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I’m not Colonel Fitzwilliam’s biggest fan, but sometimes I think about just how easy it would be for him to resent the hell out of Darcy.
Just imagine—you’re the younger son, and very conscious of it, but your even younger cousin is set to inherit multiple estates and wealth and influence with them. And he’s an only son and his parents encourage him to think he’s better than everyone. And they die, which is sad, but it does leave him a rich and powerful man at the grand old age of 23. His tenants and servants are devoted to him. His only sibling thinks he can never be wrong about anything, ever. When he shows up places, men and women alike start commenting on how attractive he is, while you are “not handsome.” Even your grouchy aunt has chosen him as her desired son-in-law. He doesn’t marry your other cousin, though—he marries the pretty girl you were flirting with, because of course he does.
And yet … they’re bffs who trust each other implicitly.
:)
#i love darcy more than any other character but like #his arc basically takes him from the guy who has it all to the guy who has even more of it all #he could easily be an incredibly irritating person to have in your family! #and fitzwilliam is clearly very aware of what he's missing out on by not being an heir #and yet ... constant intimacy!
Just imagine—you’re the younger son, and very conscious of it, but your even younger cousin is set to inherit multiple estates and wealth and influence with them. And he’s an only son and his parents encourage him to think he’s better than everyone. And they die, which is sad, but it does leave him a rich and powerful man at the grand old age of 23. His tenants and servants are devoted to him. His only sibling thinks he can never be wrong about anything, ever. When he shows up places, men and women alike start commenting on how attractive he is, while you are “not handsome.” Even your grouchy aunt has chosen him as her desired son-in-law. He doesn’t marry your other cousin, though—he marries the pretty girl you were flirting with, because of course he does.
And yet … they’re bffs who trust each other implicitly.
:)
#i love darcy more than any other character but like #his arc basically takes him from the guy who has it all to the guy who has even more of it all #he could easily be an incredibly irritating person to have in your family! #and fitzwilliam is clearly very aware of what he's missing out on by not being an heir #and yet ... constant intimacy!