Tumblr crosspost (1 August 2019)

An anon asked:

i just reread pride & prejudice and noticed three separate times elizabeth reflects on "having something yet to wish for" or a situation not living up to her expectations - when lydia leaves for brighton and they have a little peace and quiet but she's still unhappy, when the trip to the lakes is abbreviated, and when she's engaged with her family's consent but her mom is still annoying. is this just a random theme? i don't see how it ties back into the central elizabeth/darcy relationship.

I said:

Oh, interesting! I’m not sure I’d say that it’s a random theme, but yes, I do think it flows pretty neatly into the more general theme of P&P. Things are rarely as simple and straightforward as we expect they are/will be. Almost everything has complicating factors that work against their overall thrust.

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Tumblr crosspost (2 August 2019)

My family’s move has been going on for weeks, and … of course it’s involved, but I just want it to be over. :|

Tumblr crosspost (10 August 2019)

One of our new neighbours informed me at our first meeting that I’d been brainwashed by the university system.

The fuck?

Tumblr crosspost (12 August 2019)

I’m still on this, so—

Faramir:

“Ah well, sir,” said Sam, “you said my master had an elvish air; and that was good and true. But I can say this: you have an air too, sir, that reminds me of, of—well, Gandalf, of wizards.”

Denethor:

He turned his dark eyes on Gandalf, and now Pippin saw a likeness between the two, and he felt the strain between them, almost as if he saw a line of smouldering fire drawn from eye to eye, that might suddenly burst into flame.

!!!!!!!

Tumblr crosspost (13 August 2019)

I’m still wrapping my brain around this, tbh.