#pride and prej

[pix-writes]

I just watched Pride&Prejudice and I cannot stop thinking about love confessions, how would the Grunkles confess their feelings? I imagine Mabel wanting so bad to do a sort of kiss the girl situation with a boat and romantic music lmao

I find it difficult to say exactly how they would both confess their feelings, just because I think it really depends on the relationship and certain circumstances to be honest?

But, yeah! I definitely think Mabel would want to intervene (and therefore rope Dipper into helping her), using her adorable powers for good intentions, but ultimately perhaps is a little more niave than she realises when it comes to trying to set adults up with each other lol ^_^' I love Mabel, her heart is in exactly the right place (so I forgive her immediately), but she is a 13-ish year old girl! Setting people up in such cliche/obvious scenarios could very likely go wrong, and by wrong I mean her efforts may not have the outcomes she expects! (btw I'm not saying it would backfire terribly, but it might deter some suitors if just from sheer awkwardness)

To be honest and fair to her, she is right these grumpy grunkles DO need pushing in the right direction✨towards you, beautiful reader! ✨especially in the initial stages, she will definitely be encouraging them to talk to you, get them to try to open up and talk with you about what interests you might have and maybe share, so they (she) can know if they're the right match for them. She's their biggest cheerleader and supporter and she'll have bragging rights at your eventual wedding because of course she knew you were right for each other! Mabel simply loves love! (more under cut)

Realistically though, I think after the events surrounding the Love God and the Stans' lives after the series ends, I think Mabel will be just a tad less chaotic/intense with her matchmaker tendencies and in turn the grunkles may brush her off (gently) from any big, romatic set-ups. They certianly don't need their grand-niece to orchestrate getting somebody's number or asking someone on a date! Anyways, romance is complicated and the grunkles have too much baggage to want to launch into something so suddenly.

Though they will cave in under some of her advice/encouragements to spend time with you, however that may be (like I said, they both have a track record of being a bit hopeless lol). And she is a good source of some creative date ideas, too.

I think Stan would most likely want to make more of his confession, make it on a date night where you go to some nice restaurant by the sea or something, but either he backs out of it for some reason or another and feels like he's floundering, he just needs to tell you, what's scary about that? (ah, the fear of rejection, we all know it!) Instead, it ends up slipping out of his mouth in a more mundane setting. Like maybe you're both on the porch, you come back with a drink, not just for yourself but for him too, or you've come round to help him because both of the kids got the flu and he needs someone to go to the store, or he's helping you unpack your groceries, or you're just talking shit and joking with each other one evening on the stan o war II - and he comes out with it causally, hardly thinking, "I love you, you know?" or "Thanks, sweetheart. Love ya." and then once he realises what he's said it's like the moment has been shattered. He hasn't moved but he's panicking internally and trying to get his brain to catch up to his goddamn mouth to say something else - and then! You accept it. You say you love him too and he'll feel the relief of it once he's gone through another few minutes or so of disbelief that you love him back! haha ;w;

That doesn't mean he couldn't do the big confession, in fact, I think he'd give it his best shot, he can be romantic and he has watched a lot of period dramas and they seem silly to him in reality but shouldn't he try to do that for you? But it's in a very Stan way 😅 It's very sweet of him to make a lovey speech on your anniversary, even if he messed it up near the end and gave up on what he was trying to say. The fact that he loses some of his smooth composure in front of you just shows you how important you are to him, so its still effective. Oh, and he takes you out dancing too! Actions can be just a effective as words in this case ;) Stanley is here to sweep you off your feet one way or another and he damn well knows how to give you a fun night out (Now shush and make out with me in the stanmobile, handsome!)

Ford would likely be a little the same, just different in approach. I think he'd like to make his confession privately, even if you're on a date, he wants it to feel like its between you both. He feels those three words in his throat like its stuck there all the time, it crops up in those little moments, he's watching you tidy up the lab or putting a blanket over stan and the kids who have fallen asleep on the boat, or in the morning when you're both in the kitchen waiting for the coffee to be done and he's marvelling at the wonder and beauty that is you in the early sunrise and how you seemed to love him, something he never expected to happen - but he feels like he can't say it, he wants so badly to say it, but he doesn't know how to just 'bring it up' and then the moment passes. Until the next one. Then he starts getting frustrated with himself, why can't he simply get the words out? What if you don't really like him as he has begun to believe and you reject him? Why must he hold himself in this limbo? He needs to move forwards!

But he doesn't know how to bring it up, he's created speeches in his head or written his confession down, he scoffs at himself for acting like some lovesick teenager when he discards draft number 11 and goes to put it into the shredder (so no one can come across it accidentally and read it). I feel like it could go a lot of ways, perhaps you indicate, not too overtly or too subtly, some hint towards your love for him on a date and it gives him the push he needs to finally say it. In this instance, he tries his best to do a small speech about his love for you, stuttering a little as he confesses, because he sees how you're looking at him and it's making his heart beat faster because, oh wow, you love him too! Maybe he doesn't finish because you can't take it any longer and give him a smooch. yay! ^-^

Or in one of those small everyday moments he bites the bullet and confesses. Or maybe you're going out on one of your shared adventures and he stops you for a moment to blurt it out, unable to contain it because he wants you to know why he's so protective over you before you go any further.

"I love you, (name). I think I've loved you for some time now, and I hope you do too? I just... didn't know how to say it, before."

[melrosing]

I might be misremembering but is it actually canon that Dany 'grew up on the streets' before reaching Illyrio's?? I always took 'impoverished' to mean Viserys and Dany had virtually nothing to their name, but that they were nonetheless travelling between the households of obscure nobles in the free cities - not that they were literally sleeping on the side of the road..... am i wrong???

[vintage-bentley]

I’m begging the GO fandom to stop erasing homosexuality every chance they get. And to think for a second about why they’re so eager to erase it in the first place.

[nurturesmind]

i think we should all have zombie slayer verses

[arachnidiots-a]

The Erechtheion Caryatid

[theshipsong]

@marleysfinest

THE TRUNK 1.04 (2024) Gong Yoo as Han Jeong-won and Seo Hyun-jin as Noh In-ji

[patchesjam]

I really like the cinematography and dance in An American in Paris! It's not necessarily nature but it is an older film that has some really amazing dance sequences and uses props/camera shots in a really cool way! As for nature cinematography I would have to say the 2005 Pride and Prejudice movie it's near and dear to my heart and has some really pretty shots in nature/fields etc.

I will give that film a go! yhank you :)

[vila-petronel]

PRIDE 2024!

Pořád se nemůžu sebrat z toho, jak úžasný Pride průvod byl! Jakožto Petronel a Uriáš jsme s @prej-ses-peknej-matla jsme prošly Prahou, naštvaly pár křesťanů a užily si průvod na 100 %!

Zde je pár fotek, které totálně miluju (u kterých kredit jde nejúžasnější @utopena !!)

Potkali jsme i našeho známého Ježíše a tato fotka by se dala popsat asi jako “největší norční můra extrémistických křesťanů”

Jako zázrakem jsme se náhodu potkaly s @karlstejnboyfriends se kterou jsme se pak bavily a bok po boku dráždily křešťany 🤭

Když už jsme u těch křesťanů, mám pár momentů i s nima:

Také tímto chci strašně poděkovat všem, které jsem měla šanci potkat, všem, kteří si přišli pro fotku a všem, kterým jsme vykouzlily úsměv na tváři! :)

A samozřjemě nejvíc mému partner in crime, mému zmetkovi pekelnému @prej-ses-peknej-matla ! Bylo to absolutně nejlepší a jsem tak strašně ráda, že jsme spolu šly! <3

A rozloučím se naším mottem průvodu 2024:

Strach z nás bude mít strach!

[alltheboysandgirlsiloved]

book recs for jwcc/jwct fans!

Hi, for all of my fellow dinonerds and book-lovers, I decided to put together a short list of book recommendations, inspired by jwcc and jwct! I tried to divide it into sections, so hopefully everyone will find something right up their alley!

What you will find under the cut:

a mix of children's books, YA, and adult books

stand-alones, book series, and manga

fantasy, romance, adventure, horror, and mystery

the "if you like this character, you may end up enjoying this book"

just a bunch of books worth checking out!

Each book's description is followed by tags to help you get a gist of what may await you!

Found family + dangerous adventure:

The Mysterious Benedict Society (Trenton Lee Stewart)

Tells a story about a gifted group of kids who, by eccentric Mr. Benedict's doing, must enroll in a special school to save the world from being brainwashed by Mr. Benedict's evil twin. The kids must learn to trust and rely on each other, or else their mission will fail spectacularly.

The Mysterious Benedict Society is a quartet, and I especially recommend (The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Perilous Journey) in which the kids must set off on a great and dangerous adventure across the world.

Genre, tags: children's book (Loved it even in my teens tho), adventure, found family, mystery

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun series (AidaIro)

Our main character – Nene – summons one of the school ghosts – Hanako-kun – and finds herself becoming her assistant. Together they fight evil spirits, cross the thin line between human and magical realm, discover secrets of the past, make new friends, and... fall in love a little bit.

If you're looking for a long series about an unlikely friendship with a lot of paranormal stuff going on, plenty of humor, lovable characters, and a sprinkle of romance – this is for you.

Genre and tags: YA (on the younger side), fantasy, paranormal, found family, mystery, very very slow burn

Horror:

When Ghosts Call Us Home (Katya de Becerra)

The entire book revolves around the idea of an analog-horror movie going viral. The movie was recorded by a teen (Layla) and starred her younger sister (Sophie), and took place in their old house. Years later, Layla disappears, and Sophie must go back to their haunted house to find out what happened to her sister and face her own past.

Genre, tags: YA, mystery, gothic horror, thriller, paranormal

The Twisted Ones (T. Kingfisher)

The 'oh-there's-something-in-the-woods' book. If you really liked jwcc season 3, I think you may really enjoy it. It's plenty spooky, full of suspense, and gives you chills. Best to pick it up with as little prior knowledge as possible.

Genre, tags: Horror, Adult, Mystery

Darius:

Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)

A millionaire brings dinosaurs back from the dead. Surely nothing will go wrong?

(Just read it. This book is a terrifying adventure on its own.)

Genre, tags: Adult, Thriller, Horror

Legendborn (The Legendborn Cycle series) (Tracy Deonn)

When Bree's mother dies, she has to learn how to live in the world without her. Starting a new life at UNC–Chapel Hill seems good enough. Little does Bree know that she's about to discover a whole new world – rooted in ancient magic, mystery, and... seemingly tied up to her mother's death.

Genre, tags: YA, fantasy, mystery, adventure

Kenji:

The Raven Boys series (Maggie Stiefvater)

A story about a bunch of boys going to a prestigious school and... haunting a dead Welsh king. Plot twist? One of these boys is supposed to die very soon, as predicted by one Blue Sargent – a daughter of a local psychic.

This series is messy, mysterious, and smells simultaneously like a rich cologne and dark woods.

Genre, tags: YA, found family, mystery, daddy issues sprinkled all over the place

Most Ardently (Gabe Cole Novoa)

A story about feeling like you don't live up to your family's (and society's) expectations and also – a story about love. Kenji is romantic, therefore, he gets a romance okay? okay Pride and Prejudice retelling

Genre, tags: YA, romance, historical fiction, LGBT+

Ben:

Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle series) (Christopher Paolini)

A boy finds a dragon egg, and his life changes forever. It's a newer-gen fantasy classic for a reason. The story is about so much more than adventure – it's about growing up with a friend like no other.

Genre, tags: YA, high fantasy, adventure, dragons

Cemetery Boys (Aiden Thomas)

"Yadriel has summoned a ghost, and now he can’t get rid of him."

A story about self-acceptance, self-growth, friendship and romance, and a little bit about bringing back the dead.

Genre, tags: YA, urban fantasy, paranormal LGBT+

Brooklynn:

Truly, Devious (Truly Devious series) (Maureen Johnson)

Stevie Bell arrives at the Ellingham Academy with one goal: to solve a crime that happened years ago. Things start to get more and more complicated when, soon after her arrival, a new murder happens, and this time the threat is more tangible and much more personal.

Genre and tags: YA, mystery, thriller, dark academia vibes

A Master of Djinn (P. Djèlí Clark)

Fatma el-Sha’arawi is work-driven, passionate, and ready to get-to-the-bottom of each case. In a world where the veil between the magical and mundane world is opened, she is ready to discover who is responsible for the murder of a secret brotherhood dedicated to the very man who let magic into human world.

Genre and tags: Adult, Historical, Fantasy, Steampunk, Mystery

Sammy:

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea (Axie Oh)

A legend says that to appease the Sea God, each year the village must sacrifice a young girl by throwing her into the sea. When Mina's older sister gets chosen, Mina is having none of that and decides to sacrifice herself. She falls into a fantasy world that introduces her to as many wonders as it does to terrors.

Genre, tags: YA, fantasy, romance

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter (Erika L. Sánchez)

The death of Julia's older sister breaks their family into pieces. All Julia can do is try to mend what's broken, even though no one seems to notice that Julia is left hurting and bleeding too.

Olga – Julia's older sister – was perfect but... was she really? As the story unfolds, Julia starts to learn more and more about her past sister.

Genre, tags: YA, contemporary, grief, coming of age

Yaz:

Carrie Soto is Back (Taylor Jenkins Reid)

A story about a legendary retired tennis player who is too stubborn for her own good. When Soto's record is threatened, she decides to make a comeback and take back her crown.

The story is really about growing as a person and familial conflict, and love.

Genre, tags: Adult, Sports, Contemporary, Historical Fiction

The guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy At All series (Sumiko Arai)

"The green lesbian manga" – Aya falls in love with a mysterious guy who works at a local music store. Little does she know that this "guy" is actually her shy and a little awkward female classmate – Mitsuki

Genre, tags: YA, romance, cute misunderstandings, LGBT

If you scrolled this far – it would mean a lot to me if you reblogged. If you have any other recommendations – feel free to share!

If you're looking for a specific book rec (e.g. a book that I would assign to Soyona or to a specific episode) – my inbox and dms are open!

[moonbeamlightning]

And yes these were all direct adaptations.

[readingoals]

Splurged on a little bit of a treat the other day.

T2 and Penguin did a bit of a collaboration and I couldn't resist. It's so gorgeous! A lovely new edition of Pride and Prej, a matching mug, and three boxes of teabags inspired by different novels - New York Breakfast for The Great Gatsby, Green Rose for Alice in Wonderland, and French Earl Grey for The Picture of Dorian Gray - each in a box that looks like a penguin classic. Even the box it all came in is very pretty lmao

[dormousie-plush]

already was having a bit of a weepy evening [rewatching the 2005 pride n prej for an assignment did nawt help....but it wasss the first film i thought of so...wuah....] but like. beau my big lovely guy beau is right beside me, and i always lean on him in a little snuggle when im chilling on the bed. so im thinking like. ok yea. yea. we're having a cuddle up moment. so for what i think was maybe the first time post-plushum-realization, i sat....straddling...my sweet guy >...< UGHH he's j so sweets!!!! smiling up at meee encouraging me to pet over his soft fluffy fur to help calm down and get used to the position.....tracing over that slightly visible seam he has running down his chest...WHEW......but honestly it was j so sweet and connecting and nice :"). it made me feel good to j know that i can have that little experience w him, that we can cuddle up in different ways, even if my hips didn't seem to get the flexibility memo :"D!

[universalzone]

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Scarf Shawl Wrap

[besedar]

Pingvin! 🐧 (v čast: muči ku moreš, pingvin) (žal nimam konkretnega konteksta)

beseda dne: pingvin

etimologija: fascinantna! In na žalost ne povsem pojasnjena. V slovenščino prek nemščine (Pinguin) iz angleščine (!! Enkrat za spremembo! (*obvezen buuu za angleščino 📢📢📢*))

In od kod v angleščino? Kolikor berem, sta dve glavni teoriji: prva (v katero tudi manj verjamejo, se mi zdi) je, da je iz latinskega pinguis — debel, neokreten.

Druga, o kateri več govorijo in ki je tudi meni bolj zanimiva, pa je, da pride beseda iz valižanskega pen gwyn (bela glava oz. glava bela, če upoštevam vrstni red besed). Beseda naj bi se prvotno nanašala na novofundlandske velike njorke, ki so pingvinom po videzu in obnašanju (pa tudi plasti tolšče) kar precej podobne:

George Edward Lodge: velika njorka

Velike njorke so zaradi pretiranega lova (za perje in tolščo — kurjavo) izumrle sredi 19. st., kar me začenja spravljati ob pamet, ker na Wikipediji piše, da so se prve velike njorke pojavile pred 400 000 leti, in potem samo razmišljam, kako klavrn konec je to :(.

Dobro, pustimo to. OED pravi, da lahko pen pomeni tudi "rt" in da bi torej potencialno lahko obstajal nek kraj "bel rt", po katerem bi se imenovale ptice (če prav razumem). Temu v prid bi govorilo, da ni ravno njihova glava, ki je bela, ampak bolj predel pred očmi.

Še zadnja teorija, ki nam jo ponuja OED oz. o kateri nameravam še govoriti, je, da je beseda iz bretonščine (penn gwenn <- iz Snoja), ne valižanščine, ker so Bretonci baje okrog Nove Fundlandije ribarili že v 16. st. ali prej, ampak da sta uporabljena elementa etimološko & pomensko povezana z/enaka valižanskim. To omenjam, ker me že ves čas žuli misel na Valižane, ki hodijo rekreativno do Nove Fundlandije. Več kot očitno se sicer ne spoznam ne na geografijo ne na svet nasploh, samo zdi se malo daleč.

Torej ja: velike njorke so videti kot pingivni in po tej teoriji naj bi pingvine, ko so jih videli, ali zamenjali za njorke ali pa samo poimenovali po ptici, ki so ji bili podobni. Niso sicer čisto vsi jeziki zamenjali: francoščina npr. uporablja pingouin za njorke in manchot za pingvine, se pa pod pritiskom angleščine začenja tudi pingouin uporabljati za pingvine.

Viri:

Francosko-angleški Wordreference, s. v. "pingouin", obiskano 23. 5. 2025, https://www.wordreference.com/fren/pingouin

"Great auk," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_auk&oldid=1288793930 (obiskano 23. 5. 2025).

Oxford English Dictionary, s. v. "penguin", obiskano 23. 5. 2025, https://www.oed.com/dictionary/penguin_n?tab=etymology#31064504

(OED je sicer dober kot vir, ampak verjamejo bolj v denar kot v znanstveno integriteto :/ .)

Slovenski etimološki slovar, s. v. "pingvȋn", obiskano 23. 5. 2025, https://www.fran.si/193/marko-snoj-slovenski-etimoloski-slovar/4290153/pingvn

Wiktionary, s. v. "pen", obiskano 23. 5. 2025, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pen#Welsh

Wiktionary, s. v. "penguin", obiskano 23. 5. 2025, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/penguin

Wiktionary, s. v. "pinguis", obiskano 23. 5. 2025, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pinguis

Slika:

Lodge, George Edward. 1899. "Velika njorka". [litografija]. Wikimedia commons, obiskano 23. 5. 2025. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0f/Alca_impennisAMF064LB.png?20060406163758

[delusionsofgrandeur13]

PRIDE & PREJ 2005 IS BACK ON NETFLIX EVERNODY SHUT THE FUCKABAUO ANSHSHSHJAJA DARCYYYYYYYYY

[runa-falls]

marc: the talk of the town

main theme: prelude to the afternoon of a faun

the waltz: the blue danube

love theme: dawn (pride and prej.)

a/n: part two of this ask! I've decided i wanted to make these a bit looser and to the point!

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i was thinking of a shy/naive reader who enjoys nature and the simple life rather than her aristocratic upbringing. she's very quiet in public but when she gets comfortable with others she's very curious and bubbly (probably the sweetest girl in the country).

marc is an interesting man, (think anthony bridgerton) he's a workaholic, constantly visits the brothel bc he doesn't have time for relationships or whatever, and has rejected countless eligible wives.

then he finds her in the forest one day.

a wolf approaching a faun

marc is enamored by her from the first time he saw her.

it was not in a fancy ball, it was in the forest. he watched her, curiously, as she picked wildflowers in a simple worn dress, far too casual for the societal position she is in.

she's alone most of the time. never surrounded by handmaids or guards. free, but lonely.

marc immediately recognizes his hunger for the faun, and is ravenous for a taste. to have her as his. (like horny and protective i guess lolll)

he wants her but she doesn't even know who he is, so he has to do the most to woo her.

he recognizes her immediately at the debutant ball. he has to get a dance with her. he shoves through the crowds to get to her, ignoring all the calls for his name by other maidens.

he says her name in a low voice, closer than any respectable man should be to an unwed girl. she turns, eyes rounding at his presence.

marc spector

she's heard of him, of course she has, he's the talk of the town. "may i have this dance."

her father jumps in before she can respond, "of course! Mr. Spector, a delight to see you this fine evening."

Marc's eyes don't leave hers. "delightful, indeed."

they don't get too far at the ball, but when he catches her in the forest/fields again, he finally walks up to her.

she's embarrassed that she was caught in her casual clothes in front of a potential suitor (that her father urged her to impress bc he's one of the most eligible bachelors of the town.

they live the rest of their days in a cute little cottage away from society. marc would do anything for her.