Downal Wyth Bluddy Clichés: Prompt 3

[manniness]

Guess what?  Yup, another Thursday.

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Right, so what's the next cliché?

Alice wants to be a businesswoman.

Or some similar variations: 
Alice eagerly accepts Lord Ascot's job offer.
Alice wants to go to China.

Many fics show Alice as a competent businesswoman (my own included) but I wonder if there might be more to that story.

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Comments

[just-a-dram.livejournal.com]

Oh, she's completely done in society, I think. There would be no coming back from that display. I just figure that's what Alice wants anyway, and she avoids any of the unpleasantness she would have experienced by setting sail (even though I don't think that's her motivation in leaving).

Who doesn't avoid it? Her mother, her sister...those are the people that have to live with it, because in that society the sins of one of the women in the family are born by all.

As for Hamish, I can't recall it, but there was a cruel phrase that was applied to men who had been rejected in their marriage suits. This scene wouldn't affect Hamish's standing in society, but it would certainly cause him to be the focus of unkind speculation, which I imagine would take no small amount of time to die down.

[prismdropz.livejournal.com]

Oh ouch. I didn't even really consider that. It's definitely not going to be a good time for her poor mother and sister. It'll probably be compounded by everyone's perceptions of Imogene as well. Those nasty rumors would probably mention something like there being two generations of craziness in the family.

Alice did NOT think that through did she. When we list the consequences of what she did like this, it definitely makes the childish aspect stand out. Nasty repercussions all around.