hello darling

very important to me that mary’s new wardrobe in london is pretty unfashionable, with color combinations that most would say are downright ugly. none of that ridiculous 2000’s coming-of-age shit where the heroine undergoes a complete 180 to fit conventional beauty standards. just mary in her little spectacles and her crimson dress with neon green trim because that’s what she likes and picked out all on her own. just mary with her perpetually messy bangs and belts of garish colors and her blue and green plaid dress with bright pink jacket. the gray, purple, pink, green, and yellow striped jacket haunts me. she’ll never be a fashion icon but she’s an icon of fashion to me—

what i find most adorable about the other bennet sister is that mary and tom are nerd4nerd. they are awkward4awkward. also earnest4earnest. very importantly, they are dork4dork.

sorry, i'm not done talking about thomas hayward. tom, the youngest child and second son, who had to move to london—far away from his family—if he was going to have a career other than the army or the clergy. tom, who believes so powerfully in the value of emotion that he loves poetry despite his naturally steady nature. tom, who sees a kindred spirit in this shy young woman and wants to see her blossom. tom, who never cuts mary off, who never talks down to her. tom, who sees miss mary bennet as an equal, and not a thing to possess or provide entertainment. tom, whose job is to argue, but who can't seem to bring himself to offer his love up with words, too afraid it will shatter beyond repair. tom, who works night and day to provide a steady future for her, yet loves her so much that he will snap his own heart in two if it means she will be happier. tom, who teaches mary how to embrace feeling—and in return learns how to be courageous.

Keeping an alive tumblr in 2026 is proof of one's sincerity and authenticity - a type of person who enjoys posting for the sake of it with absolutely nothing to be gained....just the enjoyment of curation and self expression untainted by opportunity and relevance