Pride & Prejudice Summarized by Taskmaster
Elizabeth and Darcy after their first meeting
Mrs. Bennet when Jane has to stay at Netherfield because she made her take the horse in the rain
Audience @ the hand flex moment
Mary playing the piano at Bingley's ball
Mr. Collins
Charlotte accepting Mr. Collins' proposal
Lizzie about Darcy after he calls the house charming and bolts
Darcy after the first proposal
Wickham scamming everybody for money
"You have bewitched me, body and soul. And I love, I love, I love you."
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Don’t mind me, just out here creating Jane Austen memes out of Good Omens stills while processing season 2 (Go watch it!). I’m sure Aziraphale would approve.
Pride and Prejudice x Good Omens
Just like Crowley, Elizabeth knows what’s coming, and she wishes she didn’t have to be there.
I wonder what Wickham’s punishment in the Good Omens hell would have looked like.
“Ah! Jane, I take your place now, and you must go lower, because I am a married woman.” I kinda love how obnoxious married Lydia is.
Truly one of my favourite moments in Austen’s novels, and any love story ever, is Mr. Darcy declaring Elizabeth “tolerable” and looking at her again to confirm his original verdict, only to go: “Daaamn. I was wrong.” (Also, the things I’d do to get a version of Darcy that does the Good Omens apology dance for Elizabeth.)
Thankfully, 10k a year helped Mrs. Bennet to change her mind about Darcy again very quickly.
The biggest change I’ve gone through since first getting into Austen was definitely going from loving Mr. Bennet because of his sarcasm to thinking he’s actually kind of awful.
Caroline Bingley, the original pick-me girl?
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ok not to beat a hornet’s nest with a baseball bat but i keep seeing people on here who say they want to see an icemav pride & prejudice au but they’re always saying ice would be elizabeth and mav would be mr darcy and i just… don’t get that at all. narratively and thematically it makes no sense to me.
first of all, ice is the one who’s coming from a place of privilege in the movie. he went to the academy, he’s the top dog at top gun, he’s a genuinely good guy but mav thinks he’s a dickhead for, well, being a dickhead. second of all, he’s the one who keeps trying to help mav in his own backwards way, not unlike darcy trying to flirt with elizabeth, who sees each of his attempts to woo her as him instigating an argument. thirdly, he tries to help mav in his time of crisis after goose dies, similar to the scene where elizabeth finds out that wickham absconded with lydia.
on mav’s side, he shares elizabeth’s prejudice against rich, snobby men, but instead his prejudice is directed at ice and naval academy-bred pilots in general. he’s also an outsider amongst the other naval pilots because he never attended the academy and because of his father’s reputation, which matches elizabeth’s lower social status and her ostracization by the bingley sisters. i can’t really say how the wickham plotline would factor into the narrative because there is no such character in top gun, but maverick has been shown to be easily taken in by a pretty face (see charlie).
lastly, the way both characters’ opinions of each other change by the end of the movie are a perfect thematic match. ice has decided that while mav is still dangerous, he now sees this as mav’s strength instead of a fatal flaw. meanwhile mav has come to the conclusion that ice is not the asshole he thought he was, and that he can trust ice to have his back in the air from now on. similarly, darcy was able to rise above his previous reservations about marrying elizabeth due to recognizing that his estimation of her was in fact incorrect and that he needed to reevaluate his beliefs, while elizabeth came to realize that darcy was a better man than she had thought.
is there anything that i missed? i promise this was by no means a callout post, i’d love to hear what other people’s thoughts are because i’ve seen the opposite take in several posts but i simply can’t see it myself. if anyone wants to weigh in with their perspective please do!
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In case this line from Pride and Prejudice couldn't catch your attention earlier, here it is:
"Is not general incivility the very essence of love?"
Elizabeth to her aunt Mrs Gardiner telling how Mr. Bingley offended ladies at his own ball by not asking them to dance and she spoke to him twice without receiving any answer because he was so engrossed by Jane that he grew inattentive to other people.
Chapter 25
So if your man doesn't ignore the whole world to just look at you, he ain't your man yet .!.!.!.!
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Summary: When Mr. Bingley unexpectedly abandons Netherfield, Jane Bennet quietly mourns and laments his departure. She does not pace angrily as Elizabeth does, nor is she even able to blame Charles Bingley for his desertion.
Jane sees, however, that Lizzy's suggestion that they both stay a few weeks in Town is a sensible one. Surely, Mama's disappointment in her eldest daughter's prospects would be easier to endure with distance and the pity of their friends and acquaintances would undoubtedly fade in time.
Elizabeth Bennet means to make good use of their time in London. If Mr. Bingley cannot be made to regret his carelessness and the odiously proud Mr. Darcy may not be humbled, perhaps the Bennet fortunes may be raised by alternative means.
When Mr. Bingley unexpectedly abandons Netherfield, Jane Bennet quietly mourns and laments his departure.
Jane sees, however, that Lizzy's suggestion that they both stay a few weeks in Town is a sensible one. Surely, Mama's disappointment in her eldest daughter's prospects would be easier to endure with distance and the pity of their friends and acquaintances would undoubtedly fade in time.
Elizabeth Bennet means to make good use of their time in London. If Mr. Bingley cannot be made to regret his carelessness and the odiously proud Mr. Darcy may not be humbled, perhaps the Bennet fortunes may be raised by alternative means.
Author: JeanniePeneaux
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Fic: “An Eternal Summer”
read on AO3
Fandom: Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Rating: No Rating
Summary: Mr. Bingley refuses to leave Jane's side long while she's ill.
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This rain will not cease.
Charles pats off his hat, entering the front. His lips thoughtfully twitch.
How horrid it must be to travel in it…
"Welcome home, Mr. Bingley." One of the estate's servants bows her head, and Charles offers a plaintive smile. "Sir, a Miss Bennet has been staying with us for the earlier part of the day with a fever. She has been given a room. Is there anything else you would wish for us to do?"
It feels as if his heart stops entirely.
"Yes, show me where," Charles says briskly, no longer smiling, marching on when the servant leaves. He keeps at her heels.
Jane…
The moment the door is opened, the moment he rushes in.
Another servant dabs off Jane's brow, murmuring reassuringly as Jane fretfully apologises though unable to move herself. Charles waits for the estate's servant locking eyes with the other as they hold down giggles, leaving the door open.
Jane turns her head on the pillow in his direction, shyly casting her eyes away.
Oh, he dearly wishes she wouldn't… …
"Forgive me. I do believe it is a cold."
"Do not worry. You are a most welcomed sight, Miss Bennet," Charles announces, forgetting himself while grinning. With her ruddy complexion, and sweat-dampened arms, and Jane's light yellow hair uncombed… he couldn't imagine anyone more beautiful walking into the room.
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However this may appear 'improper' of him, Charles dismisses the suggestions to retire for the evening, keeping Jane company.
"I shall leave when you wish for me to leave," he says from a pale-blue upholstered chair, nodding. The doctor informed him of her sore throat, fever, and aching head from traveling in the cold rainy weather.
Even while being bedridden, Jane's temperament has been agreeable.
Jane's eyes quietly light up.
Despite the rain, it seems to be a warm, eternal summer living inside of her.
"… and if that day does not come, Mr. Bingley?" she rasps.
"Ah, well, I suppose…" Charles leans forward eagerly, his bare hands settled comfortably on his knees. "Then I haven't a care otherwise… as long as you are happy. With me." He lets out an awkward, stuttering laugh, and Jane smiles kindly. "Being here with me, I mean. Are… are you happy?"
He hopes so.
With all of the spirit making him, Charles hopes so.
Jane, Jane, Jane…
"I could not ask for a more sensible and good-humoured companion to remain with me," she whispers feebly. "Thank you."
Charles blinks, startled for a moment as Jane sneezes daintily.
Offering out a handkerchief, he laughs again, his cheeks as flushed as Jane's.
"Truly… the pleasure is all mine, Miss Bennet."
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