#mrs smith

[besotted-with-austen]

The "I know very well that this person you are close to is a complete asshole but I will not say anything because it is not my business-actually no I changed my mind, he sucks and that's the tea" friend

Colonel Brandon 🤝 Mrs Smith

#jane austen #sense and sensibility #colonel brandon #persuasion #mrs smith #crack but also text

[themiddlepagesofabook]

Rick & Morty S6 spoilers ahead:

Episode five was so freakin good like omg omg I cant breath!!! Like Rick caring??!?!?! Both lowest and highest of tech on the same episode?!?!?! So so great to see Rick going full tech in somewhat Anime × Iron Man crossover style 🥹😩 . I used to dislike Jerry so much but now I have developed a liking for him because I suppose Rick did too :")

Loved Rick in a suit

Also the "I can just feel the savings" bit 😂

#rick and morty #rick sanchez #morty smith #jerry smith #rick and morty season 6 #rick and morty spoilers #rick and jerry #writing #love #new show #beth smith #summer smith #mrs smith #episode 5 #rick and morty episode 5

[whitmerule]

I really do not understand why both 1995 and 2007 cut Mrs smith story. It is such an interesting story. Instead of 1995 being like: „Elliot is broke. He only wants to marry into your family because of your money“ (which doesn’t make any sense considering the high debt the family is in at that point) or 2007: „He only wants to marry into your family to make sure to become a Baronet. And he also flirted with Mrs Clay. Isn’t that horrible?“

No the true horror here is that Mr Elliot forced Mr Smith into poverty and death. Leaving an ill Mrs Smith behind, who has no money to get the medical care she needs. And people think that is a boring story to tell?

And instead tell the story of Elliot wanting a title (wow) or is in need of money (yawn)

I couldn't finish watching 2007 so I can't speak to that, but yes, it's always disappointed me in 2005. The equivalent would be skipping over Wickham's history with Georgiana, or Willoughby's with Brandon's ward, and just saying "well, they're insincere and fickle, their interest in you/your sister is selfish, and their finances are in a bad state, you can't trust them".

And the reason that I would particularly like to hear to hear that whole backstory in Persuasion is precisely the fact that, while WIlloughby's and Wickham's past sins are sexual/seductive in nature, Elliot's is not. There's nothing warm or impulsive about it, he didn't make mistakes: it was cold and calculating and deliberate and cruel, every step of the way. And it wasn't for love, or even lust. It was for money and, presumably, the cool pleasure of having this power over somebody else's life and then being able to discard them when you're done.

It isn't as dramatic or easily reduced to a few sentences of 'and then he ran away with her', a gasp and a shocked reaction. It takes some time to explain the actions and to convey the heartlessness and horror. Perhaps that's part of why neither of the previous adaptations took the time to do it: maybe if either of them had been a miniseries, like my favourite adaptations of each of P&P, Emma, and S&S.

But I think leaving it out, as you say, leaves the Big Villain Reveal as... rather a non-event. It's a bit boring and it feels like he's just a bit greedy, rather than (in my opinion) worse than Wickham, or Willoughby, or the Crawfords (and certainly worse than silly little John Thorpe). It also cuts out the thread of 'persuasion' (friend misleading friend, not out of good intentions but maliciously) which ties it to the novel's theme and Anne's character development, and so her change of heart is disconnected from it.

Perhaps it gets downplayed too because this is one case where the heroine or her sister isn't in love with the villain, so the reveal doesn't have so strong an effect on the narrative: Anne wasn't going to love Elliot either way and was unlikely by this stage to agree to marry him. The main effect it has on the plot is to confirm the way she was already thinking and feeling—about Elliot, about persuasion, and about separating her own judgement from that of Lady Russell—and... well, I can see how, when it comes to writing a film script and trying to fit it all into two hours, one might decide to simplify it to just 'oh, btw, he's selfish and insincere'.

I can understand it, but that doesn't mean I like it. Let Mrs Smith speak!

#kajaono #mrs smith #persuasion #jane austen #2022 persuasion #2007 persuasion #1995 persuasion

[kajaono]

Because the book was so bonkers it took me until now to realize that the book - as every other adaptation - forgot to give Mrs Smith justice

Sure, Wentworth can become a war hero, an Admiral, an author, a Viscount and the leader of anti-smuggle force, but Mrs Smith can not get health and a new husband

#mrs smith #persuasion #jane austen #captain frederick wentworths persuasion #holla kaja is live blogging books again

[shrutithemisfit]

Everyone heard Ms Diop... If there is a reboot, she should be Mrs Smith. End of discussion. 😎

And for Mr Smith

#anna diop #ben barnes #mrs smith #mr and mrs smith

[eurekavalley]

Kinda intrigued by this calendar for Persuasion and its thesis that, "the book was supposed to have the same kind of underlying hidden ironic story that we were to find out only at the close of a third volume. Since Anne did not have an opportunity to tell Lady Russell the truth about Mr Elliot, we were to have a Tuesday of intense mortification and reversal for both Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth (either at a card party organized by Lady Russell, or a gathering at a performance of a play bought by Charles for a Tuesday evening in Bath). We were to learn that Mrs Clay and Mr Elliot had a longer-standing relationship than Mrs Smith knows; as it stands, Anne Elliot says more than once that Mr Elliot's conduct does not make sense: we were to learn more about why he happened upon the party at Lyme, and why he looked so at her; we were to what was the package he was delivering for Mrs Clay in Bath and why she wanted to walk with him to the point of nearly making a point of it; where he went; what they were conferring over near the White Hart when spied by Mary Musgrove... What we have is a novel which was suddenly brought to a close, curtain pulled down in the middle of a play whose further acts were in readiness on the stage of our authors' mind, but not yet dramatized."

The potential of Napoleon's escape from Elba, last gasp, and final defeat at Waterloo to define a final volume of the book's timeline is definitely eye-popping.

#persuasion #jane austen #mr elliot #mrs smith #i tend to think the plot has unsolved problems #and i'm not sure they are solved here #but the rest is plausible and interesting #and the problem of truly integrating mr elliot into the story remains

[anastus89]

this is a happy house

#hazbin hotel #radioapple #at this point im just drawing lucifer beating him up #hazbin art #hazbin lucifer #lucifer morningstar #hazbin alastor #lucifer magne #alastor #appleradio #mr and mrs smith

[deadfruity]

USELESS

#robin buckley #steve harrington #stranger things #season 4 #netflix #mr and mrs smith #my fart #my art #strangeart #st #drawing #sketch #COMING SOON TO THEATERS EVERYWHERE #stobin

[tylerposey]

DONALD GLOVER "First Date" — Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1.01)

#donald glover #dgloveredit #menedit #tvedit #holesrus #userpedro #mr and mrs smith #mr & mrs smith #mamsedit #mrandmrssmithedit #flawlessgentlemen #mancandykings #gif #mine #*

[blorbobingus]

“oh yes, i am very reasonable and normal about this subject!!”

*proceeds to mass reblog any related content*

#the walten files #the mandela catalogue #amphibia #the owl house #inside job #smiling friends #disenchantment #god there’s too many in my brain to recall fast enough #the quarry #mr and mrs smith #the amazing digital circus #cult of the lamb

[darlingshane]

Donald Glover & Maya Erskine as John & Jane Smith MR. & MRS. SMITH (2024)

#mr and mrs smith #donald glover #maya erskine #jane smith #john smith #tvedit #tvgifs #cinematv #cinemapix #dailyflicks #tvfilmdaily #romancegifs #userthing #mediagifs #darlingedits

[hgedits]

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (2024)

#INSANE #mr and mrs smith #donald glover #maya erskine

[dailyflicks]

EIZA GONZÁLEZ as JANE in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024– )

#eiza gonzalez #mr. and mrs. smith #tvedit #filmtvedit #chewieblog #cinemapix #cinematv #tvandfilm #ladiesofcinema #filmtvcentral #tvarchive #dailytvwomen #userreh #usergal #userstream #by raquel #* #2020s #action

[kajaono]

I'm with you about Mrs Smith! You know what angers me the most? They want a movie with diversity and inclusivity, so change the race because why not. BUT they have an ENTIRELY CANONICAL DISABLED CHARACTER right there. An impoverished woman, an invalid who lives with a nurse but is determined to find enjoyment in life. Someone whose company Anne prefers to her rich relatives'. A woman who makes KEY REVELATIONS TO UNMASK A VILLAIN. All from her bed in poor lodgings. That's BADASS REPRESENTATION!

Hey nonny,

I agree so much. Representation of People of Color in period pieces is AMAZING and i want to see more of it. But do not erase other groups starved of reprsentation for it. Especially because there was no reason to erase her actually?

Also Netflix!Anne is appearently supposed to be so different then her family, so unconventional, and then she isn't friends with Mrs. Smith?

Imagine the power if they really showed Mrs Smith. This time as a well written disabled character (sorry 1995 and 2007) who maybe even gets a redemption/healing arc... as in: she finds a new husband and gets out of poverty. Mrs Smith is the true hero of the story. The story only works because of her, a chronical ill woman and they took that away....

i apologize for my english btw, I was on workshops for three days straight with amaximum of 6 hours sleep and i am dead

#jane austen #persuasion #mrs smith #disability representation #ask #netflix persuasion

[lightningcrashes]

adding this to the list of shows that make me want to kill myself

#something something he has family he can hold onto but she has literally no one but him and he cant even realize that. fucking hell #mr and mrs smith

[alexstewart]

ANGELINA JOLIE As JANE SMITH MR. AND MRS. SMITH (2005) Dir. Doug Liman

#Mr And Mrs Smith #Mr. And Mrs. Smith #Angelina Jolie #Angie #Movie-gifs #Filmgifs #Dailyflicks #Filmreel #Cinemapix #Cinemasource #Doyouevenfilm #Fyeahmovies #Ladiesofcinema #TVandmovies #TVandfilms #*gifs #*