this is the most innocent yak i have ever seen. this lifted my spirits a little.
One time my brother tried to yank away my “towel hat”, and was promptly horrified when I yelled in pain.
“I didn’t know your hair was IN there!!” he cried.
Boys.
WAIT YOURE HAIR IS IN THE TWISTY PART?!
Oh dear
I’ve seen this post several times and never actually seen anyone actually explain how to do the hair twist that long haired people can do, so I drew a tutorial. berrykoolaid
reblogging for demonstration because you learn something new every day
My brother seemed like he discovered a new universe when I showed him this
I feel like people how genuine think Jo loved Laurie romantically
because she changed her mind on the proposal truly doesn´t understand the
complexity of her character and the feelings she was going thought at that
moment. I do feel like for people that do not read the books might have
interpreted the scene where she drops the letter into the river as something
more, or her reaction to Amy marrying him as jealousy, which is not.
The core or drive of her character is not only her dream of being a
writer - it´s her family.
We constantly see instants of Jo not
wanting her family to change and remain in her childhood. Not wanting Meg to
get married for example. That is because she knows marriage means drifting apart
in a way. Jo feels so connected to her family and protecting that space is
vital for her. Laurie is part of that childhood.
I see the proposal scene as the climax for
the whole thing. That is the last time they were together. That was the
separation of the sisters. Meg got married. Amy got the trip to Paris. Laurie
proposed to her and she did not loved him – something stated multiple times in
the books. Therefore, she ran away to New York, and left Beth and Marmee at
home where Beth’s heath took a worsening turn.
We know she loved all her sisters but she
was closer to Beth.
When Beth died, she felt alone all over
again. No one to talk to or express herself. It is natural that in that moment –
she longed her childhood. Her sisters. Laurie. “If he asked me again I think I would’ve
said yes”. Because it was that day that things changed. She wants to feel
loved by someone. She does not love Laurie. She felt lonely. Therefore, in a
way, for those who love to paint Amy as being a second option to him, Jo was the
one settling for Laurie.
Her reaction to Laurie and Amy getting
married is the realization that her safe option is not there anymore. She is
force to accept things as they are: grieve and move on. The thing is that for Jo is always been
about feeling the love of her family, so I loved the look Saoirse/Jo gives to
everyone when she comes down and when Marmee looks back at her, with such a understanding.
It was beautiful.
One thing I really liked about the 2019 Little Women is that Laurie’s love for Jo comes off more like misplaced/misinterpreted (but no less intense) platonic feelings rather than unrequited/one-sided romantic love like the 1994 movie. That kind of helps smooth out the transition from Laurie’s love for Jo, which seems childish and misguided here, to his more mature, fuller, and realistic love for Amy.
I hated Amy/Laurie in the 1994 movie because I couldn’t believe that the boy who was so in love with Jo that he’d flee to Europe to sulk would just “replace” her with her sister and everything would be fine. In the 2019 adaptation, it’s much, much clearer that Laurie loves the March family and what they represent, and Jo is part of that. It’s also obvious that his love for Amy is something else entirely, compared to his love for the family and for Jo too. I also really liked that Amy’s always loved Laurie, and that she brings up being second to Jo. They successfully addressed all the reasons the canon relationships didn’t work for me in other adaptations.
I really liked how they handled these relationships and while the 1994 version is still my forever fave, I think I prefer this adaptation’s take on those relationships.
But the love that Laurie has for Jo is misinterpreted platonic love and I think he knows this when he proposes to Amy and that’s why it’s okay that he proposes to Amy because the love that had grown for her is really truly romantic love in this essay I will-
