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destinationtoast · 6 months
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Bennet likes to crawl in between my sheets and my quilt and then spoon with me. I just took a nap, and now I need to get up, but when I lift my quilt, this is what I see.
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luck-of-the-drawings · 4 months
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EPISODE 2 AND 3 HAVE BEEN SOOOO FUN im already so emotionally attached to each of these characters.. if anything bad ever happens to any of them im killing everyone and then everyone.
#cw blood#cw vomiting#jrwi fanart#jrwi show#jrwi suckening#ARTHUR BENNETS DRY HUMOR IS SOOO FUCKIN FUNNY OH MY GOOODDD the sleepin upside down bit omg..#i love drawing him with just the same stoic expression. he is a stone cold pillar of ice to me. one that loves his little kitty kittyyyyy#i loved watching him work with emizel aswell the dynamic is SOO FUN#I LOVE THAT EMIZEL IS SO FOND OF CATS TOO LIKE RAAAHH THATS SO SWEET.. pepper is his favorite cat....#the part with him defending pepper was SO CUTE UGHH i love emizel he is so small and sharp and pointy AND YET#there is LOVE IN THAT BOYS MOSTLY DEAD HEART I TEEELLL YOU HWAT!!! and in other news:#i love love love the concept of 'royal shut-in gets lost in the big city' MY BABY BOY SHILOOO I ADORE HIMMMM#AND DEACON WAS SOOOO NICE TO HIM givin him a place to stay n helpin him dress up for the party and taking him around town to see the sights#im in love with deacon i love him soooo much. AND ALSO. ABOUT SHILO.#HE CAN EAT FOOOOOD LIKE SURE THE GARLIC GOT HIM BUT WE GGOOOTTA GIVE HIM A MILKSHAKE OR SMTH#LIKE I THOUGHT IN THE FIRST EPISODE WHEN HE SIPPED SODY N NOTHING HAPPENED. I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUSTA FLUKE#BUT NO ITS A PATTERN ITSA PATTERN HE CAN EAT FOOD!!! BABY BOY CAN EAT FOOOD!!!!!!! FEED HIM MORE FOOD!!! food is the best human creation#I HOPE MORE GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO THESE BOYS. especially since. well. okay so ive seen the 4th episode. sigh.#like holy fuck. hey ep4? what the fuck? hey you just let that happen? what the fuck. what the FUCK. EPISODE 4. HEY WHAT THE FUCK#THAT DIDNT NEED TO HAPPEN. OH MY GOD. THIS BETTER END WELL. IN TWO WEEKS I KNOW YALLRE GONNA BE SCREAMIN TOO BC OHHH MY GLOD. WHAT THE FUCK#EPSIDOE FOUR STILL HAS ME FUCKED UP SO BAD OH MY GOD. I WILL NEVER BE OVER IT. HOLY SHIT. WHAT THE FUCK. WHAT THE FUCK. WHYYYYYY. NOOOOOOO!
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bethanydelleman · 1 year
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Elizabeth, when she gets invited on a tour by her aunt and uncle: I am going to get a good grade on being a tourist, a thing that is both normal to want and possible to achieve.
And when we do return, it shall not be like other travellers, without being able to give one accurate idea of anything. We will know where we have gone—we will recollect what we have seen. Lakes, mountains, and rivers shall not be jumbled together in our imaginations; nor when we attempt to describe any particular scene, will we begin quarreling about its relative situation. Let our first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers.
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A look at the Hellfire Gala comic coming in July (this was posted by @/fromtheashes.x on Instagram)
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The only notable thing for me is that Exodus looks like he hasn't rested his shoulders in millennium 😆 he looks so tense and way to serious
LOOK AT HIM LOL
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serious 😐... HA
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recycledmoviecostumes · 7 months
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Costume designer Annie Hardinge likely created this sweet little gown for the 2013 movie Austenland, where the piece made its debut on Keri Russell as Jane Hayes. It went on to be reused in the 2015 television mini-series Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, where Lucinda Dryzek’s Flora Greysteel considered it while holding it up to herself in front of a mirror. Suki Waterhouse wore it the following year to portray Kitty Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, though it can best be viewed in a deleted scene. The gown also had the distinction of being used in both the 2019 short version and the 2022 film version of Mr. Malcolm’s List, first by Olivia Caley as Lucy and later by an extra. It was used again on extras in the 2020 first episode of Belgravia, as well as the 2022 second season of Sanditon.
Costume Credit: Anne81, bellcs, Chai tea latte
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terrie01 · 3 months
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Mary Bennet is the most underrated character in Pride and Prejudice. Like, she's not pretty, witty or lively like her sisters. She doesn't come with a built in companion like Jane and Elizabeth, or Kitty and Lydia. But she tries. Her parents provide minimal education for the girls. She's taught to read and to play the pianoforte. And from there, she tries to do better. She reads books to better her mind. Practices the pianoforte to learn to play more complicated pieces. And she's not good at it, but she tries, with no guidance.
According to "A Memoir of Jane Austen," written by her nephew, Mary went on to marry a clerk of her Uncle Phillips and lived out her life in Meryton. She married middle class, not a gentleman. But it would have been a steady, stable sort of life, without the stresses of having to produce a son to inherit. I think it would have suited her well.
I know Austen probably wrote Mary to caricature the sort of young woman at the time who tried to be more than she naturally was, and come across as smug and irritating as a result. But I think about how in modern times, Mary would be the sort to get really into theater, or the type to teach herself Klingon and Latin for fun. Just someone who would find a niche interest and get really into it, and find the tiny social circle that went with it, and been a little out of step with most people, but still happy.
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dearausten · 5 months
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just rewatched pride and prejudice 1995 and i loved it, even more than before! here are some thoughts:
- the best thing about this adaptation is, to me, the performance of jennifer ehle as elizabeth. honestly, she nails everything about her character, in my opinion. from lizzy’s wit and sense of humor to her firm resolution in rejecting darcy the first time and dealing with lady catherine, while also displaying all her conflictimg emotions not only during the whole wickham affair, but also when she found herself longing for darcy’s good opinion (who knows why!). she was absolutely charming and one can’t help but root for her.
- this might be obvious, but i love how it is pretty much the same as the book! it’s very clear that having six episodes worth of screen time instead of two hours as you get in movies played in their favor.
- i love the bennets! i love seeing the sisters interact! i love seeing them in their daily lives and watching their dynamics. i also think they got almost all of the characterizations perfectly. lydia, kitty, mary and mrs. bennet were all on point! however i do feel like they toned down mr. bennet’s flaws and only focused on the funny/sarcastic side of his character. other than that, i liked him too :)
- i’ve seen many people who don’t like this mr. collins but honestly i really enjoyed him. he was ridiculous and absurd, and he annoyed the fuck out of everyone, which is accurate lol. i do wish they’d made him age appropriate bc... that man is not 25 lol. anyways, i actually thought this collins was more accurate than 2005!collins.
- oh, caroline, you sneaky thing! i have nothing to say about her, really. i think she was portrayed very accurately as well. and they included the hursts!
- mr. bingley was good too! love me some golden retriever energy
- and, of course, how could i not talk about colin firth as darcy! he was DISGUSTED to be around common gentry people. he looked like he’d rather hang himself from the ceiling than be in those goddamn social gatherings for one more minute. he was so displeased with everyone and clearly thought they were nothing but a pain in his ass, and i love that lol.
- but OH MY he’s a simp! he can’t stop staring at elizabeth for the life of him. istg he is so fascinated by her. that scene at rosings when lizzy is talking to colonel fitzwilliam and darcy just stared at them while she roasts the fuck out of him????? top tier
- one thing i adored about his performance was just how miserable he looks when she isn’t around! and mind you, this is DARCY we’re talking about.
- the lake scene was great, but CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT LOOK THEY GAVE EACH OTHER IN THAT ONE SCENE???? YES, THAT LOOK. YALL KNOW WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT. IT MAKES ME WEAKKK
- the ONLY note that i have is that i wish he smiled more, especially when they meet after the letter (but before that too)
- honestly the only bad thing i have to say about this adaptation is that the second proposal felt a little... underwhelming. it’s supposed to be this big emotional moment why do they look like they’re talking about the weather 😭
my conclusion: i’ve worshipped 2005 since the first time i watched but i feel like i’ve just become a 1995 stan, it was just so so good and so faithful to the book. and yes, i finished it two days ago. yes, i’ll be rewatching today.
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I'm re-reading P&P and this is new revelation I came across. I think we have been judging Mrs Bennett very harshly. What was a mother of 5 girls supposed to do when her husband didn't worry at all about their future? She was lacking in manners and appears greedy and materialistic but which mother will not want a wealthy man for her daughter? Her manners were not the best and she was biased with her children but she wasn't a bad mother. She cared for the girls and wanted a good fortune so that they don't have to suffer. She raised 5 girls without a governess and two oldest of them were very elegant and agreeable and perfect according to all the standards of a society, the third was decent enough to not ridicule her family. The youngest two were a little too free-spirited which might be because of the fact that there were already 3 girls to take care of by the time Lydia and Kitty were born and Mrs Bennet couldn't take as good care of them as the other three daughters. We can see how little excited and concerned Mr Bennet is with family matters. I doubt he was very helpful in the bringing up 5 daughters and Mrs Bennet had to do most of the things alone which might have made her a little annoying by the time she reached middle age. I think we can be a little compassionate to her and cut her slack. Instead of hating her, I would try to understand her. What do you guys think???
Thank you for reading this half witTED TALK.
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lizzy-bonnet · 9 months
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Austenian Dads
A recent post about mothers-in-law by @bethanydelleman had me thinking about the dads in Jane Austen. We get a lot of discourse about mothers and mother figures, who have big, important roles in the stores, but her depictions of fatherhood are interesting too. Here, in my opinion, are the dads and dad-like figures in her novels, ranked from best to worst.
(note: I've left out deceased and barely-there dads, but I will note that Mr. Dashwood's attempt to look out for his daughters, and the amount of grief occasioned by his death, indicate that he is a Top Dad.)
Mr. Musgrove - Notwithstanding "poor Richard", Mr. Musgrove has three reasonably well-adjusted adult children, seems to love his younger children, and goes to his daughter's bedside when she is injured. His children all make Sensible Matches, and he likes kids enough to permit the little Harvilles to be brought back to Uppercross to increase its noise. He folds my beloved Anne into his family and treats her affectionately whenever she is with them. By the standards of the day, he seems pretty solid. 8/10 Least Bad Dad.
Sir John Middleton - Like Mr. Musgrove, Sir John is a people person. His immediate and unreserved adoption of the Dashwoods in their hour of need tells us that he is an unambiguously good-hearted person, which usually leads to loving parenting. His kids are young so we don't see him interacting much with them, but his desire to give everyone a nice time bodes well. He doesn't notice when his teasing goes to far. 7/10 definitely tells the same dad joke over and over.
Mr. Bennet - As a reader I love him because he's pithy, but he's honestly not a great dad, and is not modeling a happy marriage for his daughters. He shows favouritism to Lizzy, lets Lydia run wild, is hurtful towards Mary and Kitty, and fails to save up any money to bribe worthless young men to marry his daughters. 5/10 for putting all his eggs in the "having a son" basket and then doing nothing when the handle on the basket breaks.
Lt. Price - Loud, embarrassing, shiftless. Ignores his daughters but seems to maybe do OK with his sons? 3.5/10, tops.
Sir Walter Elliot - This fucking guy, am I right? He's vain, he's self-obsessed, he's a spendthrift, and he's a dreadful parent. His eldest daughter is his favourite and he basically forgets Anne and Mary exist when they're not directly in front of him (and sometimes doesn't notice them even when they are). His favouritism has damaged Anne and Mary in different ways to Mr. Bennet's to his younger daughters, but the source is the same: he has one child who is like him and others that he doesn't click with, so he basically lets them shift for themselves. In the Elliot household I'm certain this means that sensitive Anne was left to grieve her mother without any comfort from her father. It's no wonder she was ready to marry the first loving man she saw. When he sees her looking well, he thinks it's down to her skin care regimen. 3/10 merely Gowland's.
Sir Thomas Bertram - Poor Fanny, her father figures are both the pits. Sir Thomas knows absolutely zero about what any of his kids are like and can't see how bad Aunt Norris's influence is on all of them. He swings wildly between neglectful and overbearing, and then tries to pressure Fanny into marrying Henry Crawford despite his attentions making her visibly miserable. He also knows perfectly well that Fanny is shy, and yet does not give her any warning that he's throwing a ball for her coming out, plus he sends her home to Portsmouth as a sort of weirdo punishment to make her see what she's missing by not marrying Henry. 2/10 points and he really only gets these for 1. offering to free Maria from her engagement and 2. getting a fire in Fanny's grate, even if he left it until WAY too late to do her much good.
General Tilney - the closest Austen gives us to a villainous parent. The General is dictatorial to his children, oppressive around the house and occasionally creepy towards Catherine. This is made apparent by the fact that the Abbey suddenly becomes much more fun when he goes off to London. He shows himself the ultimate Bad Dad by tossing his daughter's friend out of the house without explanation and hardly the resources to get herself home. 0/10 Gothic Tyrant Dad.
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girlygirltournament · 8 months
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(32 bracket base here by @mad-scientist-showdown)
This is the full 128 bracket!! Full list of matches under cut!!
Preliminary Polls
Round 1 Statistics
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6 (the finals!)
Directory
Bracket 1 - Side A
Mizuki Akiyama (Project SEKAI) Vs. Maria Campbell (My Next Life as a Villainess)
Flora (Winx Club) vs. Abby Sciuto (NCIS)
Mitsuba Sousuke (Toilet-bound Hanako-kun) vs. Forrest (Fire Emblem)
Enid Sinclair (Wednesday) vs. Pearl Houzuki (Splatoon)
Haley (Stardew Valley) vs. Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
Veruca Salt (Charlie and the Chocolate Factory / Willy Wonka) vs. Sonoko Suzuki (Detective Conan)
Cinderella (Cinderella) vs. Silena Beauregard (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
Kim Possible (Kim Possible) vs. Amy Rose (Sonic)
Bracket 1 - Side B
Sakura Chiyo (Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun) vs. Lydia Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Caroline Forbes (The Vampire Diaries) vs. Makoto Kino/Sailor Jupiter (Sailor Moon)
Rosie Mayfield (Style Savvy) vs. London Tipton (Suite Life of Zack and Cody)
Momoi Satsuki (Kuroko's Basketball) vs. Tuesday Simmons (Carole and Tuesday)
Effie Trinket (The Hunger Games) vs. Stella (Winx Club)
Honey-Senpai (Ouran High School Host Club) vs. Victorique de Blois (Gosick)
Sakura Minamoto (Zombieland Saga) vs Madoka Kaname (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
Cure Sparkle/Hiramitsu Hinata (Precure Pretty Cure) vs Lindsay (Total Drama)
Bracket 2 - Side A
Lola (Shark Tale) vs. Colette "Coco" (Thea Sisters)
Therese Wolf (Fable Comics) Vs. Orca/Dex @labor9 (Tumblr User)
Princess Ozma (Wizard of Oz) vs. Aelita Schaeffer (Code Lyoko)
Webby Vanderquack (Ducktales) vs. Hiyoko Tosaka (Hatoful Boyfriend)
Fernet (100% Orange Juice) vs. Donko (Taiko no Tatsujin)
Blythe Baxter (Littlest Pet Shop) vs. Shezow/ Guy Hamdon (Shezow)
Numbah 3 / Kuki Sanban (Codename: Kids Next Door) Vs. Ami Onuki (Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi)
Jessica Day (New Girl) vs. Caitlin Cooke (6Teen)
Bracket 2 - Side B
Shirou Fuji (Mizutama Honey Boy) vs. Kitty (BBC Ghosts)
Rainbow Brite (Rainbow Brite) vs. Zari (Duolingo)
Momoko Ryugasaki (Kamikaze Girls) vs. Peaches (Ice Age)
Barbie (Sandman) vs. Tilly (Rent a Bridesmaid by Jacqueline Wilson)
Sally (Ninjago) vs. Rainbow Dash (My Little Pony Generation 3)
Princess Pea (Super Why!) vs. Mai Oota / P-Chan (Gokinjo Monogatari/Neighborhood Story)
The Cat (Red Dwarf) Vs. Queen Red Riding Hood (The Land of Stories)
Arcee (Transformers Generation 1) vs. Gaby Solis (Desperate Housewives)
Bracket 3 - Side A
Cher Horowitz (Clueless) vs. Cornelia Hale (W.I.T.C.H)
Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility) vs. Clover (Totally Spies)
Perfuma (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power) vs. Mabel Pines (Gravity Falls)
Lilligant (Pokémon) vs. Biscuit Krueger (Hunter x Hunter)
Allison Reynolds (The Foxhole Court: All For the Game) art by @detrinity vs. Isabella Garcia Shapiro (Phineas and Ferb)
Hello Kitty (Sanrio) Vs. Barbie (Mattel)
Mari Tsutsui (Rainbow Days/Nijiiro Days) vs. Ella (Total Drama)
Tahani Al Jamil (The Good Place) vs. Rosalina (Mario)
Bracket 3 - Side B
Elle Woods (Legally Blonde) Vs Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo)
Ty Lee (Avatar: The Last Airbender) vs. Amulet Heart (Shugo Chara!)
Holly Munro (Lockwood and Co) art by @lucy-j-carlyle vs. Nikki (UP2U: World Traveller, Love Nikki, Shining Nikki)
Birdo (Mario) vs Lambdadelta (Umineko: When They Cry)
Smurfette (The Smurfs) vs. Regina George (Mean Girls)
Tsukimi Kurashita (Princess Jellyfish) vs. Todomatsu Matsuno (Osomatsu-san)
Blossom (The Powerpuff Girls) vs. Rarity (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
My Melody (Sanrio) vs. Nui Harime (Kill La Kill)
Bracket 4 - Side A
Emily (Stardew Valley) vs. Mitsuri Kanroji (Demon Slayer)
Nana Komatsu (Nana) vs. Lucia Nanami (Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch)
Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes) vs. Minako Aino/Sailor Venus (Sailor Moon)
Rose Lavillant (Miraculous Ladybug) vs. Marie (The Aristocats)
Glinda (The Wizard Of Oz) vs. Hilda Valentine Gonreil (Fire Emblem)
Ichigo Momomiya/Mew Ichigo (Tokyo Mew Mew) vs. Coco (Bluey)
Princess Peach (Mario) vs. Starfire (Teen Titans)
Draculaura (Monster High) vs. Charlotte La Bouff (Princess and the Frog)
Bracket 4 - Side B
Bee (Bee and Puppycat) vs. Natsuki (Doki Doki Literature Club)
Bubbles (The Powerpuff Girls) vs. Strawberry Shortcake (Strawberry Shortcake)
James (Pokémon) vs. Kurako/Kuranosuke Koibuchi (Princess Jellyfish)
Platinum the Trinity (BlazBlue) vs. Aoi Hyōdō (Maid-sama/Kaichou Wa Maid-Sama!)
Mad Mew Mew (Undertale) vs. Minnie Mouse (Disney)
Tsunoda (Aggretsuko) vs. Cure Coral/Sango Suzumura (Tropical Rouge Precure)
Daisy Duck (Disney) vs. Cure Flora/Haruka Haruno (Go Princess Precure)
Yukiko Kanzaki (Assassination Classroom) vs. Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
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destinationtoast · 27 days
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Do the cats try to escape or are they pretty chill to be indoors now? What are your thoughts on Catios? If you had the space/time/money would you build one?
*Asks are sent for fun, no pressure to answer within a certain amount of time or at all.
Despite having lived outside for the first ~six weeks of their lives, my kitties are now scared of the outside (they're scared of pretty much everything, poor little furballs). They've never tried to escape.
I'm a big fan of Catios and similar constructions. My cousin's kitty loves going out on their balcony to sit in the sun and occasionally bat at insects (they used to have the balcony covered in netting, but now he's arthritic and never jumps):
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I'm planning to move later this year, and I'm hoping my new place will enable such a setup! Very excited about the prospect. :D Remains to be seen whether my cats will enjoy it, though... they are all pretty content indoors.
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How about you? Thoughts on Catios or other specialized pet enclosures, pet enrichment, etc? (Question aimed at both @amloveabledeathmo and other readers; cute pet pics optional but encouraged as part of reply XD )
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thatchronicfeeling · 7 months
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It has come to my attention that it's Period Drama Appreciation Week 2023. I love period dramas and grew up watching them. They have been a formative part of my life and I'm now too disabled to watch video. Even gifs are too difficult for my brain to process. It is also Bi Visibility Week and I'm posting this on Bisexual Visibility Day. Since I can't safely post a pile of gifs, here is a list celebrating actors/characters/moments from period dramas that have been significant to my bisexuality. [Yes, this is a big list. I am missing out on watching and re-watching A Lot of awesome period dramas and I hate it. This list is helping me reclaim a bit of joy. Also I've probably forgotten some favourites and may update this.]
Lori Petty in A League of Their Own
Jodhi May in any period drama
Mary Wickes in any period drama
Freddy Honeychurch in A Room with a View
Anne Hathaway playing cricket in that rust-coloured dress in Becoming Jane
Esther Summerson (disabled heroine!) & Allan Woodcourt in Bleak House
the freshly-painted yellow cabin door swinging shut with the names 'Calam & Katie' painted on it in Calamity Jane
the sequence where Doris Day sings 'Secret Love' in Calamity Jane
Michelle in Derry Girls (and James too, a wee bit)
George Eliot & Lenore in Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party
the moment where Emma and Mr Knightley start dancing together and it feels like you're inside the music in Emma
Polly Waker's haircut in The Enchanted April
Matthias Schoenaerts in Far From the Madding Crowd
Idgie & Ruth in Fried Green Tomatoes
Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack
recognising Marian Lister as a bisexual who hasn't realised it yet in Gentleman Jack
Mary Agnes McNue in Godless
Bel & Freddie in The Hour
June Allyson leaping over a hedge (or is it a fence?) as Jo March in Little Women
the Patricia Rozema adaptation of Mansfield Park
the whole sequence where Judy Garland strides onto the neighbours' porch to sock The Boy Next Door in the jaw in Meet Me in St Louis
Katie the cook in Meet Me in St Louis
the moment where Benedick braces his arm against a doorframe in a desperate panic to stop Beatrice from going to eat Claudio's heart in the marketplace in Much Ado About Nothing
Denzel Washington in Much Ado About Nothing
Mr Thornton's hands (ok, and also his face) in North & South
tomboy Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay
Valentine in Parade's End
all of Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Papi in Pose
Lizzy Bennet declaring that she would never marry someone she did not love in Pride & Prejudice
Mr Darcy diving into a pond in Pride & Prejudice
both Angel and Joanne in Rent (the 2008 broadway version)
Martha the maid in The Secret Garden
Lelia Walker in Self-Made
swashbuckling Margaret Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility
the dance sequences in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
the whole Thomas Kent situation in Shakespeare in Love
Maria (when she is not a nun) in The Sound of Music
Kitty Butler onstage in Tipping the Velvet
Annie and Janette and Jacques and Linh in Treme
Audra McDonald and Anne Hathaway and Raúl Esparza in that promotional photo for Twelfth Night
Julie Andrews and her male co-star singing a version of 'Home on the Range' with the line 'and the deer and the antelope are gay' in Victor/Victoria
Justine Waddell in Wives & Daughters
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bethanydelleman · 1 year
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What Elizabeth/Darcy ff would you recommend?
I might be a bad person to ask... I'm very picky. And I am NOT making fun of or disparaging what other people like, this is just about what I like.
My biggest thing is for characters to be in character, so no ShyBoiTM Darcy or Obstinate-Head-Strong-Girl Elizabeth (that was an insult not a compliment or an accurate description of her character. In JAFF she is often "obstinate" to the point of stupidity). I also am not a huge fan of 1995, so I cringe when "Fanny" Bennet shrieks and is described as shrill (her name is most likely Jane, I just avoid naming her). And of course I don't like Screaming-Bag-of-Evil Caroline. Or a Charles who hates Caroline (there is no evidence in the book that they dislike each other, there is counter-evidence in fact...)
The compromise trope bothers me so much that I wrote an entire story about it’s logical endpoint.
This is why I write my own stuff...
But never fear! I have a few favourites. Free Stuff first:
The Life and Opinions of Gilroy Hurst, Gentleman - This is a variation and POV retelling, by Mr. Hurst. It's hilarious and his opinion of Darcy is spot on. It is very much 1995 but because it’s also a farce I don’t mind.
The True Adventures of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Time Traveler - Time travel variation, I loved watching Darcy Elder hate how arrogant and awful his past self was, which is delicious.
Saving Oakham Mount - a little farce that makes fun of JAFF tropes, love this sort of thing.
Under Good Regulation - one of my favourites from Amelia Marie Logan. We occasionally collaborate on stories. I like most of her stuff.
A Glimpse - where Elizabeth and Darcy both get a glimpse of the future. Also by Amelia Marie Logan.
And now published stuff:
I like Pride & Prejudice & Zombies. I thought it was clever and I have the sequel and I read his Abraham Lincoln book too.
Letters from Pemberley by Jane Dawkins
The Companion of his Future Life by Jack Caldwell (this novel might not even be that good, I'm just a Mary and Collins shipper)
The Pursuit of Mary Bennet by Pamela Mingle (focuses more on Mary, not sure if this one qualifies)
Darcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
Darcy's Voyage by Kara Louise
And then the smutty and not very canon The Truth About Mr. Darcy by Susan Adriani because sometimes you just need some light fun and smut.
Some of these I liked before I started really getting into Jane Austen, so my continued preference might be based more on prior feelings than current prejudices. 
Also, I don’t read a ton of FF anymore. I work full time and I write my own JAFF most evenings while also attempting to have a post-pandemic social life. I also just made a commitment to re-read LOTR. And I also do this. So again, I’m maybe not the best person to ask.
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he110sweet13 · 3 months
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Created by myself an @msmhari this morning. Neither of us have time to flesh out this fic right now, but wanted to share the dopamine.
Casting the OFMD Pride and Prejudice AU. (spoilers I guess? The book is 200 years old, if I spoil it, then I spoil it)
Starting with the major pairings:
Mr. Bingley and Jane- hopelessly in love, of course, Stede and Ed.
Mr. Darcy and Lizzy- Darcy is smart, competent, but generally perceived as an asshole. I give you, Mr. Izzy Hands. But as we all know, Izzy is the fandom bicycle. So who is our clever, cheeky, and a little bit mouthy Lizzy Bennet? Lucius it is.
Lydia and Mr Wickham- This one’s a bit cheeky, but it’s my tumblr and I do what I want. And I fully blame @msmhari for Wickham. Lydia is Archie. Don’t worry- we’ll get back to her. She’ll be just fine. Wickham is Ricky. He dies of natural causes. Murder is a natural cause right?
Now let’s round out our families. First, the Bennet Sisters: Kitty and Mary will be played by Frenchie and Wee John. They share a room.
Lady Catherine is Auntie. Terrifying and knows it. Unless you’re Lizzy.
If Lucius is Lizzy, where’s Pete? Pete is Mr. Collins. I’m sorry Black Pete fans, please don’t come for us.
Spanish Jackie and the Swede are the Gardiners. They love love and just want to see everybody happy. Bonus points if they don’t have to clean up after their family of muppets anymore.
Jim and Olu are Mr. Bingley’s (Stede) “Siblings”. Archie runs off with them. See? She’s fine. No one gives a fuck about Ricky/Wickham. Olu is married to Zheng. #garlicsoup
Fang is Darcy’s cousin Fitzwilliam. A sweet gentleman who softens Lizzy (Lucius) towards Darcy (Izzy)
Mary is the woman that Mr. Bingley (Stede) was rumoured to be courting when he fucked off to London for a bit. Meanwhile Jane (Ed) is moping to Lizzy in her pillow fort.
Not entirely sure what to do with Buttons, but hey, that’s nothing new.
There are two very important characters left. Mr and Mrs Bennet. And personally, my favorite of our little fan cast.
Mr Bennet is the leader of this little mess. He created it. Brought it into the world. This is his circus and these are his monkeys. Thus I give you, the Daddy of our little crew, David Jenkins.
So who is the counterpoint to our producer and creator? The organizer who steers the ship? Mrs Bennet loves pairing up her daughters, and clowns just as hard as any of the fans. Silly and a bit chaotic, and really just wants to see Jane get all Mooney over her husband?
Javid Denkins, aka David Jenkins in a bonnet.
You’re welcome.
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wren-of-the-woods · 4 months
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This Accident and Flood of Fortune
Lizzy and William are looking forward to a quiet date watching their sisters perform in Twelfth Night — but when they discover that George Wickham is waiting in the wings, they must use Lizzy’s wits and their combined nerdery to help William get his revenge. Or: In which Lizzy comes up with a scheme, and even Shakespeare would be proud of the chaos that ensues.
This was written by @bloodsoaked-rainbows and I for @friendoftrees! It's the third installment in our Pride & Prejudice series Once Upon a Text, though it should be readable on its own. It's about 3k of silliness and can also be read on AO3 here!
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Lizzy is finally going to see William again.
It has been over a week since their first date, and while they have managed to keep up their habit of texting regularly, the chaos of the holidays (and the inevitable Collins-avoiding that entailed) have kept them from being able to meet in person since that fateful day. Fortunately, their sisters have given them a way to escape their respective houses. 
The two of them are meeting at a public rendition of a Shakespeare play in which both Mary and William’s sister Georgiana will be performing. It should be highly enjoyable, or at least entertaining; it’s hard to do a performance of Twelfth Night without making somebody laugh. After the play, they plan to spend some time on their own, but at this point Lizzy thinks that she’d be satisfied to see William in any circumstances. Being stuck with her family throughout the holidays has started to make her feel mildly insane.
Her phone buzzes with yet another notification from its messages app. The Bennet Family Group Chat has been very active this morning, to no one’s surprise.
Lizzy checks the notification and rolls her eyes. 
Bennet Family Group Chat
Trouble 1: sooo lizzy are you excited for your ✨date✨
Typical Lydia behavior. The name Lizzy added as her contact has never proved to be inaccurate. Lizzy barely has time to sigh before her phone buzzes with another notification as Kitty and their mother chime in, and it hardly takes a minute for the chaos to spread to the rest of their family.
Bennet Family Group Chat
Trouble 2: OOH YEAH👀
Mama Goose: i hope you don’t scare him away to soon!
MaryBerry: *too
Mama Goose: he’s quite rich, you know
Father Goose: We know.
As usual, Jane comes to Lizzy’s rescue as the only sane one in the mess that was their group chat.
muffin: Just be nice to poor Lizzy, for heaven’s sake! She’s probably nervous enough
Lizzy: Thanks, Jane You’re my favorite Hope you and Charles have a good time at the play, too
Trouble 1: HEY favorite???? rUde
Trouble 2: :((
Lizzy: <3
Lizzy closes her phone and resolutely ignores the notifications that continue to flash across its screen. She has more important people to talk to than her family, after all. 
~
Lizzy gets to the theater with minimal trouble and, after she greets William with an enthusiastic hug, they go to find their seats. Jane and Charles are here as well, but they have settled in an opposite corner of the theater and are completely wrapped up in each other, so Lizzy thinks she will have William to herself today. 
“I trust you have been well since our last meeting?” asks William, completely genuine like the outdated dork he is. Lizzy cannot help but smile.
Lizzy sits down as they talk. William settles beside her. “I’ve been fine. A bit frazzled, but you already knew that from our texts.”
“I understand the feeling. I currently live with Caroline Bingley.”
Lizzy grimaces. “That must be unpleasant.”
William nods gravely. “There is little escape.”
“Oh! Fitzwilliam, dear!” calls a terribly, horribly familiar voice. “Fancy seeing you here! What a surprise.”
William sighs. “Speak of the devil.”
A dog barks as though in agreement. Lizzy turns to see Caroline Bingley, dressed to her usual ostentatious standards. In a flowery handbag, she carries the smallest, most absurd little poodle that Lizzy has seen in her entire life. Its curly white fur is shaved on most of its body coiffed neatly on top of its head and on the tip of its tail. In both places, it is finished off by a lacy pink ribbon tied in a bow. Lizzy is simultaneously awed by its absurdity and utterly unsurprised by Caroline’s idiocy. 
“Hello, Caroline,” says William tiredly. 
“I cannot wait to see our dear Georgiana perform,” says Caroline, flouncing closer.
“Nor can I,” William says unenthusiastically. 
There is an empty seat beside William. Caroline’s intentions are clear. Lizzy looks around in panic.
“How about we go sit over there, William?” she asks with false cheer, pointing at two empty seats surrounded by other strangers. “There’ll be a better view of Georgiana’s entrance, don’t you think?”
“What a fabulous idea,” William says, standing up. 
They hurriedly make their escape, leaving a somewhat confused Caroline and poodle behind. 
~
The play begins only a few moments later, and Lizzy sits back, enjoying the familiar opening lines of Twelfth Night as they are spoken across the stage. 
“If music be the food of love, play on,” William whispers into her ear, quoting along with the actor playing Duke Orsino. “Give me excess of it; that surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken, and so die.”
Lizzy giggles quietly. “Do you know the whole play?”
“Only most of it,” says William with a smile.
They quiet down and watch as the play begins to unfold. When Georgiana makes her entrance as a storm-disheveled Viola, William catches her eye and gives her a thumbs up. Lizzy thinks she sees Georgiana smile before she returns her attention to her role. 
Everything is going wonderfully, in short— right up until the middle of the next scene. 
When a handsome young man emerges onto the stage as Sir Andrew, Lizzy feels William go worryingly tense beside her. 
“Sir Toby Belch! How now, Sir Toby Belch?” cries the man. Lizzy thinks he is doing a rather good job of capturing the silliness of the role, but when she glances at William, he looks horrified.
“What’s wrong?” she whispers to him as Sir Andrew banters with the other characters. 
“I know that man,” William says quietly. Lizzy is rather concerned to note that his words sound more like a growl than a whisper. 
“Who? Sir Andrew?”
“His name is George Wickham.”
Lizzy’s eyes widen. She knows about William’s childhood friend and the way he had betrayed William by attempting to gain more than his fair share of William’s father’s inheritance and generally being an asshole. 
“That’s him? I thought you hadn’t seen him for years!”
“I haven’t,” says William grimly. “I have no idea why he’s here.”
“Why would he be playing Sir Andrew, of all people?” asks Lizzy as Sir Andrew — Wickham, apparently — pretends not to understand French.
William’s eyes go wide. “Fuck.”
Lizzy doesn’t think she’s ever heard her boyfriend curse in the entire time she’s known him. “What?”
“Georgiana’s been talking about a charming friend she made in theater. A friend named George.”
“Do you think he’s trying to befriend your sister to get revenge on you?”
“It’s certainly possible.”
Lizzy considers this. Onstage, Wickham and the other actors make their exit. 
“Shit,” she agrees. 
As they sit there, reeling, Georgiana enters the stage again. Her character, Viola, has now disguised herself as a man. Lizzy blinks. In this costume, Georgiana looks startlingly like her brother. 
Lizzy thinks about their new conundrum. She thinks about the play. She thinks about how the plot proceeds from here. She turns to William. 
“I have a brilliant idea.”
~
“This is a stupid plan,” William grumbles as Lizzy pushes him in the direction of Mary, who had managed to escape her place backstage and bring out a costume. 
“It’ll be great,” says Lizzy. “Trust me. I’ve been texting Mary and we figured the whole thing out.”
“And Mary is fine with this?” William asks doubtfully.
“Completely,” says Lizzy, conveniently failing to mention the part where she had offered a thirty-dollar Barnes & Noble gift card as a bribe.
“And the rest of the cast?”
“Absolutely on board,” says Lizzy confidently. She had promised them some of Jane’s cookies. “Just get changed and wait for the right moment.” 
“You’re going to owe me if this goes wrong,” William mutters darkly.
“And me,” Mary says, handing William the costume.
“Nothing is going to go wrong,” Lizzy says, grinning confidently.
She shoves William in the direction of the bathroom and hurries back to her seat before anyone can get suspicious about her absence. 
~
The play continues. Mary makes her entrance as Lady Olivia, looking commendably unruffled by the sudden change in plans backstage. They perform well, and for a few moments, Lizzy happily loses herself in the play and forgets about her nerves and her glee about her plan. 
Then things are set into motion. 
At the beginning of act two, it is revealed that Georgiana’s character, Viola, has a twin brother named Sebastian who survived the shipwreck in which everyone assumed he had met his demise. The actor who walks onstage at the beginning of the scene, conversing emphatically with his friend Antonio, is not the person who was originally cast. In fact, the actor who was going to play Sebastian has made his way into the audience, sitting next to Caroline Bingley. He is petting the poodle.
Onstage, the character is instead portrayed by a very wet William Darcy. 
“By your patience, no,” says William gravely. His voice is deep and carries well throughout the theater. “My stars shine darkly over me. The malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave, that I may bear my evils alone. It were a bad recompense for your love, to lay any of them on you.”
William’s character has boots that are almost knee-high and a flowing white shirt with long sleeves. He has just survived a shipwreck, and as such, he is wet and disheveled. He is, in short, gorgeous. 
Lizzy hears a distant shriek that she assumes is Caroline Bingley. She feels rather similar. She realizes that she may have made a slight miscalculation. There is only one flaw in her genius plan. At the end of the play, Sebastian will marry Lady Olivia, which means that William will have to pretend to marry Mary. If he is going to look like this the whole time, Lizzy does not think she would be able to stand that. 
She watches him onstage. She thinks. She is interrupted when her phone buzzes.
Bennet Family Group Chat
muffin: LIZZY WHY IS WILLIAM ONSTAGE
Trouble 2: he’s WHAT
Mother Goose: i thought it was his sister who’s int he play
MaryBerry: *in the
Trouble 1: Lizzy WHAT IS GOING ON PLEASE TELL ME
Lizzy: It’s fine guys don’t worry
muffin: THAT DOESN’T CLARIFY ANYTHING
Lizzy: We have a plan It’s fine
muffin: What kind of plan could possibly require him to be IN THE PLAY
Lizzy: Remember when i told you about his childhood friend’s betrayal The friend is in the play He’s Sir Andrew
muffin: His childhood nemesis is Sir Andrew??
Lizzy: NO The actor
muffin: oh
Trouble 1: oOoOo
Father Goose: ???
Lizzy: Anyway y’know how in twelfth night there’re multiple duels In one of them the character Sebastian fights Wickham’s character
Trouble 1: OOOOO
Lizzy: So William is playing Sebastian now And he’ll have an excuse to beat Wickham’s ass :D
muffin: LIZZY LIZZY THIS IS PROBABLY UNETHICAL
Father Goose: Excellent scheming. I approve
Lizzy: Thanks dad <3
Lizzy sighs and puts her phone away. She looks back at William. He is still as unfairly handsome as he was before. He knows all the lines and is delivering them flawlessly because he is, deep down in his heart, beneath all the brooding and handsomeness, a complete and utter nerd. After a moment, he exits the stage with Antonio and the next scene begins. 
Lizzy heaves a sigh of relief at the success of the first part of their plan. Now all William has to do is hide backstage between his scenes and keep Wickham from noticing until their plan comes to fruition. 
Ignoring the notifications still coming from her family’s group chat, she opens her Discord conversation with William. 
TheWittyFool: good job out there babe!!!! TheWittyFool: you did great <3
Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: I’m hiding behind a barrel right now. Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: I think Mary is laughing at me. Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: I am so wet
TheWittyFool: rip
Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: I’m remembering why I never got into theatre. Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: Oh no Georgiana is back Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: She saw me
TheWittyFool: 🫡TheWittyFool: good luck lol TheWittyFool: maybe explain that her friend is actually an asshole?
Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: Now? Really?
TheWittyFool: i mean it’s better than later
Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: I guess Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: Wish me luck
TheWittyFool: gl :D
Goodnight_Sweet_Prince: D:
Lizzy’s Discord goes silent. It shows William as offline, presumably explaining things to his sister, so she puts her phone away again. She leans back in her seat. She watches the comedy unfolding on the stage. She thinks about the fact that, despite their vastly different personalities, she and Mary actually look fairly similar to each other. 
 After a moment, she opens her phone. 
Bennet Family Group Chat
Lizzy: I have another brilliant idea
MaryBerry: Oh no.
Lizzy: :)
~
“I can’t believe you convinced me to do this,” Mary sighs as she helps lace the back of Lizzy’s costume.
“I mean, you’ll get seventy dollars at Barnes & Noble out of it,” says Lizzy. “Seems like a pretty good deal to me. Besides, you can do the rest of the play in the next few performances.”
“This whole situation is absurd,” Mary continues, ignoring Lizzy. 
Lizzy ignores her in turn, flipping through the copy of Twelfth Night the actor playing Sir Toby had lent her and muttering lines to herself. When the costume is on properly, Mary sighs and leaves her be. She is typing something on her phone. Lizzy assumes the group chat is dissolving into further chaos. She does not care. 
Satisfied that she knows the part well enough, she puts the play aside and turns to peek at the performance from her place backstage. William is on the stage. It is the first scene of act four. Soon, the moment of truth will arrive. 
Indeed, after only a few minutes, Wickham makes his entrance onto the stage. Lizzy relishes the look of complete and utter shock on his face when he recognizes William. He stumbles. He opens and closes his mouth. His face goes pale. For a moment, Lizzy thinks he is going to completely abandon his part, but he recovers after a long minute of silence. 
“N- now, sir, have I met you again?” Wickham stutters after a moment. “There’s for you!”
Wickham attempts to glare at William threateningly. William is glowering at him, looking for all the world as though he actually intends to duel him to the death. 
Wickham takes a deep breath — Lizzy assumes he is trying desperately to remember his blocking — before he walks forward and slaps William in the face. 
William raises one eyebrow. He draws his fake dagger. He scowls, and then, like a striking panther, he lunges forward. 
“Why, there’s for thee,” he cries, striking Wickham in the stomach with the hilt of his dagger. “And there” —a hit to his side— “and there!”
As he delivers the final words, William gives him a blow to the shoulder that sends Wickham sprawling on the floor. 
“Are all the people mad?” growls William, and Lizzy swears she hears Wickham whimper. 
Another character, Sir Toby, intervenes in the fight. The actor appears genuinely concerned. “Hold, sir, or I’ll throw your dagger o’er the house!” 
One character delivers a line and exits the stage. Lizzy winks at him, and he stifles a laugh. 
Onstage, the actor playing Sir Toby takes William’s arm and holds him back. William is glaring daggers at Wickham, who is just now returning to his feet.
“Come on, sir, hold!” says the actor.
“Nay, let him alone,” Wickham pants, clutching his side. “I’ll go another way to work with him; I’ll have an action of battery against him, if there be any law in Illyria. Though I struck him first, yet it’s no matter for that.”
“Let go thy hand!” William snarls at the remaining actor, Sir Toby.
The character begins to protest, but before he can finish his line, William breaks free and draws his fake sword. Sir Toby says a few lines and draws his own sword, but Lizzy is no longer paying attention. Her turn has almost come.  
Taking a deep breath, she enters the stage as Olivia. 
“Hold, Toby,” she cries. “On thy life I charge thee hold!”
Everyone turns. The actors all stare at her, blinking. There are varying levels of shock on their faces. William’s eyes are very wide. 
“Madam—” says Sir Toby’s poor actor weakly.
“Will it ever be thus? Ungracious wretch,” she says, glaring directly at Wickham.
She launches into a series of insults until all the actors except William slink from the stage, then proceeds to deliver a series of loving lines to William. 
William looks just as confused as his character is supposed to be. 
“What relish is in this? How runs the stream?” he says weakly to the audience. “Or am I mad, or else is this a dream?”
They exchange a few more lines, as Lizzy’s character professes her adoration for William’s character.
“Nay, come, I prithee,” she says. “Would thou’dst be rul’d by me!”
“Madam, I will.”
“O say so, and so be!”
Lizzy walks up to William and, gently cupping his cheek, draws him into a kiss. It takes a moment for him to catch on, but soon he is kissing her back. The crowd applauds as they embrace and then walk offstage, hand in hand. Lizzy even hears a bark that sounds like a strangely approving poodle. 
The moment they leave the stage, William turns to glare at her halfheartedly. “Why didn’t you warn me?!” 
“There wasn’t time,” says Lizzy. “Also, this was funnier.”
William sighs, the effect slightly ruined by the smile he cannot quite hide. “You’re a menace.”
“Yep.”
William shakes his head. “Do you realize that was our first kiss?”
Lizzy blinks. “Huh.” She frowns. “I guess it was.” She turns to look at him. “Is that okay?”
William considers this for a moment. “It seems rather fitting, I suppose.”
“What do you mean?”
“Our relationship started with mistaken identities and general confusion. It was only right for us to continue the trend.”
Lizzy laughs, loud and bright. Mary runs up and hushes her.
“Give me your costume and get out of here!” she says. Beside her is the actor who was supposed to play Sebastian. “You’ve had your fun and given that barbarian something to remember you by. Now let us do the play properly.”
Lizzy and William change and surrender their costumes without complaint. They leave and return to their seats as everyone resumes their proper parts and brings the play to a close. Lizzy is satisfied to note that, when he comes back onstage, Wickham is sporting the beginnings of a rather spectacular black eye.
They applaud louder than anyone else as the actors take their bows. They leave the theater before Wickham can emerge from backstage. They are not disturbed by Caroline — she seems to have fled at some point after the onstage kiss. Lizzy and William hold hands as they walk down the street, enjoying the quiet and the sunshine after the chaos that had been the last few hours. 
“That was the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever done,” says William. “It was a terrible idea. I’m going to have to properly deal with Wickham eventually.”
“It was fun though, wasn’t it?” 
William is silent. Lizzy takes this as the agreement it is.
“You’re welcome,” she says with a grin. 
William sighs, rolls his eyes, and kisses her again. 
Together, they walk into the sunset.
~
(Two hours later…)
Bennet Family Group Chat
muffin: drama.mov I filmed the whole scene btw
Lizzy: wHAT
muffin: :)
*Many people are typing*
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