#jo x laurie

[boleynecklace]

Winona Ryder and Christian Bale as Jo March and Theodore "Laurie" Laurence Little Women (1994) dir. Gillian Armstrong

[ashleysolsen]

You will care for somebody, and you'll love him tremendously, and live and die for him. I know you will, it's your way, and you will and I'll watch.

LITTLE WOMEN 2019, dir. Greta Gerwig

[sunnylittledisposition]

I want to be loved like Laurie loves Jo

[perioddramasource]

PERIOD DRAMA APPRECIATION WEEK Day 5 | Favorite Relationship

Jo and Laurie | Little Women 2019

[clockworkbee]

After reading Little Women and having finally watched Little Women (2019), I have come to the conclusion that all the people who ship Jo and Laurie and have created all those beautiful edits, have only watched the movie because there's no way you can convince me that people who have read the book ship them (though there might be many) because I just don't see it.

It's understandable for just the movie-watchers and lovers because even though it tried really hard to deliver as much of the book as it could, it obv. lacked in showing everyone's characters and bonds as deep as they are in the book. When you watch the movie, I get it if you feel there's no understanding and love or chemistry between Amy and Laurie, and I get it if you think Friedrich shouldn't have been the one for Jo esp. since you see Jo write Laurie that letter she tears later and when you've hardly seen anything between Jo and Friedrich.

But for the people who have read the book and ship them, I think they just would have loved to see the childhood best friends to end up together, and if there's other reasons, I'd love to know what they are (from the book Jo x Laurie shippers) because when you see it realistically (I know it's fiction, okay?) Jo and her mother were right, she and Laurie weren't fit for eachother that way, and I'm so so glad to see that boy grow and their friendship safe and strong.

[lunasbookshelf4]

"Jo loved Laurie! they were meant to be!"

As much as I loved Laurie and Jo's dynamic, Jo never loved Laurie romantically, it's even clearer in the books. She did have an intense amount of love for him, but it was strictly platonical.

After Jo rejected Laurie and he was off abroad, she had a conversation with her mother where she stated that she didn't love him as she should but just wanted to be loved by him.

Jo only wanted to be loved by Laurie because of how lonely she felt, especially after the loss of Beth.

[usertimothee]

Hey, I haven’t read Little Women or any of the books related, the only adaptation I have seen is Greta Gerwig’s and I’ve recently rewatched it. And I have some thoughts are mostly ramblings and need to express to someone so I hope you don’t mind me popping in here. I don’t really know where people got that Jo was In love with Laurie? She loved him as a friend but romantically? I never got that really. And how I took that scene with Jo and Marmee was Jo admitting she was lonely and if Laurie asked her to marry him again she would say yes. That’s kinda unfair to herself and him when you think about it, marrying someone just because you’re lonely? Not because you are truly in love with him? How would you both be happy together? I’ve seen some discussion around them and I don’t really like people putting in the tropes “oh lovers who went wrong or right person wrong time” to Jo and Laurie. Because they weren’t lovers, they were friends. And I don’t understand where people get Jo being the “right” person for Laurie. I wish we could have gotten more of Jo and Friedrich. They were cute I think. And I wish we could have gotten more with Amy and Laurie. I think this summer I’m gonna find the books and read them. Anyways, there’s my thoughts and hope you are having a good day.❤️

hi anon! never be afraid to come into my inbox and ramble about little women bc talking about it is literally my fav thing.

especially when ur thoughts are so spot on, and i'm honestly so surprised and pleased u got this from greta's version. bc a lot of people think she made laurie and jo be that "right person wrong time" couple when they're not like that at all, in any adaptation, even greta's.

ur totally right, jo never loved laurie romantically. like, ever. and it's made obvious multiple times. ("i can't love you as you want me to...it would be a lie to say i do when i don't," in the proposal scene.) and it's especially made clear in the attic scene, with jo admitting she's just so lonely. but if you can't get it from: marmee: do you love [laurie]? jo: if he asked me again, i think i would say yes. do you think he'll ask me again? marmee: but do you love him? jo: i care more to be loved. i want to be loved. marmee: that is not the same as loving. jo: i know. like ur honestly dumb i'm sorry? or don't know how to read media at all. or ur just being willingly obtuse idk.

and i would go even further. i firmly believe that laurie never loved jo that way, either. that boy was lonely before he met the march family. maybe even lonelier than jo was after beth died. he was an orphan, lived with his tutor and his grandfather (who was kind of cold to laurie before he met the marches, as well.) he had no friends. jo was the first girl he loved at all, in any way. of course he thought he was in love with jo. he didn't know any other love except the love had for her. and laurie was a romantic, as well. of course he thought the two of them were meant to be.

but they weren't, ever, and that's made so clear from their conversation in the attic. laurie: jo, i have always loved you, but the love i feel for amy, it's different. and i think you were right about this, i think we would've killed each other...i think it was meant this way. like...do jolauries think laurie is lying to jo? what reason would he have to do that? it doesn't make any sense.

and jo looks so stunned (this is admittedly clearer in the book than it is in greta's version) because it's amy. not because she's jealous, or expected laurie to still love her, but because her best friend just came home married to her little sister. that would stun anyone. and she looks sad, again, because she's so lonely, and she basically looks at the rest of her family coupled up and in love (amy and laurie, meg and john, marmee and her father) and she aches, because she doesn't have that.

i really think greta's only mistake was including that stupid letter to laurie. it didn't make sense and wasn't true to jo's character at all.

and finally, once again, laurie doesn't love jo like that. not back then, and certainly not now. i mean, the journey from "i think you will marry, jo. i think you'll find someone, and love them, and live and die from them, because that's your way. and i'll watch," to "i never thought i'd prepare a carriage to help jo march chase a man, but i like it!" he's delighted in that scene, just like everyone else. bc the jo he saw with friedrich was so different that the jo that was around him. he can tell the difference because he knows the difference now, because that boy is so desperately in love with amy it's not funny.

and that's another thing jolauries disregard: laurie's love for amy. because he does love her. and amy loves him, and understands him in a way that jo never did. and laurie wants to be better for amy. because, let's face it, that boy was a mess when amy found him in europe. (and this is one other thing the movie leaves out: laurie realizes in the book that jo was right shortly after he leaves concord - the two of them would've never worked. and by the time he meets up with amy again, he isn't still mourning his relationship with jo, he's just insurmountably lonely again, just like he was before, and he doesn't see an end to it.) he heals bc he falls in love with amy. he wants to be worthy of her, because he admires her and respects her. there's a great first draft of the script which is floating around on the internet which includes this letter from laurie to amy: Dear Amy, I have gone to make something of myself, so you might not be ashamed to call me your friend. like...he just got his heart broken by her. but he doesn't get angry at her, like he got angry at jo, because he loves amy. and he wants to be around her and is desperate to have her in his life, even if it's just as a friend.

and, just to give more evidence that amy is the first and only person he's in love with (and because i just love it a lot), here's the original draft of their kiss scene: laurie: i love you. amy, i love you. amy: you do? laurie: more than anything or anyone in this world. you are first in everything. you do not have to accept me, but i love you, amy march. [amy cries even harder. he kisses her.] amy: i love you, laurie laurie: i love you, amy march. laurie literally has gently but ardently resigned himself to loving amy even if she doesn't love him back, which is such a change from when jo rejected him.

and ur totally right, jo and friedrich are so cute together (even though louis garrel is unfortunately an asshole). and more importantly, friedrich understands jo in a way laurie never did, and lover her for who she is instead of who he wants her to be. and come on, when friedrich says, "my hands are empty," and jo takes his hands in hers and says, "they're not empty," and then he kisses her in the rain. like that is peak romance idk what anyone says.

anyways. tl;dr jo never loved laurie, laurie never loved jo, laurie is in love with amy, jo is in love with friedrich.

anon, feel free to come into my inbox anytime! and let me know how u like the book! i think if u have these opinions, u will like it a lot :)

[thecabinsixwitch]

You know, I still wait at the edge of town

Praying straight to God that maybe you'll come back around

I cry every day and the bottles make it worse

'Cause you were the only one I was never scared to tell I hurt

And I found photographs of our school, on the day we met

I thought that you were so beautiful, it was love, I guess

And you might never come back home, and I may never sleep at night

But God, I just hope you're doing fine out there, I just pray that you're alright

— “A House in Nebraska” - Ethel Cain (@mothercain)

Jo & Laurie • Little Women (2019)

[misssclumsy]

This kind of friendship >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i want

[rythebluealien]

I’ve just watched Little Women (2019) and I can’t understand how some people could like Jo and Laurie more than Friedrich and Jo.

First off (a bit unrelated) : FRIEDRICH (aka Louis fucking Garrel) IS SO PRETTY IT MAKES ME WANT TO BAWL MY EYES OUT

Second off: Laurie and Amy are wayyy too cute together let them be.

Third off: Louis. Garrel.

[spencerreidswhore187]

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

[teaxanime]

you know the greatest films of all time are never made

[darklinaforever]

Little women thoughts, tell me if I'm crazy: What I love about Jo and Laurie is that Laurie wants to subconsciously be a woman while Jo desperately wants to be a man. They're both stuck in the gender roles they were born with and I think that's why they bond so well. Laurie has no want to go to college and run his grandfathers business. He wants to stay at home, write music and be with the March girls. And Jo desperately wants to see the world and be taken seriously like a man. Why shes so reluctant to get married(besides hating change) because she fears being forced in a man's role. Which is the crazy reason why I ship them so much. Like if they could Laurie would happily be Jo's wife and Jo wouldn't mind being his husband.

I had never seen things like that for Laurie but my god, you are right !

There is definitely a very feminine side to Laurie’s character !

Personally, I ship Jo and Laurie in all versions. But the one from 1994 is the very first one I saw and has a special place in my heart. Winona Ryder playing Jo is one of my favorite actresses, and this version made me fall in love with Jo and Laurie. I never understood why they didn't end up together. For me, either Jo should have ended up with Laurie, or single.

I don't particularly like the character of friedrich. Afterwards, I like the 2019 version, for the simple reason that the ending is interpretable according to the director and we can imagine that Jo may not in fact end up with this guy...

But I generally agree that I think Jo and Laurie would have had a good and happy marriage, at least for sure in the 1994 version where the actors have overwhelming chemistry.

THIS FUCKING KISSING SCENE ?!

[darkcrowprincess]

Controversial opinion:

It's a crime these two did not end up together

Talk about unsatisfying endings and ships. And they end up with the worst people possible! Laurie with Amy in Europe! Jo's Europe! Jo with that ugly older guy that keeps criticizing her writing. I rather they both be single that with those two!

(Don't like don't read. Post hate and I'll block you)

[lunar-years]

sometimes I really wish that I could hate you / I’ve tried, but that’s just something I can’t do

Part 11/?? of my favorite ships + favorite taylor swift songs | Jo March x Theodore Laurence

[irene-with-a-gaze]

Laurie x Jo Fanfictions

i feel as though we are a minority, us Laurie and Jo shippers:

1. on the edge of forever  Rating: T/ Status: One shot

where Jo and Laurie get married.

2. if you take this heart of mine, it will be yours Status: Ongoing

a reconciliation.

3. i won’t be late for this  Rating: T/ Status: Unfinished/Ongoing

an uncovered letter.

4. but tell it slant Rating: T/ Status: One shot

high infidelity.

5. i had the time of my life with you Rating: T/ Status: One shot

france, and the french.

6. platonic regrets  Rating: T/ Status: One shot

our requited, unrequited loves.

7. renewal  Rating: T/ Status: Unfinished/Ongoing

she brought me back to life.

8. souls too entwined to find peace Status: One shot

two souls and the heart is wee and bitter.

9. the spoken things (and the ones that can still be shouted) Rating: G/ Status: One shot

and the things that should be.