#not me making jo an exhausted girlboss

[larcenys]

                “𝐈  𝐚𝐦  𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 ,  𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 ,  𝐛𝐮𝐭  𝐈  𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞  𝐬𝐚𝐲  𝐢𝐭’𝐬  𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝  𝐟𝐨𝐫  𝐦𝐞.”

( little women , saoirse ronan , she/her, cis woman ) ⋮ the census states that JOSEPHINE ‘JO’ MARCH has been living in town limits for TWO MONTHS . it makes sense the HUMAN can be found hanging around ELOISE’S BOOKSHOP .  SHE must be close to TWENTY-SIX by now , do you think they’re still as OBSTINATE as they were before ? i overheard they DO  remember everything leading up until their arrival . nothing reminds me of them quite like BULLET POINTS ON A RESTAURANT NAPKIN, WONDERING WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN, INK STAINED FINGERTIPS.  

i. much to her chagrin and what had since become a running joke regarding her own luck, even in this life she wasn’t born with a silver spoon. in fact, the present is almost a mirror of her past : her father’s rotten luck had ( yet again ) led them to financial ruin.

ii. despite that, ( and since kind of being used to it anyway ) she’d grown up with fond childhood memories, most of them shared with her sisters. 

iii. as for now ( since no one has applied for her sisters (( i’m begging though )) i’m assuming that she’d grown up with meg and amy. ( for dramatic purposes ) beth was out of what could’ve been the perfect family portrait. her sister’s death ( from the past ) had shaken her to her core and even now she had never got over it. yet, she’s still hoping to meet/find her sister ( i’m here for a dramatic reunion ... ). truth to be told, she is rewriting the novel ( inspried by her sisters ) she has published back then as she is hoping to rewrite beth’s story.

iv. unfortunately, her attempts of publishing her stories, well, remain unrewarded and she’s pretty much trying to make ends meet. huggling her writing career, taking clases and probably working some underpaid jobs. 

v. she likes to believe that her personality has toned down due to her maturing but the truth is,  most of the times she’s too tired due to stress. she’s that kind of person who falls asleep on the bus and has to be kicked out by the bus driver - she probably has a reputation ...

vi. when she’s not busy, she mostly spends her time in some book store or cafe, hunched over her laptop ; the kind of laptop which takes 102292 hours to boot , is super loud when you load one single file, and probably crashes down when you open 5+ windows, that is why she’s still mostly writing everything down.

[classicemily]

In case you didn’t know, BENFOLD’s wardroom is pretty much dominated by female JOs. I’m honored to serve with such courageous and hard-working women, especially ones who take big risks like coming out to the “tip of the spear” in Forward Deployed Asia. Working in Japan is exhausting with long hours and uncertain schedules, but having these ladies around to anchor me makes all the difference 🗾⚓️👩‍✈️#fdnf #girlboss #femalenavalofficer #forwarddeployed #ussbenfold (at Yokosuka, Kanagawa)