Mr Darcy isn't all that

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The thing is:
He has always been warm, kind.
The situation with the predator mr wickham, someone he knows has been helped by his own family, made him more guarded. He doesn't trust as well.
I do think he always was a snob, that's true. But what bugs him most about Liz's family is not their lower class, but some of the bad manners he witnessed. Even Liz would admit to those/-she is embarrassed by them too.
Last, he just sticks his foot in his mouth. He's a little shy, only opens up to people he knows. So he says the wrong things a lot, or else clams up. And people perceive his silence to be rude.

There!

i don't find him rude. He's paranoid because of fortune hunting mamas and condescending to people of lower social status.

Darcy is not shy. Georgianna is shy but her brother is just aloof, judgmental and guarded. He said it himself, he was raised with good principles but left to himself he didn't develop them. He's very affable with people of his own station apparently. Even Col. Fitzwilliam teased him about it in the piano scene at Rosings. If he were actually shy, no one would tease him or be shocked at his behavior in Hertfordshire.

Yup. He's a snob. The idea that Darcy is "shy" came from that pathetic excuse P&P with Keira knightly.

[Anonymous]

Jamie Fraser FTW. Everything about his character is appealing and the actor in the TV series is so so so hot.

But I wouldn't kick Mr. Darcy out of bed either. Perhaps I need one very large bed.

[Anonymous]

For the people who are mentioning Outlander, did you guys read the books?

If not, I'm jealous of you because you are in for an amazing experience. Those books are so well-written and vivid, and the level of detail (of weird, unexpected people and situations and places) elevate the series to something much higher than simple Romance.

Seriously, go read the books if you have not done so. I love the TV series too, but the books are EVEN BETTER.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For the people who are mentioning Outlander, did you guys read the books?

If not, I'm jealous of you because you are in for an amazing experience. Those books are so well-written and vivid, and the level of detail (of weird, unexpected people and situations and places) elevate the series to something much higher than simple Romance.

Seriously, go read the books if you have not done so. I love the TV series too, but the books are EVEN BETTER.

Agree!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thing is:
He has always been warm, kind.
The situation with the predator mr wickham, someone he knows has been helped by his own family, made him more guarded. He doesn't trust as well.
I do think he always was a snob, that's true. But what bugs him most about Liz's family is not their lower class, but some of the bad manners he witnessed. Even Liz would admit to those/-she is embarrassed by them too.
Last, he just sticks his foot in his mouth. He's a little shy, only opens up to people he knows. So he says the wrong things a lot, or else clams up. And people perceive his silence to be rude.

There!

i don't find him rude. He's paranoid because of fortune hunting mamas and condescending to people of lower social status.

Darcy is not shy. Georgianna is shy but her brother is just aloof, judgmental and guarded. He said it himself, he was raised with good principles but left to himself he didn't develop them. He's very affable with people of his own station apparently. Even Col. Fitzwilliam teased him about it in the piano scene at Rosings. If he were actually shy, no one would tease him or be shocked at his behavior in Hertfordshire.

Yup. He's a snob. The idea that Darcy is "shy" came from that pathetic excuse P&P with Keira knightly.

A snob would not defy relatives to marry "beneath him."

[Anonymous]

love all the Gabaldon books. she is an amazing writer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The thing is:
He has always been warm, kind.
The situation with the predator mr wickham, someone he knows has been helped by his own family, made him more guarded. He doesn't trust as well.
I do think he always was a snob, that's true. But what bugs him most about Liz's family is not their lower class, but some of the bad manners he witnessed. Even Liz would admit to those/-she is embarrassed by them too.
Last, he just sticks his foot in his mouth. He's a little shy, only opens up to people he knows. So he says the wrong things a lot, or else clams up. And people perceive his silence to be rude.

There!

i don't find him rude. He's paranoid because of fortune hunting mamas and condescending to people of lower social status.

Darcy is not shy. Georgianna is shy but her brother is just aloof, judgmental and guarded. He said it himself, he was raised with good principles but left to himself he didn't develop them. He's very affable with people of his own station apparently. Even Col. Fitzwilliam teased him about it in the piano scene at Rosings. If he were actually shy, no one would tease him or be shocked at his behavior in Hertfordshire.

Yup. He's a snob. The idea that Darcy is "shy" came from that pathetic excuse P&P with Keira knightly.

A snob would not defy relatives to marry "beneath him."

Again, did you read the book? "Spoiler alert"

"As a child I was taught what was right, but I was not taught to correct my temper. I was given good principles, but left to follow them in pride and conceit. Unfortunately an only son (for many years an only child), I was spoilt by my parents, who, though good themselves (my father, particularly, all that was benevolent and amiable), allowed, encouraged, almost taught me to be selfish and overbearing; to care for none beyond my own family circle; to think meanly of all the rest of the world; to wish at least to think meanly of their sense and worth compared with my own. Such I was, from eight to eight and twenty; and such I might still have been but for you, dearest, loveliest Elizabeth!"
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/ppv3n58.html

Georgiana wants Elizabeth to be a part of her family. Colonel Fitzwilliam likes her. Mr. Darcy doesn't like his aunt and is indifferent to his cousin. That's pretty much all the family he has. Mr. Darcy started as a snob b/c he thought someone of Elizabeth's place in society was beneath him, then he fell in love, and her lack of social standing and family scandal, i.e., Lydia didn't matter any more.