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And a post just about the RP–
I think some CBers might have lost interest because the RP is not very active…I don’t know what can be done about that (if we try asking if anyone wants to join on Random Thoughts/Things, inactivity would probably just negate that) and I don’t know if it’s possible to do an RP with just three writers :/
Also, Moon Wolf asked if her charrie Lavender should receive a prophecy. I’m wondering whether we ought to…
1. Tell her what the slab prophecy means (it was stealing magical secrets for the sake of telepathic control I think?) before she writes a prophecy so she doesn’t write against the plot (unless the prophecy’s meaning is obvious. I can’t be sure if it is because we haven’t given any press on the Shadow Wolves’ feelings abt the exile)
2. Create a new Shadow Wolf charrie who’s planning the uprising (same idea as 1, just more specific)
3. Let her write anything, which is very risky in terms of the plot but maybe the prophecy’s meaning is obvious or she’ll write a vague prophecy or smth.
What do you think?
sorry if my thoughts are really disorganized–I tried to revise them for clarity, but idk if they make sense.
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And a post just about the RP–(I thought I posted this last night. Maybe the Cloudflare didn’t work? Anyway, if two comments show up here, that’s why)
I think some CBers might have lost interest in the RP because it’s not very active…I don’t know what can be done about that (if we try asking if anyone wants to join on Random Thoughts/Things, inactivity would probably just negate that) and I don’t know if it’s possible to do an RP with just three writers :/
Also, Moon Wolf asked if her charrie Lavender should receive a prophecy. I’m wondering whether we ought to…
1. Tell her what the slab prophecy means (it was stealing magical secrets for the sake of telepathic control I think?) before she writes a prophecy so she doesn’t write against the plot (unless the prophecy’s meaning is obvious. I can’t be sure if it is because we haven’t given any press on the Shadow Wolves’ feelings abt the exile)
2. Create a new Shadow Wolf charrie who’s planning the uprising (same idea as 1, just more specific)
3. Let her write anything, which is very risky in terms of the plot but maybe the prophecy’s meaning is obvious or she’ll write a vague prophecy or smth.
What do you think?
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Oh no I can’t believe I missed it too :0 Happy two years, thread!! *throws petals and confetti in the shape of twos and just plain golden confetti* Aww, thank you! I’m also so lucky to have you for a friend – you’re so sweet and creative and nice :DD
Eek, music stuck in one’s head… I can usually listen to one song or another in my head if I want to (as long as I remember how it goes lol), but now and then a song simply will not go out of it, and then I’m stuck with it for the indefinite time it takes for it to decide to go away – even listening to another song doesn’t always work. Sometimes I don’t mind, but sometimes I get very tired of the song XD
That would be fun!! Right now I’m snowed under with library books (…actually more of my usual state than not), but considering my usual reading rate, I’ll probably be finished with them soon, and then I’ll start P&P :))
To be honest, my stories don’t often have enough plot or character development, hehe… but they’re fun to write, so I keep doing it. All of that sounds great! Eeps, yes, finals – most of my time has been taken up with schoolwork, which is why I’ve been doing little more than reading CB posts and then not posting myself :/ :]
On the 24th and 25th (I’ve missed several weekends here, whoops :|) I met up with one of my irl possible-friends (it’s so exciting to actually know people irl!!! It’s been rather hard for me to make friends, but a few months ago – while the CB was down, I think – I joined a teen writing workshop/group thing, and hit it off with a couple of the kids! Anyway, sorry, too many parentheses :p), which was fun, and also went on one of my favorite walks with my family, which was also very nice:) Then yesterday I was made very happy by the fact that the Portugal soccer team won the Nations League tournament; I don’t consider myself that much of a sporty person, but national soccer games are my weak point. I’ve been supporting Portugal for years, but I’d never seen them win a trophy, so it was exciting~ Especially since they were playing against Spain, who are also super good. Anyway, what’s your weekend been like?
The place spiders should least be in is in one’s room… Ah well, at least the great majority of them are outside.
About the RP – we could probably try advertising on Random Thoughts? It might get a couple of extra people to join. I also mentioned it in the MCU, which will hopefully help. If absolutely no one joins and we feel like taking desperate measures, I suppose we could always try letting it drop to the back pages for a month or two, and then topping it and suggesting reviving it? For the moment, though, we can probably keep going; it’s been fairly exciting and engaging so far.
Hmm… maybe we should tell her to write something fairly vague/threatening/to do with the Shadow Wolves? We could definitely also elaborate on the plot, though it might be better to keep some of the major things to ourselves for the moment so that there’s an element of surprise. Does that sound good?
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Hi Amethyst!
How are you doing? Happy Summer!
I’m actually quite frustrated by plot and character development right now (I tried writing characters with personalities and manner of speaking I really don’t like, and I was told that the previous, more poetic and overly dramatic drafts of the same story were better) so I’m switching to rhyming poetry for the time being.
That’s great that you met some writers irl:) I found some friends I really get along with this year, so now I’m not sitting by myself at lunch:D I’m not much of a sporty person either, and when I see a game on a TV somewhere I just stare and wonder what’s going on (or I watch TV ads that pop up, because sometimes the design is cool and the ads aren’t cringey or overplayed). This weekend I volunteered at a library (aka. sat at a table for three hours waiting for people to come, studied chemistry and Chinese, tried to write, and played tic-tac-toe and whatnot with Rora), went to church as usual, might have coincidentally gotten filmed for a show (panic), and started poems which might never be finished. What did you do?
I’m just finished listening to the recs you recommended back in January right now. Thank you! I agree that they’re very happy songs (most of Carlos Baute’s make me feel like jumping up and down or skipping, or at the least bouncing up and down, and Fonseca’s really suggest dancing:D). Also I noticed that Te Regalo sounds very very similar to Me faltas tú, but Te Regalo has a little whistling arpeggio sound in the background that’s really nice. I found it hard to track the melody of songs where the singing is quieter and more overshadowed by the instrumental bits. The only song I didn’t like was Berimbau Metalizado (Ao Vivo). I felt like there were too many instruments and I didn’t like the ba ba ba part). Oh, and I couldn’t find Chas! y aparezco a tu lado (there are a ton of songs with the name, but I can’t find Operacion Triunfo).
Advertising on RT/T (with the notice that the RP is not extremely active, but somewhat active, maybe) is a good idea:) I’ll be in school again in mid-August, so I don’t know if letting it drop for a month or two would work.
Okay, that works!
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Hello!! Happy summer!!!
Oh dear :/ I hope that you manage to pick up again soon. On the other hand, your poetry is wonderful, so I’m sure that will come out splendidly.
Yayy, it’s also great that you found friends! Anyone would be lucky to have you for a friend <3 On the most recent weekend, I basically did nothing, which was very restful; I wrote a bit, read some of the Ultimate Guide to Kyngdom (which is fascinating and way more intricate than I thought it would be, but it also explains a lot of old Kyngdom threads that I’d rather randomly explored), listened to one too many songs as always, looked sternly at some of the bunnies in the garden and told them that they are nOt supposed to eat our flowers (they never listen, so we’ve been putting chili powder on the flowers, which works! It seems that they don’t like the smell), and also wrote some poetry which needs fixing up and will probably never get it :p On the Fourth of July, though, I went to see some fireworks with my family – they were gorgeous :)Did you do anything for the Fourth of July?
I’m glad you liked the music! From the time I recommended it to now, I’m not quite as enthusiastic about Berimbau Metalizado myself – my music tastes tend to fluctuate a lot over time, especially where individual songs are concerned. Huh, that’s odd! Maybe it would come up if you tried searching for “Chas! Y Aparezco A Tu Lado Aitana” instead? Operacion Triunfo is the general group, but Aitana is the one who actually sings it.
All right, I’ll try that! I also really need to post on the RP as Amethyst – maybe I could start another charrie as myself. At least no one’s guessed us yet! Do you want to post on RTT, or should I? Or should we do a post under Celandine&Moondrop?
On another note, I’m starting Pride & Prejudice!! I’m not going to read the blurb, despite ~temptation~, because those usually give away too much of the plot. Pre-reading, all I know is that there’s a (probably irritating?) person called Mr. Darcy who might end up married to the main character, but I don’t know that much about it.
Ooh, “Volume I”, how distinguished :0
“You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it” XD Ooh who’s Mr. Bingley?? The Bennets seem to be a rather typical Jane Austen couple, and I suspect that Lizzy is going to be the protagonist, but I’m not sure. Just finished Chapter 1, and it’s very good so far:D I’ll post more as I keep going.
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I’ve already read a couple more chapters… Mr. Darcy has appeared on the scene now, and he iS rather irritating so far. On the other hand, he and Elizabeth might definitely suit each other in some ways; I just don’t see why on earth she didn’t do something when he insulted her at the dance. It’s rather unsatisfying when people in books have no gumption :/ So far, though, it seems very good!! The short chapters keep making me want to read more.
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Humph, Darcy really is extremely irritating/bothersome :/ I’ve just finished Chapter 9, so Elizabeth is staying with Mr. Bingley because Jane is sick (extremely handy for the plot – Jane Austen seems to have been the predecessor of romcom writers in a lot of ways). Darcy is starting to fall in love with her, but it seems like he just thinks she’s pretty while not appreciating her personality, which is almost worse than him not liking her at all. *humph* *shakes fist at him* As regards the other characters, it’s odd how they don’t all act very nice in trivial matters (Mr. Bennet says he won’t visit Mr. Bingley, Mrs. Bennet really only wants one of her daughters to marry Mr. Bingley because he’s rich) but most of them are fundamentally nice even so (Mr. Bennet does visit Mr. Bingley, Mrs. Bennet doesn’t like Mr. Darcy even though he’s rich too). Anyway, I hOpE Darcy improves, because otherwise it will be manifestly unfair for Elizabeth to marry him.
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And on goes the action~
Chapter 10: Oh dear, Miss Bingley likes Darcy! I probably should have realized that earlier, to be honest… He doesn’t seem to like her at all, though. They probably wouldn’t actually suit each other; they’re not very like each other, aside from their skill at being irritating. “He really believed that were it not for the inferiority of her connections he should be in some danger” humphhh *shakes fist again* On the other hand, it’s probably an extremely clever way to make the readers want him to fall in love with Elizabeth, just so he’d be proven wrong.
Chapter 11: A lot of dialogue and Jane Austen being Jane Austen. Hehe he’s falling in love despite her ~connections~ >:D
Chapter 12: The question is, how are Elizabeth and Darcy ever to fall in love properly when they really don’t know each other that well? Furthermore, now that she’s left Netherfield, there’ll be even less chances for them to be with each other and have proper conversations.
Chapter 13: ARGH Mr. Collins is even worse than Darcy!! Just coming along and thinking that he’s going to marry one of them just because—- And thinking that it’s so very kind of him to do so– argh it would be very hard to find someone more irritating >:|
Chapter 14: More Mr. Collins – need I say more?
Chapter 15: Now he’s switching from wanting to marry Jane to wanting to marry Elizabeth just because it’s convenient!! Of course, this makes the plot even more complicated…
Chapter 16: As does Elizabeth falling in love with Mr. Wickham. Now there’s one man who loves her but doesn’t want to, a man who doesn’t love her but wants to marry her for other reasons, and a man whom she actually likes. Mr. Wickham’s own feelings aren’t too clear at this point, though, so what if he doesn’t like her? Or if he does, how on earth is that going to be sorted out? I don’t tHiNk she’s going to end up with him. Furthermore, oh dear, now we discover that Mr. Darcy is *ominous music* wOrSe ThAn He SeEms~ (which is saying a lot :P) How on earth is this going to be resolved? Did he cheat Mr. Wickham, but with some actual reason for doing so? Or did he not cheat him, and it’s all a mistake? Or is he honestly nasty and Elizabeth is going to reform him or something lol? (I don’t think so…)
Chapter 17: Mary is probably an introvert :p A Thought – Jane Austen probably made Mr. Collins so aggravating on purpose so that Darcy would appear to advantage when compared to him, like a sidekick. Why couldn’t she put an actually nice person in, though??
That’s as far as I’ve gotten up to now. I’ve been enjoying it, and I think it’s probably one of the best Jane Austens I’ve read so far. How’ve you been?
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Onwards and upwards!!
Chapter 18: Dancing with Mr. Darcy… very romantic >:) And it had been coming, frankly. When one gets used to him, Mr. Collins is actually rather funny. “And with a low bow he left her to attack Mr. Darcy” XD The rivals meet~ Everyone is connected to such an extent, though; Mr. Wickham, the first person Elizabeth falls in love with, happens to also have been very close to Darcy, and Mr. Collins’ patroness happens to be Darcy’s aunt. It’s similar in Dickens, actually. I’m not sure how much of it is to make the plot easier and how much of it was realistic for those times.
Chapter 19: Oh dear the proposal! Mr. Collins definitely didn’t waste time on courtship… He’s reverted to being irritating (couldn’t he at least understand that she didn’t like him???).
Chapter 20: Mr. Bennet isn’t the sweetest of people, but he is sensible; Mrs. Bennet is honestly a bit much. That’s gotten Mr. Collins out of the way, though; it’s interesting how the plot points Jane Austen introduces in the beginning of her books don’t usually last all the way through to the end of her books, but gradually go making things happen and guiding everyone towards the end instead. She’s not very conventional :]
Chapter 21: There’s nothing particularly wrong with Wickham, and he’s nice in his way, but there isn’t really much to him; he seems to be there just to provide a Good Guy instead of being an interesting person in his own right. Off go the Bingleys :0 And Darcy too :0
Chapter 22: Charlotte Lucas is getting married to Mr. Collins?!? The most amazing thing is really how quickly everything happens. Not a good choice on Charlotte’s part :/
Chapter 23: So much for Mrs. Bennet’s nerves!
“What should you not mind?”
“I should not mind anything at all.”
“Let us be thankful athat you are preserved from a state of such insensibility.”
In some ways Jane Austen is very old-fashioned, but in some she’s kind of modern:P
~Volume II~, even more distinguished!! If Volume I was Mr. Darcy & Co., what’s Volume II going to be about?
Chapter 1: Darn, we’re starting over from zero as far as the chapter titles go. Bingley is still gone, and I should go ahead and post this so stay tuned, the next installment is coming soon~
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Finally caught up, yay! (making headway on a good deal of my unrealistic summer goals, but working on pulling out a few that fell through the cracks)(like reading, sigh…)
Oh actually never mind, I just saw your newest comment 😮 I am planning on reading a lot today, though, so hOpEfUlLy…anyways, I’ll post this for now, and maybe more tomorrow
ch 9: Hm…I haven’t read much romance at all, but I have noticed that P&P and S&S have a lot less romance in their conversations compared to, say, Jane Eyre (based on what I remember, Jane & her love interest are constantly talking to each other in a romantic way). So, I’m curious why you think Austen is the predecessor of romcom writers?
yeah, eyes are a risky quality to fall in love for 🙁 well…Mrs. Bennet doesn’t want her daughters to marry Mr. Darcy because of his pride. I think if he could be agreeable in the same way Mr. Bingley is, then Mrs. Bennet would change her mind. So I think she’s judging based on a combination of income and agreeability.
ch 10: *giggles* the first exchange between Mr. Darcy and Miss Bingley is completely ridiculous. But putting aside the humor, I agree that they really don’t suit each other, but that Miss Bingley is more vexing than Mr. Darcy (Mr. Darcy is quiet most of the time, so he can’t be audibly annoying, but Miss Bingley’s manner of speaking to him is uh…flamboyantly annoying. Concerning their personalities though, I think they’re equally irritating.)
I’m very surprised by Elizabeth’s answer to Mr. Darcy when he asked if she wanted to dance: “I always delight in overthrowing those kinds of schemes, and cheating a person of their premediated contempt”—it seems a surprisingly vulnerable statement.
Ch. 11: eek…“where there is a real superiority of mind, pride will be always under good regulation” – Mr. Darcy. Excuse me???
Ch 13: I find Mr. Collins more amusing and silly than aggravating. I can never imagine him as grave despite his character description XD
Ch. 17: Hm, maybe…or maybe to display different mindsets and motives about marriages?
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And more (I technically have read up to ch. 10 of vol. 2 but I’m posting in chunks)
Ch. 18: yeah, it is unrealistically coincidental (which I’ve been on guard for ever since I read a novel-writing book warning of that)
Ch. 19: *facepalms* oh, that’s awful…he seems extremely naive and definitely doesn’t understand Elizabeth.
Ch. 20 Mrs. Bennet’s notion that Elizabeth doesn’t know she loves Mr. Collin seems to be just an excuse for what she wants her daughter to be.
XD Mr. Bennet doesn’t seem to care much about marriages like Mrs. Bennet does—like in the first chapter of vol. 1
Lydia-is-so-immature-urghhh-no-it-is-not-fun-to-receive-a-proposal-and-then-reject-it-especially-if-it’s-from-Mr.-Collins-who-will-occupy-the-house-in-the-future (I actually really really don’t like Lydia as a character)
Yeah, multiple plot twists (if those are plot twists. Their scale doesn’t isn’t drastic enough for me to consider it a plot twist. They feel more like clues in a mystery story, with the logic of eliminating possibilities) or dead ends don’t seem to be common at all. I wonder how she outlined the plot (if she did at all. I usually need outlines, but I don’t know how recent of an idea those are)
Ch. 21: Yeah, Wickham doesn’t seem to have a distinct manner of speaking, so he isn’t very interesting.
Ch. 22: well, marriage has definitely evolved over time…Charlotte’s logic makes sense based on the context of P&P, though.
Ch. 23: …wow Mrs. Bennet really doesn’t have any tact.Vol. 2 starts!
Ch. 1: I wonder if Miss Bingley is purposely trying to discourage Jane, or if she’s just being careless.
Seems like Jane and Lizzy are almost arguing—Jane thinks well of Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst, and Elizabeth is more skeptical of people in general.
“Mr. Darcy was condemned as the worst of men”? Maybe I’m taking this too literally, but it doesn’t seem like he did anything VERY awful, relative to other things. Maybe the P&P characters are in a very sheltered environment.
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Ch. 18: yeah, it is unrealistically coincidental (which I’ve been on guard for ever since I read a novel-writing book warning of that)
Ch. 19: *facepalms* oh, that’s awful…he seems extremely naive and definitely doesn’t understand Elizabeth.
Ch. 20 Mrs. Bennet’s notion that Elizabeth doesn’t know she loves Mr. Collin seems to be just an excuse for what she wants her daughter to be.
XD Mr. Bennet doesn’t seem to care much about marriages like Mrs. Bennet does—like in the first chapter of vol. 1
Lydia-is-so-immature-urghhh-no-it-is-not-fun-to-receive-a-proposal-and-then-reject-it-especially-if-it’s-from-Mr.-Collins-who-will-occupy-the-house-in-the-future (I actually really really don’t like Lydia as a character)
Yeah, multiple plot twists (if those are plot twists. Their scale doesn’t isn’t drastic enough for me to consider it a plot twist. They feel more like clues in a mystery story, with the logic of eliminating possibilities) or dead ends don’t seem to be common at all. I wonder how she outlined the plot (if she did at all. I usually need outlines, but I don’t know how recent of an idea those are)
Ch. 21: Yeah, Wickham doesn’t seem to have a distinct manner of speaking, so he isn’t very interesting.
Ch. 22: well, marriage has definitely evolved over time…Charlotte’s logic makes sense based on the context of P&P, though.
Ch. 23: …wow Mrs. Bennet really doesn’t have any tact.Vol II starts!
Ch. 1: I wonder if Miss Bingley is purposely trying to discourage Jane, or if she’s just being careless.
Seems like Jane and Lizzy are almost arguing—Jane thinks well of Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst, and Elizabeth is more skeptical of people in general.
“Mr. Darcy was condemned as the worst of men”? Maybe I’m taking this too literally, but it doesn’t seem like he did anything VERY awful, relative to other things. Maybe the P&P characters are in a very sheltered environment.
*almost connects P&P with S&S but thinks better of it* (actually I’m beginning to mix up P&P with S&S)ch. 6: Lady Catherine is remarkably loquacious and opinionated. I think her voice is very similar to Miss Bingley, except that she’s more formal and more nosy.
ch. 9: ooh awkward and very memorable moment right off the bat (more awkward on Mr. Darcy’s side tho)
ch. 10: Lady Catherine getting angry because Elizabeth has a headache is ridiculous. Ofc that could just be Mr. Collins’ notion and not realistic at all, but it’s still unreasonable.
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I’m backkk *trumpet sounds* Yay, I’m glad you’ve been able to advance on some of your goals! I haven’t, really… not that I made many to begin with, but still.
P&P reminds me of modern romcoms because those seem to always be having Fate throw the two protagonists together even (or especially) if they don’t initially like each other that much; they often spend time together because of snowstorms/practical reasons/shared necessity, which is like Elizabeth having to stay at Netherfield because Jane was sick.
Chapter 10: Yeah, Elizabeth seems to speak rashly a lot of times, without really considering what it’s revealing about herself.
Chapter 13: Having read more, Mr. Collins iS more silly/funny than irritating – he’s almost refreshingly clueless, in fact:P
Chapter 20: I agree about Lydia :/ It’s hard to understand how the same parents could have brought Jane and Elizabeth up properly, and then failed so completely with Lydia and Kitty. They’re both so inconsiderate and pErSiStEnT :/ Maybe Jane Austen had an idea of the basic plot events, but then went embroidering the smaller details as she went? I really have no idea, though.
Volume II, Chapter 1: Hopefully Jane Austen was exaggerating on purpose. A lot of things about P&P are a lot like Emma, too, and the dynamic between and personalities of Jane and Elizabeth are a bit like Elinor and Marianne.
Chapter 2: A lot of general Austen-isms
Chapter 3: It’s kind of bothersome, especially in a modern context, how everyone supposes that Jane and Bingley aren’t going to go any further just because he’s moved away… It makes sense for the times, of course, but there’s absolutely no feeling of “If they’re meant to be they will be”, or “let’s dO something to make it happen and not just sit back and say oh well too bad”. It’s also interesting to consider a world where everyone called each other “Mr./Miss whatever” right up to when they were married; how on earth would you get used to thinking of the person by a first name after that?
Chapter 5: It’s interesting to see how Mr. Collins and Charlotte are managing. It seems to have worked, more or less~
Chapter 6: Mr. Collins and Sir William going on about their respective importance and connections to nobility :PIt’s a very good thing that Americans don’t have to worry about all that. Lady Catherine, as expected, is manipulative and unpleasant – you’re right, she is kind of like a more formidable Miss Bingley!
C 8: Lady Catherine is Mr. Darcy’s match, at least XD
C 9: Hehe yeah >:)
C 10: Darcy likes Elizabeth… however, here we go with more prejudice on her side and more unpleasantness on Darcy’s :/
I’ve read more than this, but I’ll go ahead and post this for the moment:)
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C 10: And yeah, it really would be silly for Lady Catherine to be cross at Elizabeth for that, but I imagine that it’s Mr. Collins being overly careful and sanctimonious as usual.
C 11: Noooo he’s gone all the way!! *me being surprised again at how a proposal has already happened* And of course Mr. Darcy had to be involved with Jane and Bingley too 😐 He really is rather unpleasant/unfeeling. Also, did he really think she was going to accept him?? I don’t think he could have, but perhaps he did, considering his egotistical tendencies.
C 12: We finally know what happened with Mr. Wickham! Eeps it’s all his fault after all… It’s not quite so unfeeling of Darcy if he was convinced that Jane didn’t like Bingley, but he should have made sure before he meddled!! Seriously.
C 13: It’s interesting how Elizabeth sees a whole new side of Mr. Wickham when she looks at him in retrospect with everything Darcy has told her. Also, I shouldn’t have gone all “Hmph Jane Austen is doing 2-dimensional good-guy-and-nothing-else charries” because actually Wickham is rather deep :0
C 14: Darcy: “G’bye I’m out of hereeeee—”
C 15: “Words were insufficient for the elevation of his feelings; and he was obliged to walk about the room” XD Mr. Collins is such a character.
C 16: Lydia seriously is very bothersome >:/ Mary is too – it seems like she’s just putting on a persona because she feels like it will impress people.
C 17: “Jane was not happy. She still cherished a very tender affection for Bingley.” Of course she does!! Love is love, people. Mrs. Bennet is exactly the same, though!
C 18: Oh dear, Mrs. Bennet had a regiment of her own when she was young! That makes sense :PNot sure why I feel like it’s not a good idea for Elizabeth to let Mr. Wickham suspect that she knows the truth…
C 19: Noooo (for the second time lol) they’re going to Pemberley!!!!!! They’re sure to run into Mr. Darcy there helphelphelphelp
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Volume III! We dO progress >:D
C 1: This might be my favorite chapter so far… the descriptions of the house are so nice, and Darcy has suddenly improved monumentally. In a way, I was actually right – Elizabeth dOeS reform him, by refusing him!! It’s interesting, though, how in most Jane Austen books, half of the protagonist’s focus is on the young man and half is on his house XD She’s coming rather close to saying “Err Mr. Darcy do you mind if I marry you after all?” Some nice (real) quotes:
“…she beheld a striking resemblance of Mr. Darcy, with such a smile over the face, as she remembered to have sometimes seen when he looked at her.” Elizabeth: *faints*
“Never in her life had she seen his manners so little dignified, never had he spoken with such gentleness as on this unexpected meeting.” Darcy: *faints*
“They crossed it by a simple bridge, in character with the general air of the scene; it was a spot less adorned than any they had yet visited; and the valley, here contracted into a glen, allowed room only for the stream, and a narrow walk amidst the rough coppice-wood which bordered it.” Up until now the descriptions haven’t been great, but Jane Austen suddenly got inspired here:)
C 2: Georgiana is nice! And Mr. Bingley is definitely still in love with Jane.
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Hi Amethyst! How are you doing?
Lol I read trumpet sounds and automatically thought elephant. That’s probably because my brain has more elephant-associated memories than trumpet-associated memories.
Oh, that makes sense!
V2 Ch. 3: I guess they’d get used to the new names like one gets used to it being 2025 instead of 2024, 2026 instead of–eek it’s almost 2026–2025. Or maybe not, because names are more personal than dates.
V2 Ch. 13: Do you mean deep as in he has a backstory?
V2 ch. 16: Mary–”I should infinitely prefer a book.” I think you’re right that she’s introverted, and yeah, maybe she is putting a persona or just uses the same manner of speaking as the books she reads (She does sound supercilious. I guess there’s a time and a place for that. Probably more academic writing.)
V2 Chapter 19: Hm, a one sentence paragraph at the end which was definitely foreshadowing
Volume III starts!
Chapter 1: chapter 2
Chapter 2: wow that’s really good memory on Bingley’s side. I could never
Here’s some food for thought: How did Mr. Darcy manage to stop acting haughty in front of Elizabeth so quickly?? Wonder how long that would last, if the book was longer.
“it was now a matter of anxiety to think well [of Mr. Darcy]” so surprised that they’d force the opinion. What if Mr. Darcy hadn’t been reformed?? How could forced regard ever be true enough to convince Mr. & Mrs. Gardiner? (ofc this all has to do with my doubts on how effective the “fake it till you make it” saying is, but I could be missing a ton of context)
Chapter 3: oH nO this chapter has too much food in it! Now i’m hungry. Unfortunately I have no other thoughts on this chapter:P
Ch. 4: oh no Lydia’s up past her bedtime *waggles finger euphemistically, which is not at all the right word but I can’t think of the right one*
Eek Mr. Wickham’s name starts with a w as does Willoughby’s from S&S:o
I finished P&P, but I only have thoughts on ch. 3 and 4, and school’s going to start very soon (alotofmixedfeelingsaboutthat) but if I have time (*sighs*) I think I’ll reread and ponder the rest of the book.
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Heads up, I think I’ll be writing a non-graphic scene of fighting in the Forum. Is that ok with you?
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Oh yes, that’s fine! Action should never be left out:)
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