#legit its like friends to lovers with enemies to lovers energy. check. doesnt realise that they're i love until its too late. mutal pining.

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deciding to read the emma confession scene bc i don't have the concentration rn to watch the film was a mistake bc im going crazy and there's no one to go crazy with.... i just want to read this aloud to someone bc HOW TO COPE. this is the scene that shaped me

#... what do you like in a romance? *points to emma* #legit its like friends to lovers with enemies to lovers energy. check. doesnt realise that they're i love until its too late. mutal pining. #love triangle (but not actually bc no one is actually invested) (aka the only good type of love triange for angst) #character growth. confession scenes that are intimate and personal. plot so small its inconsequential. #its all about them ✨(emma) #i wish he wasnt so much older than her but i cant understand that as being a product of the time #and austens approach to romance being the Hero Is Someone You Know You Can Trust To Basically Own You Once You Get Married. which like fair #knightley giving up his estate to live with emma.... the power that holds