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itspileofgoodthings · 1 year ago

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I am the first to point out that, of the two leads in P&P, Lizzy’s is the far deeper moral transformation and to say that Darcy’s character especially re: his flaws is wildly misunderstood and frequently painted out worse than he is out of fear of his particular kind of power. All of that said, I do love that Lizzy is just like “no, the way you treat me isn’t good enough and I will not simply accept it”

#and the fact that he agrees with her completely and does something about it #proves how fundamentally good he is and always has been #idk. I just love that she isn’t afraid of him #and that she DOESN’t ever sort of like make up a tragic story for him for his silence and reserve #she’s just like. what is that Man doing over there in the corner #if That Man liked me he would show it differently #that Man should treat people better in social situations #and like. she isn’t wholly wrong #she is wrong about a lot as regards him #but her mistakes (some part of them) is just common man refreshing and he sees the sense in them #and again. there is no fear #both Bingley and Georgianna are a little afraid of him #and Bingley needs to take responsibility for his own actions nonetheless #but he feels the force of the personality! and sometimes has trouble standing up to it!#Georgianna’s fear is much more awe/respect/little sister love #But I just #there is something about Lizzy where she’s just so unafraid of him #and so uninterested in being awed by him in a certain way #and it’s so good for him and his generous heart absolutely loves that #basically Darcy had just gotten used to being the coolest/smartest person in the room #and had grown complacent #(because he really isn’t fundamentally bad mannered. even before)#and there’s a lot of reasons all the stuff comes out of his mouth during the first proposal #and a lot of it is the expression of the internal war he’s been fighting #And tbh it’s both honest romantic and valid #and yet all of that said Lizzy is still like ‘and I have to hear you say this about my family why?’#and her explosive anger towards him is rooted in so much that ISN’t fair #and (again) the deeper moral transformation is hers I fully believe that #but that part of Lizzy that’s just like ‘I am too cool and interesting for you to be speaking to me like this’#‘I am just as cool and interesting as you and I am unafraid of you’ is so valid and so funny

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