Comments | elizabeth_hoot: A minor theory and a plot bunny

elizabeth_hoot

A minor theory and a plot bunny

May 21, 2009 20:57

Usually, Austen takes painstaking care to fit the pieces of her puzzles together seamlessly. P&P, in particular, is a miracle of internal consistency. To all appearances, the cast of over twenty differing personalities achieve a suspiciously neat conclusion by acting, and being, perfectly "in-character" as they pursue their own ends. On the ( Read more... )

fandom: austen, character: fitzwilliam darcy, character: georgiana darcy, genre: meta

Comments 8

10zlaine May 22 2009, 12:54:04 UTC

Darcy Darcyishly watches to see what's going to happen. (I will never understand where the concept of ManofAction!Darcy came from.

heeeee

I love your meta!

tulina May 22 2009, 13:19:52 UTC

And I love your icon. :D

elizabeth_hoot May 22 2009, 16:04:27 UTC

:D

Thank you! I honestly wonder about that, because if there isn't an immediate crisis to deal with, he's about as impulsive as a glacier. (Though also about as inevitable.) I've heard people talk about how OOC it is for him to do nothing for months on end about his feelings for Elizabeth/his "engagement" to Anne/his mistake over Jane/whatever, but - just, no. Darcy is much more a "but I haven't synthesized all the data yet! I haven't even finished gathering it! Go away and allow me to properly analyse this" type.

tulina May 22 2009, 13:25:02 UTC

:D I had never thought about that! It does sound sensible, though, which is important in a JA theory.

The plot bunny... how many lot rabbits are there in your head as it is? ^^

elizabeth_hoot May 22 2009, 16:18:15 UTC

It was just a random thought of the "how do we know Darcy isn't an MP?" type, but then I was like "wheee, evidence!" So, yeah.

Uhm. Well. There are . . . quite a few, let's say. I try to feed them into one plot as often as I can, but they breed like, well, rabbits. Still, I like this one, and it could be short. A la C&V, maybe.

tulina May 22 2009, 22:44:39 UTC

Hmnmm...

:D okay, convinced!

julie_vw June 5 2009, 04:42:57 UTC

Ooh, I like your theory! I recall wondering about it very fleetingly and completely forgetting it.
It does throw a very warm light on the relationship between Darcy and Georgiana. I never really liked the Let'sNeverTalkAboutThisGeorgianaNeverYouHear!relationship that is usually described in fanfics. There is a difference between mentioning it in public or amongst friends/acquaintance and mentioning it between brother & sister (& other guardian). I would like to think that two siblings who are so close would 'Talk' to each other (with a capital T).

Btw, I once read somewhere that he went with Bingley to Netherfield in order to deflect attention from Georgiana (and her abscence and/or grieving) and 'act normal'.

Please, do write that story! I'd love to read it!!

Julie.

elizabeth_hoot June 5 2009, 06:23:42 UTC

Thank you! I can imagine that Georgiana would be quite happy to never talk about it again - given how traumatised she gets by one oblique reference from Caroline Bingley - but I definitely don't get the "forget the almost, she does look up to him as a father" and "they never talk, about anything, ever until Elizabeth sweeps in and Saves Them."

Ooh, thanks. If I ever finish SC, lol, I'll start plugging away at some other plot bunnies.