attraction, and gender in human experience. Reading this post has helped me think about why I have that inner old conservative voice sometimes and what arguments I can use to shut it down in the future.

but most importantly: what happened with the pizza in the waffle maker?

"He was secretly good now, and they were going to become heroic friends." I assume you meant heroic boyfriends. Reformed Villain/Flawed Protagonist OTP!