#Jane Austen facts

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

The Season 2 Poster Details

From top to bottom :)

This is a Buddy Holly song Everyday which was originally supposed to be the Good Omens theme :)

Neil talks about it in the Introduction to the Script Book: “In the scripts, Buddy Holly’s song ‘Every Day’ runs through the whole like a thread. It was something that Terry had suggested in 1991, and it was there in the edit. Our composer, David Arnold, created several different versions of ‘Every Day’ to run over the end credits. And then he sent us his Good Omens theme, and it was the Good Omens theme. Then Peter Anderson made the most remarkable animated opening credits to the Good Omens theme, and we realised that ‘Every Day’ didn’t really make any sense any longer, and, reluctantly, let it go. It’s here, though. You can hum it.”

And there is also the Buddy Holly Everyday record! :)

Book The Crow Road by Iain Banks. The novel describes Prentice McHoan's preoccupation with death, sex, his relationship with his father, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, a missing uncle, cars, alcohol and other intoxicants, and God, against the background of the Scottish landscape

Book Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad. An early and primary event in the story is the abandonment of a passenger ship in distress by its crew, including a young British seaman named Jim. He is publicly censured for this action and the novel follows his later attempts at coming to terms with himself and his past and seeking redemption and acceptance.

Important themes in Lord Jim include the consequences of a single, poor decision, the indifference of the universe, and the inability to know oneself or others.

There is book The Body Snatcher by Robert Louis Stevenson. Its characters were based on criminals in the employ of real-life surgeon Robert Knox (1791–1862) around the time of the notorious Burke and Hare murders (1828). Neil said: Oddly enough, episode 3 will take us to a little stint of body snatching in the era.

There is Catch-22 book by Joseph Heller that coined the term Catch-22: situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations.

Is there only one hand or are there two? :) EIther 6 ;), or 6:30 :).

Through the window we can see the coffeeshop Give Me Coffe or Give Me Death where Nina works! :)

Azi is wearing his nifty glasses :).

Crowley is wearing his new glasses, they are RIGARDS X UMA WANG - THE STONE ECLIPSE (VINTAGE BLACK/BLACK STONES) - $435

There is the Holy Bible Aziraphale used in Season 1 :)

There seems to be a broken phone :).

The cakes behind Aziraphale are Eccles cakes :).

Azi is reading A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens published in 1859, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, and his release to live in London with his daughter Lucie whom he had never met. The story is set against the conditions that led up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror. 

Another book there is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen - Neil said said that we will learn a lot about Jane Austin we didn’t know before.

And finally the Treasure Island book by - again :) - Robert Louis Stevenson, an adventure novel with pirates.

There are three geckos cuties. Who are they? Pets? Is Ligur haunting the bookshop? Who knows :).

A mysterious pamphlet, 'The Resurrectionists’ leaflet. (unofficial spoiler :)).

Also there is an old camera... mmm 🤔 Did Azi made some photos (of what? Him and Crowley, ducks? :)) Will we see them? :)

Their positions is an homage to the book covers! :)(x)

Will update this as fandom discovers new things! :)❤

#good omens #gos2 #season 2 #posters #s2 poster details #fun fact #robert louis stevenson #jane austen #joseph heller #charles dickens #can't waiiiit #wahoo!

[evermorelore]

𝐼'𝑚 𝑑𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡. 𝑌𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡? 𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡? 𝐴𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑦. 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒?

did I start drawing this last night as I watched persuasion? yes. regency au elucian when?

#yes I am in fact in an art bubble and non stop drawing elucien things #the reaction to my wip last night really inspired me #bless #my art #elucien #elain archeron #lucien vanserra #acotar fanart #acotar #a court of thorns and roses #sarah j maas #persuasion #persuasion netflix #persuasion 2022 #jane austen #regency au #regency era

[anghraine]

I love that Elizabeth and Darcy are so ready to effectively tell each other they're full of shit. This happens a bunch of times, but I was re-reading their conversation at the Netherfield Ball and they're both kind of refreshingly Done.

[Darcy:] “Do you talk by rule, then, while you are dancing?” [Elizabeth:] “Sometimes. One must speak a little, you know. It would look odd to be entirely silent for half an hour together; and yet, for the advantage of some, conversation ought to be so arranged as that they may have the trouble of saying as little as possible.” [Darcy:] “Are you consulting your own feelings in the present case, or do you imagine that you are gratifying mine?” “Both,” replied Elizabeth archly; “for I have always seen a great similarity in the turn of our minds. We are each of an unsocial, taciturn disposition, unwilling to speak, unless we expect to say something that will amaze the whole room, and be handed down to posterity with all the éclat of a proverb.” “This is no very striking resemblance of your own character, I am sure,” said he.

It's also pretty funny, because I suspect Darcy is thinking of this sort of thing in a later conversation at Rosings:

“You mean to frighten me, Mr Darcy, by coming in all this state to hear me. But I will not be alarmed, though your sister does play so well. There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.” “I shall not say that you are mistaken,” he replied, “because you could not really believe me to entertain any design of alarming you; and I have had the pleasure of your acquaintance long enough to know, that you find great enjoyment in occasionally professing opinions which, in fact, are not your own.”

#i love elizabeth cloaking what is obviously a specific personal insult in ostensible solidarity that is in fact the opposite of solidarity #but also that darcy completely sees through it and just says so (then and implicitly later on) #and later in the netherfield ball conversation #darcy actively warns her that she shouldn't form her opinion on him bc at the moment it won't reflect well on either of them #which he is completely correct about—yet he doesn't connect this w/ his assumptions about her encouraging him at all #then or later! #also i appreciate that no matter how many times they challenge each other through social mechanisms #it just never breaks through their mutual arrogance lmao #but it builds until they reach the point where they just drop the bullshit altogether and say exactly what they think and believe #and doing /that/ with each other is what catapults the other one onto their respective character arcs #(w/ the hunsford scene and darcy's letter) #anghraine babbles #long post #austen blogging #fitzwilliam darcy #elizabeth bennet #otp of otps #pride and prejudice #jane austen

[angeloncewas]

If you're willing, with you I'd like to try

[ never love an anchor, the crane wives // love from a distance, richard siken // simply together, alina malykhina // strawberry wine, noah kahan // the world is a sphere of ice and our hands are made of fire, ritika jyala // emma, jane austen // never alone, sharon cummings // poetry, mine ]

#fun fact i made this last night and he told me today he's been reading emma #and i told my friend and she said hes like a jane austen character -- a jane austen character would read jane austen #anyway #web weaving #love #richard siken #jane austen #poetry #noah kahan #web weave #bangerpost

[villetteulogy]

...he had once seen Fanny dance; and it was equally true that he would now have answered for her gliding about with quiet, light elegance, and in admirable time. -Mansfield Park, Chapter 6, Vol. II / Mansfield Park 1999

#filmedit #austenedit #mansfield park #patricia rozema #perioddramaedit #perioddramacentral #perioddramasource #jane austen #henry crawford #fanny price #mary crawford #fanny x henry #henry crawford x fanny price #this scene this convo this dance this soundtrack!!!! #I love how she's barely civil to him and he just loses it lmfao #also the fact that they both have a bad case of heart eyes going on #mine

[bethanydelleman]

Ranking Jane Austen heroes/men on how good of a father they’d be?

I have faith that all of them would be good fathers. After all, Jane Austen clearly knows what bad fathers look like and she is pretty harsh about them (rightfully). I think all of them would be good in different ways, so instead of ranking, here is their dad type:

Fitzwilliam Darcy: Providing dad, his love language is buying his children expensive toys and praising their accomplishments to relations. He is definitely involved in education and discipline. Wee bit overprotective of his daughters, but you get it, he has valid reasons. Gives his sons handshakes instead of hugs.

Charles Bingley: Fun dad, he's not sure about this whole 'parenting' part... but Baby Charles, did you see this cool rock? Do you want to go up on Daddy's shoulders so you can see the elephant? Do you want to see Daddy's fencing swords? (Oh, good point Jane, we'll put those away for a few years...)

Frederick Wentworth: Teamwork dad, he knows that Anne could totally handle everything herself, but he's not afraid to help. He feels confident removing a toddler from someone's back after all. Occasionally cannot figure out what to do and stares helplessly at his wife.

George Knightley: Nurturing dad DOES BABY GEORGE NEED ANOTHER BLANKET? DOES HE NEED A SNACK? BABY GEORGE, IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO FOR YOUR PRESENT COMFORT??? (No, Mr. Knightley, he's fine.)

Colonel Brandon: Affectionate dad, he cries when any of his children hits a major milestone. He feels the need to constantly hug and kiss his children. They are miracles, all of them are miracles, and he is going to make them happy and what happened to him and Eliza will never happen again! They need another hug

Edward Ferrars: Thoughtful dad, constantly thinking about what will make his children feel happy and loved. Encourages them to follow their dreams. Has minor panic attacks if he says or does anything that remotely reminds him of his own mother. Elinor assures him regularly that he's doing an excellent job (because he is).

Edmund Bertram: Interactive dad, takes time to discuss their lessons and answer questions. Very anxious about his children's moral education. Will take the time to draw lines on their letter paper. Will never admit he's wrong even when he makes a mistake.

Henry Tilney: Perfect dad, like honestly, have you met him? He's a 10/10, all the best parenting traits rolled into one man. AND YET, his oldest son thinks he's totally lame.

Bonus: Frank Churchill left his child at Kensington Gardens once twice, but Jane never found out so it doesn't count.

Bonus bonus: Robert Martin totally has a mini-me son who rides beside him on a pony.

#jane austen #question response #great question! #I lied I rated Henry Tilney 1 #henry tilney supremacy #Fun fact: all women who read Northanger Abbey ovulate when they get to the country walk chapter #Austen heroes #but honestly I think they would all be good #and Henry's children will groan at all of his jokes #It will be very sobering for him

[thefudge]

that persuasion trailer was incredibly obnoxious. i’m fine with tongue-in-cheek adaptations but why call it ‘persuasion’ if it’s just going to be a quirky episode of dickinson? that cutesy meta-style of comedy is so tonally wrong and clashes so awkwardly with the characters and  themes of the novel. and like, northanger abbey was right there!  it’s so much more suited for this meta-comedy angle, i mean hell, that novel is meta in itself (it sends up the Gothic genre) and the heroine lives in her head so much she’d be perfect for the ‘stare into the camera like i’m on the office’ gimmick. instead, they went with... Austen’s most sober & reflective work for a mockumentary. cool. 

#my thoughts #persuasion #jane austen #SIGH #not to mention the fact that the romance of the book is also diminished by this approach #if you don't take the angst and yearning seriously then what is it all for

[molinaesque]

Yes; he had done it. She was in the carriage, and felt that he had placed her there, that his will and his hands had done it, that she owed it to his perception of her fatigue, and his resolution to give her rest. She was very much affected by the view of his disposition towards her, which all these things made apparent. This little circumstance seemed the completion of all that had gone before. She understood him. He could not forgive her, but he could not be unfeeling. Though condemning her for the past, and considering it with high and unjust resentment, though perfectly careless of her, and though becoming attached to another, still he could not see her suffer, without the desire of giving her relief. It was a remainder of former sentiment; it was an impulse of pure, though unacknowledged friendship; it was a proof of his own warm and amiable heart, which she could not contemplate without emotions so compounded of pleasure and pain, that she knew not which prevailed.

- Chapter 10, Persuasion (Jane Austen)

- Persuasion (1995, Roger Michell)

#persuasion #jane austen #persuasion 1995 #ciaran hinds #amanda root #anne elliot #frederick wentworth #captain wentworth #film #persuasion1995gifs #before there was the legendary '2005 P&P Hand Flex Scene' #THIS existed #just imagine WENTWORTH'S pov omggggg #he has to be so impassive while on the inside he's just SCREAMING #the fact that he doesnt look at her at all afterwards just UGHHHH #i love what this adaptation did #which added her perspective of witnessing his show of care #yet his indifference and refusal to meet her eye adds to her flustered and mixed emotions #and its just *chef's kiss* #meanwhile the 2007 version doesnt even show his face at all???? #it just has him carrying her on the carriage and her looking at him as the carriage leaves in one continuous shot and its just like... #that's it??

[a-ramblinrose]

“A few years before, Anne Elliot had been a very pretty girl, but her bloom had vanished early; and as even in its height, her father had found little to admire in her, (so totally different were her delicate features and mild dark eyes from his own), there could be nothing in them, now that she was faded and thin, to excite his esteem. He had never indulged much hope, he had now none, of ever reading her name in any other page of his favourite work.”

― Jane Austen, Persuasion

#The Annotated Persuasion #Persuasion #Jane Austen #David M. Shapard #books #book photography #book haul #book mail #maybe i ordered this is 2023 but its january arrival means i didn't lie above my absolutely last book haul post #im so excited to reread this #hmmm in fact im ignoring the fact i have 8 books going and starting this now #so #current reading #Not out of void but out of chaos

[viola-ophelia]

i made a quiz that’ll tell you which of jane austen’s seven heroines you are - enjoy! 

#i did in fact make this instead of doing my readings for the austen class i'm taking this semester #jane austen #literature #emma #pride and prejudice #northanger abbey #persuasion #mansfield park #sense and sensibility #lizzie bennet #catherine morland #emma woodhouse #marianne dashwood #elinor dashwood #fanny price #anne elliot #classic literature #dark academia #light academia #regency era #bridgerton #quiz #uquiz #personality quiz #[quizzes]

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

The New S2 Poster Details

Terry's hat and scarf ❤ With an ook pin! ❤

Crowley's old glasses on the statue. The statue itself is the Marly Horses by Guillaume Coustou the Elder.

Aziraphale's bow tie on the floor 👀

The cardboard box - long ago Neil shared on his instagram: Game on! There are mysteries, histories, secrets revealed and Something Too Terrible To Be Revealed on the way. Also a cardboard box.

Three feathers. One white, one blac and one white with a bluish/grey tinge (if it's not a shaddow)?

The angel mug is back 🥰

'The Resurrectionist' matches with skull and crossbones. In the previous poster there was a The Resurrectionist leaflet.

Again the Eccles cakes (already were in the previous poster)

Feather duster with dark gray/black feathers

On this shelf there books also in the previous poster, but at different place 🤔: The Crow Road, Catch-22.

And: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon, from wikj: mystery novel by nritish writer Mark Haddon. Its title refers to an observation by the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes in the 1892 short story The Adventure of Silver Blaze

And: No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley by Rita Marley a memoir of Bob Marley by wife, Rita.

Also heard the people say that the right one of the Catch-22 they see Gabriel García Márquez on the spine (I can't read it :)).

Lord Jim and Treasure Island have also been identified in the previous poster but now are in a different place 🤔👀.

Three books by Jane Austen: Persuasion, Pride and Prejudice and Emma. We have already seen Pride and Prejudice in the previous poster but it was a different edition so Aziraphale has more than one :).

Candy?

Again geckos! :) 🦎 (there were three in the previous poster)

The Buddy Holly Everyday was also in a different place in the previous poster. And there is a note on it

The Ressurectionist, 66. Goat Gate, Edinburgh 👀.

#good omens #gos2 #season 2 #s2 posters #posters #fun fact #jane austen #pride and prejudice #emma #persuasion #No Woman No Cry: My Life with Bob Marley #rita marley #The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time #Mark Haddon #The Resurrectionist #cardboard box #terry's hat #terry's scarf #crowley's glasses #aziraphale's bow tie #s2 poster details #goat gate #edinburgh

[varpusvaras]

Corrie Shinies: Oh, the Commander is having a call with the Queen of Alderaan...I wonder what they are talking about. It's probably about something really important and intelligent...maybe philosophy or something like that...

Meanwhile Fox, in his office, with Breha on the line and the newest part of a period romance series in his hands: "-and then Sir Reves looked at Adeldine, with his eyes dark like the skies of Eldorn when there would be a storm brewing, and he said-" Oh my God wow-

Breha, absolutely not paying any attention to her flimsiwork she had been doing before: Yes? He said what?

Fox: "- 'In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you-" oh kriffing finally! The back and forth was driving me insane

Breha: Hey, it only took four books this time!

Fox: Now we'll just have to hope that this one will not die immediately after confessing, I can't do this again

#Fox is very aware of the fact that he is living in a jane austen novel himself #he's just in the royalty section while his brothers are in the forbidden love category #anyway fox and breha will read space pride and prejudice and watch space titanic for fun and then ramble to bail about all the plot beats #bail has made it a game for himself to try and piece together what the fuck is going on by only listening to what they say #bail/breha/fox #commander fox #breha organa #bail organa #tcw #the clone wars #sw

[anghraine]

One of the few parts of Wickham's alleged backstory that I find purely comedic is his whole deal about how right before his father died, Darcy's father promised to provide for young Wickham, because he was just so grateful to Wickham's father as well as loving young Wickham so much.

—but in the letter, Darcy (without having heard Wickham's account in this case, beyond what Elizabeth threw at him in the rejection) mentions in passing that Wickham's father outlived his. His father did voluntarily recommend giving Wickham the living in his will, so Wickham isn't lying about that, but the whole dramatic deathbed promise thing is pure theatrics and Wickham's father didn't actually die until after the late Mr Darcy was already dead.

His own father did not long survive mine; and within half a year from these events Mr Wickham wrote to inform me that, having finally resolved against taking orders, he hoped I should not think it unreasonable for him to expect some more immediate pecuniary advantage...

#i love the tiny details in this book afdk;adj;kf #most of what wickham says are carefully selected half-truths with plausible deniability etc #but then he goes and lies about an actually verifiable fact for ~the drama #anghraine babbles #george wickham #austen blogging #fitzwilliam darcy #pride and prejudice #jane austen

[steelycunt]

‘gay retelling of a classic!’ ‘feminist sapphic twist on this greek myth!’ why don’t you write a better book than that. i think we deserve better books than that

#just had ‘jane austen’s mansfield park reimagined as a sapphic murder mystery’ advertised 2 me on IG. and i just think you should write a #better book than that. if you want to write a ‘sapphic murder mystery’ then write it. the fact that you have to lean on existing classics #and advertise yours as a ‘retelling’ or a ‘twist’ or a ‘reimagining’ suggests to me that you are not a very good writer. sorry this is very #hatery but i believe it…just write a new book. a better book. what is the point of writing a gay version of wuthering heights other than it #solves your problem of not being able to come up with a plot because you are not a very good writer. i dont know. i suppose there is space #for anything and should be space for all sorts in the publishing industry but also i hear sapphic murder mystery mansfield park and i think #that’s probably not a very good book. idk. there is excellent queer and feminist original fiction out there without the need to take #existing literature at random and use that as a crutch for some reason… #(ridi's) bigmouth strikes again

[oldshrewsburyian]

I finished my Persuasion reread and I cried about it. This novel is so brilliant, and one of the things I loved noticing this time around is how Anne’s typical role(s) in her social circle -- and Captain Wentworth’s in his! -- enable their final mutual understanding and The Letter.

If Anne weren’t constantly in demand among the Musgroves, helping to take care of parcels and offer advice and persuade Mary that she is not ill-used by anybody (!) she would not be present when Wentworth and Harville show up! And Wentworth himself would not be there if he were not kindly taking on a task that Harville finds emotionally challenging. This is what enables the “I am not so much changed!” conversation. (Well, and Wentworth’s strategic maneuvers to stand next to Anne without apparently designing to do so.) And then it is in turn the fact that Anne is habitually overlooked by everyone when not being useful that enables Harville to draw her into conversation. Anne alludes to her own situation, Harville alludes to the time Wentworth brought him his family in record time, and Wentworth starts writing for his life. I love everyone in this bar hotel sitting room.

#persuasion reread #persuasion #the fact that anne and harville are described as treating each other like brother and sister by the time of the card party! #i love their friendship so much #anne elliot #gets the friends she deserves finally #<3 #jane austen

[bethanydelleman]

One of the main themes of Mansfield Park is the destructive force and injustice of the inheritance system.

Mary mourns that both Sir Thomas's and Mr. Rushworth's wealth have fallen/will fall into unworthy hands when perhaps they should have gone to Edmund. But if they went to Edmund, wouldn't he have been just as ruined and therefore unworthy of her affection? He is the only child of the Bertrams who has to struggle to endure (kind of, the living system is pretty BS too). Henry, upon hearing about things that William Price has already done, is jealous. He has been educated and sent out in the world to do nothing. He reminds himself that it's better to be wealthy and idle, but it isn't. Henry satisfies himself with playing with emotions, Tom gambles, neither are healthy people. They are victims of the system as much as Edmund.

Jane Austen, throughout her works, values wealthy men who invest real time and effort into their estates. Knightley, perhaps the most shining example, is a magistrate, takes keen interest in his tenants, cares for the poor, and attends parish meetings. He could be Tom or Henry, but he chooses the better path. That however, is hard and rare and there is little punishment for not doing it.

The women are destroyed by this system as well. Lady Middleton (Sense & Sensibility), despite loving music and being proficient, gives it up once it has granted her the gift of marriage to a wealthy man. Maria says she will only learn to 17, why do anything after you do your job and marry wealthy? Lady Bertram, who ought to visit and attend to the poor of the estate, instead makes things of no beauty. Everyone's potential is squandered.

Look how much effort Tom can put into a play! Look how intelligent Henry is! Rushworth has tons of money! And yet, instead of doing anything to better society, they talk about making elaborate gardens and putting on plays for no audience. I don't see anyone in Mansfield Park as a true villain, all of them are victims of a system that twists them into the worst versions of themselves. Fanny, Edmund, and William, all without massive inheritances, are the only people who have escaped the corruption.

#jane austen #mansfield park #maybe we could try a meritocracy instead? #also the fact that even competent William can't get ahead because he isn't a nepo baby