at the ballet

[lyndhurstbeatrice]

ooc. beatrice/gigi

so i’m feeling like bea is a little more on board with the drea/lionel marriage than roland and therefore just much less of a wet blanket about the davenports/storms becoming a family. that being said, bea is really close with cedes and I feel like she may have taken her side on the whole gigi vs. cedes thing, so idk that she’s gonna be that great to gigi … I mean, idk that she’s gonna be actively mean towards her or anything, but I feel like she’d kinda give her the cold shoulder and not really talk with her more than she has to … unLESS you think that bea and gigi are friends in their own right???? b/c I can see that going either way … like I can see bea just finding gigi to be too disciplined and structured to be fun, but I can also see where someone like gigi would have balanced bea in a good way???? idk??? thoughts????? 

[lyndhurstgiselle]

I sort of feel like gigi probably groups bea in with cedes and her (in gi’s opinion) ridiculous antics? and since bea was around during the whole boat debacle, i sort of just see gigi as being over the pair? like i’m sure she’s just thrilled bea and cedes are under the same roof and assumes all their conversations are  to make plans that end in disaster? haha. but i do think that gigi will probably at least acknowledge bea? but probably not be the least bit surprised she’s on team cedes at the moment.

[lyndhurstcassidy]

Royals | Cassidy & Giselle

Cassidy Winston could probably not have been happier if she tried.  All her life, she’d wanted to visit a real castle; she’d never dreamed she’d get to live in one for any amount of time at all, little less the weeks and weeks and weeks so generously offered by the Storms.  Not to mention the seemingly endless grounds to explore…

Everyday, both to stretch her legs and to explore the sprawling grounds, Cass would walk around until she found some new spot to sit and read and admire the boundless beauty and history that surrounded her.  Today, she passed hours nestled amidst a spray of gardenias in the White Garden, sitting cross legged with her book in her lap.  Truthfully, she could not have said how long she’d been there when she heard something moving, but - seeing as she was in some need of stretching her legs - she took the opportunity to investigate.

Getting up, she walked only a little ways before she spotted a blond figure.  Waving, Cass approached her with a smile.  “I bet I know who you are,” she began, taking in the woman’s somewhat familiar features.  “I’ve met all your sisters.  You’re Giselle Davenport, aren’t you?  Oh!  Oh my God, so rude!” she laughed.  “I should I said…I’m Cassidy Winston.”  Sticking out her hand, she added, “I’m so glad to finally meet you!  I’ve heard so much!”

[lyndhurstgiselle]

The past forty eight hours had been a blur. Forty eight hours ago, Gigi had been alone in Dot’s apartment, slightly guilty over the fact she’d decided not to go to Lyndhurst with her sisters. Even though this was Drea’s future home and family, and even though Gigi knew it might seem rude, she’d stayed behind. She loved being back with her sisters, she couldn’t wrap her head around spending weeks constantly socializing and constantly being “on.” But then she’d gotten the call about Cece and had been on her way as quickly as she could pack her things.

From the moment she’d arrived, she’d been sitting with her sisters and her cousins, and family trying to process and handle the grief of loosing a family member. She’d hardly seen another person and, after nearly a day of being indoors, she’d gone for, what she intended to be, a small stroll.

It was entirely possible she’d be lost out here forever. If she didn’t have so much pride, she would have called Drea and asked her to send help, as Gigi was so turned around in the garden at this point. It didn’t help that her knee was starting to hurt, and as she eased herself onto a bench, she heard someone say her name. She stood back up immediately.

The tall slender female was completely unfamiliar to her and Gigi stared at her, a little wide eyed, as she rattled off a greeting. She silently stuck out her hand to shake the other woman’s, smiling weakly.

“Yes… that’s me…” she said cautiously. She finally processed the last name, realizing this was one of the sisters in this family of wealthy socialites that everyone had become associated with at the opera. Dot had joked that they’d been invited along to add to the pool of marriageable women in their social group, but Gigi had been certain that was clearly the reason. It wasn’t like the wealthy were itching to add more plates to their dinner parties.

“Cassidy Winston,” she repeated, releasing her hand and taking a small step back. “I… my sisters told me about meeting you all at the opera. Its so lovely you all could come up to Lyndhurst with everyone…”

She paused, glancing down the walkway, before turning back to Cassidy. “Forgive me, I’ve been walking and just… need to sit for a moment,” she lowered herself back down to the bench, leaving room for Cassidy if she chose to sit. “Where do you normally spend your autumns?” Giselle inquired.

[35-shots-of-soju]

[lyndhurstlionel]

OOC | Storms & Davenports

How long have these two families known each other?  Let’s figure this out! <3  Ok, so here’re the facts:

Lionel and Andrea have been dating for about 2 years, so they’ve at least known each other that long

The Davenports are based in Monaco; the Storms are based in England

The Davenports are cousins of the Yorks with whom the Storms are also associated (that is, they could have met while Roland and Lina were dating or some other time, given the York/Storm business interactions)

The Storm and Davenport social circles, in general, are intertwined (note: that could have happened post Li/Drea)

Asp, the two families were close enough for the Storms to spend at least one summer with the Davenports in Monaco (note: this also may have happened after Li/Drea)

So what does everyone think?  Have they always known each other?  Is their acquaintance more recent?  Something in between?  I’d love to hear everyone’s thoughts!!!

[lyndhurstgiselle]

Do we have an idea of what the Davenport family does for their dollars? Is it possible the initial connection between the two families may have come through business as well?

[lyndhurstcassidy]

OOC | Cass & Giselle

[lyndhurstcassidy]

Hahah that’s good bc Cass doesn’t ~mean to be at all, but she gets super excited, and sometimes she’s a lil…idk in-your-face smh esp when she’s meeting ppl and therefore a lil nervous hahaha  She’s probs heard a lot about Gigi, but never actually met her, so that’s probs another reason she’s curious, as well!  Honestly, Gigi’s recovery routine sounds a lot like Cass’s after-work routine…or at least, holing up and watching old movies w her sister ;D  I don’t think Cass has ever made any origami, but she’d absolutely think that’s totally awesome that she does that!!!  She might even try it, herself.

That totally makes sense!!  And, honestly, Cass is pr used to that and will probs totally be cool w her being standoffish.  She doesn’t take that kind of thing personally at all and atp, she’s kinda feeling like ‘if i can win over lionel storm, i can win over anyone!!’  I mean, she doesn’t know that her imaginary fortune helped warm him to them but yknow ;DDDD  My point is, she’s ok w all of this.

[lyndhurstgiselle]

haha i feel like gigi has turned into this like... mysterious person everyone has heard about but few have actually met! Cass sort of sounds like the perfect person to have at lyndhurst since she takes all things in stride. and totally, gigi is WAY easier to win over than Lionel, haha. and then gigi will teach her some sweet origami skills. :)

[lyndhurstevelina]

OOC | Lina & Gigi

KATE!  These two are cousins and ommmgggg Lina honestly adores the Davenports so much!!!  I honestly feel like Gigi may be one of her life role models!!  Like, Lina is probs more interested in law or politics or science (I haven’t decided exactly what hahaha but more than ~vein), but Gigi’s ambition, drive, and determination are all things Lina’s srsly respects and wants to emulate!!  I also def think that as soon as Lina heard about Gigi’s injury, she called her up and was all ‘ANYTHING I CAN DO JUST TELL ME ILL BE THERE’ but was also totally up to give her all the space she needed <3

[lyndhurstgiselle]

oh man, i feel like after her sisters, gigi is definitely missing being around her cousins the most! and adores them all and probably is trying to get them to ALSO come over to paris and see ballet/hang out with her. and gigi is like... so proud of lina for being so committed to her school and whatever it is she ends up focusing on... G definitely would give her ALL the support. and would have totally appreciated her being concern when gigi got injured... and, honestly, probably went to visit with the york sisters at some point? or invited them for movie night at dot’s or whatever.

but even though she’s been a real stick in the mud about coming out and socializing since she came back to london, she was definitely like in the car and driving out to lyndhurst as soon as she heard what had happened to constance. :(

[lyndhurstblaise]

ooc. blaise/gigi

[lyndhurstblaise]

ahhh I actually love that, too??? especially b/c if the timing had been different, they possibly could have had a chance, but as it is, I feel like they don’t (but like in a future life maybe? ;D) 

anyway, I feel like blaise tends to take ppl’s opinions (especially about family) w/ a grain of salt/ultimately judges for himself b/c I feel like a lot of his friends/family (although while he loves them a lot!!) tend to have different opinions than he does on others and ultimately he is just gonna wait to figure things out for himself (that being said, I’m sure he’s heard lots from cedes, but also probably lots of good things from her other sisters). 

but I feel like he’d love that she likes him, at least, and that they can be friends (if nothing more) and he’d love taking her around and showing her things and answering her questions (not always honestly haha but as honestly as he can anyway??) 

[lyndhurstgiselle]

haha future life... i love it.  but yeah! poor dears! <3 

so how public is blaise’s like... pursuit of sage? i feel like gigi might try to keep her distance if he’s around sage just because she wouldn’t want to like... be in the way or anything, haha. i also have the idea that she is weirdly skeptical of then winston’s for no reason beyond they just appeared out of no where and she is always skeptical of new people, haha. but otherwise i definitely think she’d love spending time with him and seeing the whole estate and whatnot!

[lyndhurstgiselle]

Ezra + Giselle

[lyndhurstezra-blog]

hello kate <3333

lol i 100% agree with you that this relationship did not end well. o0o0o i love the idea of their fams setting them up!! i think at first ez was totally against it bc he hates being told what to do but his fam probs threatened to cut him off $$$ wise so he begrudgingly went with it. meeting gigi for the first time probs made him feel better about the arrangement tho bc she’s beautiful and ez is all about appearance smdh. when do you think they were set up? a few years ago? or maybe a few months before the time her parents pushed for her to dance in london? when she fled to moscow consequently also cutting ties off with ez? i don’t imagine their relationship particularly lasting for too long? kind of short and bittersweet? 

in terms of how ez felt about gigi when they were dating i think he would have genuinely liked her as a person? bc she’s so collected and hardworking and true to herself which is everything he’s not. or at least he would have cared for her as much as someone like ez is capable (which probs seemed like not at all lol). when he heard news of her injury he probs considered reaching out to her? but then ez is ez and if their relationship rly ended when she fled to moscow i imagine he’d still be salty about everything lol

[lyndhurstgiselle]

so i’m thinking maybe it was like 5 or so years? because that would have been around the time she left london and moved to moscow. i’m sure gigi was sort of apprehensive of it too... but i’m not as sure her parents would’ve been like “you need to date this guy!” so much as just trying to push her that direction (probably in like a final attempt to get her to sort of conform with their ideas of how the world should work!) so maybe like they met at a party or something?  and basically as long as he wasnt a jerk and sort of charming, she’d probably go out on a proper date with him? i agree it probably only lasted a few months at the most? and i can imagine a big part of the break up was her deciding to leave... and probably at that point had figured out that it wasn’t a like... life long love thing with ezra anyway. and then probably got so involved with her own life she never really reached out to him again... though because their families run in the same circle, she probably at least knew a little bit of what was happening in his life. so this is maybe like the first time they’ve seen each other since then?

[lyndhurstgiselle]

Claudia + Gigi

[lyndhurstclaudia]

Kate I gave up. LOL hopefully, I can remember everything I wrote the first time!

First things first, Dot looks up to her sisters super much. So she’s just so v happy Gigi is staying with her and has attempted to go along with Dot’s ideas of having fun. I definitely think things have mellowed between them? Where they totally have a routine now. Also, I’m fairly certain Dot loves ending her days curled up next to Gigi watching an old movie <3 

Also, I totally forgot about LIAM! Lol. I love that the Davenports have a bodyguard and Dot deff gives him a run for his money. I imagine, sometimes Liam catches Dot in an act that’ll get her hurt and he just hands her the phone and is like, I dialed Gigi. PLS TALK SENSE INTO HER GIGI ~~probably Liam. 

But no, school has definitely been good for her. I think her studies have really helped her to become more disciplined and care about things? Like before, she just lived a v carefree life and honestly, didn’t know any better? Cause I imagine all three (drea, gigi, and cedes) of her older sisters were protective and so Dot kind of grew up in a bottle in some ways. 

(these are all things I did not say last time, but here’s something i did that I remember:)

As for the Gigi and Cedes feud. Dot basically ignores it. She kind of pretends the girls are on good terms because that’s how Dot wants it. She also sides with the person she’s around? So like, I imagine when Cedes came to check on Gigi (after Gigi moved in with Dot), she was like: AWW HOW NICE OF CEDES RIGHT??? but then if she received any negative feedback she was like: UGH CEDES… SOOO ANNOYING. Lol just cause she’s not sure how to handle it and she just wants everyone to be happy ~~~cause we’re all alive, we just need to love each other guys!! (–dot). I’m also sure she tries to get them to interact “by accident” and then is like, I totally didn’t place this. But yes, Dot isn’t with the current situation but at least all her sisters are close now! So that’s a positive!! 

[lyndhurstgiselle]

omg i feel like even though gigi is hurt and freaked out she’s probably like... the most happy she’s been in awhile just like, hanging out with dot and watching movies and like... eating cupcakes or whatever, haha.

i can’t imagine how liam hasn’t gone like entirely insane by now? haha I feel like gigi gets texts from dot like “I”M GOING SKYDIVING!” or something insane and gigi just doesn’t respond and calls liam up like “hi... please go get her before she falls off something tall.” and like...gigi is really happy college has mellowed dot out... like she was concern dot might be go the same route as cedes with the party lifestyle and is so happy that seems to not be the case. and like 100% dot was totally babied by all of her sisters, so that makes sense!

I feel like, in regards to Cedes/Gigi, Gigi totally is fine with dot pretending what she wants. gigi honestly doesn’t want to talk about it, so i’m sure she just sort of smile and nods at whatever dot says. and because its dot, she can’t even get angry at her for trying to get cedes and gigi into accidental interactions, haha

[lyndhurstgiselle]

Mercedes + Gigi

[lyndhurstgiselle]

lyndhurstmercedes:

Honestly, Cedes is the same way!  She simply doesn’t have such a good reason ;D  I’m not sure if it’s from her five years as the baby of the family or some middle child thing or what, but Cedes is also v self-absorbed and she thinks ‘it hurts me that gigi didn’t want to see me’ not ‘i probably hurt gigi w my behavior and shouldn’t have forced a confrontation when she was both in physical pain and emotionally vulnerable’ yknow?  And bc she’s both proud and stubborn she’d rather be a jerk about it and pretend it meant nothing the rest of the time, rather than doing anything to try and mend the situation.

OMG but that confrontation def did not go well!!  And rather than, as Cedes had thought, making things better, I really feel like it just solidified all the anger between them and caused an even deeper rift!  And again, Cedes doesn’t stop and think what what might be going through Gigi’s mind, she just thinks ‘that really hurt me.’  She’s really a v reactive person and as a result she thinks this and goes off half-cocked and honestly probably just makes things even worse hahaha

Kate, I agree!  I mean, I do think at the funeral itself, Cedes will put on a good front out of respect to Constance, and place both their sisters between her and Giselle and pretend she’s not there.  But the second they’re at the wake, Cedes is making snide comments and making a scene just to upset Gigi and then proceed to be all ‘look at gigi just sitting there in the corner she wont even tell me not to do this she really doesn’t care im gonna make her care’ and it just escalates.  Also, do you think Cedes may pick up on the fact that Giselle has a thing for James?  Bc, if so, I can see Cedes flirting w him just to hurt Giselle which is…just awful bc she has no idea he actually likes her and she’s leading him on #facepalm  But honestly that’s soooo Cedes right there hahaha

Drea and Dot honestly ~should disown them for awhile hahaha their lives would be so much peaceful that way!!

THEY’RE ALIKE IN ALL THESE WAYS AND THEY JUST CAN’T SEE IT. Oh man. 

like i feel like the storms are going to be regretting inviting these two at some point? hahaha! i feel like gigi has a lot of self control so she’ll probably not react to cedes in public... though I can see at some point her freaking out and them having another confrontation in private... which i suppose it what cedes sort of wants? ugh, and getting james involved! i haven’t talked any about his relationship with gi yet, but i can imagine it might be sort of obvious to cedes if gigi has a thing for someone? just because they’ve spent so much time together growing up and everything.... and, oh man, poor james! i know gigi would probably just roll her eyes at cedes UNTIL she finds out james likes her... which then rejection + being annoyed with her sister is undoubtedly going to lead to ANOTHER heated interaction. Maybe at some point they’ll make up? haha

[lyndhurstmark]

OOC | Mark & Giselle

[lyndhurstgiselle]

lyndhurstmark:

These two are friends!  And honestly I’m sorry in advance about him hahaha  I do think he spends lots of time trying to cheer Gigi up but he’s not always good at ~emotion~ so his default is to make a joke and smdh

aha! i feel like the second gigi showed up to lyndhurst a bunch of dudes just started to try to make her less sad! (not that she or i are complaining, haha!) so i sort of have a feeling that gi actually really loves being around mark? like maybe even before this whole lyndhurst shindig? i could see them meeting at some function at some point and the pair just hitting if off. I’m sure there was some person who said something like “be friends! you’re both artists!” even though its like... not the same at all.

but i feel like regardless, she’s appreciate his attempts at making her laugh!

[lyndhurstgiselle]

Giselle "Gigi" Antoinette Davenport

- Goes by Gigi with her family. 
- Went by “Elle Davenport” professionally 
- She mostly got tired of people asking her if she ever danced the role of Giselle 
- (she didn’t) - ISTJ 
- started taking classes at the Royal Ballet School at 11 and completing their eight year program, along with intensive studies in New York, Canada, and France. 
- danced in second company at Mikhailovsky Theatre Ballet in St. Petersburg for three years 
- had been dancing as a quadrille (corps de ballet) for Paris Ballet Theatre for two years, moving up to coryphee (lead dancer in corps) last season. 
- on route to become a soloist when she landed wrong and tore her meniscus in her knee during rehearsal in the spring 
- had surgery a few weeks later which did not go as well as hoped 
- currently undergoing rigorous physical therapy with james grant 
- would literally work all day if it would make her better more quickly 
- (also enjoys being around james but shhhhh)
had been incredibly health conscious her whole life 
- doesn’t drink often and when she does, its usually just a glass of wine with dinner. 
- wishes she could be fully vegan but relies on chicken for protein during performance weeks. 
- very self aware of her body, since its been scrutinized since she was young. 
- her one vice is maltsers. drea sends her a bag for each opening. 
- claudia sends a bag a week later knowing she’s probably finished the first one already. 
- her sisters rule. - her sisters are her favorite people. Basically always trying to convince one of them to come stay with her. - missed them terribly while she lived in Moscow. Took her current job in Paris to be closer to them (but not close enough for mum and dad to try to get her back to London) 
- felt like such a burden when she went to stay with claudia after her fall but literally couldn’t stand being in paris without being able to dance, but she was seriously the best person for her to be around at that point - drea has been her role model since she could remember. she wishes she could be half as composed as drea appears. - and deep down she loves cedes and is constantly freaking out she’s going to drive herself off a clift or something, even though it may not seem like that the way the pair fight. - has a complicated relationship with her parents… they were supportive of her dancing, but gigi has realized in recent years that they didn’t expect her to become an indepent professional. - loved that they had a daughter who was an “artist” to brag about, but realized much too late that they hadn’t put a stop to this quickly enough. - pushed for gigi to dance with the ballet in london, which caused her to flee to dance in moscow to escape their demands - deep down secretly feels she’s letting down the davenport name since she isn’t marrying well and becoming a member of society like her parents intended her to.  - avoids her parents at all costs, which makes her feel more guilty and like a terrible daughter. - is very good at appearing much more emotinally stable than she actually is. - secretly freaking out about what she’s going to do if she’s unable to dance again - never intended to “reject” her family’s lifestyle and be an independent person… it just sort of happened that way - but doesn’t want to rely on her parents money for her livelihood. 
- doesn’t waste time, even though she’s injured 
- totally bullet journals her life. - rarely wears pants. Classic/vaguely vintage style.  - Coco Chanel is her hero. - doesn’t laugh easily…even if she finds it hilarious she usually just smiles. - reserved but not shy… Very well spoken when she converses but is more of an observer, especially around groups of people she is unfamiliar with - overly humble about her skills. Incredibly concern with no seeming like a diva - v happy with her life/accomplishments but has some guilt over being so absent from family life for so many years - been super reclusive since she came back to london  - basically hasn’t seen many people except her sisters until she arrives at lyndhurst  
- does origami?! started as sometime to keep her occupied backstage. every performance ends with all sorts of paper critters hidden about the theatre 
- a small army of paper creations may have taken over claudia’s apartment now.  
- started leaving them around lyndhurst too 
- wakes up early every morning to do barre exercises in the empty library, despite james telling her to take it easy - wears freed clover maker pointe shoes.

[lyndhurstblaise]

ooc. blaise/gigi

so blaise is interested in gigi and I honestly think that he has been for awhile?? i mean on a more lowkey level b/c I’m not sure how much interaction they’ve had before now (if any??) since she’s been busy with ballet and then, later, her injury, but I think he’s always been interested to meet her, b/c he’s heard lots about her ++ she’s someone in their social circle who is actually going out and living her life the way she wants to live it and she just sounded like a very genuine and hardworking person and blaise really respected that … and I think he honestly became even more interested in her when he actually met her and found that she was all that, plus she’s beautiful and kind (if a little sad). 

all that being said, he’d never actually pursue her b/c 1) lionel’s with drea, which means the storms are already getting a storm/davenport marriage so 2) it would be better for the fam if blaise got with s/o else so he’s going after sage winston instead but mainly b/c of 3) and that’s b/c he def doesn’t feel he’s good enough for her and he doesn’t want her to share his messed up life and then also 4) that she’s not interested in him

he’d still like to be her friend though, at least, and make her feel at home while she’s here at lyndhurst!! 

[lyndhurstgiselle]

So i sort of love the idea that they’re from the same world but have never ever actually managed to meet properly? I feel like Gigi is absent from so many events, especially like the last ten years, so its definitely likely that would happen. Honestly she’d be super flattered and find it very sweet if she ever found out he’d had an interest in her before even meeting her just because of what he’d hear about her (and a bit surprised considering he’s friends with Cedes, haha) and honestly probably would have been interested in dating him (and possibly saved li and drea from some of their current troubles? haha) but obviously the timing was totally off... 

i do think she’d develop a lot of respect for him very quickly once she picked up on how he was devoted to his family (even if she doesn’t know the whole story). and honestly, some of his other family members are sort of making her question what she thinks about the storms as a whole (even though she likes lionel well enough), so she would warm to him fairly quickly? now that she’s actually come to lyndhurst (which she was sort of trying to get out of until constance was killed in that accident) she’s become sort of fascinated witht he whole place and probably always has questions about things for him (including why he has so many strange reclusive relatives that seemingly appear out of no where!) 

[lyndhurstroland]

ooc. roland/gigi

so since roland and gigi’s siblings are getting married, I’m sure they’d know each other?? idk how gigi feels about lionel/drea, but roland is def 100% against it b/c he feels like it’s just something lionel is doing out of “duty to lyndhurst” and honestly that’s just not a good enough reason to do anything as far as roland is concerned haha 

idk about you, but I just feel like these two would clash on a lot of things?? and I also feel like roland’s just been in a bad mood lately b/c of all the things that are going on in is life and he’s not feeling especially social and I just see him being an ass to the davenports (except for dot who he’s become friends w/ which might not sit well with gigi???)?? and I’m guessing that this is the first time that he’s met gigi since she’s been so busy with ballet in the past, so i doubt gigi is getting a good impression of him haha – but thoughts???

[lyndhurstgiselle]

So Gigi is under the impression drea and lionel are in love... so at the moment, at least, she’s all for their marriage... so she’d proably be very annoyed with roland if he seemed like he was against this. her assumption would honestly be that he didn’t think drea was good enough for their family. so i could totally seeing them clash on SO many things. the second gigi ever thought he thought anything less of her sister, she’d write him off as a person she wanted to be around. i honestly see dot being his friend being the only reason she might tolerate him slightly... and the be like “dot... for reals?” whenever they’re alone haha.

[lyndhurstlionel]

OOC | Lionel & Giselle

[lyndhurstlionel]

That totally makes sense!  Do you think they’ve probably only met a handful of times, in that case?  Either way, though, Li’d def have lots of respect for Gigi!  Honestly, I think they’ve got a lot of the same values or at least mindset?  Li is also a big fan of the arts and I feel like he’d have a lot of appreciation for her talent and drive!  Hahaha yesss totally understandable even in Lionel’s mind hahah  But, if he can do anything at all about it, he will nEVer let his ~other affections show.  He feels he owes that to Andrea and he does care about Andrea it’s just…more a marriage of duty than love hahaha  But in any case, he honestly feels like his eye wandering is def cause for disquiet and he honestly feels he deserves her ire, as a result.

[lyndhurstgiselle]

I definitely think its probably only been a handful of times... and honestly, if he and drea came over to visit, gigi was like “oh hi, nice to meet you” to li and then it was drea drea drea all the rest of the time because she’s obsessed with her sisters and literally never wants to waste a moment when she’s with drea or dot. so, sorry about that to him haha. do you think the storms and davenports knew each other BEFORE drea and li started dating? mostly just out of curiousity... i feel like even if their families had socialized, gigi was probably not around that much being off dancing or whatever.  

i mentioned this to lizzy, but i definitely think gigi is under the impression li and drea are in love and everything and the idea this is a marriage of duty hadn’t even crossed her mind. 

[lyndhurstgiselle]

Andrea + Gigi

[lyndhurstandrea]

ahhh nooo!!! drea would honestly be so upset if she knew that any of her sisters were intimidated by her??? although tbh, I feel like she actually comes off as super intimidating to a lot of people haha. 

but yes! I feel like they definitely have a good relationship r/n!!! haha omg but yeah if she didn’t downplay her injury to drea, you know that drea would honestly drop everything and be there for gigi (tbh even as it was, she probably still offered and gigi had to be like “no, drea.”) I feel like she still worried about her and called her often and sent her things and gigi was never far from her thoughts (not that she would have been, had she been well haha) 

ahhh but drea is so excited that they are all back together again!!! she’s less excited about gigi/cedes being on the outs tho and I think she’s going to try to patch things up, especially in light of constance’s death and like do they really want to never speak to each other again?????? and idk if she’s gonna be successful in this, but she’s def not gonna stop trying haha 

um but other than all of that, I know that drea is just SO INCREDIBLY PROUD of gigi – like she’s taken her life and followed her passion and has grown into such a wonderfully kind young woman and all drea wants is for her to be happy and well and – wait, do you think drea knows the extent of her injury, now? like does she know that there’s a chance that gigi may never dance again???? 

also, I feel like drea would be torn about her being reclusive, b/c she doesn’t think it can be good for her, but on the other hand, she is still recovering and she don’t want to force her to do stuff she doesn’t want to do, either, she just hopes that gigi is doing okay mentally, as well, y’know?? 

[lyndhurstgiselle]

omg so i don’t think gigi would EVER want drea to know she’s intimidated by her? like its totally in her own mind she thinks all these things because she knows how much drea cares about her, since she’s literally never missed anything important to gigi basically, ever. i sort of think gigi’s kinda mixed up in her head a bit about things... because i could see their parents actually being rather supportive of gigi dancing? because then they get to brag about their daughter who is off working with all these famous people in all these fancy places but they were sort of assuming it was a flight of fancy and she’d come home and get married and then if she kept dancing it was sort of like the rich wife’s hobby? and by the time gigi was hardcore into it it was sort of too late for them to stop her, because she was basically independent by then. but i think gigi has this idea that she isn’t upholding some sort of requirement of being a davenport, while drea’s got the whole thing down and, at least to gigi, is doing it well and happy while doing it... like, for being a person whose followed her passion and doing what she loves. she’s still a little messed up internally, haha. 

so like... i have this thought that gigi took a job working for the ballet in paris because she missed being close to her sisters? and even though she COULD come and dance in london, she super doesn’t want to because of the whole family name thing... but Paris is just close enough that she can call up any of them and announce she’s coming home for a visit or tell them there are tickets reserved for them for the show tonight and they could hop on a plane or the train and make it? and she LOVES that... because being in moscow was super lonely for her after always being around her three sisters for so long.

do you think gigi has any idea from conversations with drea that drea in love with lionel? because gigi’s assumption would be that they’re in love, because why else would her sister agree to marry someone? like if she knew drea’s real reason for agreeing to marry lionel, she’d be holding an intervention about this for her. she’d NEVER want her to do that for them and would probably be trying to pack all four of them into the car and going back to london rather than stay there with a guy her sister wasn’t 100% head over heels for. and like, since gigi hasn’t been around drea and lionel that much, she probably wouldn’t have picked up on any signals from her sister that it ISN’T love. (and now she’s all self involved  with her injury, so she’s honestly not going to pick up on it very quickly here either.)

so like.. the injury i’ve imagined for gigi is super common in the dance world (i’ve see three in the three years i’ve been working at the ballet) and it USUALLY ends up not being too terrible...like usually the person either has to just be out for awhile and the injury heels itself OR (like in gigi’s case) they have an operation and are out for at least 3 months, and then usually that’s when they find out whether or not they injury has heeled and they can dance again. soooo i’m thinking gigi’s been out for at least a month since her operation and is trying to rush back in to being able to exercise and train so she won’t be so out of shape when she goes back... and that’s basically a terrible idea. so she’s in her own head about what happens if she can’t go back to dancing sort of prematurely but the whole idea just is totally stressing her out and she isn’t handling it well... And now that she’s sort of been forced into coming to Lyndhurst (which is a horrible thing to say since its because her cousin died!), she’ll definitely try to turn on the old gigi and be sociable, since she doesn’t want to make a bad impression on drea’s new soon to be family. 

and cedes and gigi... what a mess. we discussed those two have ALWAYS been sort of butting heads since they were kids but i imagine this is the biggest arguement they’ve had? and the not talking has lasted the longest that it ever has before... and gigi just doesn’t want to talk about it to anyone. she’s basically just written cedes off right now and is overly focused on herself and doesn’t even want to acknowledge the mess that’s going on between them. so i think if drea even tries to repair things, gigi will just (very sweetly) tell her its useless and move on to the next topic. 

so sorry for writing you a novel about these two... hahah

[lyndhurstgiselle]

Ezra + Giselle

So these two dated!! I sort of imagine it did not end particularly well? I can’t see Gigi putting up with his shenanigans for too long... My thought it maybe their families set them up? You know, rich people dating rich people... that sort of thing? Unless you have some other idea? I’m open to hearing things!