#queer jo

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MASTERPOST: Queer Jo + DeanJo gender besties + Roadhousenatural + JoCassie

AMV’s

jocassie // girls girls girls (ally)

jo // ce n'est rien (k)

jo // man from the magazine (ola)

deanjo // writer in the dark (ola)

jo // my own dance (k)

jo // her (ally)

jo // honeypie (ally)

jo // broken dreams (ivi)

abandon all hope // drink with me + empty chairs at empty tables (rain)

POETRY

i wish i could have been her (rain)

in which she dies with the secrets still inside her (ola)

jocassie poem (elliot)

FICLETS/WHAT IF’s

jo + bufus (ally + ola)

older deanjo (ola)

jo & claire chaotic hunting partners (molly)

team freak (ola)

jo and poker (ola)

deanjo and femininity (ola)

deanjo prom royalty (ola)

maryellen (tali & ola & rain)

mouse the roadhouse cat (ola)

horse girl jo + deanjo and cowboy hats (ola)

jocassie adopting claire (ola & rain)

deanjo nail polish besties (rain)

wayward girl jo (ola)

jocassie (ola)

deanjo drinking cider (ola)

jo thinking dean is out (ola)

jo episode idea (ola)

deanjo are everything (ola)

jo watching mamma mia (ola)

FICS

violet (a deancassie fic that mentions dean’s friendship with jo) (rain)

jo, aged 13, removes nail polish behind a locked bathroom door (ola)

MOODBOARDS

jocassie pride moodboard (rain)

jocassie moodboard (ally)

jocassie moodboard (ola)

2000s lesbian moodboard (ally)

jo smile (lígia)

WEBWEAVES

jo // comphet webweave (ally)

jo // rebel rebel (ally)

jo // a place in this world (frankie)

jo // sappho fragment 5c (frankie)

ART

jocassie (ola)

jo applying lipstick (ola)

cassie applying jo’s lipstick (mila)

jocassie (with nsfw version) (sophie)

PLAYLISTS

jo playlist (isaac)

jo playlist (ola)

jocassie playlist (ola)

THOUGHTS

comphet/gender envy thoughts: ally | dali

deanjo dynamic (ally)

jo vulnerability (da)

jo and ellen (ola)

deanjo as comphet rep (k)

sam/jo parallels (ola)

ellen letting jo leave (ola)

jo’s blog (ola)

deanjo: crush? siblings? (ola & katie)

jo and her dad’s jacket + being young (ola)

jo and her parents (ola)

jo being seen by others (ola)

exploring deanjo (ola)

deanjo besties (rain)

deanjo and their fathers (ola)

SHITPOSTS

kissing dean with tongue in a sapphic way (isaac)

flirting with men as a lesbian (isaac)

SONGS

jo // my mother’s loaded gun (ola)

[mair-cries]

Can we talk about this image from the ending of Little Women (2019)? Specifically, can we talk about the levels of affection we see between the characters? Pardon the poor screenshot, but this was the best I could get that I felt would properly work.

We’ll start on the far left, with Amy and Laurie. Again, apologies for the poor screenshot, but any taken after this timestamp get very fuzzy. Anyways, before the scene fades completely to the book, we see Amy pull Laurie close and Laurie plant a kiss on her cheek. It is undeniable that the two feel very connected and affectionate with one another. They are an example of a “typical” couple.

Next we have Meg and John. Very little explanation needed, everything about their body language indicates affection for one another, another prime example of the “typical” couple.

Next is Marmee and Father. I won’t go into much elaboration here, but despite the distance we see in the screenshot, the entire movie proves how deeply they love one another. “thank goodness you’re home” “thank goodness for you”

Last is Jo and Friedrich. Now, out of the matches for the sisters, Jo and Meg are my favorites for many reasons, a lot to do with the authenticity I feel is the foundation of their relationships. However, as a queer person myself, I see a lot of wlw behaviors in Jo March, a lot of ace and/or aro behaviors as well. Of course we all know the purpose of Jo’s “heroine” being married, and, not sure if this is common knowledge, that was based on Louisa May Alcott’s conversation with her publisher. Thinking about those signs and the background, I think Greta Gerwig was trying to make some sort of statement here. See how Friedrich is positioned in relation to Jo? See how they compare to the other couples in terms of affection? This of course could just be coincidence, but I feel like it’s not. I feel that, even though it is heavily implied in the movie, never confirmed, that the two are married, Friedrich is a companion to Jo. They are not a typical couple you would expect to see, but their relationship is just as strong and important as the others. 

Anyways thanks for listening to my ramblings about evidence of queer!Jo March