[ SECRET POST #5800 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5800 ⌋

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[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

People like that kind of thing, and also the clothes were nice

[rosehiptea]

I like Regency period works (referring to works set then, though some of what I’m saying applies to works written then.) But even in the fiction people worship aristocracy and massive wealth and all kinds of things I consider pretty abhorrent to worship in reality. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg of the problems with it. And that’s just the fiction. Why do I like it? I guess because they tend to be happy little stories where everyone ends up happy and I find that more implausible in modern stories or in, say, the Middle Ages. (Just subjectively, not because I think real people were happier then.) Also they have lots of arranged marriage and fake engagement plots which I like. And the people wear fancy clothes and go to dances a lot. I guess for me it’s just not that deep. But you’re not wrong. I think I would have been miserable then even if I’d been a duke or something.

[(Anonymous)]

agreed op

[scissorsevered]

I like regency as a backdrop to stories about war/military, like in War and Peace. It's an interesting contrast. Other than that, regency dramas bore the hell out of me because all I ever see is the same tired romance plots.

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly? I like the clothes.

[(Anonymous)]

It's never been a period of history that's grabbed me very much.

[meadowphoenix]

i mean, i kinda think you answered your own question. people love bitchy. there's an entire genre of reality tv of people just being bitchy and snobby to each other.

[(Anonymous)]

I love it for two reasons.
1) The Romance. There are *such* ~reasons~ why a couple can't be together. I mean, the social mores are so restrictive, the society so rigid, the culture so suffocating it gives every. single. action. such WEIGHT. It's like a sonnet, beautiful because of the heavy restrictions.
2) The Action. Napoleonic wars BAY-BE! I'm talking Wooden Ships and Iron Men! I'm talking cannon balls and ballin' canons! Revolution's in the air and so is the grape shot can I get a FUCK YEAH?!

Funnily enough I don't like the fashion. The dresses look light nightgowns to me.

But yeah, I like reading about it I would not want to live then.

Going for epic rant

[(Anonymous)]

One of the reasons I am heavily prejudiced towards period works is freaking Regency. It's always Regency, there is no history ever. I hate Regency, I hate this obsession with social norms, this ugly dresses, fucking Napoleon, fucking Tolstoy, fucking ignoring all the poor and actual society. Also I hate calling Regency all this time period even if we are talking about things outside British Empire. (yes, I am perfectly aware I've done it myself right now). If I don't hear about Mr fucking Darcy ever again it would be too soon.
On the side note. Movies making ugly fucking dresses that make women look like pregnant columns and not making ugly fucking bonnets is weak as fuck.

*breaths*

[(Anonymous)]

It's nothing compared to modern times, to be fair.

[(Anonymous)]

As a casual fan who enjoys it from time to time, the appeal for me is the rigid rules that everyone finds ways to break. It's escapist fantasy. We either have boring dating lives, don't want it IRL, or our experiences are so fucking shitty that we want that shitty drama in our fantasy but at least it will come with a happy ending and formals and frilly dresses. And men who act with grace and honor or at the very least they do things in the name of love and romance.

In honesty, modern love is so devoid of romance and vulnerability all we can get is escapist shit like Regency fiction. Everyone is so fucking afraid of true vulnerable love it needs to be laid out with a million layers of irony/meta cringe self aware shit. End of history worldview with innovation in commerce that made capitalism what it is today, the 20th century killed romance. The world really set us up not to value romance and emotional vulnerability, like as a society in general for decades. IDK how this became a rant about the death of romance.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean the bitchiness *is* the appeal. Although I think the clothes and hairstyles are some of the ugliest in history so I still tend to avoid most regency-set works.

[(Anonymous)]

isn't that the whole appeal? The main couple overcomes all the snobby bitchery and nitpicky classism in order to get their HEA. Catherine de Whatsherface doesn't exist for people to like her, she exists to shit on Elizabeth Bennet and then get her comeuppance when Elizabeth and Darcy get together.