#it feels like she’s grasping at anything stable. and she knows nick. and heterosexuality is safe | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

transannabeth · 4 months ago

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much to consider about jordan not drinking alcohol but liking something in her hand. about her calling nick an accessory as well. therefore heavily implying her preference for woman and lack of romantic and sexual interest in men

and then after myrtle is killed and she invites nick in for a birthday drink, he says ‘you don’t drink’ and she replies ‘well maybe i should start!’

interesting

#while jordan isn’t explicitly a lesbian she does end up dancing w more fem presenting ensemble than masc so it’s a bit of an assumption #that plus the accessory line #so in this moment where she’s FRANTICALLY trying to hold it together (as narrator of the Old Money and parties and rumors and whatnot)#it feels like she’s grasping at anything stable. and she knows nick. and heterosexuality is safe #she saw a woman dead. nick said he’d explain to her earlier that day and im sure he did #she knows who myrtle is. she understands what happened even if she thinks gatsby was driving. she sees everything imploding #and a lot of it already had. she’s a bystander having fun and enabling people and taking advantage but she doesn’t want things CHANGING #nick come in and have a drink! he doesn’t want to hang out with these people anymore. what people. me? you? we’re just like them.#what is there to celebrate nick asks? there’s never BEEN anything to celebrate they’re just AT these parties #nick is trying to leave. maybe she wonders if she can keep things the same by being acceptably heterosexual #i don’t know i just suddenly found this very interesting it hasn’t marinated in my brain yet #not pjo #chitter chatter #all the worlds a stage #gaam #gonna go back and add this tag to all posts eventually

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