OMG an Anne and Gil blog! This is amazing. There is not enough love for these two. :D They're definitely one of my OTP. :D
And thank you for the like on my sketch of these two!
And thank you for the like on my sketch of these two!
Thank you! I agree! I felt the need to shed more light on my OTP. And your sketch was amazing! Keep up the good work!
This is absolutely one of my favourite moments in the Anne of Green Gables miniseries.
Let me just wax prose…tic about this scene for a moment. Here we have Gilbert Blythe, catching a glimpse of Anne Shirley (who refuses to give him the time of day) and Diana Barry having a chummy moment on the bridge. Gilbert has been… interested in Anne (going by the book timeline) since the moment she broke a slate over his head. Anne, conversely, continues to nurse her wounded pride at having her hair colour insulted, and so treats Gilbert with ‘freezing scorn’.
But in this moment, we can see so much unbridled longing in Gilbert’s face as he watches Anne, blithely (forgive the pun) enjoying a friend’s company. Because he’s completely in love with this girl who is so very different to all the other girls he’s flirted with. And trust me, Gilbert’s been interested in girls before, but not like this. Anne is such a different breed, fiery and impetuous, but with a dreamer’s gaze and the heart of a true romantic (to the point where she can’t quite see what real romance is). And the best part about it is, Gilbert doesn’t want to change Anne. He loves her for exactly who she is.
Throughout their youth, Gilbert challenges Anne, providing opposition worthy of her sharp mind. She grows into an independant woman in part because of Gilbert’s friendship and his encouragement of her dreams and aspirations. He never seeks to place Anne in a subservient role, because he knows that’s not where she belongs. Anne is his equal, and the fact that he waits for her, patiently, while she sheds her prejudice and learns to let go of her wounded pride speaks volumes for his own character. Gilbert doesn’t just wait for Anne, however: he pursues his own goals while allowing Anne’s heart to mature, waiting for her to realise that romance stemming from friendship can be one of the most pure, true things in the world.
Well said!
You’ll marry, alright. Some fool who sits and reads Tennyson by firelight, no doubt. He’ll build you castles in the sky. I know you.. you haven’t hurt me, really. It’s just that I fooled myself into believing that you loved me. I hope he breaks your heart. Whoever he is.
-Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel (1987)
Gilbert Blythe a.k.a Jonothan Crombie
“All pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness”
if it wasnt gilbert anne got together with, who would you have preferred from all the other men that loved her throughout?
AnonymousWow great question! Honestly I would have preferred Anne to become an old maid, as horrible as it sounds. I don’t think she would have been truly happy with anybody who wasn’t Gilbert. At least then she would have her imagination
Oh, God, your blog. I've fallen in love. Anne and Gilbert will forever be, in my heart, the best couple I've ever stumbled across in my adventures. From the first moment I saw Gil at age 4 in Anne of Green Gables: The Musical, I was totally smitten. I loved him. I constantly told my mother that I was going to marry him as a child. Anne was my heroine, I thought her adventures were terribly romantic, and I was jealous of her and Gil. Years later, I'm still a fan of the couple.
Aww thank you! That’s so adorable that you wanted to marry him. I still do! Anne and Gilbert will always be my favourite couple. They just have such a timeless love story, they have the kind of relationship everybody wants and most just dream about :)
