Oh, wow, that was a lot! Basically, I am so, so with you. (Also. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a fucking introvert and possibly a geek in the sense of being really thinky but not necessarily gothically broody, just lost in ALL THE THOUGHTS and annoyed when someone wants to make small talk because it gets in the way of ALL THE THOUGHTS, and really I wouldn't be shocked if in our time period he had a hard-science doctorate and everyone knew better than to invite him to the non-geek parties anyway. To which Elizabeth would also be invited because she's a scientist too, much to her mother's despair because HOW WILL YOU EVER GET A HUSBAND OH WELL AT LEAST THERE ARE LOTS OF MEN IN SCIENCE AND THEY MAKE GOOD MONEY SOME OF THEM and Lizzie and Darcy would argue a lot at the parties. And possibly simply get married, in the words of C.S. Lewis, so as to go on doing it more conveniently. PEOPLE WOULD SELL TICKETS TO THEIR ARGUMENTS. IT WOULD PAY FOR THE BOOZE AT THE GEEK PARTIES. Darcy would be appalled but then Lizzie would say something too irresistible not to answer back. OH DEAR I THINK I JUST BRED A PLOTBUNNY ALL OVER YOUR JOURNAL.)
... now, that is a modernAU I would actually read!
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Oh, wow, that was a lot! Basically, I am so, so with you. (Also. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a fucking introvert and possibly a geek in the sense of being really thinky but not necessarily gothically broody, just lost in ALL THE THOUGHTS and annoyed when someone wants to make small talk because it gets in the way of ALL THE THOUGHTS, and really I wouldn't be shocked if in our time period he had a hard-science doctorate and everyone knew better than to invite him to the non-geek parties anyway. To which Elizabeth would also be invited because she's a scientist too, much to her mother's despair because HOW WILL YOU EVER GET A HUSBAND OH WELL AT LEAST THERE ARE LOTS OF MEN IN SCIENCE AND THEY MAKE GOOD MONEY SOME OF THEM and Lizzie and Darcy would argue a lot at the parties. And possibly simply get married, in the words of C.S. Lewis, so as to go on doing it more conveniently. PEOPLE WOULD SELL TICKETS TO THEIR ARGUMENTS. IT WOULD PAY FOR THE BOOZE AT THE GEEK PARTIES. Darcy would be appalled but then Lizzie would say something too irresistible not to answer back. OH DEAR I THINK I JUST BRED A PLOTBUNNY ALL OVER YOUR JOURNAL.)
... now, that is a modernAU I would actually read!