In 2018 All Of Our Reaction Gifs Will Come From Old Barbie VHS Movies

In 2018 all of our reaction gifs will come from old Barbie VHS movies

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Incorrect Quotes: Pride and Prejudice (22/?)

So basically everyone in Austen novels has some faults (I think that's what makes them so fun to read). But what would you say are the faults of the male heros? I'm having an especially hard time with Henry Tilney, maybe he is making to much fun of people?

Colonel Brandon: Like Marianne, rather too much romanticism in his nature. Once he’s settled and happy he’s fine, but he shows an unfortunate tendency to wallow privately in his misery, even if he continues to go about his business in other respects just fine. (As Anne Elliot points out, men have the activity of their careers to draw them out of themselves after a disappointment, whereas she and Marianne have nothing to stop them from dwelling on their pain except the exertions of their own characters for enduring. Anne…does okay, but it kind of eats away at her, anyhow. Marianne is immediately consumed by it.) Also the duel with Willoughby is so pointless and unnecessary. Bloodshed and conflict as recompense for men’s honour is barbaric, and Austen (via Elinor’s inward eye-rolling) seems to feel this.

Edward Ferrars: Not aware enough to realize what he was doing to Elinor, when he thought it was only his own feelings he was risking in liking her when he knew himself to be engaged to Lucy Steele. Of course this is like the perfect storm of Elinor’s self-control making it extra-difficult for Edward to be clued in to how she’s really feeling, but still, he ought to have at least considered that if he was falling in love with this lovely young woman, she might be feeling more than friendly, too.

Edmund Bertram: He gets hero-worshiped by Fanny for simply not being a negligent dick to her like most of his family; but then once the first young gentlewoman who isn’t related to him turns up he is charmed by her and all too happy to neglect to notice that Fanny is dying inside. A recurring theme with some Austen heroes is that when it comes to the feelings of ladies, they are dense. On the one hand, yes, courtship rules about keeping composure and distance compounded this problem, but on the other hand…c’mon, lads.

George Knightley: Condescending and creepily paternalistic in the tone he takes with Emma, sometimes. Yes, Emma needs someone to stand up to her, but with the age-difference and him knowing her since she was born and then kind of replacing Mrs. Weston and even her own ineffectual but loving father with the guidance of himself as a ‘friend’ and then as a Husband just…eh. Also, again, it’s not like Emma is spoiled for choice among the eligible men of Highbury.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: Proud, obviously. His ivory-tower awkwardness and initial sneering tone are what place him at a disadvantage in society; and while it’s all very well that he strives to change for Elizabeth and be better to other people, progress is not a straight line so I doubt even after the events of the novel he’s Mr. Perfect all of a sudden. And then there’s nothing like marriage to really acquaint oneself with the flaws, large and small, of one’s partner.

Henry Tilney: He does make light of people (and even mocks Catherine,) but I’d say his personal flaws might also include a kind of smug superior sense of pride, rather like Darcy, but without the awkwardness. He teases Catherine, yes, and it’s never really mean-spirited, but she’s not on his level, so it’s not really a fair fight. Also he doesn’t seriously start to love her until he becomes aware (thanks to her artless inability to conceal anything,) that she’s really into him. So the flattery of her attention is what charms him, which…I don’t know how I feel about that, exactly. He’s a funny guy, and in the end his care and concern for Catherine is genuine, but up until that turning-point of maturity he kind of reads like that guy in one of your first-year uni classes who has a smart answer for anything and knows exactly how clever he is and wants you all to know it, too…and it kind of makes you want to punch him in the mouth.

Frederick Wentworth: YOU IDIOT. YOU COULD HAVE HAD ANNE ELLIOT BACK JUST TWO YEARS AFTER SHE BROKE YOUR ENGAGEMENT BUT NOOOO YOU HAD TO BE A SCORNFUL DILLHOLE FILLED WITH BITTER REPROACH AND HOLLOW PRIDE AND WASTE SIX YEARS OF EVERYBODY’S TIME BEFORE YOU COME BLOWING BACK THROUGH TOWN AND DRAG THAT POOR WOMAN’S BATTERED HEART THROUGH HELL BY FLIRTING WITH OTHER GIRLS TO THE EXTENT THAT–WHOOPSIE–YOU MAY HAVE ENTERED A DE FACTO ENGAGEMENT WITH ONE OF THEM WITHOUT QUITE REALIZING IT. WAY TO FUCK UP, YOU FUCK-UP. YOU ARE A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF HOW TO CUT OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE, CAPTAIN, AND I HOPE YOU HAVE LEARNED A LESSON.