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Yu “I like you, but I won't do anything if you don't want me to or put you in a fix. You just need to say no” Ji-hyuk 🤝🏼 Fitzwilliam “my affections and wishes have not changed, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever” Darcy

#the man written by jane austen to kdrama ml written by a woman pipeline indeed #(was jihyuk written by a woman? i actually don't know but you get it) #marry my husband #pride and prejudice #austen x kdrama #elly's posts

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Marry My Husband + text posts (part 1/2)

#I mainly did these so I could post the last one #i saw it and I was like that’s jiwon right there #marry my husband #elly's posts

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#taylor swift #ts polls #polls #my polls #elly's posts

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#taylor swift #spotify wrapped #spotify wrapped 2023 #polls #ts polls #my polls #elly's posts

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So I’m not sure if it was Greta Gerwig herself or a movie reviewer but I once read a criticism of the men in Little Women, saying that the March women’s husbands are all varying degrees of useless or disrespectful. Saying that John belittles Meg and her housework and that Friedrich has no respect for Jo’s work. And I have to say… what??

Meg and John are a great example of a healthy couple. Yes, he laughs when her jelly doesn’t turn out, but is he belittling her? No! He just finds it amusing because it is, at least to an observer. And he gets miffed that the house isn’t in order, but in fairness, she did say he could bring a friend whenever and dinner would be ready. They go through rough patches, but they always talk it out and keep on pulling as a team.

And the big one that everyone is mad about, Friedrich criticizing Jo’s writing. I think these people didn’t read the book because Fritz never reads Jo’s sensational stories. He finds a story in a newspaper — specifically stated to not be one of hers — and broadly criticizes that kind of story. This isn’t directed at Jo, it’s directed at writers of these stories in general (again, Friedrich doesn’t know Jo is one of them). But Jo takes his words to heart because he’s spoken to her conscience, and then she makes the decision to burn them all up and quit writing that genre of story. She listens to him because she knows him to have a strong moral compass, which is a big part of why she likes him so much. He helps her grow and become a better person and writer without having to give her direct advice!! And that’s beautiful!! And I’m sick of people who wanted Jo to stay single taking their disappointment and turning it into “all the husbands in Little Women were bad husbands and the second half is a commentary on how terrible it is to be married.” No. Stop it. Read the book. Cut it out with the cynicism.

#little women #little women 2019 #louisa may alcott #jo march #meg march #john brooke #friedrich bhaer #jo x friedrich #meg x john #elly's posts

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Barney Snaith is now the blueprint

#the blue castle #barney snaith #valarney #pride and prejudice #p&p 2005 #fitzwilliam darcy #anne with an e #gilbert blythe #jane austen #lm montgomery #lucy maud montgomery #elly's posts

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And if we ever get another Sense & Sensibility adaptation, can we cast an actual 35-year-old to play Brandon?

#35 is not ancient people #knightley was 37 for god's sake #sense and sensibility #colonel brandon #jane austen #elly's posts

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Marry My Husband + text posts (part 2/2)

#marry my husband #elly's posts #just a quick one before the enthusiasm dies down lol

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Something about I can write you out the way I wrote you in vs. I’ve tried to rewrite it, but I can’t. How you can erase the damage they’ve done to you, scratch it out, blot it from the story, but you can’t change it. You can’t change them.

#does that make sense? #you can take charge of your own story but that person will never be changed #they’ll continue to do damage because. it’s the history of man #you know??? #elly's posts #maisie peters

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The thing about the Maria and Henry scandal is that it was so stupidly avoidable. Over and over again, they were given the opportunity to not do what they did. Sir Thomas gave Maria full agency to go back on her engagement when he saw that she didn’t love Rushworth, but she didn’t. Henry didn’t need to go to London and see Maria, but he did. Maria was cold to him because she wanted nothing more to do with him and he didn’t walk away. He pressed on. He didn’t even want to have an affair — he was in love with Fanny! He had exactly zero need to fall in with Maria again and yet he did. And she gave the final push. It’s like a Greek tragedy. At once so avoidable and so unavoidable.

#smashing vases it was the dumbest thing in the history of dumb things #the man already left you once maria!!! #what exactly did you think was going to happen??? #lydia bennet at least ran away because she thought she was about to get married #but maria already had a husband so what was even her plan #and don’t get me STARTED on crawford #did he think that he’s somehow still be able to marry fanny after all that?? #at what point do you think he realized he’d lost her #mansfield park #henry crawford #maria rushworth #jane austen #elly's posts

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Actually, romance peaked at "here's a chocolate shaped like the human heart"

#future datemate please take notes #tobecky #wordgirl #elly's posts

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#like watch Rowoon in the matchmakers and tell me that man wouldn’t make a perfect Darcy #but also na in woo just has this MattMac Darcy air to him in MMH #so I could see either of them in the role #lowkey wanna make a poll like this for all the major Austen characters #it’s my way of manifesting a Korean Austen production 🥹 #please get this to like at least 15 votes guys I’m tired of my polls flopping #elly's posts #polls #my polls #pride and prejudice #mr darcy #na in woo #marry my husband #rowoon #the matchmakers #austen x kdrama

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the fact that ALL these tags are trending sends me

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Something I haven't seen anyone discussing is the use of hairstyles to tell the story in Greta's "Little Women." The girls are all wearing their hair down in the flashbacks and up in the grown-up scenes. The last time Jo wears her hair down is Meg's wedding, when she's lamenting about childhood being over. The next scene in chronological order is Laurie's proposal, at which point her hair is up and she's being the mature one, refusing him and explaining why. The only times after this that we see Jo with her hair down are when she writes Laurie the letter and when he tells her he's married to Amy. It's like, for a brief moment, after losing Beth and feeling so gutted and lonely, she's reverted to childhood. But marrying Laurie would not help her to mature or be an adult, and her hair, such a tiny detail in the grand scheme of things, is a subtle indicator of this.

#conversely her hair is up in all scenes with Friedrich or adjacent to him (think the scene where he leaves her the Shakespeare volumes) #the beachy waves may be inaccurate as heck but they served a storytelling purpose #and actually the wedding is the last time any of the girls have their hair down #(and amy with her li'l braids) #little women #little women 2019 #greta gerwig #jo march #elly's posts

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It’s interesting that “heroine enters the world of Pride and Prejudice or interacts with its characters somehow” has become a genre in and of itself, and yet you don’t really see this for any other Austen novel. Where is my story where the heroine (or hero perhaps) gets magicked into Mansfield Park and starts defending Fanny???

#you could have a heroine befriending Fanny and helping her find a better situation #or a hero that falls in love with her in a somewhat similar way to Henry Crawford but much less selfishly #elly's posts #jane austen #mansfield park

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I love how "ahjumma" is a term of respect, but the last two dramas I've seen have taken it and spun it a little to make it a creative insult instead

#eun gyeol calling se kyeong ahjumma and she's like ??? i'm 18??? #and then jiwon calling her future MIL ahjumma instead of eommeoni and shocking the whole table #I like how they translated it as “lady” #elly's posts #kdrama #twinkling watermelon #marry my husband