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Love your posts! You might've answered something like this before but what do you think each Austen main couple's fights/disagreements would be like? (before you say it: yes Anne/Wentworth simply don't fight but other than them)

Anne and Wentworth absolutely argue sensibly in the security of knowing nothing can truly drive them apart and they love it and each other even when they hold different views.

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Hi not to be weird but I follow you on twitter and I remember a while ago you said something like “Wentworth can cut through a lot of hypocrisy and bullshit because he and his comrades are literally risking their lives for Britain’s interests in wartime so I wouldn’t be surprised that he has a more profound grasp of faith and moral responsibility” in a thread about prayer and spirituality in Austen and I think about all the time, it’s so beautifully put

I have no memory of saying so and am gone from Twitter these days but thanks so much! :) Wentworth is a real one.

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Hey! I'm writing a book based on p & p and elizabeth is a trans woman. obviously she would choose a name for herself but i have no idea of the meaning the name should have. she's filipino in this book so technically it would be in spanish, and i have found plenty of cute names, but i want one that fits her.

so, what meaning would you associate with a certain name? for example, would you say that a name that means "intelligent" would fit elizabeth more than one that means, to say, reflexive or beautiful? i hope it's not too weird of an ask.

If I'm in Lizzie's own head, picking a name for her own self, I think she wouldn't go for something as outright complimentary as intelligent (she can be teasingly self-deprecating)...so maybe something to do with her love of laughter/sense of humour?

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Do you prefer the raw feel of p&p 2005 or the polished one of p&p 1995? Perhaps a mix of both? I think I do.

Best P&P for me will always be Wishbone's Furst Impressions.

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I just wanted to say that I’ve been slowly reading all the Jane Austen novels over the last five years and every time I finish one I go through all yours posts in the novel’s tag and have a blast every time!!

I just finished reading Northanger Abbey and it was great and I wish I read it sooner!!

If you have time, I was also wondering if you had thoughts on NA adaptations/which one would you recommend??

The Felicity Jones adaptation is super-cute and fun!

The 1980s one has rock guitar riffs and blue eyeshadow and is ALSO very fun and extremely unserious.

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I am so appalled by Hugh Laurie signing on to voice Dumbledore in the new Harry Potter audiobooks! Guess we know he stands with the transphobe, Rowling.

I just deleted a lot of typing about my own thoughts on the broader class system and its baked-in white supremacy that still has deep roots in sections of British society in a unique way which we now see manifesting in the UK's reputation for being particularly hostile to trans women, but...yeah. British upper-middle-class third-wave 'feminist liberals' continue to not surprise me with their waffling-at-best approach to supporting trans rights which amounts to not giving a shit about the real and insidious harm transphobes do by disingenuously "just asking questions".

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How do you deal with finding out that actors who appeared in a film you like are trash? I'm saddened that both leads in the Joe Wright P&P are helping enrich SHE WHO MUST NOT BE NAMED. Even though it almost ruins the whole experience, I don't want to give up P&P.

I suppose "don't support their current/future projects," is a common response I see to qualms over handling the work of living creatives who we find to have abhorrent ethical stances. And always bear in mind that we cannot know the inner workings of celebrities' minds, so best not to put anyone on a pedestal as an incorruptible role model.

It's okay to feel sad/disappointed, but try not to beat yourself up for appreciating a beautifully-rendered story. In the end, filmmaking is very collaborative, so "lead roles" notwithstanding, their individual contribution remains only a piece of the whole.

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