#Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: When Mr. Bingley unexpectedly abandons Netherfield, Jane Bennet quietly mourns and laments his departure. She does not pace angrily as Elizabeth does, nor is she even able to blame Charles Bingley for his desertion. Jane sees, however, that Lizzy's suggestion that they both stay a few weeks in Town is a sensible one. Surely, Mama's disappointment in her eldest daughter's prospects would be easier to endure with distance and the pity of their friends and acquaintances would undoubtedly fade in time. Elizabeth Bennet means to make good use of their time in London. If Mr. Bingley cannot be made to regret his carelessness and the odiously proud Mr. Darcy may not be humbled, perhaps the Bennet fortunes may be raised by alternative means. When Mr. Bingley unexpectedly abandons Netherfield, Jane Bennet quietly mourns and laments his departure. Jane sees, however, that Lizzy's suggestion that they both stay a few weeks in Town is a sensible one. Surely, Mama's disappointment in her eldest daughter's prospects would be easier to endure with distance and the pity of their friends and acquaintances would undoubtedly fade in time. Elizabeth Bennet means to make good use of their time in London. If Mr. Bingley cannot be made to regret his carelessness and the odiously proud Mr. Darcy may not be humbled, perhaps the Bennet fortunes may be raised by alternative means.

Author: JeanniePeneaux

Note from mod: This fic has been removed from Ao3. As I understand it, this author uploads her works online before deleting them and moving them to Amazon to be read on Kindle. The new link leads to her Amazon page, where Perfect Suit does not appear to be uploaded yet.

[besotted-with-austen]

Jane Austen: so, you go to Mr Collins' house and Elizabeth is there alone. She welcomes you politely, but she looks---troubled.

Colonel Fitzwilliam: and of course she does, after everything I said to her-

Fitzwilliam Darcy: do I sense if she is mad at me specifically or it is just her headache?

Jane Austen: roll an Investigation Check.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *grimacing* it's a three.

Jane Austen: just her headache.

Caroline Bingley: *derisively* she only looks like she wants to stab you, Darcy.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *shrugs* I guess I am too nervous to really give her a proper look.

Jane Austen: what do you do next?

Fitzwilliam Darcy: well, I-I tell her, "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."

Jane Austen: Elizabeth blushes. She is absolutely stunned.

Georgiana Darcy: that is good, right? Right?

Fitzwilliam Darcy: I tell her that even if her family is--not ideal-

Charles Bingley: *making a face*

Caroline Bingley: *playfully disgusted frown* and I made my character romance you?

Fitzwilliam Darcy: -and I might be acting impulsively, I just have to let her know that I love her. That's it.

**Silence**

Jane Austen: *smacks her lips* okay-

Charles Bingley: *histerical laughter* I don't like the way you said it-

Colonel Fitzwilliam: it's an immediate natural one, yes? Please tell me it's immediate.

Georgiana Darcy: shhhh!

Jane Austen: give me a Persuasion Check-let me tell you, you have to roll very high.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: figures-very well-

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *beat*

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *flatly* natural one.

Colonel Fitzwilliam: JUSTICE!

Jane Austen: *claps her hands* you make your grand love confession, but Elizabeth stops you and immediately rejects you.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: ouch.

Jane Austen: she tells you that she could never marry the person that hurt her sister and destroyed Wickham's future-

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *dawning horror* I had forgotten they had talked, fuck-

Jane Austen: and, finally-

Charles Bingley: there is more? He is already dead-

Jane Austen: Elizabeth looks at you dead in the eye and says: "From the very beginning—from the first moment, I may almost say—of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry."

Fitzwilliam Darcy: damn.

Caroline Bingley: *dying of laughter under the table*

Charles Bingley: I do not know if I can resurrect you after that.

Georgiana Darcy: I knew it, I should have given you Bardic Inspiration-

[laurenillustrated]

“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me.”

Pride and Prejudice illustration based on the book.

[dearemma]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

[literarybrainrot]

Pride and Prejudice is actually hilarious cause Elizabeth goes to the Netherfield Ball with the purpose of finding out what Darcy's closest friends think about Wickham, and when they all tell her Darcy is a really nice guy and Wickham is a liar she literally goes "Mr. Darcy has somehow managed to trick all of his closest friends into thinking he's a good person but I know something about him that they don't (that he sucks)"

[hycinthrt]

i love how a big part of elizabeth bennet’s character is that she is obviously very smart, she is very observant, but she can easily be led astray by her preconceived notions, by things that she already has convinced herself of believing. and this is most obvious by her not seeing mr. darcy’s proposal coming at all, because girl that man was openly flirting with her. i don’t think this is shown a lot in the movie or the tv series, but he keeps teasing her, answering her witty remarks with a smile, the whole “i am not afraid of you” thing. like, charlotte saw it coming, colonel fitzwilliam definitely saw it coming, the gardiners knew as soon as they saw them together later in the book, mr darcy was not as subtle as he thought he was being

seriously, god bless you jane austen for giving us this romance of two fucking idiots constantly misunderstanding each other’s actions and intentions. god bless you for giving us mr “aha so like what do you think of your friend’s marriage? you wouldn’t mind living away from your family when you marry right? oh, no reason, no reason, just a random thought. and what do you think of rosings, you know if hypothetically you were ever a guest there, no, no reason hehe”, and miss “i wonder why i keep coming across mr darcy during my walks, i even made sure to tell him that this is where i usually take my walks so he can avoid me but we are still??? running into each other???? and he keeps asking me all these strange questions too, what a weirdo”

just, two idiots that were made for each other

[duchess-of-new-shire]

My favorite ship dynamic of all time, ever, is a little something I like to call anxiety x audacity

Examples:

[pigeon-princess]

I love this movie most ardently

[lightgaswaterelectricityrent]

this is my hand flex

[xanthickee]

[rohirriiim]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

[nerdside]

Pride and Prejudice characters + being a mood

[poonyo]

Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy Pride and Prejudice, 2005

[cherismomish]

There's a scene in Pride and Prejudice that I'm relieved rarely makes it to adaptation because my secondhand embarrassment can't take it – it's where Elizabeth is staying at Netherfield to look after Jane and Mr Darcy randomly asks if she wants to dance a reel, but she doesn't reply so he asks again, and she's just like "no I heard you the first time, I just thought you were taking the piss" 💀

[dearemma]

inspired by this post

[greengableslover]

Period Drama Appreciation Week 2024 Day 1 ❥ Favorite TV Show

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995) dir. Simon Langton