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warrenwaskilledbyadeer · 6 months

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Okay answer me this because I am genuinely confused

Everyone in the world seems convinced that Jo is in love with Laurie in Little Women

But when I read Little Women, it seemed pretty clear to me that she wasn't, what with her constantly thinking of Laurie as her best friend and then later her brother and then thinking to herself all the time, "I really hope Laurie isn't in love with me because I'm not in love with him and I would never be able to return his feelings because I don't see him that way and I don't want to hurt him"

When he proposes to her she's in a lot of pain because she knows where this is going and what she'll have to say to him, but people say, "Wow so romantic she rejects him even though she's still in love with him!!!"

When was she ever in love with him?!? Where tf did that come from in your brains??? I do not understand it

Not to mention that Jo is based on Louisa May herself and Laurie is based on someone who she viewed as her nephew/son in real life

And when Jo meets Mr. Bhaer she falls in love with him quite quickly and recognizes that feeling as being in love

Why are people so insistent that Jo loves Laurie when every piece of evidence I've been able to find goes against it? For real I'm genuinely confused and would love an answer beyond "Well it's obvious!"

#is this a dracula situation?#academia said that and people just believed it even though it's nowhere in the book?#or do people just want jo and laurie to get together so badly that they read that into the story and convinced themselves it was real?#little women #louisa may alcott #jo and laurie #jo march #josephine march #laurie laurence #theodore laurence #theodore laurie laurence

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artofscenes · 1 year

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i love you, jo.

Little Women (2019) dir. by Greta Gerwig.

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womeninfictionandirl · 10 months

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The March Sisters by Francesca Risoldi

#Francesca Risoldi #the March sisters #little women #Jo March #josephine march #meg march #Amy march #Beth march #art #artwork #louisa may alcott #Margaret march #Elizabeth march

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graziellathedancingqueen · 4 months

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jo march🫶🏻

made by me, if you use it anywhere please give credits :)

#jo march #author #louisa may alcott #little women #saoirse ronan #I am literally her #she is me #josephine march

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thelovelymedusa · 9 months

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That One Scene

#yeah guess i'm back #little women #jo and laurie #theodore laurence #josephine march #jo march #louisa may alcott #greta gerwig #little women 2019 #getting this framed

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multifandomconfusion · 9 months

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The great thing about Jo March is no matter how you perceive her she's always queer. She's a lesbian. She's bisexual. He's transmasc. She's demisexual. She's aromantic. She's aroace. She's the whole damn queer community in a package.

#jo march #little women #little woman 2019 #little women movie #little women book #louisa may alcott #josephine march #lgbtqia #lgbtq+

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autumnrose11 · 5 months

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Jo looked up and Jo looked down, then said slowly, with sudden color in her cheeks. ‘It may be vain and wrong to say it, but—I’m afraid—Laurie is getting too fond of me.’ ‘Then you don’t care for him in the way it is evident he begins to care for you?’ And Mrs. March looked anxious as she put the question. ‘Mercy, no! I love the dear boy, as I always have, and am immensely proud of him, but as for anything more, it’s out of the question.’ ‘I’m glad of that, Jo.’ ‘Why, please?’ ‘Because, dear, I don’t think you suited to one another. As friends you are very happy, and your frequent quarrels soon blow over, but I fear you would both rebel if you were mated for life. You are too much alike and too fond of freedom, not to mention hot tempers and strong wills, to get on happily together, in a relation which needs infinite patience and forbearance, as well as love.’ — Little Women, Chapter 32

This conversation between Jo and Marmee says it all about why Jo is not a good fit for Laurie. On paper, they are perfect. Both great friends, both with common interests, both get along like a house on fire. But there is a boundary between friends and lovers that is a huge line to cross. To Jo, Laurie becoming her husband would taint their friendship. Marrying him would destroy the very reason they are friends.

To quote the novel, she understands him as well as if she had been a boy herself. Jo is friends with Laurie because there is no romance between them. She can be herself with him with no expectation of ever falling in love with him, because she knows it’s never going to happen. She treasures their friendship so much because he is a kindred spirit to her own. They are twin flames, not soulmates.

At the time the book was published, readers were clamouring for Jo and Laurie to get together. Louisa May Alcott refused, and had Marmee explain why. They are simply too similar and too different, both in the wrong ways. They are highly compatible as friends, not as lovers. There’s no sense of them complementing one other — I think Jo’s right when she says they’d make each other explode. I don’t think they would have worked well at all as husband and wife; their marriage would have been a series of explosions and eruptions and their friendship would have been shattered. Somehow, Jo knows this instinctively. She knows marriage to Laurie is a bad idea, and at this point in her life, she doesn’t want to be married to anyone. Jo is headstrong and impulsive in many ways, but she knows her own mind as well as her heart. In this respect, she has the maturity and foresight to realise what Laurie does not (yet): Sometimes, love can taint friendships to the extent of leaving it permanently damaged.

#Little Women #Jo March #Josephine March #Laurie Laurence #Theodore Laurence #Theodore Laurie Laurence #Louisa May Alcott #Little Women meta #Good Wives

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adobongsiopao · 8 months

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Intro page article about "Little Women" 1987 anime version from an old issue of OUT! magazine.

#little women #louisa may alcott #little women 1987 #meg march #jo march #josephine march #beth march #amy march #world masterpiece theatre #another world masterpiece theater #anime #anime magazine #classic literature #nippon animation #ai no wakakusa monogatari #tales from little women

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lostinbooks14 · 1 year

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#little women #little women 2019 #meg march #jo march #amy march #beth march #josephine march #louisa may alcott #little woman movie #little woman 2019

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valleyofthedolls2 · 1 year

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#little women #timothée chalamet #josephine march #jo march #theodore laurence #book to film #book to screen #louisa may alcott

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andilostyou · 2 years

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My family is rereading Little House on the Prairie and this idea struck me.

#daisy shares #laura ingalls wilder #laura ingalls #little house on the prairie #elizabeth bennett #lizzie bennet #pride and prejudice #jane austen #josephine march #jo march #little women #louisa may alcott #classic literature #classic lit memes #classic lit #women in literature #parallels

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idasessions · 2 years

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Last weekend I posted a character study I wrote on three of my favorite female protagonists [Scarlett O’Hara, Jo March and Danielle de Barbarac]. Check it out over at my blog/newsletter if it sounds interesting to you. ♀️✏️