#gildedagecreatorscotillion

In celebration of the upcoming season of HBO’s The Gilded Age, we extend to you an invitation to a small fan event, seven prompts over seven days - write, draw, gif, design, bake, sew, sing!

20 July: The Gardens of Newport

21 July: Secret Affair

22 July: Aboard the Yacht

23 July: “My Mind is Made Up”

24 July: A Night at the Metropolitan

25 July: I Didn't Expect To See You Here 

26 July: A Journey Out West

The Cotillion will run from 20 July to 26 July, so you have plenty of time to find inspiration - remember to tag #gildedagecreatorscotillion during the week of the Cotillion so that we can share your creation!

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Gilded Age (TV 2022) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Aurora Fane/Enid Turner | Enid Winterton, Aurora Fane/Bertha Russell, Bertha Russell/Enid Turner | Enid Winterton, Aurora Fane/Bertha Russell/Enid Turner | Enid Winterton Characters: Enid Turner | Enid Winterton, Aurora Fane, Bertha Russell Additional Tags: Loneliness, Obsession, Accidental Voyeurism, Developing Feelings, Secret Relationship Summary:

Oh dear me, I'm terribly tardy for the cotillion! In my defense, my bumbling footman (tumblr) only delivered the invitation not two days previous.

Ship: Bertha Russell/George Russell, Bertha Russell/OFC

Summary: The chinks in the armor surrounding their marriage have begun to spread - cracks appearing, growing, threatening collapse entirely - the fine iron and steel now abraded and corroded. What once seemed a glimmering hopeful promise has now lost its shine. And maybe if she weren't so stubborn it would be easier to stop looking for a reflection of something she isn't certain ever existed in its once polished surface.

Created for the @gildedagecreatorscotillion: a series of Artist Trading Cards and poems.

Day 1: The Gardens of Newport

First up: "Let the Circus Begin"

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: The Gilded Age (TV 2022) Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Aurora Fane/Bertha Russell Characters: Aurora Fane, Bertha Russell, Gladys Russell Additional Tags: Infertility, Angst, Possibly Unrequited Love, Motherhood Series: Part 58 of The Gilded Age of Broadway Divas, Part 4 of Gilded Age Creator's Cotillion Summary:

A trip to England to visit Gladys and meet the new baby uncovers wounds never healed.

In the Garden | Rated: G | 2,677 Words

George stumbles upon some familiar voices in a Newport garden