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/ E.O. Hoppè, Lanarkshire, Glasgow, Scotland, 1928

#1920s #photography

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British Museum Underground Station, London

E.O. Hoppe, 1937

#1930s #photography #london

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#sculpture #sneks

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Eric Kogan

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A thought: Robin and Julian messing with guests at the hotel/golf thing, then somehow finding a lap-top or a smart phone and reading reviews and comments online to see if anyone ever mentions their antics

#bbc ghosts

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I do kind of wish Irving had lived to see the conversations abt cannibalism begin in earnest. I cannot find the quote for the life of me but I remember reading smthn that talked about how when you’re a kid and you don’t really understand sexual attraction yet, and you end up translating that feeling through other feelings you do know, like, do I want to eat you ?? … I just think it would be really interesting to see how the guy with multiple god-honoring Christian alternatives to being horny would have reacted to being presented with a new and uniquely horrific way to have someone inside you

#the terror amc

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Keld, North Yorkshire, England by walkingmanphotography2022

#countryside #sheep

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Deborah Kerr photographed by Bob Landry, 1947

#1940s #photography #the sea

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Oh, fetch my smelling salts, I feel my faintness coming on me again.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995) dir. Simon Langton | Episode 5

#jane austen #pride and prejudice #period dramas

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this guy suuuucksss he can't catch anythingggg

#kittyyyyyy #animals

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Grateful that my friend who told me about this ballet is a conductor now because this is *chefs kiss*

#pineapple poll #ballet #gilbert and sullivan #G&S

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"I wish you joy" Jane Austen, from a letter to her brother Frank (26 July 1809)

#jane austen #letters #19th century #regency

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Harlem Debutante ball (1960)

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I saw a popular author post about how, while of course Elizabeth has some obligatory flaws, Darcy's are exponentially more severe, and it was like stepping into a view so far removed from mine that it was almost disorienting.

The thing is, I periodically see people wondering why Elizabeth/Darcy is such a behemoth in Austen fandom when either/both of them have substantial flaws that the narrative doesn't shy away from. Their flaws aren't identical, but they do obviously mirror each other and are thematically intertwined, with reflecting character arcs and specific beats. As I see it, the novel maintains a tense and careful balance between them—not in terms of centrality (Elizabeth's mistakes and growth are more central to the narrative than Darcy's IMO) but in terms of the weight given their flaws and virtues.

And for me that's essential to their appeal!

I love plenty of other Austen characters and relationships, but for me, personally, none of the other canon pairings are balanced in such a fun and satisfying way. The closest (and the other most conventionally romantic pairing in Austen IMO) is probably Anne/Wentworth, where at least the choices of both of them are heavy contributors to their current problems. But a) the novel is ambivalent as to whether Anne actually erred morally in the first place and b) that is long in the past by the time of the novel; the Anne of the main story of Persuasion is a fairly idealized figure by contrast to Wentworth.

I sometimes see arguments that, say, Anne or Mr Knightley or Elinor Dashwood or whomever are actually as flawed and prone to error as their romantic counterparts, but I just ... don't buy it, honestly. As far as canon Austen goes, I only really see that balance in the course of the main story with Elizabeth/Darcy. P&P loves them and holds them up as admirable (and they are!), but it also loves undercutting them in clearly paralleling ways and does it over and over throughout the novel.

So the idea of an Elizabeth and Darcy where one of them has obligatory storytelling flaws that can't seriously be compared to the other's is just ... blah. It cuts out the fundamental interconnection and resonance between them that I think is built into the structure of the novel down to its bones and is what makes their relationship special. A lot of stories pay lip-service to that kind of dynamic, sure, but despite the many (many) imitators, I don't often see it done successfully. But P&P is the real deal.

So yeah, when people are like "why do people like Elizabeth with Darcy so much when she could have a different man who doesn't make serious mistakes" I'm just thinking ... why on earth would I want Elizabeth "there was truth in his looks" Bennet with someone who would never make mistakes on that level? Or when people are like, Darcy's just misunderstood, wouldn't he be better off with Jane [or another relatively idealized female character] it's like ... hell no, I love him, but I do not want to inflict him on that poor woman.

It's not that there's something wrong with multishipping them (I've written alternate pairings for both!) or shipping them with other people, but just in terms of the novel as it exists, I do think the balance and echoes between them are part of what makes the novel work and one of the sources of their long-standing popularity. And I feel that trying to pin the "real" blame on one or the other up-ends that balance and diminishes a lot of what I, at least, find appealing about the dynamic between them.

#jane austen #pride and prejudice

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Thoughts on Jane Eyre/Mr Darcy pairing?

(Sorry, this got lost in my drafts for a long time!)

Hmm. I think it could potentially work, once she's no longer a working-class woman and has her own little fortune at the end of the book. He would not even entertain the possibility of being with her while she's a governess.

I think Darcy would respect and be attracted to Jane Eyre's honesty, kindness, and intelligence. She's not vivacious like Elizabeth, but she is a bit sassy like her at times, and quite witty, which I think he would enjoy. She's different from the norm, too, which he might not be as wild about as Rochester is, but would at least be interested by.

Now on the flip side, I think Jane Eyre would respect Darcy as an honest, intelligent, good man who takes care of those who are dependent on him. I think she would also respect how proper and level-headed he is, but wouldn't necessarily find this attractive or enticing. Rochester is a big wild weirdo, which appeals to the romantic, passionate side of Jane's character.

If Darcy and Jane Eyre were together, I think the wild side of Jane would get squashed in favor of practicality and propriety, not as badly as if she'd married the boring severe St. John, but in a similar way that could make her feel unhappy ultimately.

So I guess I'm saying, I think it could work, especially for Darcy, but probably isn't the best for either of them, especially Jane. They'd be fine, but not great.

#pride and prejudice #jane eyre #jane austen #charlotte bronte

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remember when éowyn first met faramir and immediately thought "ah yes. this is a guy who could wipe the floor with any soldier of rohan." bc I think about it a lot

#lol #lord of the rings #LOTR

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A play within the story that mirrors the themes and/or situations in it:

Mansfield Park 🤝 A Midsummer Night's Dream

#'mademoiselle de maupin' too #a midsummer night's dream #mansfield park