#i was talking to @ihaveonlymydreams the other day about Lizzy and Charlotte! and the thing is:

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but on a more serious note, I do hate when any adaptation--but especially this one!--decides to change the nature of specific uncomfortable or antagonistic character interactions to something softer or sweeter, or even just decided to give two characters that don't get along or interact much at all A Moment™. That really is not always the right call!

#this is about charlotte and lizzy #and to a lesser extent lizzy and mrs. bennet #i was talking to @ihaveonlymydreams the other day about Lizzy and Charlotte! and the thing is: #they were never truly friends #not on the deepest level. it's a friendship of convenience and a friendship built around judgy gossip #for the most part #charlotte marrying collins doesn't suddenly change their dynamic so Lizzy can never see her the same way again. #it reveals the truth that was there all along: that she and Charlotte do have wildly different priorities and values #and those differing values make them pretty incompatible #as anything more than acquaintances #and it's so uncomfortable for lizzy to face that #and there's no fixing it because das just who Charlotte IS #but now she can see it. and so she comes to visit and she writes letters for the sake of what was as Austen tells us #and because lizzy iS loyal #but that is truly not a moment where it's about lizzy being too harsh on charlotte and then having to be like 'we still love each other' #and i do kind of hate when stories do that in general. just flatten everything into something feel-good #sometimes things are bad and disappointing and flat and that's just the truth #I feel this with Mrs Bennet a little bit less because it's smaller but again. it's like. how much pathos do we need to feel for her #also she just doesn't like lizzy! never has. least favorite daughter #anyway a million more thoughts but yeah. one of the things about P&P is that Lizzy doesn't actually learn what friendship is #until after Darcy. #it's such a true growing up story. in the sense of: she thinks she's done and she's not #anyway anyway many more thoughts on how charlotte's decision to marry collins is framed too #too sympathetically tbh #it's not just fear. charlotte just also doesn't give a damn about romance asdlfas;fasfsafsaflkasl;fsjafsafsafsf #she said i want a home and i want a parlor and if i have a fool of a husband that's okay with ME #and it's not even about (for the moment) judging the choice. it's just seeing it clearly for what it actually is #2005 liveblog