Jo/Laurie Goodness

[emeraldzen1]

So everyone, this is my very first attempt at posting on livejournal. I find this site pretty confusing overall, so lets see how it goes! But I figured, why not make my first post Little Women and Jo/Laurie related as currently its my fav fandom and my fav couple :)

The first entry is re: a kiss between my fav couple...and the second is a ridiculous

Comments

[emeraldzen1]

Arithanas, I'm not sure I understand your post fully, but I think you might be stating that its not useful to speculate and we should take the text as is. If that is your perspective, I guess I have to disagree. I think half the fun is speculation...is it useful at all because will we ever know? No, but I find it enjoyable anyways...This includes speculation on Louisa and Laddie and how much of their relationship made it in LW and how it affected how she handled Jo and Laurie's relationship...

Re: Louisa calling LW a moral story for children, well I think there is quite a bit of evidence here and we don't have to speculate. Louisa preferred to write passionate, sensational, and dramatic novels for adults but they just didn't sell as well as her children's books...from her letters and journals its clear that she wasn't all that happy with the direction she felt she had to take in LW Part II in order to try and satisfy her publisher and her fans...I do think its fun to think about how LW Part II would have differed had she not had those external influences...

I think what we can all agree on is that overall we find the novel pretty amazing and enjoyable and that it generates lots of very interesting discussions!

[arithanas]

Don't worry, Emeraldzen1. AS I said, I'm prone to extract strange conclusions, and I blame professional deformation. Creation over creator, sort of speak.

Sorry, speculation is not as fun for me, as to understand the characters. I, personally, don't care about LMA and Laddie or any other suitor. I think the same about "moral pap for the young", since in my country LW was considered a 'scandalous reading' and 'unsuitable for children' because it was too romantic (yes, grandma had a hissing fit when she found out). The information extracted from speculation is good and useful for understand the process and to get some interesting AUs from canon but is just not fun for me. Although, I had fun seeing you having fun!

Must be that little Beth in me... ;)

Agreed that we all found LW amazing and enjoyable. And I love interesting discussions.

[emeraldzen1]

Wow, this is the first time I've heard of LW described as scandalous reading and grandma's having a fit over it! Amazing :) Expains where you are coming from...