It would depend on the scenario, honestly. That's part of what bothers me about the Pemberley-as-megacorp thing—it's generally treated as a sort of default equivalent of an 18th century English estate, not contingent on the particulars of the AU.
But I really liked my friend tulina's version, where Pemberley was a small bookshop (Elizabeth only knows him as an obnoxious BNF up to that point). I vaaaaguely remember liking a version, or at least concept, years ago, where it was a high school (Darcy was the principal). It could be a congressional district, or a dance studio, or a book, or ... so many things!
I'm not looking for particularly exact analogues. The main thing, for me, is that Pemberley is overwhelmingly about a) revealing Darcy's virtue/sense through his conduct and aesthetic tastes, and b) revealing Darcy's overall character by standing in for him symbolically. Anything that convincingly serves both of those functions is fine by me, wealth or no wealth. But IMO massive corporations are unconvincing or worse on both fronts.
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on 2019-09-22 12:55 am (UTC)But I really liked my friend tulina's version, where Pemberley was a small bookshop (Elizabeth only knows him as an obnoxious BNF up to that point). I vaaaaguely remember liking a version, or at least concept, years ago, where it was a high school (Darcy was the principal). It could be a congressional district, or a dance studio, or a book, or ... so many things!
I'm not looking for particularly exact analogues. The main thing, for me, is that Pemberley is overwhelmingly about a) revealing Darcy's virtue/sense through his conduct and aesthetic tastes, and b) revealing Darcy's overall character by standing in for him symbolically. Anything that convincingly serves both of those functions is fine by me, wealth or no wealth. But IMO massive corporations are unconvincing or worse on both fronts.