Here's Another Prelude To Ecstasy Snippet!

Thinking about that time I tried to convince my friend that Theo was coming back for season three and she was like, "Girl, you're delusional," and I was flailing around like, "No, listen--"

...she was right.

Art by: Henry James Garrett

Figure 1: The author's note of my most popular fic to date.

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🍄 ⇢ share a head canon for one of your favourite ships or pairings

I'm going to share some Modern AU headcanons about Theloise because I thought about this a lot while writing The Manuscript:

Not only are they both coffee addicts, they both have the same order! Here's a snippet from an old WIP of mine where they reunite after a decade:

Theo passed Eloise her coffee—one cream, one sugar, same as always—before sitting down with his own coffee—also one cream, one sugar, same as always.

2. I can see Theo working at a publishing company (sort of the modern-day version of a print shop), working as a political journalist, or working as a lawyer! Similarly, I can see Eloise as a lawyer or in academia. I can also see them getting involved with organizations like the UN, or some non-profit organizations.

Regardless of their occupation, political activism is very important to them!

3. I like to think Eloise and Theo would enjoy reading from more modern-day female authors like Sally Rooney, Toni Morrison, Joan Didion, etc.

4. Eloise's favourite Jane Austen novel is Emma, while Theo's is Persuasion. I actually have an old WIP where Penelope and Colin spy on Eloise and Theo and overhear them arguing over the best Austen novel (their arguments are very surface level though because I'm not very well-versed in Austen lol).

5. I can see Theo being friends with people like Benedict, Colin, and Footman John! Maybe Kate, as well?

6. Eloise has a fear of spiders. No, I'm totally not projecting (🤡).

(But Theo kills them for her so it's all good.)

Also I just noticed the question only asks for one headcanon...oh, well. Thanks for the ask! <3

The same crowd that gets on Eloise’s neck about being rich and privileged and unaware of how hard other people’s lives are is the same crowd that trashed her for spending time with Theo, seeing more of the world outside of the ton, learning more about women’s rights and the world around her and called her selfish for wanting more than to spend her life as a man’s trophy-on-a-shelf

Almost like you guys don’t actually want her to grow and expand her worldview, you’re just waiting for Scumbag Ph*lip to come and completely destroy her spirit and punish her for thinking she could possibly do more with her life than be a wife and mother

And what exactly was so selfish about her spending time with Theo? You guys love Benophie as if the class difference isn’t also a factor there

Calam Lynch at ‘The Rings of Power’ premiere in London

This belongs in the Louvre.

theloise + textposts

going crazy and emotional over every tiny benedict and eloise season 3 bts crumbs