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⌈ Secret Post #7005 ⌋

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[pride and prejudice]



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[pride and prejudice]

Transcript by OP

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Wouldn't fit on the secret but want to add underneath

SECRET BECAUSE - Everyone I know loves it and comments I see online always love it too. I'm not hating. It's a well written book for sure, I just don't get the hype and wanted to say it somewhere and see if anyone feels the same.

Transcript - Pride and Prejudice

[(Anonymous)]

I find the character of Elizabeth rude, arrogant, proud and judging. On top of that hypocritical seeing that she judges everyone else for the traits she herself displays. I don't understand why she is so beloved or relatable to readers. At least we're told the others are annoying. I also feel like this book is to blame for every rom com with an unlikable couple who meet, have a misunderstanding that could be cleared up if they talked like adults, and aren't really very romantic at all. At least to me. I don't get why this book is held up as the best love story ever at all. I found it cold.

Re: Transcript - Pride and Prejudice

[(Anonymous)]

I see what you mean. I think some people like to project onto her [like Twilight's Bella] and just like the idea of bantering/liking Mr. Darcy etc. I think what's nice about Elizabeth and Darcy is that they really end up trusting each other/sharing secrets etc, and him trying to help her/her family is just a moving thing for anyone to do for another person. I also feel like there are lots of good vibes in the book that make people rate it super high, like jane/bingley being so sweet in the end, and Georgiana-Darcy's sibling tie etc. Imho if the costumes/sets in the 1995 version weren't so beautiful, I feel like P&P would be a tiny bit less considered perfect/the epitome of romance etc. Just my opinion.

What turns me off P&P a little bit [though I do like it] is having to be around/reading about annoying characters for so long at times, like Lady C, the Bingley sisters, most of the Bennet family, Collins etc. That gets annoying for me, it's not fun to watch those parts imho.

[(Anonymous)]

So you're saying you found the characters in Pride and Prejudice proud and prejudiced?

[(Anonymous)]

Right? I read that secret and was like... uh... *looks at the title, looks at the secret, looks at the title again*

[(Anonymous)]

I laughed when I saw the first paragraph and the book title, NGL.

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, Elizabeth is all of those things...and she gets over it. Darcy is the same...and he gets over it. That's the title, that's what the book is about.

The reason why their misunderstanding wasn't easy to clear up with a short chat.

[(Anonymous)]

Because Darcy didn't know Elizabeth at the start of the novel. Her family doesn't impress him because several members are very loose-lipped with bad manners. So of course he isn't going to take her aside and say, "Hey, I know you think I'm a mean poopyhead, but I'm mad at Wickham because he groomed my 15 year old sister to gain her fortune and revenge himself upon me, and it came very close to ruining her reputation and her whole life. Wickham's a sexual predator, bruh!"

To protect Georgiana, he'd keep what Wickham did secret, if possible.

Re: The reason why their misunderstanding wasn't easy to clear up with a short chat.

[(Anonymous)]

Not to mention, "comedy of manners" is a whole genre called that because of the importance of manners and what is proper to say to whom and when if you don't want to ruin your social standing forever. And that made a lot of what we would call "easy conversations" not easy to even think about having.

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed, especially on the second point. I HATE that dynamic, but it's super popular.

[(Anonymous)]

That's.... that's kinda the point.

[(Anonymous)]

This secret is so fucking funny. Did you read the title of the book before you read it, OP

It's okay to dislike the character, but acting like her flaws weren't supposed to be flaws is hilariously obtuse

'Fess up, OP!

[(Anonymous)]

You did that to yank our collective chains, didn't you? LOL...