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[bennetsbonnet]

Criticising the characters in Pride and Prejudice because they don't perfectly live up to romantic ideals is like complaining that a book of soup recipes doesn't tell you how to split the atom.

Pride and Prejudice is not a romance. That is not what Jane Austen wrote. Pride and Prejudice is a novel of manners. It is far more of a social commentary than a love story. Are there romantic elements? Of course! But romance is far from the primary focus.

Reducing a story with the breadth and depth of Pride and Prejudice down to merely a romance not only undermines Jane Austen's genius in observing and successfully satirising the follies of human nature, her skill in balancing humour with dramatic elements and her talent in creating believable, relatable characters who leap off the page; but it also undermines the joy it has brought to the numerous readers who have loved the story for more than two centuries for far more varied reasons than simply its hero.

Why does Pride and Prejudice have such enduring appeal? For so many reasons beyond hysterical ladies suffering from The Vapours every time Mr Darcy is mentioned.

Personally, I enjoy seeing two flawed people overcome their personal shortcomings in order to live a happy life together, with plenty of hilarity from a cast of memorable and surprisingly relatable characters along the way. That's why, to me, it is so appealing. The characters are so layered that there is always something to be discovered on each and every re-read.

I am not a silly, hysterical woman reading it repeatedly to fill a void in my lonely, loveless life and pining for my own Mr Darcy. I enjoy the story for so many reasons and I am also fully aware that I will never find a man like Mr Darcy... because he is a fictional character from the nineteenth century written by an author born 250 years ago...

[elizabethrobertajones]

heeey they graphically updated the ARR world leaders with custom models (well. Nanamo has one too but she seems the same to my eyes and she seems like a normal lala when not wearing her full costume?)...

Aside from Raubahn and Merlwyb somehow being even hotter I have to shout out Kan-E's unicorn necklace's radical improvement :D

(unicorn way up so you also never unsee it)

Aymeric, Lyse and Hien remained low poly at the Alliance meeting, as did poor HW-style Thancred, who just dramatically collapsed in order to travel the rift into graphical fidelity...

Also very funny that earlier Asahai showed up with the old graphics, but Maxima was already boasting full new skin textures despite having of course a way more custom model than the completely character creator ready Hyur next to him... This is the exact right time in the game's history to be in late Stormblood to enjoy the roll out.

[cosmocove]

oh sweet cinderella

[buttercatrho]

i thought ados voice fit shizuka so I animated some lea and shizuka

I dont speak japanese so a good chance I fucked up somewhere somehow

[duriens]

hear me out. Daniel publishes his book - vampires all over the country want to take both him and louis out - Armand (fresh from his divorce with Louis) sweeps in and starts sticking to Daniel like a leech with the excuse that Daniel is in danger and he feels partly responsible (also he lost the object of his obsession desire and he feels lost, purposeless, who is his God now? which God should Amadeo love now?) so he starts acting as sort of a bodyguard ('chase' part of the book); Daniel is annoyed and worried and ill but also can't really have a voice in the matter cause Armand decided for him (Armand takes care of him even when he doesn't or can't) so when rockstar lestat decides to publish a book he goes to the same man who's already published one about vampires and demands for his truth to be heard (yes it becomes a biography and not an autobiography) ((yes it is STILL an interview with a vampire)) (((yes Daniel has once again an important role in psycholanalyzing and humbling these vampires))) and Armand is ofc very much there cause no way he'd leave his fascinating, ill boy alone with Lestat, he needs to take care of him (and once again overseer lestat's version and make sure he doesn't humiliate him utterly, dear God)

also at some point Louis is there cause, it's a reunion, man. at some other point the vampire Sam shows up

[chrisbangs]

Bang Chan 특 (S-Class) FANCAM — 230602

[eek-a-tron]

CATWOMAN & RIDDLER ARE DATING

So much wild stuff in Catwoman: Lonely City by Cliff Chiang

[thekidsarentalright]

so anyways some legends are told some turn to dust or to gold but you will remember me, remember me for centuries, and just one mistake is all it will take, we’ll go down in history, remember me for centuries, remember me for centuries. Mummified my teenage dreams, no it’s nothing wrong with me, the kids are all wrong, the story’s all off, heavy metal broke my heart. come on, come on and let me in, bruises on your thighs like my fingerprints- and this is supposed to match, the darkness that you felt, i never meant for you to fix yourself. some legends are told some turn to dust or to gold but you will remember me, remember me for centuries, and just one mistake is all it will take, we’ll go down in history, remember me for centuries, remember me for centuries. And i can’t stop till the whole world knows my name, ‘cause i was only born inside my dreams. Until you die for me, as long as there’s a light, my shadow’s over you ‘cause I am the opposite of amnesia. And you’re a cherry blossom, you’re about to bloom, you look so pretty but you’re gone so soon. some legends are told some turn to dust or to gold but you will remember me, remember me for centuries, and just one mistake is all it will take, we’ll go down in history, remember me for centuries, remember me for centuries. We’ve been here forever, and here’s the frozen proof, I could scream forever, we are the poisoned youth. some legends are told some turn to dust or to gold but you will remember me, remember me for centuries, and just one mistake is all it will take, we’ll go down in history, remember me for centuries, remember me for centuries.

[harcove]

what i would not fucking GIVE for dbd to give me re6 leon's cunty waist OUTFIT BITCH. OR THE COSTUME SKIN OF HIM AS A PIRATE LIKE AAAAAHHHHHHH

[knockknockitsnickels]

Day 5, Drowned Grey! One of the coolest princesses' by design & locale imo, it's a shame her route is so short & linear

[celtrist]

Why does Vassago already have merch, we haven't even met him yet

[thelesbianthespianposts]

god is there anything sexier than an early 20th century ocean liner

[lilythelitten]

I figured that, since I’ve done an Irratino drawing with the thicker lineart style, I might as well do Logico too.

…

As I’ve stated before, I do not like drawing Logico! The jawline is hard, the eyebrows are hard, the hat is hard, the not-having-noodle-limbs is hard, and no matter what I do it always winds up looking off. This drawing was no exception.

But hey, I did it for Tino, I couldn’t just leave his boyfriend out :P And if nothing else, at least the hat came out looking great. Best hat I’ve ever drawn.

[souvlakicokaine]

we need a movie abt a lesbian sex addict

[idlesuperstar]

Conrad Veidt as Captain Hardt in The Spy In Black [Powell & Pressburger, 1939]

[ssstarlighttt]

also im going on vacation soon and i will have to take like a 3 hour car ride from the airport so to entertain myself i want to read some jd fics and like liveblog my reactions bc i like doing that ‼️ it’ll likely be on twitter so it doesn’t clog here but i will promote so stay tuned