Here’s The Thing About Greta Gerwig’s Little Women. It’s Really Not Just About Jo Anymore. Almost

here’s the thing about greta gerwig’s little women. it’s really not just about jo anymore. almost every adaptation of little women has been a version of here’s jo and her sisters who have two dimensional stories. meg marries off, she’s happy. beth dies and nobody is really that sad because we never got to know her well. amy married laurie and everyone is confused. but with gerwig’s telling, she affords every sister real autonomy and story. she showed the struggle and sacrifice and love that meg has. she gives beth one of the most beautiful story arcs ever. she lets beth exists in the movie and grow on us before her death. and she completely translates amy to a character that may have always been right there, but not properly communicated. amy and laurie make sense. you feel beths absence. you understand meg. and you still have jo right there in focus. but they all feel real. the other three don’t feel like accessories anymore but real and important characters of the story. and it’s fucked if gerwig doesn’t get nominated for best adapted screenplay and direction because she took a 150 year old story and made it seem brand new.

Fake Relationships

1. Anything For You by beersforqueers

https://archiveofourown.org/works/6440107/chapters/14741941

Summary:

Based on this prompt. In which Sokka and Zuko have broken up but Sokka hasn’t told his family yet. So when Katara and Aang’s wedding weekend rolls around and he doesn’t want to break Gran-Gran’s heart, he asks Zuko to pretend to be his boyfriend for one last weekend.

Things don’t go as planned.

2. Will You Fake Date Me (But For Real This Time) by AlyssiaInWonderland

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21938437/chapters/52359385

Summary:

Zuko is determined to convince his Uncle that he is not, in fact, pining after Sokka.

Sokka is desperate to convince Katara and Aang that he is not, in fact, pining after Suki.

When Sokka’s scheme to avoid pity means Zuko and him must fake date for an entire diplomatic event, shenanigans, realisations and confessions ensue.

Aka: they fake date, they realise they’re mutually pining idiots, and then they date for real

3. Little Moments In The Ordinary by corgiles

https://archiveofourown.org/works/17507324

Summary:

Sokka just had to be cursed. That was the only way to explain why the person who only four months ago he had a healthy dose of genuine fear for was now standing in his kitchen introducing himself to his dad as his boyfriend. He just had to remember no matter how many cupcakes Zuko got him or how close they got as reluctant group project partners, they were only pretending to be dating for Thanksgiving. That couldn’t be too hard…right?

4. Emergency boyfriend by lesmiserablol

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24932779

“Can you be my boyfriend?”

Somehow, Sokka manages to not choke on his tea. He slowly puts his cup down as he looks across the table at the seat that had been empty just moments before but is now occupied with a panicked looking employee. This is his first time visiting the Jasmine Dragon, but if he’s going to be ambushed by attractive people every time he comes by, he might just become a regular.

5. Friends Dont Let Friends Fake Date Each Other by naggeluide

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22266358/chapters/53171026

Summary:

Toph demands that Zuko fake date her. This goes just about as well as can be expected. Sokka steps in to show them how it’s done, and this goes a bit better than expected.

6. One Coffee Please by Phantoms_Echo

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22704988

Summary:

“H-hey-!”

The person squeaked as they fumbled with their phone.

“Sorry, I’m really sorry! But I need you to pretend to be my girlfriend. My sister is bringing my ex with her in a surprise ambush and I really don’t have another choice,” Zuko explained quickly, eyes on his coffee. “I will pay you. Just, please go along with this?”

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quinnlet

5 years ago