WINIFRED ERSTWHILE
( love interest(s) )

( MAY CONTAIN
SPOILERS )

—— JOSEPH ERSTWHILE.
( the soldier )

ship name: winseph
( win[ifred] + [jo]seph )
nicknames: fred (W), josephine (J)
age difference: six months
height difference: 18cm / 7 inches (approx.)
first meeting: town hall dance, october 1806
introduction: turning page, chapter one
last appearance: turning page, chapter seventeen
relationship status: mutually crushing → falling in love → engaged/fiancées → married/husband and wife (1807 — 1813)

—— EPIGRAPH:
❝where the heart is really attached,
i know very well how little one
can be pleased with the attention
of any body else.❞

— Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

—— SHIP TROPES:
taken from tvtropes.org

love at first sight
( falling in love with someone upon meeting/seeing them for the first time )

fourth-date marriage
( two people marry shortly after meeting )

marry for love
( marrying someone out of genuine love rather than for money or status )

happily married
( a genuinely successful marriage )

the lost lenore
( the dead love interest; their death affects the protagonist more than if they were alive )

her heart will go on
( a (usually) female character loses her (usually) male love interest, but she remains strong and keeps living her life )

—— THEME SONG:
The Night We Met — Lord Huron
|
❝i don't know what i'm supposed to do
haunted by the ghost of you, oh,
take me back to the night we met...❞

—— & BONUS TRACKS:
i. lovesick, laufey. | ii. how long will i love you, ellie goulding. | iii. i'm kissing you, des'ree. | iv. ghost of you, 5sos. | v. loml, taylor swift. | vi. wings (acoustic), birdy.

—— SHIP AESTHETICS:

( made by me )

moodboard.

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—— BENEDICT BRIDGERTON.
( the artist )

ship name: benifred
( ben[edict] + [win]ifred )
nicknames: TBA
age difference: two years (approx.)
height difference: 13cm / 5 inches (approx.)
first meeting: country walk in highbourne, october 1813 (unknowingly), bridgerton house in grosvenor square, april 1814 (formally)
introduction: turning page, chapter one
last appearance: TBA
relationship status: acquaintances → close confidantes → falling in love → to be continued...

—— EPIGRAPH:
❝being a romantic takes a hell of a lot
of hope. i think what they mean is,
when you find somebody that you love,
it feels like hope.❞

— Fleabag (2016-2019)

—— SHIP TROPES:
taken from tvtropes.org

forgotten first meeting
( two characters meet each other and think they've never met before. they have, a long time ago, but either one or both of them has forgotten )

connected all along
( two or more characters/plotlines turn out to have crossed paths with each other, met, or are otherwise connected )

because you were nice to me
( ...when no one else was. i will help you any time you need it because you did to me )

romancing the widow
( falling in love with a widow )

deconfirmed bachelor
( character who previously refused to get married or be in a relationship changes their mind upon meeting the love of their life )

leave the two lovebirds alone
( character who are attracted to each other are given some privacy by others in hopes that they'll talk and get officially together )

dance of romance
( a couple shares a heartwarming romantic slow dance )

garden of love
( romance expressed in lush gardens )

second love
( the character's first love interest didn't exactly work out, but later love interests do )

—— THEME SONG:
This Year's Love — Jasmine Thompson
|
❝this year's love had better last, heaven knows it's high time,
i've been waiting on my own too long. and when you hold me like you do,
it feels so right, oh now, i start to forget how my heart gets torn.❞

—— & BONUS TRACKS:
i. start of time, gabrielle aplin. | ii. falling slowly, glen hansard & markéta irglová. | iii. colour me in, damien rice. | iv. make you feel my love, adele. | v. peace, taylor swift. | vi. turning page, sleeping at last.

—— SHIP AESTHETICS:

( made by me )

moodboard.

manip.

crackship gifs.

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do NOT steal the graphics made in this chapter, or claim them as your own!

layout inspired by: Iydiamartin , SuggletsAndMalfoys

happy valentine's day! at least, it is on the day i'm uploading this first time. finally perfected the layout for these "love interests" chapters after so much tweaking. i am just as in love with both of these pairings, they are/were both special in winifred's life 🥺 (although in total honesty benifred might be the ship i've been the most invested in writing... ever? it remains to be seen, but they are certainly holding that title for now)