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bethanydelleman · 5 months

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Do you think the Austen heroines will get along with each other? Who do you think will become close friends and whose personalities will clash? (please include secondary heriones like Jane Bingley, Marianne, Jane Fairfax, Miss Crawford etc.) in your analysis as well

To be honest, I think most of them would get along because of the societal demands of mixing and their solid moral base, but here are some predictions:

Best friends:

Marianne Dashwood & Fanny Price, both of them are super into poetry and rhapsodizing about the outdoors. Marianne can stand up to Fanny's attackers and Fanny can teach Marianne some temperance.

Elinor Dashwood & Jane Bennet, they both are carrying the family in times of need, both disappointed in love through no fault of their own. Elinor's clearer-eyed view of the world would help Jane take off those rose-coloured glasses, but Jane's love and hope would be warm to Elinor.

Elizabeth Bennet & Fanny Price, extrovert/introvert adoption. Elizabeth is delighted when Fanny finally starts to talk and it turns out she's super smart, but she would have kept her anyway.

Jane Fairfax & Fanny Price, in very similar situations and similar personalities, they get each other. Fanny is very worried about this Frank Churchill character.

Catherine Morland & Emma Woodhouse, a healthier and more equal version of the Harriet/Emma dynamic. And given social class, this is one that can be sustained long term. Catherine starts by admiring Emma and then catches up with her.

Harriet Smith & Catherine Morland, they would get so deep into novels together it'd be amazing. The fanfics these girls would write together.

Caroline Bingley & Emma Woodhouse, they would enjoy making fun of Miss Bates behind her back... they would make each other worse. Eventually Emma would look at herself in the mirror with disappointment.

Anne Elliot & Anyone, please anyone who is an intellectual equal. Do you see the people that she has to put up with? It's literal torture. I could see Fanny Price, Elizabeth Bennet, or Jane Fairfax.

Mentor/Mentee:

Catherine Morland & Anne Elliot, Anne is the oracle of all knowledge and Catherine admires her exceedingly. (Fanny Price would also work here)

Elizabeth Bennet & Anne Elliot, Elizabeth could learn so much from her! Anne would see through Wickham in a minute. They could play some duets too!

Georgiana Darcy & Anne Elliot... just send everyone over to Anne Elliot. She's the group mentor.

Instant Hatred:

Elizabeth Bennet & Emma Woodhouse, Emma would be too much like Darcy and Elizabeth would hate her snobbiness. They would likely become friends in time, but it would be after a good deal of dislike.

Marianne Dashwood & Emma Woodhouse, Emma is not impressed by the drama and HOW DARE YOU CALL MR. KNIGHTLEY OLD! Marianne doesn't like Emma's attitude.

Elizabeth Bennet & Mary Crawford, they are similar and their personality tends not to like each other. Also, Mary C would probably try to take a mentor role with Elizabeth (as one who knows about town) and Elizabeth would hate her for it.

Catherine Morland & Marianne Dashwood, Marianne is astounded by Catherine's ignorance, because it tends in a different direction than her own.

(Honestly, the most clashing personalities are Marianne Dashwood and Emma Woodhouse, someone like Elinor Dashwood, Anne Elliot or Fanny Price can put up with almost anything placidly)

Bonus: Miss Bates & Mrs. Jennings would LOVE each other. They would totally talk at the same time. Another older lady pairing that would work is Lady Bertram and Mrs. Allen.

Feel free to add!

#friend pairings #jane austen #anne elliot #jane bennet #elizabeth bennet #catherine morland #marianne dashwood #elinor dashwood #emma woodhouse #harriet smith #mary crawford

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19burstraat · 6 months

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anyone want to hear my six of crows x jane austen's emma au. yes of course you do don't be silly. the only person allowed to be silly is me as I descend into madness in the course of trying to cast this. (if you think 'I've heard this before' yes I've posted abt it before tho I think it was on my main)

kaz is emma, a bored, overintelligent rich bitch stuck in a country house with a bunch of shit idiot neighbours and almost no one to entertain or match him. fucking useless dad per haskell / mr woodhouse is a weaksauce hypochrondriac, and jordie / isabella has gone and got married and ditched kaz, the bastard. the only consolation is their neighbour inej / mr knightley, who is rich, sensible, popular, and elegible as hell... glory be, an intellectual equal for kaz!

in order to be less bored, kaz takes on a protege, mysterious randomer and natural son wylan / harriet smith, who kaz decides to mould in his own image and make a good match for. wylan is in love with gentleman farmer jesper / robert martin, but kaz is a snob and tries to push him towards local vicar kuwei / mr elton (I KNOW. I'M SORRY KUWEI), but that all goes tits up bc turns out kaz is a fucking terrible matchmaker, who'd've known.

meanwhile, unassuming and a little cold, but locally well-liked matthias / jane fairfax has arrived back in the village, and kaz busily commences hating on him because he's another accomplished young man and he makes him feel inadequate. hot on his heels comes the mysterious nina / frank churchill (NINA I'M SO SORRY I FUCKING HATE FRANK BUT THIS IS WHAT WORKS FOR THE COUPLES YOU CAN BE A NICE FRANK CHURCHILL ): ), who kaz is kind of fascinated by and enjoys sparring with, and hence kind of misses the really obvious signs that nina and matthias are secretly engaged, even though inej, ever thief of secrets, has lowkey noticed something's up, like matthias getting mysterious gifts from someone. kaz ends up being convinced that possibly it's inej that's pursuing matthias, which nina encourages because it helps her cover, and kaz kinda panics.

everyone has petty village drama which culiminates when kaz sneers at pekka rollins / miss bates (LISTEN. LI actually you don't need to listen bc I laughed out loud when I thought of this comparison but hear me out, if you just think of it as the equivalent of the church of barter scene except instead of 'I buried him' it's 'when have you ever stopped at three?' it kind of works. sorry to miss bates tho who is still kinda my fave austen character) at box hill, which culminates in inej going BOY WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR PROBLEM and kaz is like wow she kind of has a point should I be a better person :/

uhh what else even happens. there's a ball after nina massively encourages one, inej saves wylan from being partnerless and later dances with kaz (think of the gloveless dance scene from the 2020 adaptation? yeah? yeahh??). the regency gender conventions here are getting so messed up lmao, never mind. in emma harriet fancies herself in love with mr knightley and emma is forced to realise that she likes him, so let's say that wylan pretends to be after inej, in order to strong arm kaz into realising that he's wanted to marry inej this entire time. wylan's dad turns out to be minted (I'm stretching the book here to make it work w SOC but never mind) but that's after kaz has admitted he fucked up and sent wylan off to marry gentleman farmer jesper, yaaay. nina's relatives who are stopping her from marrying matthias die and hence there's a massive revelation with 'oh they were engaged this whole time lol', kaz is PISSED bc he didn't clock it. uh. everyone gets married and now kaz can escape the shit village and actually go places. the end.

#this would read less batshit if I could draw bc I would just DRAW it #unfortunately I cannot. LOOK AT MY TEXTPOST BOY #six of crows #kaz brekker #inej ghafa #kanej #soc au #six of crows au #helnik #wesper #crooked kingdom #yk the lads would kind of eat those regency clothes tho. kaz doesn't dress THAT differently honestly except for those damn breeches fjd

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ladykailitha · 1 year

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The Promise

Just a little sweetness to break up the absolute angst fest I’ve been working on. I’ve have cried so many times writing the next few parts, my little romantic heart needed a break.

So I jumped on the “they met as children” bandwagon.

Or you can read it here on AO3

Eddie wandered around Steve’s bedroom as Steve went to answer the phone. He wasn’t surprised to see that the room held little personality. Not because Steve was a blank slate by any means. No, it was more that judging from what Eddie knew about Steve’s parents and the way they forced conformity on him.

So the book shelf was a bit of a surprise. Four neat little shelves crammed with books.

Steve opened the door and asked, “Hey, what are you doing?”

Eddie looked up from the bookshelf feeling caught out. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to snoop. It’s just everyone says you don’t read, so the bookshelf was a bit of a surprise.”

Steve scoffed. “They only say that because I don’t read fantasy or science fiction. I read other stuff.”

“What’s wrong with either of those two genres?” Eddie asked, moving away from the shelf to sit on Steve’s bed.

Steve shrugged. “I guess I never found the right kind of fantasy, especially since you told me that there are so many sub-genres. I guess I got overwhelmed.”

Eddie nodded. Not every fantasy book was for every person. He would have to go through his books and find a nice variety for Steve and figure out what he liked.

“And what about science fiction?” he asked.

Steve wrinkled his nose. “I hate it. And I’ve read all of the supposed greats, too. Jules Verne, Isaac Asimov, Frank Herbert, Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury. They all spend so much time on the science that they don’t get to the fiction. And it hurts my head.”

Eddie sighed and cocked his head. He couldn’t fault that. “So what do you like?” Steve cocked an eyebrow at him and he laughed. “I didn’t get to read any of the titles before you came back.”

Steve still eyed him skeptically but came over to sit on the bed next to him. “I like biographies. Mainly sports but a couple historical figures too. Winston Churchill was interesting. Diary of Anne Frank. But mostly I like mysteries.”

“Mysteries? Really?” Eddie said lightly. “Will wonders never cease. So who’s your favorites?”

“I like Agatha Christie, of course, Nero Wolfe, Sherlock Holmes...” he trailed off. “The classics, I guess.”

“Nothing wrong with the classics,” Eddie said. “What’s your favorite Holmes story?”

Steve hummed. “I would say ‘The Adventure of the Silver Blaze’.”

Eddie frowned. “I don’t think I’ve heard of the that one.”

“It’s where a horse goes missing right before an important race and the trainer is found dead,” Steve explained, starting to talk excitedly for the first time since he caught Eddie going through his bookshelf.

“Whoa!” Eddie teased but Steve laughed. “Why do you like it so much?”

Steve blushed. “It’s one of the few times that Dr Watson finds an important clue.”

Eddie lit up with interest. “Yeah? What was the clue?”

“That the horse tracks start coming back about half way through.”

“And Holmes was so focused on seeing the clues in front of him that he forgot to look to the side?” Eddie guessed.

Steve nodded. “It’s really cool.”

“Now here’s the really important question...” Eddie said, leaning forward to put his elbows on his knees. “Poirot or Marple?”

Steve who had leaned forward before Eddie asked the question, threw his head back and laughed.

“Poirot hands down!”

Eddie put his hands over his heart. “No! Say it isn’t so!”

“Afraid so,” Steve said with a grin. He leaned over the bed to pull out his favorite book. “Elephants Can Remember.”

“It’s about a girl who’s future mother-in-law wants to find out if insanity runs in the girl’s family because when she was a little girl her father was with her mother both found dead on the top of the cliff near their home. Was it a double murder? Murder/suicide? And if so, who was the one that killed them both, the mother or the father?”

“So this old bat comes to Poirot to find out?”

Steve nodded. “It’s really good.”

“Huh,” Eddie said. “That does sound interesting.” He began leafing through the pages when a piece of paper fell out. “What’s this?

Steve shrugged. “Just a piece of paper I use as a bookmark sometimes.”

Eddie eyed suspiciously. Steve was far too causal about this little piece of paper.

He turned it over. There was a circle around a heart and a little note that said, “This is the best ring I can do right now, Love E”

“What’s this?” Eddie asked, his breath catching in his throat.

Steve blushed. “The first person I ever kissed.”

“Eleanor Jackson gave you this?” Eddie asked. He had heard the story of course. Everyone had. How when Steve was ten Eleanor declared him to be her husband and would kiss him every day on the playground. Everyone thought it was cute. Personally, it made Eddie gag. Mainly because no one had asked Steve what he thought.

But Steve was shaking his head. “She was the first girl I kissed.”

Eddie’s eyebrows shot up. “Excuse me, what?”

Steve looked down and began picking at a loose thread on his comforter. “I don’t even remember what his name was and since he only signed it as ‘E’ I guess I probably never will.”

Eddie looked down at the note again. “Tell me about this boy.”

Steve bit his lower lip. “When I was eight, my aunt took me out to one of the lakes to play on the beach. I don’t even remember which one. But there was this dark haired little boy making a sand castle too close to the water and would get frustrated every time a wave came up and destroyed his hard work.”

Eddie grinned. “Sounds cute. Even if he seems a little dim.”

“I asked why he didn’t simply move further up the beach,” Steve said, remembering with a fond smile. “He said that he had. Twice!”

“Oh the poor little bastard,” Eddie said, nearly doubling over with laughter.

“So I convinced him to make little soldiers instead for the waves to deliberately carry away.”

“Awww...” Eddie said. “Did he agree?”

“We made a game out of it,” Steve said. “Who could build the fastest army before the wave came back.”

Eddie was cackling now. “So who won?”

“He did by a landslide,” Steve said. “I could only manage to make three or four but he made ten!”

Eddie shoved his hair in his mouth to try and stifle the laughter. “Oh god, you are so competitive. How on earth did you handle that?”

Steve tipped his head back and sighed. “I pouted.”

“Of course you did,” Eddie said.

“It’s how I got my kiss though,” Steve said. “So I really couldn’t complain.”

Eddie tilted his head to side. “And how did that work?”

“When he saw me pouting, he kissed me,” Steve murmured. “Said that he had seen his mom do that with his dad when his dad pouted.”

“Cute!” Eddie said giggling.

“I kissed him back in retaliation,” Steve said. “He was just so sweet.”

“He really sounds like it,” Eddie said softly, looking down at the note. He crossed his legs and looked up at Steve. “When did he give you the note?”

Steve mirrored his position. “Just before him and his parents left. He told them he had forgotten something. He rushed back to me and gave me the note.”

“That’s real sweet, Stevie,” Eddie said. “So you just told everyone it was from Eleanor Jackson and kept it safe all this time.”

Steve nodded. “Everyone thought it was so sweet that she wanted to marry me, but I hated it.”

“Because you were already engaged to someone else,” Eddie teased. “Oh my what would Nancy think? You were cheating first!”

Steve protested, “Hey! It wasn’t like that!”

Eddie grinned. “I know, big boy. I’m only teasing you. You look so pretty when you blush.”

Steve pouted.

Eddie leaned over and pressed his lips to Steve’s.

Steve gasped. “Eds?” he asked, unsure.

“I learned that from my mom,” Eddie whispered as he worked a ring off his right hand. “Sorry it’s late, darlin’, but I finally got you a better ring.”

He slipped on Steve’s ring finger on his left hand.

Steve stared at the ring on his finger in awe and something softer, more dear.

“Did you know the whole time I was tell the story that it was you?” he asked, suddenly shy.

Eddie shook his head. “Not at first. I didn’t remember the sand castle or the little soldiers. Remember the kiss, though.”

Steve looked up at him through his eyelashes. “Yeah?”

“Of course I remember the first person I ever kissed, Steve,” Eddie cried. “Like you, I didn’t remember the boy’s name. I don’t think you ever said.”

Steve blushed. “Probably not,” he admitted still shy.

Eddie kissed him again and Steve melted into it. “So pretty boy: gay or bisexual?”

Steve frowned for a moment, thinking. “I want to lean more to toward bisexual because of Nancy, but the more I think about our relationship and how we are much better as friends, I start to wonder. And then there’s Robin. What straight or bisexual man suddenly stop having feelings for a girl just because she said she liked her own gender?”

Eddie nodded. “You’ve dated women pretty exclusively, did you feel anything for any of them? A spark, a floppy feeling in your stomach?”

Steve shook his head. “The closest I ever got to that was with Nancy. I was happy with her. Maybe no sparks or fireworks or anything like that, but she made me happy. So I thought that’s what love was.”

Eddie smiled, “And now?”

“Happiness is just a start,” Steve said, pulling Eddie back for another kiss.

Eddie grinned against Steve’s lips. “Well you make me pretty happy.”

Steve looked down at the ring on his hand. “We haven’t even dated and we’re already engaged,” he said with a laugh.

Eddie moved to sit next to Steve and picked up his hand to admire the ring. “I didn’t think I would find you again. And even when I entertained those thoughts, I would come up with scenario after scenario where we hated each other because we become such different people.”

Steve blushed. “My nightmare scenarios where were I found you again only to find out you were already with someone else. Or you tell me that it was a youthful indiscretion and that didn’t mean anything.”

Eddie kissed the ring gently. “Turns out we were both wrong.”

Steve chuckled. “I’m glad we met when we did, Eds. Again, I mean.”

Eddie cupped Steve’s cheek with his other hand. “Why’s that, sweetheart?”

“I think our nightmares would have come true,” Steve said softly, closing his eyes and leaning into Eddie’s touch. “Only it would have been me telling you it was a youthful indiscretion so Tommy would still like me. And then we would have hated each other. And I can’t stand the thought of that. Not now. Not now that I’ve gotten to know you.”

Eddie smiled softly. “I know what you mean, baby. And I’m grateful, too.”

Steve kissed him again and let Eddie lower them on to the bed.

“You’re so beautiful,” Eddie whispered. “You were beautiful then and you’re even more so now.”

“I love you, Eds,” Steve murmured. “I think I always have.”

Eddie grinned. “Me, too,” he murmured against the skin of Steve’s neck. “Me, too.”

#My writing #stranger things #steddie #met as children #ladykailtiha writes

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onebluebookworm · 6 months

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Should You Fight Them? - Jane Austen Romantic Runner-Up Edition

Companion piece to this post. Because I still think I'm funny, even with this horribly outdated meme format.

John Willoughby: Even if you don't take into account the lying, the two-timing, the manipulation, the abandoning of a pregnant teenager, and the fact he's a whiny toddler man who could have solved most of his problems by not being a gold-digging shit, he still seems utterly insufferable to be around. Fuck this little bastard up.

George Wickham: It's honestly hard for me to choose who between him and Willoughby I hate more, but at least Wickham has the smarts to realize when he's fucked up with one Bennett sister and move on to the other. Still a stinky garbage boy who belongs in the toilet. I would say fight him, but let's be real here, Darcy would beat you to it.

William Collins: Yes, we all know he's insufferable and pompous and boorish, but I honestly can't bring myself to hate him all that much. I don't know, maybe it's the BBC miniseries clouding my judgement, but he also has this wet beast (derogatory) vibe about him that makes him kinda pathetic. Don't fight, but you could like...I dunno, maybe trip him?

Henry Crawford: Henry, I wanna root for you, pal. You're a lot like Willoughby, where if you just stop being a philandering little doofus and actual focus on being a good person, you would actually be really fun to be around and potentially even husband material. Don't fight, but definitely shame him over the fact he could be so much better than he is. You're not mad, just disappointed.

Philip Elton: I know he was never in Emma's league to begin with, but I can't not put him on here, simply because he's just the worst. An absolute feeb and a loser. He and Mr. Collins would be friends if either of them were capable of being likeable. Absolutely fight, and maybe take on his wife while you're at it.

Frank Churchill: My dude. My guy. My sweet little meow meow. Please just tell people things. At least let one person into your confidence about this whole "secret engagement with Jane" thing. Please, bro. You're decimating the vibes, bro. Look at your girl, Frank. She's got anxiety, Frank. Fight, if only to knock some sense into his idiot head.

John Thorpe: John wants to be a Willoughy or a Wickham so bad. Just so clever and cunning that he breaks a bunch of hearts before landing himself a wife that will give him all of the money. Unfortunately for him, he's just...not that smart. I'm not saying Willoughby or Wickham are necessarily smart, but they at least get their plans off the ground. John doesn't even get his foot in the door. He figures out Catherine doesn't have any money and panics. You could fight him, but I honestly think this poor dunce has suffered enough.

William Elliot: Remember how I said Frank ruined the vibe? William Elliot does that too, but on purpose. Just an absolutely rancid man. Fight him and show no mercy.

James Benwick: He's just a little guy. A little fella. A little creecher. He doesn't even have any proper dialogue throughout the whole book. You're gonna fight a little creecher who doesn't even say anything? A little birthday boy? You'd fight him?

#book humor #sense and sensibility #pride and prejudice #mansfield park #emma #northanger abbey #persuasion #jane austen

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cowboy-queer · 10 months

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Okay I made a quick post about this but I wanted to elaborate on why I think GOS2 is more like Emma than Pride & Prejudice.

Firstly, Emma is all about matchmaking and social gossip, and how making making assumptions about other people’s feelings can be harmful, especially when one is meddling in the lives of others. Obviously Aziraphale fancies himself a matchmaker with Maggie and Nina. He does more interfering in their life than he should, and it could have very easily turned out bad for them.

Aziraphale and Crowley this season are much more like Emma and Knightley than Elizabeth and Darcy. After only one meeting, Liz hates Darcy, and Darcy loves Liz; their dynamic starts off with them on a different wavelength. Emma and Knightley are on the same level of status as well as already being friends when the book starts. Even if they have a difference of opinion, they view the other as someone they can speak with easily. Aziraphale and Crowley from the start fall into conversation easily. They’re instant friends and confidants.

The Woodhouses and Knightley are the wealthiest people in Hartfield, and while Knightley uses his status to keep to himself, Emma uses hers to influence those around her. Aziraphale, like Emma, has full confidence in his schemes and believes that he knows best. Also like Emma, he has to learn the hard way that his status doesn’t make him immune to doing the wrong thing and hurting others. There was a weird focus this season on just how wrong Aziraphale can be about things when he assumes his angelic status makes him better than humans and demons.

Knightley, on the other hand, doesn’t really have anywhere to grow. His only real struggle is with Emma, and what comes with confessing his feelings to her. Crowley’s difficulty in getting the words out during his confession reminded me of Knightley’s line “If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” The whole rest of the quote is honestly pretty applicable to their dynamic in season 2. That being said, Crowley doesn’t have much of his own arc this season. He spends it mostly angry at Gabriel (much like Knightley’s distrust of Frank Churchill) and pining over, bantering with, or admonishing Aziraphale.

It’s kind of shitty that after everything they’d been through in the first season, Crowley seems to be fully realized while Aziraphale seems to still be fumbling with his allegiances and beliefs. He’s supposed to be just as human as Crowley. He should know better; he bit the apple, too. That’s not really relevant to it being like Emma, I’m just frustrated by the writing. I feel like this season focused more on Aziraphale than Crowley but in all the wrong ways.

#good omens #good omens spoilers #good omens season 2 #gos2 spoilers #gos2 #azcrow #ineffable husbands #aziracrow #curious to know what others think about the inclusion of Austen #because I think you could even make a case for them being Cath & Tilney before Liz & Darcy

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evita-shelby · 2 years

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Hello Juli! Congrats on the 420 🙌🏼 I can’t remember if I sent something for this already so do feel free to ignore if I have but if I didn’t, please could I have 🧶 with 🍐xTommy using the prompt: having a secret signal for parties that means “Let’s go home now” ?

(I think it was choose your own prompt rather than from a set list? Shout if I’m being dumb because I can pick another! xx)

Yeah its a choose your own prompt thing, as you know i write at the drop of a hat lol.

You did send something, the haunted one,but I have no limit to how many requests you send.

Escape

Gif by @mrs-gray

Despite all that happened to her in Mexico, Eva liked parties.

Tommy hardly did, got tired of pretending he is enjoying himself after the two-hour mark.

Especially if it was one they were invited to by Mosley and his ilk.

Luckily, they have a baby at home and Eva is such a devoted mother, so devoted she breastfeeds her own baby.

So devoted she can’t bear to stay out like she used to.

Tommy’s growing irritation is palpable, the witch can taste it in her tongue like the champagne she is drinking.

He’s also in the worst part of his mental depression and this close from wrapping his hands round Mosley’s throat and choking him to death.

They could get away with it, have Tommy plea insanity or make it Churchill’s problem.

Eva was great at cleaning up a murder, and to be frank, killing fascists is always a great idea.

But this wasn’t the right moment and she’d rather just get home, find a way to get rid of this alcohol laced milk in her tits and drag her husband to bed where he can be sad and angry in peace.

“Most ladies hire wet-nurses, you know.” Mosley hates how well-timed Eva’s interruptions are, not that he shows it.

“You know me, always the exception, Sir Oswald. Although this time it isn’t our dear little Florence, my husband has an important meeting with my uncles at the most ungodly hour tomorrow morning and you know how my family is when it comes to business.” Eva lied with a smile as she took Tommy’s elbow.

The meeting had been this morning, at fucking four in the morning and it had been just to ensure Tommy was on board with uniting both companies under the Riley name.

Tommy had only agreed if it became the Shelby and Riley Company.

“Patricio already loathes me for stealing his favorite niece away, no need to antagonize him by being tired and unprepared. Man is like a bloodhound; he can smell weakness across the ocean.” Tommy was a good liar, made him great at this.

“Then I suppose it will be counterproductive to keep the two of you here.” Mosley says hiding his annoyance at being thwarted by them.

He was afraid of Patricio, everyone was. This man had been so powerful that when he was exiled in 1912, Mexico was left without most of its merchant navy, left the country vulnerable to American invasions by sea.

Mosley had tried to kiss his ass only to be met with indifference and Patricio humiliating him and his wife by outright ignoring him at a stately dinner.

“Do enjoy the rest of your party, Mosley. Don’t let our departure ruin the atmosphere.” Tommy did always enjoy having the last word.

Spirits, she couldn’t wait until this was over.

“What would I be without you, Evie?” he asked as they hid their relief at leaving the blasted party.

“Much more miserable than you already are.”

#eva smith shelby #tommy shelby x oc #thomas shelby x oc #thomas shelby fanfic #peaky blinders fanfiction #thomas shelby #thomas shelby imagine #oc fanfiction #tommy shelby fanfic #peaky blinder fanfic #evita420

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error404vnotfound · 6 months

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JANE AUSTEN RANKED BY YOURS TRULY

hi :]

it is done. I've read it all (*kicks Lady Susan under a rug*) what was that?

anyways

after seven whole months i come to you with the objectively correct ranking of JA main novels, heroines, and heroes

i will not be taking any criticism

let's begin then

on the line today we have

Northanger Abbey with contestants Catherine Morland and Henry Tilney

Sense and Sensibility's Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, Edward Ferrars and Colonel Brandon

Emma's own Emma Woodhouse, George Knightley and Frank Churchill

Persuasion bringing Anne Eliot and Captain Wentworth

and Mansfield Park's Fanny Price, Edmund Bertram and Henry Crawford

v what do you mean Frank and Henry they aren't Heroes why are you ranking them?

well because I can and want to

v what about Pride and Prejudice?

i can't be objective about it or Darcy or Lizzy. it would be unfair to everyone else. tho you are right I will be ranking Charles Bingley I have things to say about the man

cool? cool

THE NOVELS

yes i will only be ranking the main novels (and no lady susan because i dont want to reread it)

LOVED THEM TIER

EMMA

i did not want this book to end, i was having the time of my life. it's just. so good

reading it knowing what is going on was a delightful experience

i love emma and knightley so much

maple grove should burn to the ground. for my sanity

NORTHANGER ABBEY

Catherine carried this book that's all I gotta say

coming of age story but make it the 19th century

below Emma because I can take reading about Maple Grove but not hearing the Thorpes speak

I JUST THINK THEY ARE NEAT :]

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY

I just. think it's neat

I really have nothing else to say. I was invested, I felt for Elinor, and Marianne's evolution was 10/10

fuck John Dashwood for cutting down that tree

IM SORRY JANE (aka the Fail Love Interest Syndrome)

PERSUASION

i was a little bored ngl

did like Anne well enough tho

also. that piano scene. thanks I hate it. it will haunt me for the rest of my life

MANSFIELD PARK

Mary and Edmund ruined this for me in the way that they represent everything wrong with the allos and in the way that i wanted to slap them both out of their nonsense

i also didn't connect much with Fanny so :/

HEROINES

no tiers, just ranking them :]

EMMA (Emma)

I LOVE HER I LOVE HER I LOVE HER

Emma never change

she's so wrong all the time and I love her so much

CATHERINE (NA)

MY GIRL

she's aggressively 17 (affectionate)

a DELIGHT

she grows so much 😭😭😭 im so proud of her

she will be an amazing adult

ELINOR (S&S)

it's the eldest daughter hardship for me

she puts up with so much bullshit from everyone around her

deserves a paid vacation, the right to murder people, and a nap, not necessarily in that order

lowkey carried

MARIANNE (S&S)

I will be the first to admit that I disliked her at first because she was aggressively 17 (derogatory)

but she !!!!! grows so much !!!!!! im so proud of her

always championed her older sister when no one else would and for that i gotta love her

ANNE (Persuasion)

suffers from FLIS (fail love interest syndrome)

girl it's been 8 years supéralo

also puts up with so much the sad bitch I do love her

FANNY (MP)

FLIS

had the chance of marrying Henry but didn't take it (like. I get why. but I'd respect her more for being a I Can Fix It Girlie than settling for the piece of wet bread that's Edumnd)

did not connect with her at all sorry bestie :(

HEROES (and then some)

i will put them into tiers. because I have Issues with most of them. also im judging them solely on how they relate to their Heroine that's the only worth they have to me

FAULTLESS

KNIGHTLEY (Emma - Emma)

what can I say he had impeccable chemistry with Emma

they were married from page 1

he truly cares for her and to make her improve as a person and I love him

COOL DUDE

EDWARD (S&S - Elinor)

my guy

had a scene with big brother energy with Marianne and I was sold

could use a little bit more Standing Up For Your Future Happiness but it's in character so I'll give him a pass

HENRY (NA - Catherine)

he's said to be the best Austen men and while I get why I just. he just wasn't giving to me

but yeah good to Catherine, amazing brother to his sister, knows feminine interests, amiable, etc

suffers from NA was the first book i read back in may so i dont remember much of his moments

LITTLE SHIT <3

CRAWFORD (NA)

my fail boy

the one plot point I enjoyed

let's point and laugh at the flirt that falls in love with the mildest girl ever who dislikes him and then when he's refused has an affair with a married woman

way to go bud ily

FRANK CHURCHILL (Emma)

he's such a piece of shit

was very fun to read

Jane should dump him tho he doesn't deserve her

I'LL BE WATCHING YOU, BUD

BINGLEY (P&P - Jane)

DARCY'S NOT THE BOSS OF YOU, MAN

can't be mad at him for long because of the puppy energy he has tho

BUT MAN THAT WAS ALMOST A YEAR'S ABSENCE YOU GOT AWAY WITH

COLONEL BRANDON (S&S - Marianne)

MY DUDE. WHY DIDN'T YOU SPILL THE TEA SOONER

oh yeah I'll let this Confirmed Rake keep courting the woman I'm in love with while everyone expects them to be either engaged or about to be as I know he's literally the worst, make sense

i just can't wrap my head around it

BOOOOOOO (FLIS)

CAPTAIN WENTWORTH (Persuasion - Louisa Anne)

more like captain failworth

people love this man and I just don't get it

MAN IT'S BEEN 8 YEARS. GET OVER IT

he's spiteful and resentful towards Anne when she did was she had to idk dude grow tf up

almost gets trapped in a marriage with a silly girl because he's dumb (good thing the girl is silly and jumped off a cliff so he could run back to anne) (that's an exaggeration but basically)

your only point of redemption is that by marrying you Anne gets out of the toxic environment she was in

EDMUND (NA - Mary Fanny)

imagine a glass of water. imagine that glass of water under the sun. not just any sun, no, a good midday August Spanish sun. imagine now a piece of bread. good. put that piece of bread inside the glass of water. that's this guy to me

all holier than thou but then spends 98% of the novel thinking with his dick

i. hate him.

takes fanny for granted

marries fanny because it's convenient (AND IN LIKE. THE THIRD TO LAST PARAGRAPH WHEN IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH HE WAS STILL COMPLAINING ABOUT MARY!!!!!! DUDE!!!!!!)

he's the worst

everyone that sucked gets punished but him

i want to personally kill this man

and that was basically it thanks for coming with me in this journey wow that was fun

hi @my-cursed-prince

#v reads the classics

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whenthegoldrays · 11 months

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Taylor Swift x my favorite ships • Day 3

Jane Fairfax x Frank Churchill (Emma)

gold rush

"And the coastal town we wandered round had never seen a love as pure as it / And then it fades into the gray of my day-old tea, cause it could never be"

Literally a forbidden, coastal town romance. "Everybody" wants him. Jane hates feeling the way she does ("I don't like slow motion, double vision in a rose blush") while keeping their secret. She calls him out on his increasingly problematic behavior at a picnic ("at dinner parties I'd call you out"). I am obsessed.

Love Story

"My faith in you was fading when I met you on the outskirts of town, and I said, 'Romeo, save me, I've been feeling so alone. I keep waiting for you, but you never come'"

Their reunion, when he rushes back and begs for her forgiveness I- skdhfhdkslg I have been meaning to write a fic for this for like a year and half 😩 But yeah, basically forbidden romance/angst with a happy ending.

#jane fairfax #frank churchill #theeemmm #fairhill #emma #emma jane austen #taylor swift #gold rush #love story #elly's posts #ts x my favs #tsmyfavs*

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saglaophonos · 10 months

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frank churchill and jane fairfax secret lovers storyline is the main reason i want to reread emma again though because in retrospect frank churchill is psycho but in a hot way. like frank took "yeah we can't be together out in open society" to mean "i must commit intricately complicated rituals to convince everyone we know that i hate you while also sending you little tantalizing gifts reminding you of my love" and for no reason! and for no reason.

#only to stop when jane was like yeah i will kill myself over this #emmaposting #...................good omens 2 (please)

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Of all the marriages that were "meant" to happen or seemed to be going that way in Jane Austen but didn't (eg Darcy and Caroline, Darcy and Anne de Bourgh, Elizabeth and Mr. Collins, Elizabeth and Wickham, Edward and Lucy Steele, Marianne and Willoughby, Emma and Frank Churchill etc) how do you see them working out? Could any of them be happy?

Mr. Darcy & Anne de Bourgh - I can never see this one happening, but my money is on Anne dying either in childbirth or because pregnancy overtaxes her already poor health.

Mr. Darcy & Caroline Bingley - wrote that. Caroline would be a perfectly acceptable mistress of Pemberley, but her propensity to mirror Darcy and express his own opinions would make him worse.

Elizabeth Bennet & Mr. Collins - a disaster: the elder Bennet's marriage but gender-reversed. Lady Catherine would also hate her and that would make Mr. Collins anxious.

Elizabeth Bennet & George Wickham - I don't see how exactly this would come about because Elizabeth has no fortune and Wickham needs a fortune, but it would also be a disaster because Elizabeth would realize who Wickham really was and she would be horrified. Without support, they would be broke.

Edward Ferrars & Lucy Steele - This would be such a mess, Lucy would be sucking up to Mrs. Ferrars for money and trying to push Edward into multiple livings and promotions, which he would hate. Lucy is so much like Edward's mother that he would just be dying inside 24/7. He's not a pushover, but it would be really exhausting for him to fight Lucy on everything and he's trapped in this marriage, so he'd probably give in eventually.

Edward Ferrars & The Honourable Miss Morton - Not enough info.

Marianne Dashwood & Willoughby - wrote that. I don't think there is any way it would end well. Marianne will quickly discover what Willoughby did to Eliza and that he is far in debt. She's not responsible enough to get him out of debt and her view of him would be shattered. It's a tragedy.

Emma Woodhouse & Frank Churchill - the logistics just don't make sense, since Emma cannot leave her father and Frank has Mrs. Churchill, but I guess they could wait for the old lady to kick it and Frank could live at Hartfield... though he's not good with Mr. Woodhouse but I think he could learn. I think this marriage would be fairly successful, but Frank brings out the worst in Emma and that wouldn't be great.

Isabella Thorpe & James Morland - I don't think Isabella would cheat, I see that opinion a lot, but I think Isabella is sensible enough not to try that within a marriage. You can't "trade up" anymore once you're married. However, it would be bad. Isabella would waste money and James wouldn't know what to do with her. They'd probably have like 6 kids though because she's hot.

Isabella Thorpe & Captain Frederick Tilney - this would piss off General Tilney so much that I almost want it to happen. Almost. But honestly, I don't think Frederick would treat her very well if he was forced in some manner to marry Isabella and I don't want her stuck in a cruel marriage.

Mary Crawford & Edmund Bertram - I've written this a few times, I've gone both ways. In one story Mary is cheating on Edmund and he remains oblivious, in my novel Unfairly Caught, they are happy and both of them compromise a bit. Jane Austen herself has an opinion:

Experience might have hoped more for any young people so circumstanced, and impartiality would not have denied to Miss Crawford’s nature that participation of the general nature of women which would lead her to adopt the opinions of the man she loved and respected as her own.

Henry Crawford & Fanny Price - I personally ship this, but of course Henry has to change and without Fanny's help for it to be viable. Again, Austen wrote about it's possibility, so I trust they could have been happy if he wasn't such an idiot.

Colonel Brandon & Eliza #1 - with Eliza's fortune they would have likely been able to live comfortably. I imagine they would have been happy together despite the family rift. If everything happens as before, they would eventually inherit the family estate and live happily ever after.

Anne Elliot & Charles Musgrove - I think this could have gone really well, and honestly if I was Anne I would have gone for it. Charles is kind and smart enough, he'd have been much happier if Anne was his wife. Also, best in-laws ever!

Captain Wentworth & Louisa Musgrove - Louisa would try to be a great wife, but I think Wentworth would be too focused on losing Anne to be a good husband. He'd probably be very affectionate when on leave because he felt bad and then go off to sea to wallow in tragedy. Fortunately, Louisa's family would support her when she was alone.

Anne Elliot & Captain Benwick - I ship it. Captian Benwick would be devoted and he's a reader like Anne. They would spend time reading poetry together.

Sir Walter & Mrs. Clay - lol, I almost wish this one had happened. It would have been fun. Elizabeth Elliot would HATE IT and would probably marry to get away. It'd be fine, Sir Walter would be nice because his choices must be correct and Mrs. Clay would keep smiling and flattering forever.

Mr. Elliot & Elizabeth Elliot - he hates her, so it wouldn't happen, but if it did, it would be bad.

Mr. Elliot & Anne Elliot - This one is tricky. I do agree with Mrs. Smith that Mr. Elliot would respect Anne more and therefore wouldn't be cruel as he was with his first wife, but he's not a good person. I have trouble seeing this one happening because Anne does not want to marry him, but I don't think it would be happy if it somehow did occur.

Mr. Elton & Harriet Smith - he is a petty jerk, it's not a good match because Harriet cannot hold her own against him and he wouldn't admire her like he does Augusta. Bad times for Harriet.

Emma Woodhouse & Mr. Elton - Emma would rather enter a convent.

Mr. Knightley & Jane Fairfax - I don't know how or why this would happen, but given her intelligence and his kindness, this marriage would be successful.

That's all I can think of!

#question response #that was fun!#I've written a few of these #jane austen #possible marriages #mansfield park #pride and prejudice #sense and sensibility #northanger abbey #emma #persuasion

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Handed Down from Stone

Chapter 15: Etched in Peridot Characters: Y'zel Tia, Leonnioux Ouraux Rating: T for Tunes Notes: Credits to Raymond B. Egan and Gus Kahn for "Ain't We Got Fun", Frank Churchill and Larry Morey for "Someday My Prince Will Come," and "Fix You" by Coldplay

Ishgard - 1565-

"Ave Halone, gratia furorem

Halone, gratia furorem

Ave, Ave, Halone

Halone tecum

Benedicta tu in duodecim, et benedictus

Et benedictus impetus hasta

Cum, Fury

Ave Halone"

Y'zel folded his ears after he finished his lines, teacher clapping loudly while the mess of Elezen around him starred, offering disjointed syncopated claps.

"Marvelous Y'zel, simply marvelous! You hit your 'r's a bit hard dear, but I suppose that cannot be helped. Can anyone tell me what Y'zel did there?"

"Didn't turn into a dragon. Guess you're not a full heretic yet, showoff" a voice hissed from behind.

Y'zel whimpered a bit, clutching his robes as someone answered. He didn't know himself and was too busy doing his best to tune out the jeering to hear

"Cut it out," huffed Leon's voice, followed by the shifting sounds of fabric as he made to nudge his friend, "Y'zel can't help who his father is."

The Miqo’te turned to face the boy, who in turn gave him a nod as if he had something profoundly in defense of him. His fists tightened under his choir sleeves. Whipping his attention back forward, he glowered at the floor, hating that he was stuck up front due to his height, hating that he was told to be good and not defend his dad, and hating his smug peers around him, Leon the most.

-The Final Pillar - Present

“The is a house in La Noseca They call the Rising Sun

And it’s been, the ruin of many a poor boy

And me, oh Llymlaen, for one

Then fill the glasses to the brim

Let the drinks go merrily around

And we'll drink to the health of a rounder poor boy

Who goes from town to town”

Y’zel hummed the rest, washing bar glasses then drying them with his tail, unaware Leonnioux slipped in to listen in. Once sure the glasses were safely out of the Miqo’te’s grasp, Leon cleared his throat and then took a seat on a stool, tilting a bit as he struggled to get comfortable on the wrong side of the bar. “I hate hearing you do that?”

The Miqo’te jumped as he was addressed, quick to wrap his wet tail around his waist to ensure he wouldn’t knock over anything. “What,” he wheezed softly.

“Sing such sad songs.”

“It’s free music…”

Leon shook his head and sighed, “I didn’t mean that didn’t like it. Your voice is beautiful, but the songs you sing…they’re all so melancholy.”

Y’zel looked to the other, ears perking as his partner gingerly slid his finger about the top of a wine glass, letting it ring out. “Do I? I guess I like the way they sound.”

‘Is it because of me…”

The Miqo’te huffed, crossing his arms, “Last time I checked, you were not the Spinner orchestrating every weave of misfortune in my life. And by the Fury if you say you’re Ishgardian I will leave and let my tail fly free on the way out!”

Leon looked up shocked, then softened into a smile, reaching out to take Y’zel by the wrist, “I apologize if my low mood frustrates you. I feel this development is rather delicate.”

Y’zel leaned in then kissed the other’s cheek, “Only you are making it so. I have enjoyed our reunion and what’s come of it. If you really must feel assured, perhaps you should make a more permanent installation in my quarters rather than sequestering yourself behind the bar room?”

“Cohabitation? That’s rather fast. As much as I’d like to go forward like that, it’s premature. I’ve scare spent time with your other paramour.”

“Well, I’m not sleeping here much anymore, and when I do stay here, you tend to join me. I only mean to suggest making your own place in there, so that you might have a bit more space…at least more space than the storeroom.”

“I was assured space would be made available should I desire it so- Though, if you insist, I would.”

“I am insisting you oaf,” Y’zel sighed, pressing his finger into the other’s forehead before returning to the glasses.

“Fine then….Now, perhaps a different tune?”

Nodding, Y’zel hummed then started to sing again,

“Ev’ry morning, ev’ry evening

Ain’t we got fun?

Not much money, Oh, but honey

Ain’t we got fun?” “You’re mocking me aren’t you,” Leon laughed, getting up to wander around the counter, “Another?”

“Amazing Halone, how sweet the fury Who rezzed, a wretch, like me.”

“Don’t be blasphemous,” Leon cooed, kissing the other’s ear as he cleaned.

“Mmm, you’re awfully picky for free entertainment and dishwashing.”

“I am.”

“Mmm.”

Y’zel pursed his lips, closing his eyes thinking for a moment, whipping his tail around the other’s waist to pull him close.

“Someday my prince will come

Someday we'll meet again

And away to his castle, we'll go

To be happy forever, I know,”

“Mmm…and who exactly is your prince? Me? The scientist? Or I loathe to think the rogue.”

“Leon, I am not an orchestration. This is silly.”

“No, No, I apologize. One more, I promise I’ll just enjoy.”

Y’zel narrowed his eyes then thought for a moment.

“When you try your best, but you don't succeed

When you get what you want, but not what you need

When you feel so tired, but you can't sleep…

Stuck in reverse…” Letting it sit, for a moment, Y’zel twitched his ear, hearing Leon inhale then start himself, “And the tears come streaming down your face

When you lose something you can't replace

When you love someone, but it goes to waste

Could it be worse?”

Y’zel flushed, then turned around in the limited space, looking up to the Elezen as he sank down to steal a kiss. Foreheads pressed together, they smiled softly then continued together.

“Lights will guide you home

And ignite your bones

And I will try to fix you”

The Miqo’te flushed then leaned up on his toes to kiss Leon, letting the Elezen lift him onto the edge of the sink, their voices silenced as Leon moved to conduct their own melody.

#final fantasy xiv #final fantasy oc #final fantasy online #ffxiv #handed down from stone #bard #ffxiv bard #y'zel tia #leonnioux ouraux #painfully ishgardian

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totallysmores-blog · 1 year

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Chapter two thoughts

Filler chapters have existed since the dawn of time

Mr. Woodhouse continues to be relatable. I too hate cake and don’t understand why anyone would possibly disagree with me. On anything. Ever.

Idk if I should be saying poor Mr. Weston or …? Like your wife died, but you seemed to come out ahead? So. Sorry for your loss but good for you. I think.

Also can’t decide if deadbeat dad or like super supportive dad giving son best opportunities available. Am I a product of my time? Am I apply presentism to my interpretation of Mr. Weston?

Coming from behind! With the steel chair! Mr. Churchill!

And he has a first name, Golly gee I didn’t know Jane was capable of giving first names.

Maybe HE’S the love interest. That’s why he got a name

Is there a love triangle in my 200 year old story? Oh my!

Mr. Elton or Frank Churchill. Fight!

#emma jane austen #jane austen #reading #thoughts

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bblogee · 2 years

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Quotes archive:

"Out of a mountain of despair, a stone of hope." - Martin Luther King, Jr

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mahatma Gandhi

"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." - Napoleon Hill

"I haven't failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel." - Maya Angelou

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Mahtama Ghandi

"Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail." - Charles Kettering

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank

"Imagination is everything. It is the preview of life's coming attractions." - Albert Einstein

"Change your thoughts and change the world." - Norman Vincent

"Remember that happiness is a way of travel, not a destination." - Ray M. Goodman

"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears." - Les Brown

"It is never too late to be what you might have been." - George Eliot

"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new." - Albert Einstein

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." - Martin Luther King, Jr

"There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton

"Don't walk in front of me, I may not follow. Don't walk behind me, I may not lead. Walk beside me and be my friend." - Albert Camus

"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says 'I'll try again tomorrow.'" - Mary Anne Radmacher

"Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light." - Helen Keller

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." - Winston Churchill

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." - Martin Luther King, Jr

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart." - Helen Keller

"The man who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Chinese proverb

"Others can stop you temporarily - you are the only one who can do it permanently." - Zig Ziglar

"Life has no limitations, except the ones you make." - Les Brown

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without." - Muhammad Ali

"Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you and don't be afraid to be the dumbest one in the room because that gives you the most potential to learn." - Markiplier

"Those who are miserable living in the moment will find misery anytime, anywhere, but those who are happy living in the moment will find happiness anytime, anywhere." - Amanchu!

"You're braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think." - Winnie the Pooh

"Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart." - Winnie the Pooh

"Any day spent with you is my favorite day." - Winnie the Pooh

"The most important thing is, even when we're apart ... I'll always be with you ..." - Winnie the Pooh

"A hug is always the right size.” - Winnie the Pooh

“The things that make me different are the things that make me, me.” - Winnie the Pooh

“You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.” - Winnie the Pooh

“Some people care too much. I think it’s called love.” - Winnie the Pooh

“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” - Winnie the Pooh

“A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.” - Winnie the Pooh

“Love is taking a few steps backward, maybe even more…to give way to the happiness of the person you love.” - Winnie the Pooh

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” - Winnie the Pooh

#quotes #archive

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thatscarletflycatcher · 2 years

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What's your opinion on Andrew Davies's fixation on the Mr. Knightley-Emma age gap (through Mr. Knightley's repeated comments about holding Emma when she was a baby) vs. his apparent lack of interest in dealing with the Col. Brandon-Marianne age gap? Why does he want us to think Mr. Knightley is creepy but Brandon isn't?

Oh, anon, I'm gonna answer you and then digress terribly, forgive me, but ITV's Emma is one of my favorite Emma adaptations and it's very interesting that way (and unlike S&S 08, we have a making of book!).

The main reason, IMO, is that I don't think Andy cared about S&S as a story at all. It is true that the quality of his screenplays has decayed with time too, but this one gives me a lot of "I don't care about this" vibes. He did care more about P&P, but I think Emma was the one he had OpinionsTM on. S&S was a paycheck and as it is a novel that has a lot of leeway for adaptational choices, he just Davies-ized Brandon and Edward into his vision of idealized masculinity and called it a day.

You can tell by just watching ITV's Emma that there were things he wanted to make plain, like his interest in putting the class divide, the poor and the servants at the forefront. It's the only adaptation you can tell that Robert Martin resents Emma and doesn't forget what she did. Even if it is a couple silent shots, he's given awareness and as much agency as his position allows him.

Reading the companion book this becomes even more evident because he says a lot of things about the characters, and some of them are surprising. For example he says that Emma wants to be "the artist" and "God and move the pieces around the board" and that he pities her because she never goes far from home and ends up marrying one of the three guys she met in her life. He thinks Jane is a passionate creature repressed by circumstances (he sees a hint to this in her musical talent and preference for Italian music). But also Andy HATES Frank Churchill. I need to quote this because it's something:

"Frank Churchill is both disturbed and dangerous in my view. His mother went and died on him and his father handed him over to his aunt, who has treated him appallingly, so he really has it in for women. He plays to them. I think he's a clever, dangerous mysoginistic charmer --dangerous because he's taken the trouble to work out how girl's minds work. He treats Emma badly, but he treats Jane worse because he is terrified of Jane's power over him. He just has to be in control of the game." In the harvest fest the comment about Frank is "He will flirt with other women, he will probably make love to a lot of other women, he will parade it, he will confess, he will expect to be forgiven, he will make her life a mysery."

Make of that what you will XD

But when it comes to Knightley... his opinion of the character is overwhelmingly positive: "I thought it would be nice to think of Knightley as a person whose authority was so secure that he could roll up his sleeves and join in with the men". He writes him as someone that is kind and attentive to everyone, and the one to offer some sort of bridging to the social gap with the harvest fest: "we show Knightley as an ideal old-fashioned landowner who wanted to share and celebrate with his tenants. I hoped this would form a nice contrast with the Eltons" "The Georgians depended quite a lot on the Knightleys of this world, though few were probably as enlightened as he was." In the screenplay he's first described as "vigorous, animated, decisive". We are told that "Emma smiles most of the time he's here. He cheers her up, she likes his sense of humour and his forceful manner. But apart from that, it's an odd sort of relationship. He's a bit like a much older brother, a bit like an uncle, a bit like a godfather, a bit a father figure." But also a few scenes later his heart melts when he sees her carrying little Emma and she's presented as looking like a young mother. "He always likes to hear Emma sing and to admire her appearance". at Box Hill "he can't bear her to let herself down like this". There is no judgement in either the book or the screenplay about the age gap or the cringy exchange during the proposal scene. And the only reason I can find for that is the disturbing notion that to Andy that's spicy and kinky rather than disturbing. I'd love to hear if someone else has a better theory.

Still, there's quite a bit about this version of Knightley that I think is very clever and interesting and that has its repercusions in Emma 2009 and 2020. But that's topic for another post.

#Jane Austen #sense and sensibility #George Knightley #Andrew Davies #ITV's Emma #S&S 08 #ask #anon

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