#it seems like the pop culture version of the scene always tries to amp up the tension from this

[anghraine]

It's not news or anything but I love this Elizabeth/Darcy exchange so much:

“Implacable resentment is a shade in a character. But you have chosen your fault well. I really cannot laugh at it. You are safe from me.” “There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.” “And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.” “And yours,” he replied, with a smile, “is wilfully to misunderstand them.” “Do let us have a little music,” cried Miss Bingley, tired of a conversation in which she had no share.

[comicaloverachiever]

#not a word there that doesn't need to be there and yet it's so easy to follow#and quick and fun and appealing without sacrificing the basic tension of their dynamic#it seems like the pop culture version of the scene always tries to amp up the tension from this#yet that always falls short to me of the much more understated original#the mutual challenge and energy and intelligence that's so charged between them#and closing out with miss bingley reminding them she exists ;jakdfkadfkj

It's not news or anything but I love this Elizabeth/Darcy exchange so much:

“Implacable resentment is a shade in a character. But you have chosen your fault well. I really cannot laugh at it. You are safe from me.” “There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.” “And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody.” “And yours,” he replied, with a smile, “is wilfully to misunderstand them.” “Do let us have a little music,” cried Miss Bingley, tired of a conversation in which she had no share.