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Paris: *total caos*

Fernand Mondego: *accused of crimes against humanity*

Gerard de Villefort: *in the middle of a game of Cluedo with his family as players*

Baron Danglars: *basically haemorrhaging money*

Eugénie Danglars: *flirtatiously* my engagement is over and the air in Paris has become exceptionally stiff-what says you to a little kidnapping from Heracles, Iole?

Louise de Armilly: *flirting back* but you are the one in men’s clothing, my dear-shall I take them off and give you mine?

#alexander dumas #the count of monte cristo #eugénie danglars #Louise de armilly #happy pride!#crack but also text

Lost in Austen: as long as sex was not involved, a girl’s reputation is perfectly okay even if she elopes with a man!

Actual Jane Austen: the simple act of eloping renders Lydia compromised and the best thing for her is to get married to the man she eloped with, even if he is a scoundrel

Another example from Jane Austen: Marianne’s reputation is compromised because she and Willoughby behaved like they were engaged when they were not, and the news of Willoughby’s engagement to another girl does not help her

Jane Austen, again: an engaged Maria and Henry flirted with each other shamelessly and it would have ended horribly if someone important paid attention or Sir Thomas had not come back from Antigua

Ouida-kidding, still Jane Austen: Captain Wentworth and Louisa Musgrove pass so much time together that people expect them to announce an engagement soon, and Wentworth back-pedalling and not doing so would ruin Louisa’s reputation

#jane austen #lost in austen #sense and sensibility and sea monsters #pride and prejudice #Mansfield park #persuasion #crack but also text

itspileofgoodthings

Why is the picture of Susannah Harker and Crispin Bonham Carter at Austen’s house celebrating 30 years of the ‘95 adaptation cheering me up so much

itspileofgoodthings

#jane austen #oh. I feel like something got in my eye

mrsbingleys

#pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice 2005

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#a kid in the class I am supervising looked at a girl with eyeliner and a tight black v-neck and said that she was SUCH a tomboy #a girl with eyeliner and lipgloss a TOMBOY #what the

supercantaloupe

my contributions to this meme

#turandot #puccini

coolrobotsupremacist

I will never forget how BBC miniseries Lost In Austen went to all the trouble of establishing that Amanda’s attraction to Darcy was a very shallow attraction based in her escapist desire for a perfect fantasy romance AND redeemed Wickham as a misunderstood rouge with a heart of gold, then decided that Amanda should end up married to Darcy in the regency era despite them having them chemistry of two slightly disgruntled chickens.

(Ideally Amanda would have run away with Caroline Bingley back to modern day Britain but there was no way the BBC was ready for that conversation in 2008)

#lost in Austen #and this Darcy sucks #if you take away the Wickham reveal and Darcy’s affection for Bingley what remains?#and Georgiana is a spoiled rich girl that stomps on who is less privileged #instead of the shy and reserved girl of the novel #so why would Amanda fall for him? Why?

No, Random Protagonist, you were NEVER in love with B-you could never be in love with B, for A is your One True Love.

You see, being in love with someone else before A would compromise the idea that you are only truly in love with the person you are spending the rest of your life with, and we can’t have that, can we? That is the role of the One True Love.

You have known B for years? You cared for B with all your heart? You adore B beyond what a normal crush would mean, you were friends and confidants? But now you have A, and A can be all that and more! Why would you need B, or your friends and family? Why would you need anyone else other than the One True Love?

You might have had B, or C, or D, or someone else up to Z, but none of those matter- what matters is the One True Love.

This is especially true if B did not return the feelings you had for them-this is the ultimate proof that B was not right, you know that affection actually means something only when it is returned, and that is the role of the One True Love.

And if B ends up being a horrible person, well! That was the Universe trying to scream at you the inevitable truth! How could you have been destined for the malevolent B when angelic A is around, the honest and good One True Love?

Don’t worry, Random Protagonist-you will not know love until your eyes lock with A’s. We are preserving your sentimental purity.

#this is directed to all those works of fiction that are really really scared to have a character in love with more than one person #why is that important that a character only knows true love with their final partner?#it is not bad if you love someone else before settling down #it’s such a suffocating mentality #and I find stories where the protagonists have never looked at anyone else other than the OTL much more honest than #stories where there is a love interest with Romantic False Lead written all over their face #especially if they turn bad exclusively so that there is not anyone else the protagonist could be interested in #ESPECIALLY if the actual OTL is an ass so they make the RFL even worse

verdibaritones

Calaf before seeing Turandot: COME OUT HERE SO I CAN CURSE YOU!

Calaf after seeing Turandot for 2 seconds:

#turandot #prince calaf #not Jane Austen

Fitzwilliam Darcy: finally, the Longbourn chapter of our life is finally over! We will never see any of those people ever again!

Jane Bennet: *arrives in London and tries to meet Bingley*

Fitzwilliam Darcy: okay, that-that I should have seen coming-

Charlotte Collins’ Embarrassing Relatives: *come to visit Charlotte and get introduced to Lady Catherine de Bourgh at the same time Darcy is visiting*

Fitzwilliam Darcy: seriously? Are you trying to tell me something, Universe?

Elizabeth Bennet: *comes with Charlotte’s Embarassing Relatives to visit her and gets introduced to Lady Catherine de Bourgh at the same time Darcy is visiting*

Fitzwilliam Darcy: …Maybe you are trying to tell me something, Universe!

~~~a few days and a proposal later~~~

Fitzwilliam Darcy: *fuming* that went well! That went so, so well!

Fitzwilliam Darcy: anyway! I will never see her again! That was what I wanted anyway! She will always think of me as the pompous fool that destroyed her sister’s happiness out of pride! It is not like I care! Why would I care…?

Fitzwilliam Darcy:

Fitzwilliam Darcy: ….Curse you and your games, Universe!

~~~time passes~~~

Elizabeth Bennet: *due to her uncles’ whim goes to visit Pemberley thinking the master would be away*

Fitzwilliam Darcy, the master of Pemberley: *comes back early*

Fitzwilliam Darcy:

Fitziwilliam Darcy: *fervently* thank you, Universe!

#jane austen #fitzwilliam darcy #elizabeth bennet #jane bennet #charlotte lucas #mr Collins #Charles Bingley #crack but also text #Darcy is all I will never have to see the Bennets ever again and the troll music starts playing

besotted-with-austen

The Count of Monte Cristo: I have been preparing my plan for years and there is nothing I don’t know! This is MY Dark & Gritty Revenge Story, I am writing it and everyone else is only ink under my pen!

Maximilien Morrel: oh, so you know about my Romeo-and-Juliet subplot?

The Count of Monte Cristo: your what

gammasquad

Too obsessed not to draw.

#the count of monte cristo #alexandre dumas #edmond dantes #maximilien morrel #valentine de villefort #oh my GOD THERE IS ART #look at him #look at them #LOOK AT EVERYTHING

stlamb

"monastic cells" - miniature models made by nuns, where they depicted themselves as little dolls praying in their monastic rooms. they can be found in museums in france, belgium, and switzerland. crosses, images, and quotes from the bible, as well as everyday items are meticulously crafted.

bolaneno

Oh these are so charming!

#oh god is this what Gertrude played with in I Promessi Sposi

Albert de Morcerf: *cancels the duel and apologises profusely to the Count after knowing the entire truth about his father’s misdeeds*

People: he didn’t go through with it even if he was wrong?! Bad! Shame on him! If MY dad had been accused of such crimes I would have gladly killed/maimed/died to make the accuser take it back!

#the count of monte cristo #alexandre dumas #albert de morcerf #crack but also text