#sophia grey

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[bethanydelleman]

I just can't understand why Sophia Grey married Willoughby even after knowing about what he was doing to Marianne and being aware that he doesn't love her. Yes, he's good looking and was probably very charming in the beginning but she could have had pretty much anyone with her £50,000. Yet she picks a broke guy of dubious character (she most definitely doesn't know about Eliza but even then he's said to be wasteful and i honestly can't remember a single positive trait apart from "is lively and charming") who at first doesn't care about her and later actively dislikes if not hate her.

I can't see her being actually happy at least since she recognized Marianne as a threat, maybe even before that. He can't be that sexy! And I also can't see him have sex with her after all that happened between them so what was even the point???

Anyway Sophia Grey baffles me as a character and i wish she had dumped his ass and found someone who at least likes her. She seemed very jealous but not actually mean and being stuck with Willoughby seems like a cruel fate.

I HAVE THOUGHTS!

I actually find the character of Sophia Grey fascinating. Why did she want to marry Willoughby so badly? With 50,000 pounds, you would imagine she wouldn't suffer much from breaking the engagement, someone is going to want to marry her. So how is it that her choice is a poverty-stricken seducer like Willoughby!

One common theory is that Willoughby seduced her and she can't see his faults, but I actually do believe that Sophia wrote the "break-up" letter to Marianne which means she had power over him. If she was duped, I have a hard time seeing her do that. (I believe she did because Willoughby seemed very happy to ghost Marianne and not write to her).

My theory then is that Sophia wanted a husband who was at her mercy. Willoughby is desperate when he marries her, probably desperate enough to get a very bad deal. I imagine that Sophia ensured her jointure and pin money were as high as possible. I bet she wrote a ton of stipulations into their wedding arrangement, because we do hear:

His wife was not always out of humour, nor his home always uncomfortable

Which implies she has the power to make his life uncomfortable. And I don't think it's just by nagging or something like that, she has financial power over him. Like Mrs. Ferrars actually, who controls her children with money...

Oh man that is the perfect reversal isn't it! Edward's upright conduct frees him from the control of Lucy and his mother, but Willoughby's disgraceful doings put him in the power of Mrs. Smith and Sophia Grey! I like that. Anyway, I feel like Sophia knew she'd be marrying someone for money anyway, so she went with the hottest arm candy she could capture.

I wrote two stories centered on Sophia, one where she doesn't see the letter from Marianne (it's sad, be warned), and one where we see her side. I wish we knew more about her motives!

[milfsource]

SOPHIA BUSH in Grey's Anatomy 21x06 "NIght Moves" (2005 - 2024)

[she-karev]

SOPHIA BUSH as CASS BECKMAN Grey's Anatomy (Season 21 Episode 6)

[greydepa]

Anyone who has read the Kanan comic books knows Depa Billaba is almost a mother figure to her padawan Caleb Dume in those books. So I thought this commission of Depa & Captain Grey kissing and Caleb peeking in and calling her Mom would be funny.

Artist: Sophia Filsoofit

Instagram: @vivid.abyss

Check out her Instagram for more of her work and if your interested in a commission.

[fereldanwench]

i was pretty sure i was gonna like emmrich but i can't get over how charming he is

i'm really fighting to finish my first run before i make another rook to smooch him :3

[vaguely-concerned]

the change in zevran's demeanor from mildly annoyed that you're even speaking to him to straight up beaming gleefully during the scene where you give him the dalish gloves... protect him

[thundergrace]

Owen Hunt, count your days....

[misguided-ghostz]

Not Sophia Bush seducing another married woman

[satin-polar]

Something struck me about Fox X-Men Universe.

Could you imagine any of these two relationships...

(Famke Janssen James Marsden)

(Sophie Turner Tye Sheridan)

Offspring a Josh Fricking Brolin

[ede917]

A new thought occurred while playing Dragon Age Origins: female Grey Wardens are probably the best fighters in Thedas.

We know from Alistair that the player character (if female) is the only woman to join the Fereldan Wardens and that's most likely because they know that darkspawn breed by capturing women and turning them into broodmothers, so it's a bad idea to bring women to where you know you will face darkspawn.

But we also know the Grey Wardens do not exclude women entirely so it stands to reason that the Wardens (outside of desperate circumstances like the fifth blight) would only recruit women who's skill in combat outweigh the liability of risking becoming a broodmother.

As I said: Female Grey Wardens are probably the best fighters in all of Thedas.

[bethanydelleman]

I’m researching a Regency figure (Seymour Fleming, Lady Worsley, in my profile pic) and her annual income as a single woman was £2000-3000 based on an inheritance of £52 thousand.

Which Austen figure is that income comparable to? What sort of standard of living would you expect her to have, especially as she would not be expected to run a house on that but live with relatives?

That income is directly comparable to Miss Sophia Grey from Sense & Sensibility, who has £50,000 and therefore a similar income to Seymour Fleming. Unfortunately, we know very little about Sophia Grey so I think a better comparison would be Mary Crawford or Caroline Bingley (£20,000 each, income around £1000/year).

Because yes, young marriageable women were basically required to live with relations. We know Sophia Grey, despite being of age, lived with guardians. When Mary Crawford can't stay at home because her uncle openly took his mistress publicly, she moves in with her half sister. Caroline Bingley seems to live with either her brother or her sister.

Now what would they spend their money on? Most likely clothes/jewlery: Sophia is described as, "a very fashionable looking young woman", and Caroline: "His sisters were fine women, with an air of decided fashion". Just like today, fashions changed and there were more expensive fabrics if you had money to spend. It's also likely that these women would employ their own personal maid.

As for other living expenses, we don't know if a portion of their incomes went to whomever they lived with, that's never said in Austen and I haven't read about it, but we do know that will and contract law was pretty evolved. For example, Eliza Brandon was married to Mr. Brandon (Colonel Brandon's older brother) so the family could steal her fortune, meaning that even as their ward they couldn't touch it (we don't know how much she had by the way). It's likely that a portion of the income of a ward's fortune would go to their upkeep as a child but that the principle would be protected. Which means young Henry and Mary Crawford probably paid their own way in their uncle's care.

Mary Crawford doesn't seem to do anything to improve the standard of living at the Mansfield Parsonage, but I could see that Henry and Mary's money helped pay for the Admiral's cottage near Richmond.

Now I could totally see a brother like John Dashwood strongly suggesting he wants room and board paid, but someone like Bingley I could see not caring at all. Also, it was common for friends and relations to just come and stay for two months or whatever, so the culture around semi-permanent houseguests would be very different than today. Lastly, I have read that guests were expected to tip the staff, but I'm not sure if that would extend to someone like Mary Crawford.

On that point, Caroline and Mary both live with pretty well-off relations. It might be different if their guardians were poor. We don't see that sort of thing in Austen novels. Even the Brandons had a good income, they just squandered it.

Lastly, travel and fun. Caroline Bingley goes with her brother to Scarborough, which was beach-side resort sort of place according to my annotated edition. It's possible she would pay for travelling, for tickets to amusements, etc. Especially since she is likely of age or near it (we don't know her age).

Anyway, not a historian but this is everything suggested by the novels.

[numbers-in-their-names]

We'll also have a simple elimination poll for Alex Rider's characters (Kyra (who only appears in the show) and Julius (who only as a name with a number in the show) will also be part of the prelims), meaning that the character with the less votes will be irremediably eliminated and the others will access general prelims.

[she-karev]

SOPHIA BUSH as CASS BECKMAN Grey's Anatomy (Season 21 Episode 6)

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