Kirsten: <exhuasted>
Juno: At least next time we won't have to upgrade all our stuff.
Kirsten: <laughing> Next time! You're hilarious!
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Seymour: [Croaky voice] My sisters love me now, but oh, Persy sure wasn't too thrilled to have me as her baby brother back in those days! [Soft chuckle] She wanted me dead.
Tycho: No, I'm sure she was just adjusting.
Coraleye: Yeah! I bet it all changed for her when she saw your handsome little face.
Seymour: It took her some time to warm up to me. Even then the little shit preferred her animals and imaginary friends.
Coraleye: [Smiles] Uncle Bo...
Kirsten: And she wasn't even the one they considered "troubled." Gwendolyn, now that's the one they had to watch out for...
Gwendolyn Darling
Mr. and Mrs. Darling often wondered what kind of personality —if any— Gwendolyn would have developed if it weren't for the invention of the modern television. Her entire demeanor was made up of pieces of tidbits she collected from her time spent in front of the screen.
Despite the children from school finding her rather strange, Gwendolyn navigated social settings with ease. She'd smile like a dazzling silver screen starlet, and crack jokes like a beloved gameshow host.
Persephone Darling
Persephone was a very grumpy and irritable child. often opting to keep to herself due to her crippling social awkwardness. As Seymour explained, her only real friends were creatures with feathers or four legs, as well as those conjured by her imagination. But where she lacked in cheerfulness, she made up for in athleticism and harbored a profound passion for animals. Persephone maintained an active lifestyle and found enjoyment in a variety of sports, spanning from swimming and ball games to the art of ballet.
As Seymour's due date drew closer, a knock on the door followed by the family dog barking madly signaled an unexpected visit from Agnes's nephew, Mortimer—a visit undoubtedly orchestrated by Cornelia. As if he were being forced to recite the offer against his will, Mortimer reluctantly extended his services to babysit the girls, as her days grew busier with a new baby.
Agnes appreciated the offer and could've certainly used his help, but she knew well that Mortimer, being a teenage boy, would likely rather be off doing something else, rather than tasked with keeping an eye on his younger cousins.
Agnes remembered back to her sister Cornelia's assertion that Mortimer's best friend, Bella Bachelor, was beginning to "smile at him in a different way now." Struck with a clever idea, Agnes proposed a deal to Mortimer:
If he would be willing to babysit the girls and take good care of them during her labor and the early days with the new baby, he could bring Bella along to assist him. Considering his mother didn't allow him and Bella to be alone anymore, Mortimer lit up like a lightbulb, and eagerly accepted. He did request, however, that Agnes not mention Bella's involvement in this arrangement to his mother.
And it sure was lucky the Darlings got a babysitter just in time, for not long after, in the early hours of the morning at 4:27 AM, on All Hallow's Eve, the Darlings welcomed a bouncing baby boy with little babydoll eyes. They held him close, celebrating the first happy birthday of many more to come.
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Vogue Italia March 2015
Mia Goth, Freja Beha Erichsen, Zachary Quinto, Donna Mitchell, Joel Schumacher, Jamie Bochert & Yuri Pleskun, Christopher Niquet & Gigi Hadid, David Alexander Flinn & Kirsten Owen, RJ King & Edie Campbell, Julia Nobis & Issa Lish, Benn Northover & Stella Tennant, Harry Brant & Kim Peers, Miles McMillan & Agyness Deyn, Scott Barnhill & Crista Cober by Steven Meisel
Styled by Karl Templer
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Juno: So what do you think we should do today?
Kirsten: I don't know about you, but I've got a nursery to decorate.
Juno: Right, I'm not so good at that. How about you shop and I'll write a book to pay for it?
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