#someone reblogged this and tagged 'to respond to' so let ke be perfectly clear

[creekfiend]

I think something which persistently bothers me about Austen is the idea that being tedious or annoying or witless are flaws which merit mockery

like. the 'bad guys' will mock Jane for having a low family or whatever and this is bad

but the 'good guys' fairly frequently mock people for being like, harmlessly tiresome or silly.

which I actually personally find tiresome in itself