#Mr. Collins

[burningvelvet]

Just found out from a short clip on social media that the actor of Lord Cutler Beckett in PotC (Tom Hollander) plays Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice 2005. I've had that movie on my to-watch list for years after hearing so many rave reviews and seeing so many references to it but THAT is what has officially sold me...

[braidedriver24]

rewatched Pride and Prejudice (2005) and i realised that mr. collins and florian wirtz have something in common.. their love for boiled potatoes

✨excellent boiled potatoes auf die 1✨

[theridgebeyond]

yet another casualty of “I forgot people don’t talk in real life like they do on Tumblr.”

I used [redacted] to avoid revealing a spoiler in a text conversation, and now my friend thinks that Mr. Collins whips out his penis in Pride and Prejudice.

[maxiemumdamage]

Haven’t read Pride and Prejudice through in a while, maybe this was addressed and I forgot, but is there ever an explanation for why, when Elizabeth rejects Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet doesn’t try to pawn him off on one of the other girls?

Mrs. B shielded Jane from Collins despite her being the unmarried and most eligible eldest because she thinks Jane can do better (Bingley) in the immediate future. Why not by that same logic write Elizabeth off as a spinster (which she kind of does anyway when Lizzie’s father steps in and forces Collins to back off) and try pawning it off on the next eldest daughter?

Mrs. Bennet probably wouldn’t do that to one of her favorite daughters, no, she has faith they can do better. But Elizabeth and Mary are not her favorites.

Which brings me to my actual point: obviously Mary and Mr. Collins would not have a happy marriage, because Mr. Collins is the kind of man it’s pretty much impossible to be happy with and Mary certainly isn’t mature enough to do it. But do you think they’d last long enough before realizing they’re incompatible to walk down the aisle? They’ve got surface similarities in their preachiness and attempts to appear intelligent despite their lack thereof.

Not saying I think this should’ve happened, for many reasons starting with Mrs. Bennet was forcing her kids into an absolutely miserable union for her own sake taking a turn at Charlotte Richards and her prospects and ending with Mary being way better off in canon when she waited and had sisters positioned to help her. But still, an interesting what-if, which fandom is meant for.

[bethanydelleman]

just saw your post about entails to the male line and there's one thing that's haunted me for years and i hoped you had the answer:

if Mr Bennet and Mr Collins are related through the male line, how come they have different last names? or did i misunderstand the rules of this entail from the beginning and the line was carried on by a woman at some point?

I'll answer this anyway, given the nature of the entail, Mr. Collins must be a descendent of the male line. Either he or Mr. Bennet (or their ancestors) at some point changed last name. This may even be the root of the argument between Mr. Bennet and Mr. Collins's late father.

I feel like Jane Austen used a different last name for Mr. Collins to emphasize the distance between the Bennet family and the Collins family. The entail will take the estate far away from the Bennets genetically, but that is still preferred to *gasp* a female heir. Also, the name of the person holding the estate will change anyway, just like it might with a female heir.

[a-dauntless-daffodil]

possibly one of my FAV scenes from my FAV thing ever-

Elizabeth Bennet almost commits a murder, Jane just barely prevents a murder, Mary has the MOST toxic crush on her wet cat blorbo Mr. Collins, and Kitty... literally... ran off rather than sit with him. Beautiful.

<3 i love this miniseries <3

[glassheadcanon]

In the most animated language, the violence of my affections (Bite-Sized Fandoms Exchange 2024 gift for Ultra)

Wordcount: 3,617 Rating: Teen and Up No Archive Warnings Apply Category: F/M Fandom: Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995), Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen Relationship: Mary Bennet/William Collins

Additional Tags: Character Study, Regency-era pop-culture references, Irony, Love Goggles, Or maybe "love spectacles"?, Banter, What-If, Awkward Conversations, Marriage Proposal

Summary:

Elizabeth's rejection of Mr. Collins's proposal created a veritable fracas within the Bennet household's female contingent. In Mary's estimation, it was both foolish and tactless, the way they all carried on. As expected, Lydia found a great deal of unabashed amusement in the circumstance while, in her vexation at Lizzie’s conduct, their mother once again descended into near-hysterics.

What Mary had not anticipated intruding upon her amidst this strange semblance of domestic peace to which she'd grown so accustomed was that she'd have any feelings about the matter at all.

This was a challenging one to write, I'll admit - especially when these two are practically foils to my fave characters in this fandom (Lizzy and Darcy). The pompous, sycophantic, and slightly avaricious Mr. Collins is always far too easy to make fun of, and Mary is generally portrayed as sour and unlikable stereotypical "old maid" material; so how to develop the premise as organically as possible, while not straying into "character bashing" (definitely not appreciated in these sorts of exchanges)? After a ton of (very interesting) research, I ultimately had to remind myself of how every antagonist firmly believes they're the hero, and so decided to sincerely try to get into Mary's head, as a product of her time and life circumstances. But yes, I still couldn't resist adding a bit of silliness and dramatic irony in there, true to form. ;)

[orangechickenpillow]

Nightmare blunt rotation

[smash-or-pass-laytoncharacters]

[adobongsiopao]

I thought this "shelves in the closet" scene from "Pride and Prejudice" 1995 version was only present in the adaptation version and it was written as some sort of in-joke between the staff of the show but it actually exist in the novel! This scene is based on Chapter 14 of the novel:

"She had even condescended to advise him to marry as soon as he could, provided he chose with discretion; and had once paid him a visit in his humble parsonage, where she had perfectly approved all the alterations he had been making, and had even vouchsafed to suggest some herself--some shelves in the closet upstairs."

Elizabeth's commentary about it was amusing as if she's the main character in a point-and-click adventure game. Happy thought, indeed!

Is there any scene from the adaptation that you thought it was made up first but turned out they actually exist from source material?

[jelluu]

Mr Collins the type of guy to call women “Females”

[misfit-mania-the-first]

Is Mr. Collins really being like:

“But you can’t say no! I have cool friends and those friends can be your friends!!”

[neo-c137]

When life hits u hard, say "what excellent boiled potatoes!!" and move on

[bethanydelleman]

How likely is Mr. Collins to name his and Charlotte's daughter Catherine?

100% will happen. It's also not a bad or a ridiculous idea.

George Wickham is most likely named after his benefactor, Mr. Darcy Sr. and Henry Knightley (the first son of John and Isabella) is named after his maternal grandfather, most likely it's a way to curry favour and/or show appreciation for patronage. So it is likely a common enough practice and wouldn't be thought of as weird.

Also, if Lady Catherine doesn't like it, there is almost certainly a Catherine in the family tree that would give the Collinses plausible deniability. Because all women are named Catherine, Anne, Elizabeth, or Mary.

Also, Charlotte is fully on board with the flattery campaign so they can get more livings, so she's not going to protest.

I think they would be more hesitant to use Anne, especially given Anne's state of ill health. I trust that Mr. Collins would be able to read the room on that one.

[ernestlaytonpolls]

[animezinglife]

I know everyone loves to roast Mr. Collins, but we sincerely do not appreciate the actor playing him enough.