#benwick

[berryetto]

#memes #shitpost #tales of berseria #tob #moana #zaveid #velvet crowe #eleanor hume #artorius collbrande #eizen #laphicet #benwick #dyle #magilou mayvin #bienfu #seres #medissa #im late to this but oh well LOL

[nettochu]

Get ‘em Velvet

#velvet crowe #eizen #artorius collbrande #tales of berseria #tob #benwick #netto art #November 2022 #meme

[shibabunny-asteriarays]

Got Eizen (White Day) today!

#tales of asteria #tales of berseria #eizen (tob) #benwick #my screenshots

[incorrectberseriaskits]

accommodations

#benwick #eleanor #bienfu #medissa #kamoana #magilou #laphicet #rokurou #velvet

[firawren]

Persuasion 1995 text posts

More: Pride and Prejudice 1995 text posts | Sense and Sensibility 1995 text posts | Northanger Abbey 2007 text posts | Emma. 2020 text posts

#persuasion memes #persuasion #jane austen memes #jane austen #english lit memes #anne elliot #captain wentworth #captain benwick #my stuff #1k

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

#persuasion 2007 #persuasion 1995 #captain benwick #captain wentworth #hotjaneaustenmenpoll #jane austen #persuasion #Captain Benwick (2007) Vs Captain Wentworth (1995) #round one #ciran hinds

[bethanydelleman]

Hi! Love your blog :) I saw your previous reply about Jane Austen and cognitive neuroscience and it reminded me of a question I have about Persuasion that still haunts me, which I can't seem to find a definitive answer for on the general internet. So after Louisa is injured, its like she undergoes a pretty massive personality shift, leading up to her falling in love with Captain Benwick etc. My question is, is that change (in your opinion) supposed to be a mental trauma reaction, or more of a physical trauma reaction? Like are we supposed to infer that the brain tissue injury changed her or is it more like, she was in mental shock and also an invalid with plenty of time to brood on her role in things and that's what resulted in her being in a state of mind to love some poetry & Benwick? I do wonder if the total personality change is temporary or permanent, because sometimes people who undergo near-death experiences often have mental trauma-based reactions including apparently 180 degree personality shifts, but those don't last and as they heal from the trauma, they become closer to their older selves. In Louisa's case that would make for an interesting dynamic in her married life with Benwick if she goes back to her earlier personality eventually.

I personally think Louisa and Benwick's marriage is the most questionable one in all of Austen's works! Forget age gaps, no one should be getting married a few months after major brain trauma... I mean unless they were already engaged... maybe.

These are the two quotes about Louisa after the injury that are important here:

She saw no reason against their being happy. Louisa had fine naval fervour to begin with, and they would soon grow more alike. He would gain cheerfulness, and she would learn to be an enthusiast for Scott and Lord Byron; nay, that was probably learnt already; of course they had fallen in love over poetry. The idea of Louisa Musgrove turned into a person of literary taste, and sentimental reflection was amusing, but she had no doubt of its being so. The day at Lyme, the fall from the Cobb, might influence her health, her nerves, her courage, her character to the end of her life, as thoroughly as it appeared to have influenced her fate.

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He answered rather hesitatingly, “Yes, I believe I do; very much recovered; but she is altered; there is no running or jumping about, no laughing or dancing; it is quite different. If one happens only to shut the door a little hard, she starts and wriggles like a young dab-chick in the water; and Benwick sits at her elbow, reading verses, or whispering to her, all day long.” Anne could not help laughing. “That cannot be much to your taste, I know,” said she; “but I do believe him to be an excellent young man.” “To be sure he is. Nobody doubts it; and I hope you do not think I am so illiberal as to want every man to have the same objects and pleasures as myself. I have a great value for Benwick; and when one can but get him to talk, he has plenty to say. His reading has done him no harm, for he has fought as well as read. He is a brave fellow. I got more acquainted with him last Monday than ever I did before. We had a famous set-to at rat-hunting all the morning in my father’s great barns; and he played his part so well that I have liked him the better ever since.”

So firstly, Louisa was already into the navy and Wentworth, she has retained that interest. However, we will recall that Louisa's interest in the navy sprang to life in moments after meeting the handsome captain. But she's 19 years old, so sudden interests in things that a handsome guy likes are perfectly normal! I'm sure she's learned to appreciate poetry in all the time she had to be quiet and still.

Secondly, what Charles observes is likely lingering effects of brain trauma or what we might call post-concussion syndrome (Louisa had a worse injury than what is commonly called a concussion). Louisa's brain is still healing. She will probably begin to dance again at some point, depending on what damage is long lasting. This is the tricky thing with brains, permanent damage can be extremely varied. One person ends up with aphasia (trouble speaking), another with ataxia (trouble with muscle coordination), and a third with memory problems and so on. However, Louisa is young and her brain is still plastic (adaptable); hopefully she will recover completely without deficits.

Lastly, I included the part about Benwick being a great rat-hunter because we have to remember, he's not all poetry. He is in the navy, he is apparently competent to be promoted so early and we know he has a good fortune. He's a good guy, he's passionate, I'm sure he wants to make his wife happy.

So... I think they'll be fine. Louisa was going to mature no matter what, Benwick is a good person, and they will grow more alike. If not, navy wives weren't always able to travel with their husbands, so Benwick might be away for long periods of time and Louisa might be home with the kids.

But I still advise anyone to wait at least a year before marrying after a major brain trauma! (semi-expert advice, don't sue me)

#question response #jane austen #louisa musgrove #captain benwick #bad life decisions

[oldshrewsburyian]

My defensive feelings concerning Anne are well roused, now. She’s constantly adapting her conversation to the priorities of others, and being taken where she doesn’t want to go. She bears up well, and is tolerably cheerful -- indeed, we’ve seen an improvement in her spirits since the start of the book -- but she deserves better. Before Lady Russell takes her off to Bath, we get some very interesting conversation about Captain Benwick, both about his literary interests (real) and his romantic interests (supposed.) Sharing in the former, Anne is even ready to declare herself flattered by the supposition of the latter.

Meanwhile, Lady Russell is fascinated by Benwick’s reputations. According to Mary, he is rude and unmannerly and entirely ill-suited for the company of Elliots generally. According to Anne, he is intelligent, thoughtful, and kind; if Lady Russell were to make his acquaintance, “she would soon see no deficiency in his manner.” Lady Russell says herself that she is curious about the person “who can give occasion to such directly opposite notions.” Now, of whom does this remind us? Me, to the tune of Bonny Bobby Shafto: Lady Russell, get a clue / That is what you ought to do / Sailors are good men and true / You can suck a lemon.

#persuasion reread #anne elliot #defense squad etc. #anne is adaptable! she's happy with loud family parties or quiet evenings in #she doesn't mind difficulty or solitude #jane austen #just sending narrative signals up the rigging (as it were) #about how she could be happy with sweet sad thoughtful james benwick #OR frederick theodore self-delusion wentworth #he's just going to keep acquiring names until i finish this thing #persuasion

[rationalseries]

Anne Elliot and James Benwick through the adaptations

"He repeated, with such tremulous feeling, the various lines which imaged a broken heart, or a mind destroyed by wretchedness, and looked so entirely as if he meant to be understood, that she ventured to hope he did not always read only poetry, and to say, that she thought it was the misfortune of poetry to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely."

#persuasion #Jane Austen #rational creatures #modern Persuasion #persuasion 1995 #persuasion 2022 #james benwick #anne elliot

[teamxdark]

"They say there is a woman who, though lowborn, holds the knowledge you seek. A beautiful yet frightening woman, who is rumored to have Death's Eyes..."

@resonating-void my beloved drew Elaine my beloved! And I am still!!! Staring at her!!!!

For context, Elaine is the birthmother of Sir Lancelot/the hedgehog DNA donor for Shadow's creation in my works.

#Smash speaks. #Fanart. #Avalon Series. #Avalore. #Consider this a minor sneak peek into RtA since I have unfortunately not touched the thing in a year. #But look at Elaine!!!! #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA thank you Ren I scream forever. #Elaine of Benwick.

[tales-from-the-abbey]

Your favorite Persuasion OT3 isn't there ? Tell me and I'll make a poll with them later

#jane austen #19th century literature #persuasion jane austen #anne elliot #captain wentworth #captain benwick #poll

[leche-flandom]

Listen, I get that he's mourning and I feel for the guy, but when Benwick tells Anne, "You have no conception of what I have lost" in Persuasion (1995)? UM. First of all, they met five minutes ago, so he doesn't know her conceptions from a can of paint. And second of all, the boy is not allowed to gatekeep grief. Queen of Quiet Sadness Anne Elliot shall not have any of that sir. She won't and she shan't and she shon't.

#maybe it was that actor's tone #but stop that benwick #just fetch the surgeon #granted amanda root was telling him to buck up #but in a nice way i think #persuasion #anne elliot #jane austen #sick day #comfort movies

[ladycathastrofe]

Apenas me entero que no lo publiqué aquí.

#Benwick Devin #Betty Carlotti #oc #…souls… #original character #digital art #Diavol #mini comic #comic

[incorrectberseriaskits]

since they lost aifread, the crew is down to their last two brain cells

#benwick #eizen

[firawren]

Inspired by the @captainsvscaptains tournament, I'm doing a single poll which is simply to pick the best captain that I post about on my tumblr. What's the criteria? Whatever the heck you want it to be.

Yeah I put Captain Swan on here even though it's a relationship not a character, sue me

#polls #jane austen characters #captain benwick #stede bonnet #captain harville #captain holt #captain hook #captain swan #edward teach #captain tilney #captain wentworth #persuasion #northanger abbey #brooklyn nine-nine #our flag means death #once upon a time

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

#Captain Benwick #Mr Elliot #Persuasion 2022 #Persuasion 1995 #Captain Benwick (1995) Vs Mr Elliot (2022) #persuasion #Henry Golding #hotjaneaustenmenpoll #round one