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#and it’s love that beats down her pride and her cynicism and her reliance on her judgment
itspileofgoodthings · 3 years
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do you ever think about how pride and prejudice is about Lizzy learning to be loved
#pride and prejudice#yeah yeah the wish fulfillment of her being a spunky outspoken young woman who catches the attention of a much more powerful suitor#but that like. Aside.#the sparkle of that. the fun of that ASIDE#Lizzy is just sort of knocked down by Darcy’s love for her#and the true actual warmth that that love creates#even by the way Bingley and Georgiana love her. for her own sake and also because of and through Darcy#she’s so young at the start of the story. it’s hard to believe she was in too much danger of becoming a cynic#and yet wasn’t she though?? wasn’t she????#and it’s love that beats down her pride and her cynicism and her reliance on her judgment#and no none of those things were that deeply rooted in her yet because she’s light and because she’s young#and yet they were there! and the whole story of pride and prejudice is love just wrapping itself around her and protecting her from ...#well from everything#but also from herself!#and so it’s a deeper wish fulfillment than just a human girl who has strong opinions and wants to be considered charming for them#(a valid one)#it’s just the good real desire for love! and being loved and being seen#and being saved through that love#and yeah Lizzy helped Darcy and saved him too but it is her story and that is the way she is saved#and I’m gonna cry on this Friday night#because I’m so distraught#this story has always been so utterly warm for me. just the warmest place I can imagine#and it’s because of this
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