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anghraineThe other line re: the Gardiners and Darcy’s appearance that I find unreasonably hilarious:
“I have heard much of your master’s fine person,” said Mrs Gardiner
In context, she’s just making polite conversation with Mrs Reynolds, and “everyone says your employer is really attractive” is what goes for polite conversation with an elderly housekeeper.
But if she’s not straight-up lying, then … okay. Back in Hertfordshire, Mrs Gardiner had to strain to remember anything that anyone had said about Darcy prior to that point, so she almost certainly hadn’t heard about Darcy’s appearance before then. She would have heard it from people in Hertfordshire, who nearly all intensely dislike Darcy and (care of Wickham) think he’s a horrible person. So apparently there are these people around Meryton just talking about how terrible yet good-looking Darcy is, well after he left town. It’s like:
Completely random person: So, Mr Bingley had this proud friend with him who turned out to be kind of evil … but super attractive? He was so tall and had this really nice shape to his mouth and—
Mrs Gardiner, who Did Not Ask: uh
#i'm not saying darcy has villain stans but darcy has villain stans #'oh he was arrogant and apparently stole a bunch of money he didn't need but like. in a hot way' #they must have been so disappointed when he turned out to be squeaky-clean haha #honestly this makes mrs gardiner's backtracking on darcy and wickham's comparative attractiveness even funnier #she's like 'okay darcy has perfect features but he just doesn't look heroic' #tbh darcy should totally look like a villain and come across as a villain but people are cowards so it never happens
“I have heard much of your master’s fine person,” said Mrs Gardiner
In context, she’s just making polite conversation with Mrs Reynolds, and “everyone says your employer is really attractive” is what goes for polite conversation with an elderly housekeeper.
But if she’s not straight-up lying, then … okay. Back in Hertfordshire, Mrs Gardiner had to strain to remember anything that anyone had said about Darcy prior to that point, so she almost certainly hadn’t heard about Darcy’s appearance before then. She would have heard it from people in Hertfordshire, who nearly all intensely dislike Darcy and (care of Wickham) think he’s a horrible person. So apparently there are these people around Meryton just talking about how terrible yet good-looking Darcy is, well after he left town. It’s like:
Completely random person: So, Mr Bingley had this proud friend with him who turned out to be kind of evil … but super attractive? He was so tall and had this really nice shape to his mouth and—
Mrs Gardiner, who Did Not Ask: uh
#i'm not saying darcy has villain stans but darcy has villain stans #'oh he was arrogant and apparently stole a bunch of money he didn't need but like. in a hot way' #they must have been so disappointed when he turned out to be squeaky-clean haha #honestly this makes mrs gardiner's backtracking on darcy and wickham's comparative attractiveness even funnier #she's like 'okay darcy has perfect features but he just doesn't look heroic' #tbh darcy should totally look like a villain and come across as a villain but people are cowards so it never happens