r/GonewiththeWind

Hey! So I’ve been a longtime fan of Gone with the wind. I read it about six years ago and it’s been my favorite ever since. I have had this idea for a while to write a fanfic. I already have a good chunk of it thought out and almost written out. It would center around Bonnie Butler. Basically a coming of age story. With new and classic characters. But the twist is that it would be set in 21st century Manhattan. Also, Rhett and scarlett would be reconciled. It would be explained how. A central theme would also be Rhett and Bonnie. I loved their relationship in the book and wish we got more of it. In addition, it would not go so off canon for I wrote Scarlett to be Irish and there would be a whole fictional Irish civil war to replace the Civil War. And also I wanted to explore more of Rhett’s backstory and how it affected him and his character traits. He was my favorite character and I’ve always been fascinated by him. But that’s more backstory. Anyways, my question is would anyone be interested in reading such a story? If you have any suggestions or ideas you are welcome to share. Thanks!

Bonnie dies, so Rhett and Scarlett no longer can use their child as a prop to keep their failing marriage together.

Rhett leaves for Charleston and says his iconic line:

“Frankly my dear. I just steamed a ham.”

Scarlet is clearly visibly upset. It all makes sense so far. Two dead husbands. Two dead kids. One divorce. One dead Melanie. One dead Antebellum south. Who wouldn’t be crying?

Ok then while she’s on the steps it’s all “buy land AJ. God isn’t making anymore of it.” And suddenly she’s not as sad. What on earth? Maybe I’m exhausted because I was at the end of a 238 minute movie (yeah I torrented the 10 GB 70 anniversary version with the overture, intermission, and enter’acte music) but why is she suddenly not as sad?

I get that it’s a callback to the conversation with her dad way back at the beginning, but still what on earth? Is this a “the book explains it further” thing or a “the book is completely different than the movie because the producers thought the book’s ending was too sad for 1930s theater audiences?

I finished rewatching the movie last night. I have read the book 100x more than I have watched the movie, and I noticed some things. It's so long, but it does not drag AT ALL. In fact, knowing the book so well, the movie seems to fly through the story at speed. I will definitely be seeing it on the big screen for the first time in October. I hope there's a real intermission!

Another really sad thing I noticed, is that by the time they flee Atlanta, Rhett is not only Scarlett's closest friend, he's really her only friend. He's the only person who really knows her, the only person she can be herself with. Melly is always there for Scarlett too, but she doesn't really know Scarlett. Mammy really knows Scarlett, but given their positions, they can't be said to be friends. That leaves Rhett, who clearly loves Scarlett. Even much earlier at the dance, his feelings are beginning to show.

That's why it's so sad when their marriage deteriorates. Once Melly dies, Rhett is the only person left for Scarlett, and by then, it's too late. The scandal of Ashley and Scarlett getting caught embracing is the last straw for him, because it hurts not only all four adults, but also Bonnie. He still loves her, but he no longer likes her. There is one moment when it might have been repaired, when she tells him she is pregnant again, but that is ruined almost immediately by both their reactions. The acting here is superb.

Another thing I noticed, as someone who teaches kids about consent every day, is the lack of consent in their every romantic interaction. Rhett is always grabbing her and forcing her into a passionate embrace, which she then sometimes likes, but there are other times she is clearly pushing him away. We can say "it was a different time" but I don't think it is only a reflection of 1930s ideas about romance, as much as it is simply reflecting Peggy Mitchell's fantasies. Learning that Mitchell was so interested in erotica, that she was a lil bit freaky, makes me wonder if she dreamed of being ravished by a handsome renegade, and wrote that into her story. I mean, the scene at the dinner table after Ashley's party, right before the staircase scene, is downright scary, but Scarlett awakens the next morning like she enjoyed sex for the very first time. She's a new woman, but Rhett is ashamed and regretful. They are never on the same page at the same time. It's tragic.

I know we would all like to think that they end up together, somehow, in an imagined future. But it's probably more likely that Rhett never returns, and Scarlett lives out her life pining for him, like a Southern Miss Havisham. At least, that is what the movie leaves me thinking.

It really is a masterpiece.

Is here a dc server about the movie and or the book?

Is there any good fanfiction on the continuation online? Just finished reading it and I feel Rhett is going to test her until he genuinely believes she loves him and probably have a little fun by pretending not to love her back when he actually falls back in love with her, so something on there lines please.

Gosh I'm reading this book for the first time and....that scene man. Rhett has been so terrible to scarlett and vice versa that it hurts, and it hurts even more him crying to Melanie

He is like...blabbering everything to her and Melaine refused to believe it in her heart. It's too sad, and when Rhett almost told Melly that Scarlett loves Ashley...Goddamnit!

I have seen the movie. I know will come next. But I'm ready for this. Not at all. Ms. Mitchell, why would you break our hearts like that? But this scene made me appreciate Rhett's character a lot...

In both the movie and the book, Melly takes off her nightshirt to wind around the deserter's head. But they had a haversack RIGHT THERE! Why didn't they empty it out and use that?

It's a small thing, but it always bothers me

BRENT: ¿Que importa que nos hayan expulsado de la universidad? La guerra está a punto de estallar y la hubiéramos dejado igual.

STUART: Guerra, que emocionante Escarlata, ¿Sabes que esos yanquis están pidiendo a gritos una guerra?

BRENT: Pues se la daremos.

ESCARLATA: Que tonterías, guerra, guerra, guerra, los rumores de guerra nos sguan las fiestas está primavera, estoy tan aburrida que me muero. Además, no habrá guerra de ninguna clase.

BRENT: ¿Que no va a haber guerra?

STUART: Pero Escarlata, claro está que habrá guerra.

ESCARLATA: Si volvéis a pronunciar la palabra guera entro en casa y os doy con la puerta en las narices.

BRENT: Pero querida Escarlata...

STUART: ¿No quieres que tengamos guerra?

BRENT: Espera Escarlata

STUART: no te vayas

BRENT: no te enfades

STUART: no te pongas así

BRENT: pero mujer comprende que...

AMBOS: es que...

ESCARLATA: está bien, pero tened presente la advertencia.

STUART: se me ocurre una cosa, hablemos de la comilona de los Wilkes mañana en los Doce Robles.

BRENT: bien pensado, ¿Comerás con nosotros, Escarlata?

ESCARLATA: no lo he decidido todavía, ya lo pensaré mañana.

STUART: nos reservarás todos tus valses, primero a BRENT, luego a mi, a BRENT a mí y así todos.

BRENT: ¿prometido?

ESCARLATA: Con mucho gusto

STUART: yujuuuuu

ESCARLATA: Si no fuera... Sino fuera porque los tengo todos comprometidos

BRENT: pero tú no puedes...

STUART: hacernos eso

BRENT: ¿Que harías si te dijéramos un secreto?

ESCARLATA: ¿Un secreto? ¿De quien?

STUART: tu ya conoces a Melania Hamilton de Atlanta

BRENT: la prima de Ashley Wilkes, está pasando una temporada en los Doce Robles

ESCARLATA: Melania Hamilton, esa tonta, no me interesa ningún secreto de ella.

STUART: bueno, el caso es que hemos oído decir...

BRENT: Ashley Wilkes va a casarse con ella.

STUART: ya sabes que los Wilkes se casa siempre entre primos

BRENT; ¿y ahora nos concederás tus valses?

ESCARLATA: desde luego

STUART: los otros muchachos se pondrán furiosos

BRENT: tu y yo podemos con ellos

ESCARLATA: "no puede ser verdad, yo sé que Ashley me quiere"

BRENT: Escarlata... ¿Que crees que ha podido ocurrirle?

STUART: ¿que le habremos dicho para que se disguste?

MAMITA: ¡¡¡Señorita!!! ¿Adonde va sin chal? ¿No ve que ya cae el fresquito del anochecer? ¿ Y porque no ha invitado a estos dos jovencitos a comer? Tiene peores modales que un carretero. ¿Para eso trabajamos tanto yo y la señorita Elena? ¡¡¡ESCARLATA, vuelva usted a la casa!!! ¡¡¡Cogerá un enfriamiento que se la llevará al otro mundo!!!

ESCARLATA: ¡¡¡No, voy a esperar a papá que vendrá de casa de los Wilkes!!!

MAMITA: ¡¡¡Vuelva usted enseguida!!! ¡¡¡Vuelva!!!

"Había una tierra llamada el viejo Sur, un mundo bello y galante, allí vivieron los últimos caballeros y sus bellas damas, los amigos y esclavos, de ese mundo no quedan más que sueños, una época que el viento se llevó."