#i hate mr rochester

[salt-cedar]

I struggled so much with my mr Rochester hate that I forgot that St John is kind of the worst. I get that it's written with uncritical Christian lense but at times I think he should've sounded like bullshit even in 19th century England. He refers to Jane marrying him as "accepting the crown of angels". My guy is too prideful for a mortal man, even if he is a priest.

Plus he is manipulative as shit. He keeps insisting that Jane marries him but the only difference that makes is that she will be obligated to sleep with him (which I think she knows). And when she refuses he says "Remember that you are now denying the will of God". So, he is telling a woman that if she doesn't sleep with him she's denying the will of god. He will be a great missionary indeed.

[must4rds33d]

[enters the room timidly] hello… jane eyre nation…

mr. edward fairfax rochester quick study! tried my best to make it fit according to jane’s description as much as i could

(thank u @clair-blake for that lil nudge!! otherwise i actually wouldn’t have the gut to post here lmao >__>)

[curledupinmyarmchair]

J.E. Chapter 23

[kendallroyvevo]

reading Jane Eyre is so infuriating, it's like if you're smart and really cool best friend started dating the biggest loser of a man and you don't get it and you will never get it because he is just that big a piece of shit

[sixty-silver-wishes]

reviewing jane eyre for work and I forgot how much I hate mr rochester

controversial opinion I know but. I do not like that man

[tooquirkytolose]

I love Jane Eyre sm this bitch really had two proposals that boiled down to

"It's me, Mr Rochester your boss 20 years your senior who you don't know is secretly already married and i keep my crazy wife locked in the attic upstairs, marry me except my secret gets exposed at the altar, oh what the hell accept my proposal to become my mistress and run away with me despite it going against your religious creed and moral values"

and

"It's me, St. John Rivers your religious freak of a first cousin, I need you to know that I have absolutely no sexual or romantic interest in you, BUT you seem like a real diligent hardworking kinda gal, therefore I think you would be the perfect wife for me as I go spreading the Word of God to the heathens of the East"

Dear reader, there is no winning choice

[assortedantics]

So many great books exist in the world. So many brilliant books…yet I’m forced to study JANE SODDING STUPID EYRE.

[kaleb-is-definitely-sane]

Everyone upset about Charlotte Bronte being racist but nobody wants to talk about that chapter where Jane goes to her abusers home and apologizes for yelling at her that 1 time. After 9 (8??) years of abuse. Like... can I see this critical discourse please. Because it's not the "racism!!1!" in this book that bothers me, (also no, it's not Mr. Rochester. I am a Rochester stan, tyvm) it's the psuedo-Christian Victorian morality that icks me. I had to put the book down and I wouldn't stop screaming for a good half hour

[apocalypse-friend]

How can people be huge into fandoms of romance media where they can't stand one of the leads like bro, what are you doing here if you are not having fun

[ennoshitatas]

I have been frothing at the mouth to read wide sargasso sea and i finally read it and its everything i wanted.

Plunging mr rochesters score of 0 into the negatives.

Antoinette cosway deserved to strangle him with her bare hands.

[showmethesneer]

I am gonna SCREAM!! I hate this i hate this i hate this i hate him so much what the fuck. I'm gonna get so violent. This crusty, disgusting missionary cousin is gonna make me hate this whole book when i loved it sooo much like 10 chapters ago.

How did a book so sexy and kinky and hot with Mr Rochester get so fucking awful so fast?

"Come do racist missionary work in India with me" 🤢

"You're made for labour, not for love" 🤢🤢

"I claim you, not for my pleasure, but for my sovereign service." 🤢🤢🤢

"I love the way you're such a pushover, letting me totally steamroll over you; you'll make a perfect little instrument of god" 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

And all this after she was like "I'm so happy to have finally found family 🥰 will you treat me like one of your own sisters?"

I fucking hate this for her. Fuck this man. Fuck missionary work. Fuck christianity. She never should have left Thornfield Hall and Daddy Rochester. I'm so serious. Keeping a woman locked in an attic for 15 years and lying about it still isn't as bad as this fucking douche.

[sicklysidecharacter]

I finished Ruth by Elizabeth Gaskell and i am so mad at the ending. It's so stupid.

[musingsfromthelagoon]

Jane Eyre is a lesbian.

[attemptedvictorian]

*grabbing a rolled up newspaper and spray bottle* I was thinking the same thing guys

First time trying a poll!

[sixty-silver-wishes]

sorry gothic literature girlies but bertha mason is my queen. fuck mr rochester my heart belongs to bertha and bertha alone . my girl did nothing wrong

[asharkapologist]

May I request Leopold Rochester and Diego del Lobo for your S4 heacanons? They're two of my favourite S4 characters, and I'd love to see what headcanon you have for them!

Yes of course! I'll start with Leopold, and then later make a different post for Diego. I love Leopold, he's such a sweetheart :)

Spoilers for Mysteries of the Past and TW for death and abuse.

During the holidays, he often volunteers at soup kitchens, orphanages, shelters, churches, and other similar places, hoping to help the less fortunate as much as possible. Similarly, he often donates to various academic institutions and charities. 

Out of everyone in the family, he was the kindest to Veronica, feeling awful that her husband was frequently unfaithful to her, and tried to be as welcoming and warm to her as possible.

He was the only member of the Rochester family who died in the game who had a funeral whose attendance included people outside of the family. Horatio wanted to keep Clarissa and Archie’s funerals a family-only affair, not wanting people to come to private Rochester estates and memorials to gossip and talk about members of the Rochester family being murdered, as Horatio thought that would make the family look weak. However, once that crusty mf was in prison, Rockley and Bernadine organized a funeral where many people could attend and celebrate Leopold’s accomplishments, good deeds, and life.

Considering Horatio had pretty much disowned Patricia, he didn't organize a funeral for her. However, her brother did, and Leopold was one of the few attendees at Patricia's funeral.

I headcanon that Bernadine, Malcolm, and Monty’s parents died when the three of them were children, and Leopold took in Bernadine and Monty, raising them alongside his own sons and providing a safe, comforting environment for them. Because of this, Bernadine saw Leopold as not only an uncle, but a father figure. 

Leopold is an excellent singer, and has Christmas caroled multiple times throughout the years.

Leopold’s wife died of tuberculosis shortly after Larry was born.

Leopold tried to visit Patricia in the asylum several times after Horatio imprisoned her there, concerned for his sister-in-law and her “sudden break from sanity and reality,” as Horatio put it, considering Patricia had seemed healthy. However, as Horatio had ordered any visitors Patricia might have be turned away, staff never permitted Leopold from visiting her, telling him she was in no condition to be seen. When he was finally able to visit her, she no longer recognized him. (Yeah, you can probably tell I hate Horatio).

Despite this, Leopold did try to visit Patricia even if she didn’t know who he was, bringing her small gifts such as potted plants and flowers, despite Horatio’s disapproval of such visits. 

He was invited to several of Mr. Alastor’s parties (before the ones where people were murdered), but almost always declined, as the parties fell at the same time when Leopold was working on setting up and running the World Exhibition. 

That's it for Leopold! Thank you for requesting him, I love making Rochester family content!