You gotta love Patty’s downtime reading material. Journal of Astrophysical Mechanics – Quantum Energy Matter Creations.
My headcannon is that Patty will literally read anything that’s sitting around if she’s got a still moment. That’s part of how she knows so much about so many things, not just because she loves to read but because well, Astrophysical Mechanics? Eh, it’s reading material, she’ll go with it, and she’ll pick it up as she goes.
But like, she’ll also pick up random gossip magazines or whatever Kevin is “reading” and who knows what else. If she’s sitting still and there’s reading material nearby, Patty’s got her nose in it.
*shifty look*
How do you think she learnt so much stuff about the history of NYC? She reads EVERYTHING. Every. damn. thing.
The Ladies Of Ghostbusters[2/4]Patty Tolan, As an MTA worker, Patty meets many “characters” in her line of work, but Rowan North takes the cake. One day she noticed him disappear going down the tunnel. While searching for him, she finds a odd sparking device. Then she sees a ghost. She visits the Ghostbusters and asks for their help. She is the practical, street smarts member of the term. She also is a wealth of information on New York city’s history, who becomes the Ghostbusters’ first recruit. “Ah hell naw, the Devil is a liar! Get out of my friend, ghost! The power of Patty compels you!”
I saw Ghostbusters opening weekend! What a fun summer movie! I get pretty misty-eyed thinking about all the kids (and especially girls) who’re going to have a great rest of the summer busting ghosts. Patty and Holtzmann were my favorites. ❤️
Also: so much love for Leslie Jones, who is funny as hell and deserves nothing but love and respect.
Obviously, I really enjoyed the new Ghostbusters, and I’ve been thinking about how much a movie like that would’ve meant to their characters when they were kids. I’m so excited for the kids who’ll grow up with this film as a part of their childhood! So here are Holtzmann, Abby, Erin, and Patty as junior high schoolers, growing up as geeks in their own respective, delightful ways.
I don’t usually have time for fan art but my drawing hand’s been giving me trouble, so I wanted to try a looser style that doesn’t strain my muscles quite so much. Perfect opportunity to do something different, right?
As a person with a liberal arts degree who basically has never worked in the field for which she studied, I submit to you that Patty Tolan could potentially hold at the very least a Bachelor’s in American History.
Statistically, Black women are the most educated, degree-holding group in America, and STEM degrees are not the only ones that matter.
She could also potentially be an autodidact, but there’s no reason she has to be.
STEM degrees are not the only ones that matter. Those of us with advanced degrees who are underemployed know this. Hell, several STEM degree holders are also underemployed.
Picture Patricia Tolan’s Master thesis on the history of capital punishment in New York being how she identified that ghost in the subway and tell me that isn’t fucking awesome.
She might also have an MA as an architecture historian, which is how she knows so much about specific buildings and their histories
ok but
architecture historian patty tolan predicting the kind of specters that might show up based on the age of the building
architecture historian patty predicting where most ghost activity will be based on which areas are undergoing extreme gentrification, all that ‘renovating’ stirs up a lot of angry ghost energy
patty knowing the escape routes because she’s familiar with the style of architecture and can get everyone out if the ghost gets too hostile
patty being really concerned over the amount of damage their equipment can do to historic structures (and holtz tinkering with it to make them do less damage in the physical world and more to ghosts because she cares about her gf)
patty geeking out when one of the more destructive technologies reveals the original facade of a cool building behind a soulless modern cover
patty being able to calm ghosts down by showing homeowners and renters and landlords what updates to the structure probably got the ghost mad and advising them to get rid of it because its not in the right style anyways
patty going to the archives and doing initial research of a ghost because the archives are cool and its nice to have her hands on original source material again, amazing to be actually using her degree, even if its for something weird and a little scary
Now I really want to read Patricia Tolan’s Master thesis on the history of capital punishment in New York.
