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just-a-girl-who-likes-sharks · 3 months

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January 2024 books 💜

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im-secretly-a-frog · 6 months

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nothing compares to finishing a really good book with a happy ending and just letting pure joy run through your body. Flapping, squealing, jumping about. Not worrying about who will see you. I love it.

#autism #actually autistic #autistic things #reading #bookblr #booklr #books #Pride and Prejudice and the city #that's the book I read

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maxalotlxl · 3 months

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Pride and Prejudice and the City by Rachael Lippincott

Also Known As Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh

4 Stars

Sometimes all I want is a cute and easy romance to make me blush and kick my feet like I'm a teenager experiencing love for the first time. This was all this was too me, it was a simple easy read that didn't need much effort or thought.

There is some magical time travel, that sent Audrey into the past where she believed she had to find love to get herself back to her own time. She did so with the help of Lucy, a rich man's daughter from this past time who is being forced into a loveless marriage.

There was definitely a few points in which I just wanted them both to figure out their feelings already and kiss, but they got there in the end. Kind of wanted more of a follow up on the ending because I felt like I needed to know what they were going to do after such a major change in their lives.

Finished January 22nd

#booklr #book recs #sapphic book recs #wlw #romance #regency romance #time travel #Pride and prejudice and the city #pride and prejudice and pittsburgh #rachael lippincott

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vogelmeister · 6 months

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the point in the queer book where they realise they’re falling for the girl and not the guy

#i squeak #pride and prejudice and the city

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travelingtostories · 3 months

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F I N I S H E D : Pride and Prejudice and the City by Rachael Lippincot.

#book #finished #books #reading #pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice and the city #rachael lippincott

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flywitchesfly · 6 months

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I did a thing 🎧🎶

#pride and prejudice and the city #playlist #book playlist #sapphic romance #rachael lippincott #Spotify

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human-being61 · 10 months

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The bottom shelf of my bookcase is the “Hall of Important Books” aka the books that mean the most to me. In it we have Pride and Prejudice, Little Women, A Tale of Two Cities, and of course, the entire The Folk of The Air series

#these are all the same level of cultural relevance in my mind #we also have howls moving castle #it’s the one year anniversary of me reading tcp twk and tqon and to celebrate the coassion I’m becoming obsessed again #tcp #the cruel prince #the wicked king #twk #the queen of nothing #tqon #the folk of the air #tfoa #should i tag the other books i mentioned?#sure #pride and prejudice #little women #a tale of two cities

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cheetahgirlju · 18 days

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The Mr. Darcy Standard

Every night, my friends and I spend a good amount of time discussing numerous topics. One of our top conversations last night still lingers in my head. The topic of standards. Growing up on romantic movies like Pride and Prejudice has lifted the bar. Men don’t act like they did in the early 2000s films. They don't chase you around New York begging for your attention. They don't fall in love with you so hard that they have to outburst their feelings in the rain because their love has become too overpowering. It's so disappointing how through time women have had to lower their standards to achieve the most average men.

You're telling me Noah built Allie a house after not seeing her for years, wrote her a letter every day for a year, and waited for her, but my first date was walking to Jack in the Box and the liquor store. I'm not asking for the world, I'm just asking for a decent feeling of actual attraction to males. I know how annoying it is to get the ick for every man. As Snookie said, “Guys are douchebags and I hate them all, they don't know how to deal with women, and that's why the lesbian rate is going up in this country.” I feel as though real love is only constructed by intellectual people, and how many intellectual men are left in the world?

I just want to feel wanted and yearned for. That may be corny but EVERYTHING is painted as corny nowadays. Maybe that's the reason it's so hard for men to be romantic. They probably fear embarrassment but maybe it'll be less embarrassing when you're really really in love. Sometimes I feel as if I'm the issue. Maybe my standards are too high but I fully believe that if someone like Nicholas Sparks can write ‘The Notebook’, then not all hope is lost.

I want the old timey type of love that feels as if it could last forever. I would gladly take what Mr. Big and Carrie had because even though they fought a lot, there was still genuine love there. I genuinely tear up thinking about the possibility of me being alone or even worse feeling alone. Growing up with nothing but toxic relationships as a guide for love, I now just want to know if it's real. I’m tired of boys, bring the men in.

I always try to see from a man’s point of view but I refuse to put myself in incompetent shoes. If The Notebook is unrealistic and I'll never achieve that level of love, even without the house, without the rain, without the letters, and without the book, I’m just talking about their love. Is that so unrealistic? Is love dead? I don’t care if this is corny because this topic spirals through my head constantly. I wonder if I'm wasting time. Will I ever love someone that deeply? I’m not desperate for just anyone. I'm desperate for that feeling, that's why I never have deep connections with men. Because why am I going to waste time with something I don’t deserve. I deserve to be wanted and pursued, but more than that I deserve the mixture of simplicity and complexity that comes with loving someone. Maybe I am desperate, let’s hope my longing will help me in the long haul.

This is just my personal diary and my personal manifestation book where I allow myself to have opinions and allow others to either agree or disagree. So I'll end this by asking if there are any real Mr. Darcy’s and Mr. Bigs out there. I'm not asking for the exact love they had, I'm just asking for their desperation and most importantly their intimacy. Complex and in love. I'll update if I ever get this lol or maybe i'm just delusional.

- By Me <3

#trashy y2k #mcbling #juicy couture #2000s #2000s nostalgia #blog #girl blogger #tumblr girls #y2k #dear diary #digital diary #sex and the city #love #pride and prejudice #the notebook #real love #romance #hopelessness

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whenthegoldrays · 3 months

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Every day I am haunted by “Darcy Fitzwilliam” (female protagonist of a Hallmark Channel genderbent remake of Pride and Prejudice)

#i didn't even watch the whole thing #all i know is that somehow they managed to turn p&p into a standard big city woman returns to her hometown and reunites with herr #high school nemesis(?) hallmark plot #like. how #pride and prejudice #hallmark channel #elly's posts

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valntynebaby · 2 years

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a friend asked me to give them a list of classics to read and this is what i gave them

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writingthroughthenight · 6 months

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Some books are meant to be devoured. Others to be savored.

Both. Both are good.

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fake-elizabeth-bennet · 1 year

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Pride and Prejudice × Derry Girls crossover

Us, when Mrs Bennet was glad on receiving the news that Jane fell ill at Netherfield: Well, I think it's safe to say we all just lost a bit of respect for you there, Mrs Bennet.

If you like shows and P&P crossover, you can swing by on "fake.elizabeth.bennet" on Instagram.

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la-pheacienne · 1 year

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What is the most romantic story you have ever read or watched?

This one will be long, sorry, I can't just pick one. I looked for the definition of "romantic" in various dictionnaries and I singled out these definitions (excluding the Romanticism of the 19th century although the two can coexist obviously) :

"marked by the imaginative or emotional appeal of what is heroic, adventurous, remote, mysterious, or idealized"

"characterized by, or suggestive of an idealized view of reality"

"visionary"

"conducive to or characterized by the expression of love"

"exciting and mysterious and having a strong effect on your emotions"

So the main things to look for here are 1) idealism (as opposed to realism) and 2) strong emotions, which leads to 3) love, that is naturally the perfect form of idealism evoking strong emotions.

Most romantic stories I have ever read, in no particular order:

A Tale of Two Cities. "I wish you to know that you have been the last dream of my soul". A man sacrificing himself for the woman he loves, taking the place of the man she loves in the guillotine, you can't get more romantic than that.

Les Miserables. It is a Romantic story and a romantic story, both, of course. It is in every way THE romantic story by definition, every single possible version of romantic love is present here. Marius and Cosette's love at first sight is the definition of idealistic love as a copying mechanism for misery, loneliness and abandon. "What Is Love? I have met in the streets a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, the water passed through his shoes and the stars through his soul". Eponine's love and sacrifice for Marius and Cosette's happiness is the purest form of selfless devotion, born out of a context of complete vileness and depravity. Grantaire sacrificing himself for the ideals that Enjorlas believes in, out of pure love and devotion for Enjorlas as a person and not because of his personal political ideology, is also purely romantic. I would even include Valjean's love for the Bishop Myriel here because it is just so idealistic and wholesome and heartbreaking and life changing and larger than life.

The Great Gatsby. The romantic element is one sided here. It is personnified in Jay Gatsby, whose fatal love for the unworthy Daisy is the essence of "romantic", it is purely idealistic and thus completely clashes with the harsh reality, but we can't help but be drawn to his utter devotion, emotional drive and integrity. That's why he's The Great. "They're a rotten crowd. You're worth the whole damn bunch put together". "Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!"

After these three I have to mention:

Wuthering Heights, for the dark side of romantic love. Here love is mainly the force of evil, but still, it is presented in its most idealistic form. "He's more myself than I am. Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same". "Be with me always - take any form - drive me mad! only do not leave me in this abyss, where I cannot find you! Oh, God! it is unutterable! I can not live without my life! I can not live without my soul".

Jane Eyre. "I have for the first time found what I can truly love–I have found you. You are my sympathy–my better self–my good angel–I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you–and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one". I mean. Self explanatory.

Pride and Prejudice. Not exactly my definition of romantic because the realism is strong on that one, but still, it is the OG story where two people change their very personality because of their love for each other and it merits a place here. And also for quotes like this "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you".

Gone with the Wind is also pretty romantic imo, despite the strong realism of both Scarlett and Rhett. Well, it merits a place here because this book really cemented the trope of a fictional character that is morally ambiguous (rotten even) and very realistic in the raw sense of the word but at the same time has an intense, soul-crushing idealism. Both Scarlett and Rhett are big idealists and they have an inner conflict between that idealism and their natural tendency to focus on the here and now. I love that. Very popular trope in American fiction.

As for the most romantic stories I have watched, that should be a post on its own I think because I can think of plenty of movies/shows, if we don't count the adaptations of the books I just mentioned here.

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comma-after-dearest · 11 months

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I like how Pride and Prejudice and A Tale of Two Cities both have:

-The handsome, nice rich boy named Charles who gets a traditional romance arc

-His intelligent, aloof, but good-hearted BFF who is everyone’s favorite character

-An arrogant, obnoxious dude who gets rejected by the heroine, immediately writes her off as an idiot who doesn’t know who’s good for her, and goes on to marry someone else and mostly disappear from the story

Coincidence? Probably. But maybe not.

#a tale of two cities #atotc #pride and prejudice #p&p #charles dickens #jane austen #parallels #literature

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krispykreeme · 1 year

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last night before falling asleep I had the most soul crushing thought any Sophitz shipper could have.

We could’ve had a pride and prejudice type of romance between Sophie and fitz.

We could’ve had a Darcy and Elizabeth.

Fitzwilliam Darcy whose name is shared with Fitz.

Elizabeth Bennet aka Sophie Elizabeth Foster.

We could’ve had Sophie mentally adjust to the lavish and, quite honestly, insane wealth the elves live in. This compared to her previous life in San Diego would’ve paralleled Elizabeth’s family’s and occasionally her sense of inadequacy by being at the lower ends of high society; just blending in with the members of the high ranks yet being set apart as well (a lot of people refusing to accept Sophie as a normal elf and a lot of hatred towards her for just existing. Vs. Elizabeth Bennet and being targeted by Lady Catherine de Bourgh). We could’ve had some imposter syndrome in the beginning but pushed into the background of Sophie’s mind as it turned into confidence with her handful of abilities and position on Team Valiant. Also if she played more into the role of Elizabeth she’d be a lot wittier and take less bullshit. The whole love triangle would’ve been solved because she addressed it. The neverseen probably would’ve been done by now because as empathetic and kind as she is, (this is more me than Elizabeth talking) she would’ve snapped. Also she’d talk without thinking, often putting the honest out into the world, forcing people to address it.

Fitz could’ve been an asshole in the first few books (which he was but I just don’t remember how). Well, an asshole from Sophie’s point of view. But if any other characters chimed in, they’d comment on his kindness and generosity. We could’ve seen Fitz painstakingly trying to get to know Sophie better through their cognate training, both of them wondering how they even became cognates, and Sophie just refusing to comply because of her pride and prejudice ;). We could’ve seen Fitz evolve from Mr. Perfect who would’ve been stubborn and quite condescending, to his ‘hidden’ kind and patient side (he’s just awkward and doesn’t know how to interact with Sophie), to his much more mature and responsible side. He could’ve had so much character growth, turning into a teenager who recognized the flaws in his idealized society and tried to make his world better, recognizing the extreme prestige and privilege he has. Him letting go of his pride to make deeper connections with people he cares about, and stepping away from his reputation. Recognizing that his prejudice is what is stopping him from being comfortable with himself and others.

We could’ve had the confession scene be from Fitz about the matchmaking but much more tense and dramatic. The juxtaposition between their close body language and harsh words. A rejection from Sophie because: why would she like a guy who ripped her away to a world that hates her even more? How arrogant could he be to believe that she would like him back? Why should she even consider it if he admitted to liking her against his better judgement?? Fitz asking her out on a date through that confession and Sophie tearing him and his preconception of their world apart. Her pride being hurt, only reenforcing the prejudice she hold against him. Fitz apologizing and recognizing that he needs to change. Sophie regretting her intense words but knowing that he needed a wake up call.

We could’ve had such a beautiful arc of one sided dislike (Sophie) and haughty awkwardness (fitz) to, hatred hiding away guilt and possible affection (Sophie) and regret and change and kindness (fitz) where they grow to be close and somewhat friends but haven’t gone over the obstacle of their egos and judgements. Ending with “im sorry I assumed so much about you based on first impressions and your background, my ego got in the way and I was wrong about you. I hated you because you made me face a part of me that I wanted to push away but it was hurting me in the process. I don’t actually hate you, in fact, I like your company and you make me a better person. I should’ve been honest with you and myself from the beginning.”

Although, it retrospect it would’ve been a bit difficult to juggle this in alongside a love triangle, an anti-establishment group, another anti-establishment group, fantasy creatures, school, a shitty government and so many characters (the council, the parents, the Collective, the teens, the bodyguards, the alicorns, the villains, and all the plotholes in between). However, I say if the love triangle was never established in the first place, we could’ve had some room for this, especially over the course of nine 800 paged books.

#wow this was long #turns out I had a lot to say about it #sophitz #sofitz #fitzphie #sophie foster #fitz vacker #Elizabeth Bennet #fitzwilliam darcy #mr darcy #pride and prejudice #kotlc #keeper of the lost cities #p&p #rant

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spiderliliez · 1 year

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100th ‘MORFYDD CLARK’ GIFSET! 🥳

Celebrating posting that many GIFsets on Miv. And I don’t think I’m even done yet. That’s over 700 pieces of GIFs on Morfydd. 😳

Forgive me, I must be crazy. AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME! 🥰

SHOTS!!! 🥃🥃🥃

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