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anghraineOTP character growth!
Darcy and Elizabeth, Ch 31:
Ch 61:
That is: in Kent, Darcy excuses his poor behaviour as social awkwardness, while Elizabeth suggests he should just try harder; at the end, Darcy does try harder to be courteous, but his discomfort is very real, and Elizabeth tries to help him.
#i think either his discomfort or elizabeth's piano remark are often taken as one hundred percent validated #when imo it's quite strongly suggested that neither is entirely right or wrong #given where their dynamic ends up #darcy does try harder! elizabeth protects him! it's just... #such a nice mutual evolution
Darcy and Elizabeth, Ch 31:
“I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done.”
“My fingers,” said Elizabeth, “do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women’s do. They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to be my own fault—because I would not take the trouble of practising.”
Ch 61:
Elizabeth did all she could to shield him [Darcy] from the frequent notice of either [Mrs Bennet or Mrs Phillips], and was ever anxious to keep him to herself, and to those of her family with whom he might converse without mortification.
That is: in Kent, Darcy excuses his poor behaviour as social awkwardness, while Elizabeth suggests he should just try harder; at the end, Darcy does try harder to be courteous, but his discomfort is very real, and Elizabeth tries to help him.
#i think either his discomfort or elizabeth's piano remark are often taken as one hundred percent validated #when imo it's quite strongly suggested that neither is entirely right or wrong #given where their dynamic ends up #darcy does try harder! elizabeth protects him! it's just... #such a nice mutual evolution