#hot jane austen men poll

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Some Firth!Darcy propaganda for the @hotjaneaustenmenpoll

Look at him running down the stairs while still getting dressed in order to properly welcome Elizabeth (whom he hasn't seen since the *proposal incident*).

[risingphoenix761]

I'm going to be holding my breath over the Darcy v Darcy poll the rest of the fucken week, istg

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

WHO IS THE HOTTEST JANE AUSTEN MAN ? THE FINAL

Propaganda...

Captain Wentworth (1995):

Ciaran Hinds has that perfect ruggedness yet friendliness to his face that makes him the perfect charming Wentworth. And all of the longing that he manages to convey in his eyes is so hot.

Wentworth may be angry/resentful with Anne but in general he is charming and the best friend you could ever have. Ciaran gets the pleasant parts of his character and brings them out, while keeping a guarded coolness (protective camouflage) with Anne.

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I dunno if this counts as propaganda or not, but Ciaran Hinds has a face that looks like it was jackhammered out of a shale cliff.

If a line like 'I am half agony...half hope' comes out of a face like that you know that man has a soul for poetry.

I can listen no longer in silence. I must speak to you by such means as are within my reach. You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope. Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever. I offer myself to you again with a heart even more your own than when you almost broke it, eight years and a half ago. Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death. I have loved none but you. Unjust I may have been, weak and resentful I have been, but never inconstant. You alone have brought me to Bath. For you alone, I think and plan. Have you not seen this? Can you fail to have understood my wishes? I had not waited even these ten days, could I have read your feelings, as I think you must have penetrated mine. I can hardly write. I am every instant hearing something which overpowers me. You sink your voice, but I can distinguish the tones of that voice when they would be lost on others. Too good, too excellent creature! You do us justice, indeed. You do believe that there is true attachment and constancy among men. Believe it to be most fervent, most undeviating, in

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I must go, uncertain of my fate; but I shall return hither, or follow your party, as soon as possible. A word, a look, will be enough to decide whether I enter your father's house this evening or never.  

This is propaganda for the next round because I need my boy to be a finalist! But this letter is all the persuasion I need to know that he is a winner

Ciarán Hinds in this is a whole other level of "a good man" He makes Anne's decision at the end so much more perfect.

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The yearning the yearning - JLM gives a great look but Captain Wentworth is the king of longing stares. He's trying sooo hard to hate her sooo hard to get over her - 8 years and he thinks he's ready to face her and move on but no he has to notice she's exhausted on the walk, that her nephew is being overwhelming, that she should be dancing and not just playing the piano for everyone else. And even though he's jealous later on when Mr Elliott gives her an "admiring look" in lime he's pleased for her because he knows she deserves to be admired and cherished even if he's angry that he wasn't able to be the one she let admire and cherish her. I just this man - he loves Anne so much and it's so so hot.

Propaganda for Captain Wentworth.

I've always loved Persuasion and so I was voting for him in his polls anyway, but I had never seen the 1995 adaptation. So because of this blog I decided to check it out.

Well. Now I'm obsessed. I came into this tournament fully expecting to vote Firth Darcy to victory. Ciaran Hinds suddenly showed up and sparta kicked him to curb. His every look, every gesture is laden with longing. He's so tender with Anne but then the barely restrained rage in his voice when he speaks to Lady Russell. He's rugged and manly yet tender and considerate.

I BURN, I PINE, I PERISH

If you're wondering why you should vote for Wentworth 95 in the @hotjaneaustenmenpoll, it's because he's got something hot for everyone.

Do you think it's hot when a man dresses up fancy? He looks very dapper in his uniform! Or do you find it more sexy when a man is more casual, a little mussed up, maybe even a little grimy? He does that perfectly too!

Do you find men hot when they're being tender and restrained? Or do you find men hot when they're losing control a bit, maybe getting a bit passionate with anger or jealousy?

Do you like a refined man of culture? Or a rugged outdoorsman?

A warm smile? Or something more broody?

Someone who's the life of the party, boisterous, laughing, charming? Or the strong silent type, serious, calm, mysterious?

Hinds's Wentworth does all of these sexy things brilliantly! You cannot lose with him, he's got it all!

II ranked Wentworth as the #1 Austen man in terms of fuckability, and I stand behind that when it comes to Wentworth 95 versus Knightley 09.

Is Wentworth 95 angry sometimes? Yeah. But that's hot, at least coming from Ciaran Hinds' ruggedly handsome face. Have you heard of makeup sex? Tell me Wentworth 95 and Anne don't have the most scorching hot angry makeup sex imaginable 🥵

And yet Wentworth 95 is also super tender! The slow, gentle, worshipful way he kisses Anne at the end?? So beautiful and hot. The longing way he looks at Anne in silence. The way he is so solicitous of Anne's comfort to put her on the carriage with his sister! You can just tell he's gonna take the time to worship his wife in bed.

And let's not forget that he writes the most romantic letter ever written! The depth of passion in this man, my god! 🔥💕🔥

This is not a who is the better man contest, or who is the more faithful to the book, or who would you most want to marry. This is a hotness contest, and Wentworth 95 is so fucking hot.

Mr Darcy (1995):

Colin Firth (1995) is book Darcy brought to life. He uses tiny gestures and looks to communicate with us and Elizabeth… his struggle is so subtle but so palpable. A beautiful asshole with a creamy nougat center. Just perfect.

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Those heart-eyes right up above☝️? Hot!

Passive-agressively drinking tea? Hot!

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The way he rushes over to see Elizabeth at Pemberley on those delicious long legs of his with that slutty wet curl hanging over his forehead? Hot!

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Fencing? Hot!

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The way he is so concerned about Elizabeth crying and takes her hand even though he shouldn't? Hot!

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This dimple-y smile of pure joy because he knows he's married to Elizabeth freaking Bennet? Hot!

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Colin Firth Darcy is simultaneously immaculately put together and entirely falling apart internally. The wet shirt scene is so iconic not (only) because ‘oooh almost-shirtless sexy man’, but because it’s a metaphor for how he’s absolutely falling apart!!! This is a private moment, when he doesn’t think anyone can see him. And then he bumps. into. Lizzie. At his house!! And the entire sequence that follows with him rushing out still doing his jacket up to catch her before he leaves. They are both on the back foot and it’s THAT moment of confusion that opens a more honest dialogue between them.

Without Firth in a lake you wouldn’t get Macfadyen in a downpour!

There's a reason why Colin Firth is forever known as Mr. Darcy above all other roles he's had and will have! Even ignoring the wet white shirt, which has become A Thing now, he is so hot with his curly hair and his little half smiles and his intense looks of longing and his legs that go on for milessss.

This cannot be real. My fellow Jane Austen people. Without Colin Firth’s Darcy we wouldn’t have 90% of modern JA content. He opened a door and there was no turning back for modern culture. There would be no MacFadyen standing half undressed in a field at dawn without Firth jumping into a lake first. There would be no hand flex if there hadn’t been Firth doing his best impression of a man undressing Elizabeth Bennet with his eyes and hating himself for liking it. There would be no Bridgerton without Bridget Jones. Let’s face it people. We wouldn’t be here having these arguments if Colin Firth had not been Mr Darcy.

Colin Firth understood Mr. Darcy in a way no other actor ever has. He is awkward as fuck in a way that comes across as snooty and judgmental on a first watch-through, then can be read as awkward and longing on a second time. His performance had such depth while looking extremely shallow at first glance. This man WAS Mr. Darcy. (I love 2005, as well, and I love Matthew McFayden, but he was awkward for awkward sake.) Colin Firth made Darcy's awkward look snooty and aloof.

THE socially awkward Darcy is the 1995 Darcy - look at him coming and sitting in awkward silence with Elizabeth pointedly asking her if she wants to live a long way from her family (to obvious relief) and then abruptly leaving - vote for him please 😭😭😭😭

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Colin Firth served so much as Darcy that when they did Bridget Jone's diary, they brought him back.... AS DARCY. The smoulder. The angst. The man is the quintessential Darcy.

“Firthing” is an actual term that is used now to describe someone yearning intensely. It is named after Colin Firth’s Mr Darcy performance.

Colin Firth all the way. He's known in our household as Owl Eyes because in every frame he's mooning over Elizabeth Bennet. Unsurpassable, unmatched, golden television (and some of the worst dancing you've ever seen).

Colin has beautiful, touchable curls.

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My high school English teacher was very into using movies to teach alongside literature, which was a great teaching tool. When we read Pride and Prejudice, he used both 2005 and 1995 for various scenes. What stands out to me all these years later was when it got to the part when Lizzy went to help Georgiana after Caroline dropped Mr. Wickham's name and Darcy gives Lizzy this look:

My teacher stopped the film and pointed at Darcy's face and said, "See that? That is THE look. If someone ever looks at you like that, you know they're in love." And what is hotter than that?

Also this teacher had two cats named Lizzy and Darcy. Not relevant to the poll but I wanted you all to know about them.

Colin Firth dazzles and amazes in the nuanced performance that just blows all other attempts away.

The best thing about the Colin Firth wet shirt scene is actually the scene that follows where him and Lizzie are both just dyinggg of embarrassment but Darcy pulls himself together refuses to lose his advantage and runs to get dressed and chase her down before she leaves - just the mix of cringe and hopefulness at seeing her again is so well done and so attractive!!! (this is just the bit where he's running after her but I love it all!)

[thatscarletflycatcher]

We have reached the stage of the hot Jane Austen men poll where I only care about two guys there, and reach peak annoyance at the sacred cows of the Tumblr Austen fandom (S&S 95, P&P 95, and P&P 05 a little).

[whenthegoldrays]

The effect that the Hot Jane Austen Men Poll is having on this site should be studied

Case in point, @booksofthebiblebracketpoll

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hot jane austen men poll is committing violence in this round (pitting the same characters from different adaptations against each other)

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I keep seeing these 'hot jane austen men' polls on my dash and they're all so ugly 😭 is this the best you can do, england?

[hardfillytohalterbreak]

Cruel jokes of weight loss & dating

A little church of Gary Vaynerchuk with my morning detox tea.   

This morning I was still reading through and laughing at the results of my Facebook poll for this weekends date(s). 

The question was: 

Poll: Should I wash the barn smell out of my hair for tonights first date? Or just dry shampoo the hell out of it & curl it?

I'm so uplifted by the people I know and for those who take the time to interact. You literally made my day with the smiles! For the record, on Facebook 17 were against washing my hair and 11 were for washing my hair so I feel like I made the right choice?

Over on Twitter we also had some good results:

I dry shampoo'd and curled because lets face it, washing & drying your hair is a commitment and a 1st date isn't! Haha (For the record, I showered, I just didn't wash my hair) Also don't worry Mom, this is a SnapChat filter, I didn't become a ridiculously hot goth girl in the last 20 minutes. ;) (but I could be!)

After my 2016 Man Sabbatical I decided to jump back in to dating, and then had a horrible experience and wanted NOTHING to do with dating. And then I did, and then I didn’t and then I did and then...you get the picture. 

I’m a really public person on my Facebook and social media shares but when it comes to my private life I prefer to be uber private. Like the world can know I hate wearing pants but I would just plainly prefer that no one knew who was in my pants. Get it? 

It does create a bit of hilarity though, since I never share about it, a large population doesn’t think I date or get jiggy with it or even look. The occasional time I post about date night I get a few private messages or text like “I’m so happy you’re dating, you deserve to be happy” and it just makes me giggle.  Oh gurrrrl you have no idea. 

In the wise words of my girl Amy Schumer, she sums up how I feel: 

Modern dating is a jungle. 

Our society is so wrapped up in fast information, fast food and fast fashion that dating has fallen into that circle. In the same afternoon you can Amazon Prime and Tinder a hookup if you so please. 

A few of my thoughts on Modern Dating:

- I praise every day for Bumble. Founder Whitney Wolfe co-founded Tinder and then had a few breakups and left. Bumble is like Tinder with the swipe shop but it gives all the power to the lady to make the first move and forces them to do it within 24 hrs or the match is gone. 

I jokingly say that men who speak in complete sentences are on Bumble. Also the hottest, smartest women live there. 

Some reads on Bumble here and here 

- Dick pics have ruined my life. Gone are the days when the term ‘leave something to the imagination’ lives comfortably. Why do we live in a time where I have to say this out loud? 

I’m so tired of receiving photos of penis’s. 

Guess what fellas? You’ve created this world where there is nothing exciting or shocking about your man hood any longer. I got a unsolicited dick pic ON VALENTINES DAY...yes...you read that correctly! lol It was from a guy I hadn’t talked to in over a year or even been with. Like wtf? Was he just gifting his dink to every girl in his phone? 

We live in such a sexually aggressive age that I’m literally now turned on by kindness and effort. Like seriously, shock me by being slightly non-sexual and I will probably want to jump your bones. Crazy world...crazy world. 

But then Cassie and I watched Jane Austens ‘Sense & Sensibility’ today at the Metro Cinema and we realized, dudes have always been difficult and that was before cell phones, dating apps and dick pics. 

For the record, I don’t send nude photos, I tell any guy that requests them that I plan to be in politics or famous one day...which is a lie. And I’m pretty sure somewhere Derek Bisbing has a bunch of photos of my nudity we did for a breast cancer calendar in my early 20′s which might be nice to have one day in case these ones fall* And if there is a semi-scandalous photo of me out there, I just know that before I send something to the person I trust, I ask myself “If this was posted on Facebook tomorrow as part of a revenge post or anything, would I be embarrassed or would I be like ‘yah gurl heyyyyyy’” I would highly recommend if you are a woman that you consider the same. Just tell them you plan to be famous one day and not because of a nude photo ;)

*more on that below

- Date reports: I went on 2 different first dates in 2 days. Both were refreshingly fabulous. One will see a second date and one I made a cool friend zone friend. Neither have sent dick pics. Neither noticed that my hair was unwashed. 

I can’t tell you any other details because it will all be in my memoir one day a lady never tells, unless your my friend Jacquie Yaniw in which case, you know every detail of my dating life.  

^^^^^Me, talking about my clean hair commitment, not dating. ^^^^^

The cruel jokes of weight loss remain that women lose weight from every place EXCEPT the places we would like. If you recall, my goals were “2 chins & a muffin top” and so far I’m only losing cleavage and my Butkovic. 

#RaceTrackBootCamp has DEFINITELY accelerated some inches and pounds lost. 

This is what 26.4 lbs down & 31 inches lost looks like using dedication, but not perfection to our Arbonne 30 Days to Healthy Living Program & the addition of #RaceTrackBootCamp

As I mentioned, it's mostly out of my chest and butt but I am enroute to slaying my 28 lb goal by the end of March.

If you are on the program, don't give up! If you did it previously and didn't lose, were you dedicated? If you're wondering...if not now, when? I'm living proof that anyone can do it! 

Yours in Adventure, 

#HardFillyToHalterBreak 

[elinordash]

Some (unconventional) Jonny Lee Miller!Knightley propaganda for the @hotjaneaustenmenpoll.

Notice how he avoids saying that Mr. Elton has got engaged in front of Harriet, frowns uneasily when Miss Bates blurts it out, and discreetly hands Harriet his handkerchief in the end.

[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

Hot Jane Austen Men Tournament!

48 of the Hottest Jane Austen Men from all your favourite Jane Austen Adaptations are readying their duelling pistols to prove they are the Hottest Jane Austen Man. From the rakish to the heroic to the truly pathetic we're putting these men head to head to see who'll come out on top!

I've picked men from Pride and Prejudice 1995/2005, Sense and Sensibility 1995/2007, Emma 1996/1996/2009/2020, Northanger Abbey 2007, Persuasion 1995/2007/2022 and Mansfield Park 1999/2007 as well as a couple of random others but my ask is open for submissions!

Like all good period dramas this tournament will begin on Sunday (18th February) and the first round polls will last a week!

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[hotjaneaustenmenpoll]

Welcome to the HOT JANE AUSTEN MEN bracket! We have just finished voting on all the HOTTEST Jane Austen Gentlemen and Rakes from all the many TV and Film Jane Austen Adaptations.

After nearly two months of voting we have our Winner! Thank you everyone for taking part and all your propaganda I will be taking a little break for a while but look out for more polls in the future...

All polls—including ongoing polls, previous rounds,mini ask polls—can be found in the #hotjaneaustenmenpoll tag. Every poll in the Hot Jane Austen Men Tournament is tagged with the hot regency man and the year his adaptation was made if you need to search for a hot man in particular.

FAQs:

“Where is [my favorite Jane Austen man]?” Have you checked all the polls in the tag? Have you done a tag search for him? Only some of the actors are tagged but if you search for his adaptation and the year he was in it you should find him! If you still haven’t found him, he probably isn't in this poll.

“WHERE ARE THE HOT JANE AUSTEN MEN. I want to see all the hot men competing in one place! -

The Final

Third Place Poll

Semi-Finals Master List!

Quarter-Finals Master List!

Round Three Master List!

Round Two Master List!

Round One Master List!

“Who is included on this list?” We started with 64 opponents readied their duelling pistols to defend their own hotness but only 8 remain! I included men from Pride and Prejudice 1940/1995/2005, Sense and Sensibility 1971/1995/2008, Emma 1996/1996/2009/2020, Northanger Abbey 2007, Persuasion 1995/2007/2022 and Mansfield Park 1983/ 1999/2007 as well as a couple from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, one from Sanditon and one from Love and Friendship/Lady Susan. Most are the main hero/anti-heroes but there are a few others scattered in too.

Have you included Spin Offs ?”  The only strictly none Jane Austen adaptation I've included men from is Pride and Prejudice and Zombies because it is set in the correct time period, the characters are basically the same in terms of personality and I thought the casting was great! In terms of Sandition, Sidney Parker is the only man I have entered as he is mentioned in the book as well as the TV so sadly as much as I love the other Sanditon Men they aren't included!

"Can I submit hot Jane Austen men?”  Submissions are now closed! But my ask is still open for propaganda...

“I have additional propaganda for the hot men!” Great! Send me an ask, tag me in gifsets, fancams etc or reblog the poll and add your propaganda to it. Also feel free to send in any book propaganda!! I'll try to boost as much propaganda as possible

WHy is the propaganda so uneven on this poll? To stay impartial I only add propaganda to the main poll that has been sent in before each round's polls open. If you submit any after then I will reblog or post and add to the winner's propaganda in the next poll. If it's uneven it's because you never sent any in, not because I'm being biased.

"How have you paired up the men ?" I did start to try and vaguely seed the men but I will be honest I did get a bit slap dash towards the end which means a couple of the match-ups are maybe a bit too even but fun I hope!

If you’re submitting propaganda for your hot man, I don’t accept propaganda that is of the actor outside of their Specific Jane Austen Adaptation but I do accept propaganda from them in their respective books. I would love to be tagged in gifsets and fancams, and I'd like to boost propaganda that tells us why your Jane Austen man is your favourite :)

I won’t post or boost negative propaganda. If you really hate that a certain hot man is winning, send me positive propaganda for their hot opponent. I may make exceptions if your propaganda is of another Austen character bad mouthing him though...

If I see repetitive, trolling, and/or bigoted remarks in the comments, I may block you from this bracket. If you want to point out a hot man’s flaws or misdemeanors, that’s fine, but if I see consistent bad-faith trolling, you will be blocked.

On that note—if you have an issue with a poll, offer a solution! I'll do my best to keep the poll happy and fun, and I'll block people being dicks. If you don’t like a poll photo or a description, offer one I can use instead.

“My FAQ isn’t on here :(” send me an ask! I'd love to hear from you guys—just please check these basics first.

Thank you for being here! Enjoy the tournament.

And Thank You @hotvintagepoll for the inspiration!

[thatscarletflycatcher]

Checking in to let you know your Mark Strong propaganda on the hot jane austen men poll has convinced me to finally seek out the Beckinsale Emma. I didn't watch it in my first Austen adaptation glom (around 2000/2001) because he looked so *dour* and there was Jeremy Northam and also that hair. In my defense I was young and dumb. But the gif of the smile convinced me. Now to figure out how to watch this darn thing!

Hi!!!

What an honor! *sweats profusely*

I do not intend to make it look like the best adaptation of Emma ever made (though it is my second favorite after 2009), but I do think people in general give it less credit than it deserves -I'm aware a lot of it has to do with directing choices that are shocking and Andy being weird on main with Certain LinesTM.

Mark Strong is a bit of an acquired taste. I didn't like him much on my first watch, but on a rewatch I noticed other things that made me really like his performance, once I got the first "shock" of some scenes over. But I have also always been a fan of his, so.

In any case, 96 also has Olivia Williams' Jane Fairfax, which I think is the best we've ever gotten, hands down, and Samantha Morton is always a treasure. I also really really like this movie's take on John Knightley. He's very little in it, but I love every scene he's in.

As to where to find it... the usual streaming suspects, if you don't buy dvds/blurays would be britbox or uktvplay, or Acorn.

There's a couple low-res versions on YT.

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can't believe frank churchill lost to mr palmer in the hot jane austen men poll