Yes! I love Darcy myself. And yeah - I don't think he ever abuses Georgiana at all. Like, he is so awkward and insulting when he proposes and he TRIES HARD. Which is such a thing for me. (See also: Edgar Linton, Riley Finn, and other such despised dudes.)
OMG NOOOOO. JKR makes a lot of weird comparisons re: her popular villains. But yeah. Like, calling Lily an awful slur is not actually on the same level as beating her when they were married - and the appeal of Snape isn't solely about him being a dramatic dick.
James-Darcy is another very weird comparison. Like, the woman says "I'd sooner go out with the Giant Squid"/"I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man on earth I would marry". But yeah, being awkward and snobby is different from being a bully.
And yeah - I mean, I don't think James is quite that far gone even with what we know now about the timeline, but I do think SWM coming post-Prank just says incredibly bad things about James.
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Re: GUH! And MANY FEELINGS re: Heathcliff/Darcy parallels
Date: 2012-03-16 07:11 pm (UTC)OMG NOOOOO. JKR makes a lot of weird comparisons re: her popular villains. But yeah. Like, calling Lily an awful slur is not actually on the same level as beating her when they were married - and the appeal of Snape isn't solely about him being a dramatic dick.
James-Darcy is another very weird comparison. Like, the woman says "I'd sooner go out with the Giant Squid"/"I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man on earth I would marry". But yeah, being awkward and snobby is different from being a bully.
And yeah - I mean, I don't think James is quite that far gone even with what we know now about the timeline, but I do think SWM coming post-Prank just says incredibly bad things about James.
Hahahaha. ♥ you!