An anon asked
irresistible-revolution:
Who in the atla cast do you see as Pride and Prejudice?She replied:
lmao ima let our resident austen expert and also atla fan @anghraine handle this one :3
I said:
:)
I’m thinking about it and tbh—if we’re looking at Elizabeth/Darcy specifically, P&P doesn’t always map well onto some things, and I think this might be one of them.
(The boring answer, I know.)
There are plenty of characters who are fierce and spirited like Elizabeth, but I don’t think many who are that
and temperamentally light-hearted, while also fundamentally serious. Aang combines easy-going high spirits and strength of character, so he’s probably closest. Still, he’s a very different (esp gentler and, critically, humbler) personality. He’s more like a stronger Bingley.
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