Persuasion more than ANY other Austen is about YEARNING it's about SURPRESSED PASSION it's about SUBTLETY it's about waiting EIGHT YEARS ........ it's NOT about the funny ha ha I embarrass myself in front of the crush moments! It's just NOT! It's aggressively uncynical and it's SUCH a bad fit for a "I am winking at the camera"-adaptation!!!!!!!! Anne is sincere and sensitive and that's FINE and NICE and she does NOT need GIRLBOSSIFICATION okay