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anghraine · 2 years

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I saw someone comparing Wentworth’s initial insult of Anne’s looks with Darcy’s of Elizabeth’s and it’s like, yeah, I get the parallel, there are multiple ways that Persuasion plays with P&P, but being “wow, she’s really gone downhill since 19, I wouldn’t have recognized her” about the ex-fiancée that you’re still in love with has a very different vibe from “I’m in a bad mood, this random woman is not hot enough to bother dancing with, go away.”

#wentworth is a generally charismatic and lively guy whose early shittiness towards anne is about /anne specifically/#and his grudge against her mingled with agonized love etc #darcy does not give a single fuck about elizabeth when he insults her and would have said the same thing about anyone except maybe jane #wentworth ends up almost accidenting into an engagement he doesn't want because he was being petty and charming #darcy goes out of his way to ignore elizabeth to avoid leading her on bc he's too arrogant to realize she dislikes him #they are extremely different!#anghraine babbles #austen blogging #austen fanwank #/#//#///#////#/////#a #b #c #d #e #fitzwilliam darcy #frederick wentworth

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