If Georgia Fights, I Go With Her

"Most of the misery of the world has been caused by wars. And when the wars were over, no one ever knew what they were all about." Indie Selective Ashley Wilkes RP ~ Gone With the Wind.

[nothingexcepthonor]

Come back!

sort of back!

[itwasapleasuretoburn]

For, Melanie, these things I have named are but the symbols of the thing for which I risk my life, symbols of the kind of life I love. For I am fighting for the old days, the old ways I love so much but which, I fear, are now gone forever, no matter how the die may fall. For, win or lose, we lost just the same.

Gone With the Wind, Margaret Mitchell (via itwasapleasuretoburn)

[nothingexcepthonor]

@lavcnderladies for Parthy

In the years since Melanie’s death, Ashley had learned that his initial belief that he would have fared better had he moved north after college had been correct. After a period of mourning, he had sold Scarlett back his stake in their lumber mill and taken a position in New York at a bank. He threw himself into his work, dedicating his life to it and it alone. The result had been the best education the North could offer for Beau, a steady income, and a comfortable living. It was amazing what he could do without the distraction of Scarlett’s advances—advances he had welcomed, perhaps even longed for. He blamed himself for stringing her along for all those years. He had loved her, it was true, but not enough to leave Melanie. How ironic it had been that he only realized that on her deathbed.

They had drifted apart after the funeral, which he believed was to their mutual benefit, at least until he could figure out how to make a way for himself. And to everyone’s surprise—most of all his own—he had. He enjoyed New York. Here he felt like a new man, not a relic from a bygone era. Perhaps it was because many who arrived there were seeking a new life. He enjoyed his work, and he felt like his life had meaning again—chiefly to care for his son, the only thing he had left of his dear wife. At first, it had been so difficult to even look at him, as he reminded him so much of her and all he had lost. He didn’t know how to be a father without her. Time, it just so happened, had brought them closer. Beau had attended Phillips Exeter, then Harvard, and become a university professor. Ashley had risen to director and then chairman of the board of his bank, and supported the arts in the city through serving on various charity boards. He was content.

He had just closed a deal and had taken his associates aboard a showboat for dinner as a celebration. It was early, and he had arrived first to make sure that everything was in order for his party.

[foshizzlemovies]

You still think it’s beautiful to die for your country. The first bombardment taught us better. When it comes to dying for country, it’s better not to die at all.

Lew Ayres as Paul Baumer in All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)

[carygranted-blog]

[quirkybutclassy]

This is Douglas Fairbanks Jr. He is upset that people don’t watch his movies enough.

[mrcinema-blog]

Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. on the set of Gunga Din, 1938

[classicfilmsource]

What I am trying to say is - only I’m not a poet, I’m an ophiologist - I’ve always loved you. I mean, I’ve never loved anyone but you. Henry Fonda as Charles Poncefort Pike in The Lady Eve (1941)

[dawnofus]

[oldfashionedvillain-deactivated]

Armie Hammer as Marty Ginsburg (On the Basis of Sex, 2018)

[persephonememes]

* (  REIGN /  SENTENCE PROMPTS. 

These may have been edited for clarity or length or to better apply for roleplaying.

❛ How many people have you killed? ❜

❛ History is a strong word. It was more of a… dalliance. ❜

❛ Have you ever wanted something so much that the fear of not getting it makes you wonder if you ever should have wanted it at all? ❜

❛ I don’t want to live without you and after this I won’t have to.  ❜

❛ No one will ever keep us apart again. ❜

❛ Men in general like to win. ❜

❛ Well, your taste in men always did leave something to be desired. ❜

❛ In the darkest of times you were my conscience. ❜

❛ The more we try to help each other, the more harm we do. ❜

❛ I lose everyone I love. ❜

❛ What odd turns our lives have taken. ❜

❛ I don’t give my heart or give up easily. ❜

❛ You have to admit, your fate does have a sense of humor. ❜

❛ I need to forget a ridiculous, childish idea that I could love someone, they could love me, and nothing else mattered. ❜

❛ There is always risk. At least when you love someone it’s worth taking. ❜

❛ I never said I was a good man, but one can receive good advice from a bad person.❜

❛ Love is never simple. Not that I’m any expert. ❜

❛ Are you wearing mink-lined boots? ❜

❛ Well if I have to run I want to look good doing it. ❜

❛ We were supposed to dance under the stars. ❜

❛ Maybe there is no magic but what we make for ourselves. ❜

❛ If the price is my life, I will give it. ❜

❛ I can’t bear to think about a future anymore, not without you. ❜

❛ What good is right or wrong if you’re dead? ❜

❛ Men don’t like taking orders from women. ❜

❛ And real love never fades, not truly. ❜

❛ Just know whatever happens, this is not the end I dreamed for us. ❜

❛ Do not test my power and do not tempt my fury. ❜

❛ If I’m as responsible as you say, I will never forgive myself. ❜

❛ I will spill blood to defend what’s mine. ❜

❛ Men forget, that woman have ears. ❜

❛ Duels only lead to dead men, not respect. ❜

❛ I am trying to be better! ❜

❛ You’re a monster. ❜

❛ You are a necessary evil whose orbit I can’t seem to escape. ❜

❛ I opened my heart to a liar. ❜

[edsonlnoe]

👀 by Armie Hammer

[edsonlnoe]

Armand, Le Penseur

[nothingexcepthonor]

Updated my modern verse--Ashley is now a newspaper reporter and this dude

[betweenheroesandvillains]

everybody’s talking about scarlett o’hara shooting a man but honest to god melanie with the sword, ready to hack a guy to death despite being half dead? then smoothly lying to everyone before helping her loot the body, offering to help bury him and cleaning up the mess he left behind? what an icon

[fuckyeahfonda]

Henry Fonda in Jezebel (1938)

[chidianagon-ye-deactivated20180]

Henry Fonda in Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)