#the march sisters

[a-curious-squirrel]

Little Women 🩷

#little women #little women movie #Greta gerwig little women #jo March #Amy March #Meg March #Beth March #the March sisters #little women 2019 #little women fanart #fanart #myart #saoirse ronan #florence pugh #emma watson #eliza scanlen

[distressedjellyfish]

Things I think about with frequency

Amy March

How we deserved to see Amy and Laurie's wedding, and them falling in love, and just more of them

How Amy March is hated by many because LMA based the characters off her own sisters, and Amy was obviously written with some bias (as were all the sisters), which shines through and makes us feel similarly about Amy that "Jo" felt about her younger sister.

That line where Amy says "I've been second to Jo my whole life" hits A LOT harder when you realize that Louisa's (Jo) middle name is May, and her younger sister, who she based Amy off, is named May, after LMA's middle name.

I think that people see Amy as this vapid little bitch because she always knew she wanted to be a wife, and she knew she wanted to be rich. But what people fail to consider is that a lot of the time the youngest is the one that sees all the flaws in their family’s lives and feels responsible for taking care of them, even if its not expressly stated. Jo was a wild card. She was free to do as she wanted and nothing could stop her and God love Marmee for never trying. Meg was docile and almost polar opposite of Jo, and as the eldest sister she felt the same burden but lessened because yes she had typical Eldest Sister Syndrome where she had the need to take care of the family, but she also was the first, and therefore had no pre-set markers and expectations that she needed to meet or surpass. She wanted to marry and all that, but it didn't super matter about finances to her. Beth was unable to do "better" than her sisters "mistakes" flat out. And its not through any fault of her own, its just the way it was.

Speaking from experience, its always been clear to me that as the youngest of 3, I would have to do better. My half brother got a girl pregnant on his gap year when he was 18, so I was never allowed to take one, even though it would have probably helped in the long run. My half sister has always been mean to my parents, and won't let my dad see his only biological grandkid, which rips my dad apart, so of course I feel the pressure to have a child to give my dad a bio grandkid to dote on like he does with his non-bio grandkids, even though he's never outwardly expressed to anyone ever that he feels any disconnect from my niece because they aren't related, or that he wants me to have kids for any reason other than he wants them.

Anyways, my point is that Amy felt that pressure from a young age, hence always saying this or that about marrying rich. Add onto that when Aunt March tells her she's her family’s only hope of not being in the lower class/lower middle class for the rest of their lives. And just because that's the only time we see it, but that doesn't mean that there weren't other similar conversations had. Do you really think Aunt March never made her snide comments about the family and their status in front of Amy?

Amy's entire character revolves around this point, she's focused on being a proper lady, being delicate and pretty, in hopes of one day being able to bag someone rich, for her family.

Obviously, she falls into infatuation with Laurie when she meets him at the ripe age of 12??? She idolizes Jo, and Laurie is basically just the boy version (with some exceptions). He's also rich, young, handsome, and charming, and adores the family for who they are, including all their flaws. He's exactly what Amy had been saying she would marry, with the added bonus of him loving Jo the way she is, the exact opposite of Amy, proving that there are rich lovely men out there who will love you even if you aren't perfect, even if you falter. He's proof she can have the life she knows she needs to have for her family, and also still enjoy it and not be stressed all the time about being perfect.

Of course Laurie loves Jo first, for very similar reasons that Amy is infatuated with him. At 15, his whole life has been spent at dinner parties with girls the exact opposite of Jo, all proper and lovely and so so similar to one another, being told he'll marry one of them, everyone expecting him to be polished and well spoken and everything that no 15 year old boy wants to be. So then in comes this whirlwind girl who is completely different, a breath of fresh air that never wants to marry and can't ballroom dance for shit and laughs too loud, and shows him that life can be the Something Different he so desperately craves.

And of course, he ends up with Amy. He was Jo's best friend, so for 6 years all he knew of her was the way she was presented through Jo's eyes. A bratty little girl, who was the same as the other vapid girls he knew, that wasn't worth a thought. And he never paid her any mind because he spent 6 years thinking Jo loved him back, so why would he think of other girls? Then, at 21, he is essentially dumped by the love of his life, and travels abroad to find who he is without her. He meets Amy again, the girl who was always happy to see him. Of course he's going to spend time with her, she's familiar enough to feel like home, but different enough from Jo that it doesn't hurt. And there's the added validation of her liking him, which sometimes you need after your heart has been ripped apart. Plus, she's the only one he really knows in Paris. So they spend time together, and in that time he learns that she's not at all the way he's seen her over the last 6 years. Where he always saw someone not very bright, with a dim personality, that didn't stand up for anything or really rock the boat unless seriously provoked, who would do anything for him, he now finds a strong, funny, kind, beautiful girl, who is very intelligent and has a deep understanding of how cruel the world is (maybe ((definitely)) moreso than her sister) and knows how to manipulate said world in such a way that she can come out close to on top, who cares about her family enough to put everything else aside in order to become the person they need her to be in order to support them, who would still do anything for him but will absolutely call him on his shit and put him in his place when necessary. And how could he not love that?

She's not all that much like Jo, sure, but she is so much more. And she deserves so much more than people calling her his second choice.

Also I think that its criminal that most people don't see that obviously Jo loved her family but she loved herself more. Her sense of duty was to herself, and finding the place that would make her happy. She was also kind of a brat? Things didn't go her way? Editor is a dick? Boy critisizes her writing? Tantrum.

Whereas Amy loved her family more than herself. She was willing to put aside her dreams in order to support her family, and growing up was very rarely bitter about it. She decided, on her own, that her family was her number one priority, and that regardless of the fact that she could be happier doing other things, she wanted to do what she could to provide for her family. She knew how the world treated women, and she learned how to take that, and general criticism, on the chin.

Personally, I think that Amy is a way better character, and I'll die on this hill

Amy March

#jo march #amy march #beth march #meg march #louisa may alcott #little women #books #booklr #bookblr #classic literature #literature #movies #little women movie #little women 2019 #hot take #laurie laurence #amy x laurie #the march sisters #my roman empire

[bambiraptorx]

Little Women x Rise crossover, because there's four turtles and four March sisters so obviously it's perfect lol

[I.D: Rough drawing of Mikey and Amy, a girl roughly his height with ringlets. Mikey holds a can of spray paint while Amy looks on in fascination and has sparkles around her head. An arrow points to Mikey and is labelled 'explaining spray paint'. End. I.D.]

First: Mikey and Amy, both the youngest siblings and the artists of the family. Amy would go wild over the possibilities of modern art supplies like spray paint (and given her record with property destruction she might enjoy graffiti lol).

[I.D. Rough drawing of Raph and Meg. Meg is about two heads shorter than Raph and has her hair in a bun. Both of them talk excitedly at each other. Above them is written 'sharing stories about dumb stuff siblings did'. End I.D.]

Raph and Meg: both the oldest and have a decent amount of experience being in charge of dumbass younger siblings. They're also both used to carrying responsibility (even though it's not necessarily all the time) so they might bond over that too.

[I.D. Drawing of Beth and Donnie. Beth sits at a piano, her hair in braids, and smiles happily as she plays. Donnie is standing, singing passionately into a microphone in his hand. Above them is a wavy line of music containing the notes for the first three measures of the song Off to Massachusetts from the Little Women musical. End I.D.]

Donnie and Beth: both the siblings with the greatest interest in music from their respective families, and (with a brief period to warm up on Beth's end) they would love making music together. Donnie would probably introduce the civil war teenage girl to EDM for the sake of science.

[I.D. Drawing of Leo and Jo. Both of them are holding a book and talking excitedly to each other. Leo is wearing a skirt and Jo has short hair, a little past her ears, and is wearing a suit and pants. Above them is written 'planning a play together' in parentheses. End. I.D.]

Leo and Jo: both dramatic and kinda gnc theater kids, enough said. At some point Leo would introduce her to comic books (not considering the ramifications of showing an aspiring author the potential of combining art with storytelling) and Jo would be absolutely fascinated. Especially if he showed her Jupiter Jim comics specifically given their wild sci fi storylines.

#rottmnt #rottmnt au #rottmnt crossover #little women #the march sisters #jo march #amy march #beth march #meg march #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt raph #rottmnt mikey #my art #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt fanart #little women fanart #little women crossover #image described #man i'm so unused to drawing actual humans lol #ngl i half assed the march sisters designs i wasnt gonna put too much work into it #just a silly lil crossover that will hopefully stay that way lol #also i know that jo's short hair maybe leads to timeline confusion but consider: she looks rad

[thecarnivorousmuffinmeta]

Muffin, what is your favorite March sister from Little Women? Do you think Jo or any of her sisters would survive Edward?

Well, I'll answer your second question first.

Who Survives Edward?

The funny thing is that most people survive Edward quite easily. If you're an ordinary person who's not on Edward's 1920's hit list then he pays you very little mind and you never really interact with him. For all Jessica annoyed him, she was never in danger from him, nor was Angela, nor many of the other characters we meet.

Even Mike wasn't Edward's concern until Edward became obsessed with Bella and decided Mike was his rival.

So, the March sisters would all be absolutely fine. The likelihood of them smelling as good as Bella is very small, remember Aro's 3500 years old and he hasn't come across his own singer once. Edward's probably not going to run into another singer and it's very unlikely to be one of the March girls.

Now, if they smelled as good as Bella...

Beth and Meg have the best shot at it. Jo is too assertive and too myopic, Edward wouldn't approve of her treatment of Laurie and then her getting upset when Laurie goes and marries Amy. Amy is too self-centered (look, guys, the recent movie was made by Amy stans and I have to go off the book here but even in the recent movie Edward would see it this way).

Beth is incredibly sweet and caring and actually kind of what Edward believes he loves in Bella. She's caring at great cost to herself and with no resentment after scarlet fever destroys her health, she's the heart of keeping her dysfunctional family together, she even sweetly plays piano. Her sickly nature after the fever would also be a bonus for Edward as it means that they're in a doomed romance where woe he could turn her and remove all her health problems but he can't and she's very likely to die young. It also means she'll always need him to care for her and adds to her Victorian style frailty. Beth, for her own part, being the youngest and generally overlooked for her sisters because of her health/youngness/sweetness would probably be very flattered and into this mysterious hot boy who is paying attention to her.

Beth might very well survive until she dies of health complications.

Meg might get by in that she's generally... tolerable. She does what's best for her/the family, does what Aunt Marge thinks is best, and quietly gets married and lives her life the way she's supposed to. The trouble is if she attracts Edward's notice...

Without Bella's mental shield I don't think he's convincing himself she has an entirely different personality and I don't see him being into her. I take it back, Meg dies.

My Favorite March Sisters

I like all of them except Meg, I find Meg boring, which is kind of the point of her, so I guess it works out.

EDIT:

I forgot Beth is the second youngest, not the youngest who is Amy.

#little women #little women meta #little women headcanon #twilight #twilight meta #twilight headcanon #twilight renaissance #jo march #meg march #amy march #beth march #the march sisters #edward cullen #anti edward cullen #anti meg march #anti amy march #meta #headcanon #opinion

[womeninfictionandirl]

The March Sisters by Francesca Risoldi

#Francesca Risoldi #the March sisters #little women #Jo March #josephine march #meg march #Amy march #Beth march #art #artwork #louisa may alcott #Margaret march #Elizabeth march

[vampirelvrs]

i am jo march, jo march is me

#little women #little women 2019 #saoirse ronan #emma watson #jo march #meg march #the march sisters #greta gerwig #little women directed by greta gerwig #directed by greta gerwig #girlblogging #coquette

[x-lulu]

lu’s reading list in 2022 - little women by louisa may alcott women have minds and souls as well as just hearts, and they've got ambition and talent as well as just beauty. and i'm sick of people saying love is all a woman is fit for

#I'm just obsessed with this novel okay js but this is the last one :) #aesthetic #edits #moodboards #mine #bmb22 #storyseekers #louisa may alcott #little women #litedit #filmedit #the march sisters #littlewomenedit

[lovepersevering13]

Everyone’s always talking about whether they are Joe or Amy March and I know full well that I’m a combination or Beth and Meg

#little woman 2019 #little women #little women movie #greta gerwig #the March sisters #louisa may alcott

[stealth-liberal]

Am I the only avid Little Women fan whose favorite March sister is Beth? I like all 4 March sisters, I was named after Meg. Beth, though? I have always loved her best. I'm nothing like her, I joined the Marine Corps and spent a lot of years searching out adventure. I'm a Jo if there ever was one.

My heart though? My heart, always beats for Beth whenever I read Little Women or watch a movie adaptation (1994's being my fave).

#sl reads #little women #louisa may alcott #the march sisters #meg jo beth and amy #beth march

[peggy-elise]

Frances Dee as Meg March in Little Women 1933 🦋

#old hollywood #beauty #1860s #civil war #little women #meg march #the march sisters #louisa may alcott #coming of age #frances dee

[minim236]

Little Writer by Marina Hill, Paperback | Barnes & Noble®

Just discovered this book and pre ordered! Little Women from Jo's POV and all the March sisters are black!

#bookblr #book rec #little women #little writer #book review #barnes and noble #the march sisters #marmee's girls #marina hill #historical fiction

[fulllandmusic]

Jo & Laurie

This movie will always have a special place in my heart

#little woman 2019 #laurie #jo #meg #amy #the march sisters #tumblr

[sparklygraves]

the Alcott kiddos (the inspiration for Lou Alcott’s Meg, Jo, Beth, & Amy in Little Women)

p.s. I don’t think May tried very hard to be “good”, but she did work very hard at being a great artist. & I think part of her charm was that she wasn’t as buttoned up as the rest of her family. she was interested in pleasure & joy ☀️✨

#little women #lma #lou alcott #jo march #louisa may alcott #the march sisters #weird comic #mixed media comic

[mandoreviews]

📽️ The March Sisters at Christmas (2012)

Yeah, I did not like this. It’s one of those cheesy modern remakes of classics, this one obviously being Little Women. I don’t feel like they stayed true to the spirit of the book. They changed the characters personalities, which wasn’t necessary. It was not good.

Sex/nudity: 2/10 (kissing and actually quite a few innuendoes)

Language: 1/10 (I don’t remember what all there was but I know there was some mild language)

Violence: 1/10 (I’m pretty sure I remember a fight, but that may be in my imagination)

Overall rating: 3/10

#review #movie #movie review #the March sisters at Christmas #romance #comedy #family #little women #the march sisters #jo march #kaitlin doubleday #meg march #beth march #amy march #justin bruening #teddy laurence #theodore laurence #theodore laurie laurence #john brooke #john shea #mr lawrence #nick apostolides

[womeninfictionandirl]

Jo March by Mai

#jo March #little women #Mai #saoirse ronan #josephine march #art #artwork #louisa may alcott #the march sisters #female characters #female portrait

[one-time-i-dreamt]

Some redneck was harassing me and my sister on a cruise and I told him “Trump’s afraid of us,” and he exploded on the spot.

#dream #text #March 11th 2024 #redneck #harassment #harassment tw #sister #family #trump #donald trump #cruise #queueueueueueueueueueueueueue