#theodore teddy laurence

[ballerinarina]

sometimes in the silence of the night i remember laurie

[nerdyrevelries]

I think a lot of people miss how funny Little Women the novel is, so I wanted to share a couple of my favorite things that I never hear talked about.

Jo is so uninterested in Laurie as a romantic prospect that she ships him with every single one of her sisters throughout the books. Initially she makes plans for Teddy and Meg to eventually end up married so that Meg can have a rich husband to take care of her. Of course, this plan fails when Meg gets engaged to John Brooke.

Later, Jo sees Beth staring out the window wistfully and sighing when Laurie passes below. Beth is jealous of his good health because she knows she's dying, but Jo instead mistakes this for romantic interest. There's nothing romantic between the two outside of Jo's head.

Finally, Jo reflects that Amy and Laurie would be a perfect match, but given how her previous attempts at meddling have gone, she isn't going to try and do anything to make it happen. This time, it happens without her help.

It's very much the vibes of someone knowing a guy who they consider to be a really good dude but they have no personal interest in them, so instead they try to set him up with all of their friends. Laurie was never in the friend zone. He was always strictly in the brother-in-law zone.

As for Laurie, the book makes it clear that his affections are changing targets far before Laurie himself is willing to admit it, in an extremely funny way. Laurie is in Europe feeling sorry for himself after Jo has turned him down. At the same time, he's been getting closer to Amy.

But Laurie has convinced himself that his first love should be his last and decides to write an opera with Jo as his heroine. Except that Jo is not an easy fit for an opera heroine, and whenever he tries to call up romantic feelings about her, he finds himself remembering Jo at her least romantic doing very prosaic things like beating a carpet while in the old practical clothes one wears for cleaning.

So, Laurie decides to give up on making Jo his heroine and instead puts in a graceful lady with blonde hair and blue ribbons. Which, of course, doesn't sound at all like someone else we might know, right, Laurie? Definitely an Original Character, Do Not Steal. The text is very much aware of this and lampshades it.

[lacy-oh-gracie]

This boy owns my heart.

[spencerreidswhore187]

Little Women (2019) Directed by Greta Gerwig ⋆⭒˚.⋆ "I have loved you ever since I've known you Jo" ⋆⭒˚.⋆

[goddessofdandelions]

Say what you will about the 2018 modern adaptation of Little Women but they were so right casting Lucas Grabeel to be a fedora wearing, bow tie wearing, striped suit wearing, socially awkward music NERD version of Laurie Laurence. They were doing the Lord’s Work with that one

[libraryledge]

Needless to Say (A Jo March Story Inspired By Sabrina Carpenter's Lyrics)

A/N: "Needless to Say" is a bonus track from Sabrina Carpenter's album Short n' Sweet, which explores the social criticism cast upon young women. It inspired me to write a story about Jo March (Little Women) contemplating the societal pressures and restriction of liberties that led her to reject Laurie's marriage proposal.

The weather outside is crisp and clean, which is the beautiful type of autumn that I dreamed of seeing back home. I guess one would think it's kind of funny that I'm admiring it from abroad, upon the pathway of a busy city. I can't help thinking of you: my curly-haired boy, who loved and left me. You never wanted to, but I knew I couldn't love you the way you cared for me. I'm in New York now, getting paid to care for children whose lives have thankfully never been touched by heartache. I've had my fair share of pain, but this emotional baggage is different.

I remember when I met you. It was at a social ball, where the guests thought it was entertaining to judge a girl in her early twenties. It caught me off guard how much they loved it. I couldn't help thinking that they needed less to say about everything. That's when you came in, and like the lost souls we were, we connected right away. Now, like the innocence of childhood, our bond is slipping away. 

I let you go. You need more to do than just focus on me. My dear, please try working on yourself. I promise you'll be much happier if you do. I know I'm not fit for married life and high society. People would expect me to be in a pretty dress, but that would put me at an awkward angle. The nobles would study me real close, like a specimen, as they show their friends. I'll never understand why they hold so much spite. Living under these circumstances would only bring us pain.

Alas, this is only a one way conversation, but the beaten path has somehow led me back home. I reminisce on your heartfelt words, which were taken by the wind, as I now sit in the silence of my mother's attic. 

Perhaps what the world needs are lessons on immaturity and more to do with than simply make comments about me. About us. Perhaps if the world was different, I would have accepted the invitation to be your wife. The one thing that is certain is: Teddy, I love you my dear boy. Please try working on yourself. You'll be much happier if you do. Needless to say, I am working on myself too.

[balewayne]

laurie laurence the love of my life!

[tortured-swifties-cardigans]

[bonniebirddoesgifs]

Bonniebirddoesgifs:

Theodore 'Laurie' Laurence & Amy March (Little Women) - Credit if using

[pessimisticgh0st]

Oh if I only I looked like Laurie in Little Women

[eva-eyre]

hot take: none of the march sisters should have gotten with laurie! i felt like he was just with amy because she was the last option, and i really think amy should’ve gotten the chance to find real love, too. not that i am against their relationship, but it felt oddly… superficial, in a sense

[mariailoveyou-guerin]

It’s fcvk Shonda always but hee reverting back to peak romance period drama is something I can give her an 8 for never a 10 because I truly hate her but an 8 is it fine maybe even a 7 actually seeing that pen scene has me in my feelings because it’s always like the men in those eras doing what Penelo does and we see it as romantic but shes Shonda she loves making her woman do what men do remember MeredithGrey or whatever her name is from greys, anyways the whole scene reminded me of this scene from little woman she really said why is it sexy hot romantic when man does but when a woman does it its considering that the woman is eh worth less and I think that’s nice change yes woman are strong yes pen is strong and independent and powerful in her work life career but in love shes like everyone else weak for the person they love they can’t help but be it and that’s pretty romantic and very period drama accurate

I also love that they have a 21th century version even tho they made it very period accurate because it really reminded me of Brooke asking Lucas to want her back

Sure the whole M is there too but it’s not as powerful or as beautiful as this one which is closer to Pen scene

The sad part is Colin does love her back while Jo don’t

Pen and Brooke being two of the strongest best female characters in tv history yet having the same kinda story in terms of love is something so personal special to me

Dont get me started on Colin give Rose from love Rose why is he giving a love confession right before his best friends wedding at least Colin had the respect of doing before the wedding and not at the wedding unlike her!

you really cant ever beat friends lovers trope they are so painful to watch because you wanna yell at them and scream how are you not seeing it and you just love the whole angst messy heartbreaking tragedy of it all

[ted-calling-orson]

erm more au art bc spinosaur teddy is all I live for (+ Larry)

[strongerpotions]

it's no use jo, jo we've gotta have it out I HAVE LOVED YOU EVER SINCE I'VE KNOWN YOU JO i couldn't help it. and i tried to show it and you wouldn't let me WHICH IS FINE, but i MUST MAKE YOU HEAR NOW, AND GIVE ME AN ANSWER, BECAUSE I CANNOT GO ON LIKE THIS ANY LONGER. i gave up billiards, i gave up everything you didn't like, I'M HAPPY I DID, IT'S FINE, and i waited and i NEVER COMPLAINED BECAUSE I-

you know, i figured you'd love me, jo :(

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

And people say the classics aren't funny *shurgs*

The most relatable Little Women moments

Meg:

* Margaret and John have two kids named… Margaret and John. Iconic. No notes.

* Sprained her ankle wearing impractical shoes cause they just looked too good not to

* Had a emotional meltdown while attempting to make jam from scratch

Jo:

* Literally leaves the state instead of talking about her feelings

* Feminist™️

* Threatened to murder a man for hurting her sister (Amy’s teacher)

Beth:

* Never leaves the house

* Her only friends are her cats

* Obsessed with fictional characters dolls

Amy:

* “I want to be great or nothing”

* Constantly misuses and mispronounces words and doesn’t give a fuck when people try to correct her

* Wrote a whole ass will at age 12

Laurie:

* Pitifully watches the March family from his window wishing he could join them

* Falls in love with someone only after she says “I despise you”

* Writes an opera with himself as the main character

[petratherrock]

That strange funny feeling when as an adult I realize I don't hate Amy x Laurie or that I don't prefer Jo x Teddy either, because Jo was his first love from his innocent adolescence and Amy was someone he was attached to romantically in his adult life,

and I'm fine with both ships.

But

It's like, if you ask me if I've got any of my favorite ship in Little Women, I'd blank out and maybe say Beth x Life lol

I feel like Laurie meeting someone else and marrying them would've been nicer instead of all these 'he should've ended up with Jo' thing.

I don't think he should've ended up with Jo at all (i believe like Jo, they would be fine initially but they'd make each other miserable in the long term--and my further interpretation is that they'd still wanna be with each other but they can't figure out why they're not fulfilled by each other's attachments anymore--in the long term, but that's just my interpretation)

but that he should've met someone else outside of the family, and still, their child being friends with the March children would've been fine

So tldr, for me it's not Jo x Teddy, or Amy x Laurie, it shoulda been a secret third thing lol