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personally I DONT think Jane Austen intended for Mr. Bennet to be paying Mrs. Bennet a genuine compliment when he said she was as beautiful as any of their daughters. He seems kind of incapable of paying his wife a real compliment.
BUT
I still think we should have MILF Mrs. Bennet. I think everyone should be like “damn” when they see her and then she opens her mouth and they’re like “oh”. I want them to go through the same process Mr. Bennet did, in a much shorter time frame.
Sometimes Darcy gets accused of not actually being in love with Elizabeth at the time of his first proposal, that he just proposed out of lust, and like yeah lust was definitely a part of it, but I believe him that he truly loved Elizabeth.
Marriage was a big deal. He'd never really be able to divorce her. This was gonna be it for life—and while Elizabeth for life might be wonderful, he's also getting the Bennets for life.
I don't know how much he knew about the Bennets' financial situation beyond the entail, but he had to have known there was a strong chance Mrs. Bennet would end up living with him after Mr. Bennet died. He could afford to set her up in her own house, but they'd still have to spend a lot of time together. And it wasn't just Mrs. Bennet—he'd be saddling himself with the lifelong care of potentially multiple of Elizabeth’s relatives, which is bad enough when you actually like the people, but these are people who he can't stand, and rightfully so! I'd despise living with any of them except Elizabeth and Jane, and maybe Kitty. He's not being a snob when he criticizes them—they legitimately suck. (Well, he is being a snob and dumbass by saying it out loud, but Elizabeth herself knows the criticism is justified.)
On top of all that, he knows marrying Elizabeth is gonna piss off his own family, and potentially jeopardize his friendship with his bestie Charles.
And you're telling me that Darcy was willing to take on all of that shit just for sex?? Sex is easy to get. Hell, even sex with a pretty, kind, smart wife would be easy for Darcy to get. Elizabeth is not his only good option.
I know people's genitals make them do all sorts of wildly stupid things, but I don't think even Darcy's penis is powerful enough (and I've read fanfic, I know how powerful Darcy's penis is) to make him propose to Elizabeth Bennet if he didn't truly love her.
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LawLight VS The Bennets
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Judgy Elizabeth Bennet
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Today at Pemberley, the 26th of January:
At her husband’s suggestion, Mrs. Elizabeth Darcy drew her sister, Miss Mary Bennet aside in the hopes of speaking candidly. After days of Miss Bennet’s subterfuge and peculiar behavior, Mrs. Darcy’s concerns were great.
However, she attempted to create a light tone for the conversation by bringing Miss Bennet to Mrs. Darcy’s favorite reading room. Bright with sunlight and furnished comfortably, the room housed particularly dear books with worn covers and well-loved pages.
Miss Bennet glanced around. “Is this where you pass your time? With this whole grand house under your dominion?”
“I am often in the garden, or following Mr. Darcy about, or listening to Georgiana play one of the pianofortes.” Mrs. Darcy considered Miss Bennet before adding, “Much like at Longbourn, my favorite part of the house is the family which inhabits it.”
“We are told that lying is a sin.”
“I have surely sinned in my life but my words were not a lie.”
Miss Bennet moved sharply to sit in a soft chair. “You could not wait to be rid of us. I believe you only ever wanted marriage so that you might be free of all in our family but father and Jane.”
“I would never have married my husband if not for love.” Mrs. Darcy was resolute in her declaration.
Miss Bennet considered this, then said, “Had Lydia and Mr. Wickham loved each other, the disgrace of their actions would not be lessened by the sentiment.”
“No,” Mrs. Darcy agreed, “However, I would not think them both the stupidest fools I have ever met. Reason may give way to love and be forgiven the trespass.”
Previous days at Pemberley here
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