Continuation of the Marlow line

[leapingirbis.livejournal.com]

The discussion about Kay below made me wonder how many children each of the Marlows would end up producing. I hope this hasn't been discussed before - if so I apologise! My thoughts are as follows:

Giles - lots, of course. Borne by a meek and long-suffering wife?
Kay - not sure. Maybe two, by a later marriage.
Rowan - I haven't decided whether Rowan will settle down in a same-sex partnership, in which case I don't think she will bother with children, or whether she will marry, initially decline children, but then suddenly decide in her mid-thirties that her biological clock is ticking and ultimately end up with two sons.
Ann - Ann will marry mid-twenties and - ironically and unfairly - have great difficulty conceiving. They will adopt two children before she finally produces a daughter.
Ginty - boy and girl? Followed by divorce?
Peter - don't know. Perhaps he will surprise everyone by becoming the real pater familias?
Nick - I reckon four boys, and would quite like them to be by Robert Anquetil.
Lawrie - after a succession of affairs with her leading men (and because she likes to shock and likes the attention probably a couple of leading ladies too), Lawrie will settle down with a somewhat older and very dashing film star, will initially reject the idea of children, but aged 37 will suddenly decide she wants one and immediately and without difficulty produce a daughter, which will really rub Ann's nose in it.

What does everyone else think?

Comments

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the other day that Lawrie might do a bit of a Gwyneth Paltrow and end up with Jan Scott's hairy rock band brother. With offspring called, perhaps, Plum and Zerubabel Scott?

And I also agree that there is no real reason to write off Ginty's future just because the Merricks don't fancy her as a future DIL. Outside the Marlowverse she would come across as a very normal teenage girl. I don't think many of us would want to feel we hadn't developed as a person since we were 15.

[leapingirbis.livejournal.com]

well, statistically at least two of them will have to divorce, and Ann won't as she's too religious, Mrs Giles will be too busy having babies, Nick will be too stubborn, Lawrie won't actually marry, Peter would see it as a weakness, Rowan sticks to her decisions, so that leaves Kay and Ginty! Anyway, personally I wouldn't see divorce as "writing off her future"; I know lots of very happy second-time round relationships!

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

I wasn't really thinking specifically of divorce, more the fact that AF fans crystal ball gazing rarely predict a dazzling future for Ginty, in part because of Mr Merrick and Patrick's conversation about her. I think I'd go for Kay and Giles being the statistical divorcees - Kay because her marriage seems pretty doomed from Day 1 and Giles because the future Mrs Giles would eventually get fed up of coming second to his naval career.

[jen-c-w.livejournal.com]

I do...
I've always wondered whether Helena Merrick just hates her because she's stunningly pretty and Pater Merrick just feels that Patrick's getting too instense too young - he is VERY intense about everything cf classical music, and I think Daddy probably just wants him to live a little.

I have also been thinking, a lot, about young Virginia's future life, but more of that later perhaps.

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

I adore the idea of Plum and Zerubabel Scott.

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

I was rather pleased with the thought myself. If I had one of those round tuit thingies I might even write the Hello magazine article where the celebrated pair introduce their new offspring to a breathless world.
A macrobiotic diet might be a pleasant change from school dinners and Mrs Bertie's traditional cuisine!

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Damn! *wishes someone would invent the e-tuit* :)

[debodacious.livejournal.com]

May I friend you BTW - I have been meaning to ask for ages?

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Yes, certainly, that would be lovely! :)