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There are many things that impress me about The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, but at the moment, one of the main ones is how well they adapted 19th century situations to fit the 21st century.
Like Mr Collins' proposal turning into a business offer - because, after all, the financial aspect of the whole thing is the important bit. It's less "Will you love and cherish me forever?" and more "Will you accept the job of My Wife in my new firm called Our Marriage?"
And then there's Wickham's various exploits.
Eloping with Georgiana has turned into moving in with Gigi, which... fits.
And Lydia. Oh Lydia. While I was aware that her running away with Wickham was totally shocking and an absolute reputation ruiner, they really have captured the perfect way of depicting that. Old Lydia got seduced and had a man sleep with her without marrying her, thus ruining her reputation; new Lydia was seduced (not my favourite term, but he convinced her he was in love with her so she'd sleep with him - it applies) and had a man put a sex tape of her on the net. Which... yeah. That would utterly destroy her reputation. Completely.
Currently, I am fascinated in a meta-ish kind of way. In a non-meta-ish way, I just want to hug Lydia, kill Wickham, and have all the feels.
Last night this show made me cry. Which, well, I've always loved Pride and Prejudice, but I never realised it could actually DO that.
Like Mr Collins' proposal turning into a business offer - because, after all, the financial aspect of the whole thing is the important bit. It's less "Will you love and cherish me forever?" and more "Will you accept the job of My Wife in my new firm called Our Marriage?"
And then there's Wickham's various exploits.
Eloping with Georgiana has turned into moving in with Gigi, which... fits.
And Lydia. Oh Lydia. While I was aware that her running away with Wickham was totally shocking and an absolute reputation ruiner, they really have captured the perfect way of depicting that. Old Lydia got seduced and had a man sleep with her without marrying her, thus ruining her reputation; new Lydia was seduced (not my favourite term, but he convinced her he was in love with her so she'd sleep with him - it applies) and had a man put a sex tape of her on the net. Which... yeah. That would utterly destroy her reputation. Completely.
Currently, I am fascinated in a meta-ish kind of way. In a non-meta-ish way, I just want to hug Lydia, kill Wickham, and have all the feels.
Last night this show made me cry. Which, well, I've always loved Pride and Prejudice, but I never realised it could actually DO that.