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Love them (not Neil Gaiman though)

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HANDS

When hands are used to depict longing and desperation

Yeah that's the good stuff 

Idk how to describe it, but George Emerson and Mr Darcy are on exact opposite ends of romantic lead spectrum yet both possess insane amounts of autistic swag just executed in wildly different ways

Rip Jane Austen you would have loved tumblr

bennett sisters

Final essay in my fan fiction class for the Pride and Prejudice unit was about examining the Pride and Prejudice fan fiction we’ve interacted with and deciding what elements of the origin text and the subsequent fan fiction we would want to “love, marry, or kill” in relation to our own hypothetical fan fiction

(and of course how we would use our work and knowledge of other works to develop social commentary bc most fan fiction makes social commentary on some level)

So I thought a contemporary version of Pride and Prejudice that follows the plot of the origin text but Mr. Darcy is a woman (so we get lesbians) and Mr. Bingley is a really terrible wingman and part of the plot hinges on Mrs. Bennett constantly trying to set Elizabeth up with men bc it would make the family look better in some way but Mr. Bennett is like “have you seen our daughter??? She is so gay you can’t keep doing this”

(which is how we still get conflict related to Mr. Collins and Wickham, who I think I would also make a woman cause it’d be funny)

But anyways I think this would be fun bc a lot of Pride and Prejudice’s conflict comes from societal expectations and stupid unspoken social rules so in a contemporary setting making it really queer would be a good way to uphold this type of conflict without it feeling weirdly outdated

Also toxic yuri :)

Had to make a playlist about Pride and Prejudice instead of writing an essay (yay) and this is what I came up with:

Fair by The Amazing Devil

Mad Dog by The Crane Wives

No Children - Ska by Sad Snack (a ska cover of No Children by The Mountain Goats)

The Hand That Feeds by The Crane Wives

Rule #4 - Fish in a Birdcage by Fish in a Birdcage

Tongues & Teeth by The Crane Wives

When Somebody Needs You (Song) by Will Wood

WHAT LOVE? by I DON’T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME

What Do You Want from Me Tonight? By Sidney Gish

I Listened by Apes of the State

Love, Me Normally by Will Wood

Hold It In by Jukebox the Ghost

On one hand I am so excited about this assignment but on the other hand I feel bad bc my professor literally teaches at OXFORD and I’m forcing her to listen to Will Wood

…

(My top 5 on Spotify has been the same the past 3 years)

Nothing makes me feel like more of a NERD than the fact that I skipped a class today.

And I didn’t do it to do something fun like bum cigarettes off old men or vandalize my local big-chain grocery store.

I did it to STUDY and catch up on HOMEWORK.

Middle school me would be disappointed. High school me would have his third eye opened by the actions I have done on this day

Oh I LOVE long lists, so if it's not too much to ask for, I'd be thrilled

Okay but I ask for ABSOLUTELY NO JUDGEMENT on some of these okay just hear me out-

*ahem* In no particular order, the lists are as follows:

I actually cut this list down really hard just to stuff I will write/yap about because I realized that if I didn't this post would take forever to make but trust me when I say I could go on.

Anime:

Dr STONE

Berserk

Hunter x Hunter

Naruto

Apothecary Diaries

Trigun

My Hero Academia

Hellsing + Hellsing Ultimate

Yu Gi Oh (Original series mostly, though I do love how crazy it's gotten in the past several years)

To Your Eternity

Erased

Yuri on Ice

Yona of the Dawn

Video Games:

Danganronpa (I'm currently slowly making my way through V3 but it's so much longer than the other ones I swear to god-)

Call of Cuty

Baldur's Gate 3

Poppy Playtime

Homicipher

Stardew Valley

Final Fantasy XII

Final Fantasy XV (it was good. Fight me.)

Persona 5

Other:

Phantom of the Opera

Pride & Prejudice

Any horror movie I've seen (there are so many)

Dungeons and Dragons

and that is why it is the superior adaptation,,, staying true to the books and ALSO giving us some content that works perfectly through the medium of film..... 👀

Love how the 1995 adaption of Pride and Prejudice remained accurate to the book in almost every way but then just went: let’s add Colin Firth taking a bath, Colin Firth fencing, Colin Firth jumping into a lake, Colin Firth walking across a field in a wet shirt

Pride and Prejudice: relatable moments 

just some little pride and prejudice (2005) things i love

the sense of chaotic female energy in the Bennet household

the sound of tinkling piano music and bird song and giggling 

when Jane tries to pull a ‘not all men’ on Lizzy but Lizzy is havin none of it and calls all men humourless poppycocks  

Lizzy’s satisfied smirk as she STRIDES away after sending mr darcy 2 his grave with ‘even if one’s partner is barely tolerable’ 

Lizzy and Jane giggling under the covers 😭

Mrs Bennet discussing Mr Bennets imposing death over the breakfast table and nobody bats an eyelid except to be like ‘its 10am’  like this obviously happens A Lot 

And then Mr Bennet and lizzy joke about Jane dying like why does this Regency era family have the humour of millennials  

when Darcy is listing all the things an accomplished woman should have and he says ‘she should expand her mind with extensive reading’ or w.e and lizzy SNAPS that book shut so fast

the Mrs Bennet Pig Testicle Scene Nobody Talks About 

the hand 

after Mr Collins proposal when Mrs Bennet goes to Mr Bennet for help and he’s just like up a ladder ? And all he does up there is pick up a pot plant? I’m thoroughly convinced he just climbed that ladder to avoid the drama ((he failed))

the dramatic ZOOM when Darcy bursts into the room just to stand around, make one line of polite conversation, and then leave

m not going to comment abt the rain scene bc theres too much to unpack but THE RAIN SCENE 

‘He’s so. he’s so… he’s so RICH’ i feel u girl 

The dreamy shots of Pemberley + dreamy music music layered with Darcy’s housekeeper saying lovely things about him like you know Lizzy was falling in love with him right then and there even tho he wasn’t even in the room

All the ripped statues probably help

 Shame that the scene where Darcy sees Lizzy at Pemberly for the first time will be forever ruined because all i can hear in my head is RUN 

Turns up in the middle of the night, invites self in, insults the size of the garden….. an icon 

The fact that the entire Bennet family listening in to private conversations at the door is a recurring theme 

“i love… i love… i love you”

the last scene of Lizzy and her dad laughing and crying at how in love she is is the goodest purest scene and in This House we don’t speak of the american alternate ending 

The notes for this post are GOLD!

little (100% canon) things i love about the end of pride & prejudice that don’t usually make adaptations:

Lizzy offers to burn The Letter because Darcy’s embarrassed about how bitter he probably sounded when he wrote it

Darcy tells Lizzy that he told Bingley he was wrong about how Jane felt. Lizzy (parphr): “Did you decide that for yourself or were you just going off what I told you at Hunsford?” Darcy, the stubbornest nerd: “No, I figured it out for myself” Lizzy, sarcastically: “okay, Darcy”

When Lizzy tells Jane she’s in love with Darcy, Jane asks her if she’s joking six times

Next day: Darcy and Bingley show up at the house. Mrs Bennet’s upset that Bingley always brings Darcy. To get rid of him, she tells Kitty and Lizzy to take him on a walk. Bingley: “Kitty looks sick. Maybe Lizzy and Darcy should go…….. by themselves” Mrs Bennet: “I’m sorry Lizzy you must find a way to survive this” Lizzy, sarcastically: “Oh nooooooo”

 Direct quote, Mr. Bennet on Darcy saving Lydia: “It will save me a world of trouble and economy. Had it been your uncle’s doing, I must and would have paid him; but these violent young lovers carry every thing their own way. I shall offer to pay [Darcy] to-morrow; he will rant and storm about his love for you, and there will be an end of the matter.”

Lizzy writes a friendly, clever letter to her aunt and uncle that’s included in the text, the next line is “Darcy’s letter to Lady Catherine was in a different style”. The text of Darcy’s letter is omitted

Jane and Bingley move in next door to Lizzy and Darcy

I AM SO FUCKING EMOTIONAL ABOUT THE HAND TOUCH IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE YALL

LOOK AT HIS THUMB. YOU CAN SEE HOW HE HESITATES AS HE’S LOWERING IT. GOD THERE’S THREE SPOTS THAT HE JUST STOPS BEFORE HE FINALLY LAYS IT ACROSS HER FINGERS OKAY? OKAY. I’M NOT OKAY. I’M NOT OKAY WITH THIS AT ALL.

HER THUMB IS RIGHT ABOVE HIS INDEX FINGER. IT’S NOT CURLING AROUND HER FINGERS LIKE HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS ARE. IT IS BEING PUSHED BY HER.

HIS MIDDLE AND RING FINGERS GENTLY. TENDERLY. CURLING AROUND HERS. HIS HAND IS LIKE TWICE AS BIG AS HERS AND HE’S PROBABLY A LOT STRONGER THAN HER BUT IN. THIS. FUCKING. INSTANT. HE’S SO FUCKING GENTLE. HE’S NOT SEIZING HER HAND (EVEN THOUGH HE COULD) HE’S CARESSING HER HAND LIKE IT’S MADE OF FUCKING SILK AND HE ISN’T DRAGGING IT DOWN OR AWAY FROM HER HE’S LITERALLY LIFTING IT UP I’M GONNA SCREAM.

(His pinky finger is being like “lol what’s going on here” but whatever).

IN CONCLUSION I NEED TO RUN INTO AN EMPTY FIELD AND SHRIEK FOR HOURS ABOUT THIS.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

Yeah Mr. Darcy’s proposal was a complete turd and a half but you gotta understand. You got your life together. A good career, stable income, retirement plan, all that shit together. And you meet this girl. And she’s everything. Clever, outspoken, funny, calls you on your bullshit. Grade A cutie, right? And she doesn’t go out of her way to spend time with you but she’s nice, and sometimes you catch her looking your way in a way that makes you think you might have a shot.

But her family. Holy shit.

First off, it’s p much ALL women, and mostly UNMARRIED women, which at this time means of something happens to her dad then you’re financially responsible for like. Four grown ass adults, potentially forever

Because mom in law is DEFINITELY gonna need someone to take care of her when dad in law kicks it, and they have like. NO money. So already you’re accepting that if all goes well, you’re gonna be one random old bag’s retirement home. That’s expensive and exhausting, yeah? Imagine asking someone on a first date knowing that if they say yes and things go good her high-strung chihuahua mother is gonna move in with you. IMAGINE.

And girly’s other sisters. Well, one is a sweetheart, yeah, so she probably won’t be an issue, but that still leaves three more, and two of those ones are INSUFFERABLE. Never went to school, dumb as rocks, spend cash like it’s toilet paper

And while one of the two is young still and might grow out of it the OTHER one is actively torpedo’ing her entire family’s reputation by wandering off with random dudes and chasing ass. She’s never gonna work, she can’t build connections, she’s a fucking sinkhole, and she’s being led on by the same goddamn con man ass leeching tit who’s been bleeding you dry while telling anyone who’ll listen that your family is full of ratty thieving bastards.

And if he dumps her after a week- WHICH YOU KNOW HIS BITCH ASS IS GONNA- you’ve got a SECOND UNMARRIABLE GROWN ASS ADULT TO PROVIDE FOR. And you KNOW she’s gonna be a tantrum-throwing little shit about it, and it’s not like you can lock her in the basement or something, you’re gonna have to bring her fucking. Everywhere. And give her an allowance and shit while she contributes zero, because again, she NEVER GOT EDUCATED AND HAS NO MARKETABLE SKILLS. She’s not even good to TALK to. FUCK

And you’re looking at this girl’s father like “please for the love of fuck get your spawn under control, marry them off, get them working on their résumé, learning to sew or be nursemaids or manage staff or SOMETHING, yall got no money and one foot in the grave” and that old man just laughs like “haha yeah, what can you do. lol”

So you’re looking to the mom and finally it’s making sense how she got that twitch in her eye and as MUCH as she is you’re starting to realize she’s the SMART one, desperately throwing her armloads of girls at random men like they’re a bunch of fucking lifeboats bobbing around a sinking ship, like yes Jesus Christ sweetly that life boat IS old and ugly and kind of boring but for FUCKS SAKE PICK ONE

And you look back at this girl who is ALSO REFUSING THE LIFE BOATS BY THE WAY and god damn it she’s still the most radiant thing you’ve ever seen so fine, fuck it, Christ alive, you’ll do it. You’ll shoot your shot. She’s everything you’ve ever wanted in anybody abut it’s not even just about that anymore, it’s about being her best fucking shot at a future, and even if she doesn’t like you all that much she’s still gonna say yes and that might break your heart a bit knowing it’s about the money but who knows, maybe it will at least be civil, or companionable, and even if she doesn’t LOVE you at least you’ll know she’s well and cared for

And so you’ll do it. You’ll take on the neurotic stress mess mother in law, the absent father, the broke ass wingnut no brain no money no future airhead sisters, the bad mannered relatives and the embarrassing behaviour and the impending future of sharing your entire shit with a clown parade of freeloaders, you’ll risk it all and accept the absolute certainty of financial ruin and emotional exhaustion for the rest of your whole ass life and you’ll make your own family deal with it too, you’ll do it, you’ll fucking DO IT, you stupid lovesick motherfucker

And so you go to this chick like “look. Your whole family’s a shitshow. You’ve got fucking nothing and you’re gonna die on the street. But for some reason- and I don’t get it either- I’ve fallen in love with you, and I wish I didn’t, but I did, so I’m telling you that whether you like me or not, I’ll give you everything. I’ll give you everything even if it’s the dumbest shit I ever done. Fuck my stupid Baka ass, I’ll marry you.”

And she looks at you- having heard or considered absolutely none of your months-long internal debate and monologue- and goes “The fuck did you just say about my family, you son of a bitch?”

And the shock of that is enough to jolt you back into a reality where you are able to actually hear and process what just came out of your damn mouth And yeah

Yeah, I think I kinda get it

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) + Joe Wright’s DVD Commentary

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) + Joe Wright’s DVD Commentary

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

Forgive me.

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir. Joe Wright

I am continually going through Gutenberg’s version of Pride and Prejudice for the fic and the illustrations

Look at these!

Mr. Collins “extending an olive branch” to Mr. Bennet:

Lizzie trying to make up her mind about Darcy vs Whickham after reading Darcy’s letter:

Lydia’s dreams of staying at the camp in Brighton:

Darcy, Caroline and Louisa attempting to drag Bringley away from Jane, and three cupids trying to prevent them:

Lady Catherine going full Lady Catherine: 

They’re by Hugh Thomson, please go look at the others. There’s a list with page links at the start

Darcy’s introduction in Pride and Prejudice is really ‘what if you had just had the worst month of your life because your ex-bestie tried to lover boy scam your baby sister out of her share of your dad’s life insurance and your friend dragged you to a shitty party in a dive bar in the neighbourhood where he’d just signed a short term lease, and you decided to let your bad mood show because you were never going to see any of the assholes in this stupid shitty bar EVER again. And your friend ended up making out with a girl he’d just met there while you were stuck talking to her sister who was less cute and then her mother appeared and started trying to matchmake and started saying how if she was twenty years younger she’d clime you like a redwood and ooooh is that a black Amex, guess the next round is on you hahhahahahaha, while her other sister (how many fucking sisters does she have?!) flashed an obviously fake ID at the bar and ordered six vodka-diet red bulls and no one in her family except the less-cute sister even tried to stop her. And you went home and consoled yourself that you would never see any of these people again but then you met them over and over again because they live next door and your friend and the cute sister keep meeting up to make out but not actually date and then. You fall in love with the less-cute sister because it turns out she’s really witty and charismatic but she already knows and remembers and resents the fact that on a day when you were in a shitty mood you called her mid out loud in a dive bar.’

I watched Persuasion (2022) and can't BELIEVE how terrible it was. Like I heard it was bad. But I never thought I would get so much cringe from a Jane Austen movie.....

As if writers actually think gen Z won't understand Jane Austen's writing.

The reason we read Jane Austen is to read lines like

"You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you"

Have I memorised that....YES!!!

Persuasion (2022) tried to be the next Emma (2020) but became Bridgerton.

If you are not a Darcy, a Tilney, a Wentworth or a Knightley, I am not interested.

Favourite Jane Austen novels (a.k.a all books)

1. Emma

2. Pride and Prejudice

3. Northanger Abbey

4. Persuasion

5. Mansfield Park

6. Sense and Sensibility

7. Lady Susan

Pride & prejudice, dir. Joe Wright, 2005

Oh yeah I recently had a moment of realization, which is that Lady Catherine's main underlying motive for pushing the Darcy/Anne marriage isn't actually her ideas about keeping property in the family etc, or her agreement with her late sister at all.

The number one reason she's so wedded to it is the same basic reason Mrs. Bennet is so eager to have Mr. Collins as a son-in-law.

Because while Rosings isn't entailed, which has allowed her to lady it over the demesne all this time on the strength of her daughter's status as heiress, property law is such that as soon as there's a man in the family--as soon as Anne weds--it will all belong to him.

And while she won't be forced to find other lodging or anything unless a truly dreadful groom winkles his way in, she'll no longer be the mistress of the place as she has been all this time, not even as much the mistress as she was before she was widowed, because that will be Anne's place now. She will be only the mother of the wife of the master of Rosings.

And there is not likely to be any great supply of fellows of sufficient distinction and lineage to meet her high standards, who will want Anne (whose main appeal is her property), who will also allow their mother-in-law to rule the roost.

Darcy is a known quantity, who doesn't especially want Rosings and can be relied upon to prioritize Pemberley. And he is very respectful of his honorable aunt. Lady Catherine makes it clear she believes her sway over him is considerably higher than it actually is, because he values his family so highly and hates a fuss, so she has always always gotten her way with him before.

If she could get Anne married to Darcy, then she could fulfill her maternal obligation to Anne, and her lineal obligations to the de Bourghs and the Fitzwilliams. Without having to give hardly anything up herself.

And it's really cool how it's set up like this! Because the fact that the system is rigged so a woman fulfilling her duties to family and society inherently obliterates any power base of her own is totally fucked up, and wanting to resist that is understandable and sympathetic.

But as is so often the case, the easiest way to resist or evade such compulsions and injustices is by finding a way to exploit other people, and gain your own security and independence by taking theirs away.

And so Lady Catherine, like Mrs. Bennet, is ultimately a tacky and appallingly selfish human being.

We will miss you, Donald Sutherland! 💕

July 17, 1935 - June 20, 2024