Pun-Positive Zone

hard to leave Tumblr for any period of time because someone could drop a vital piece of personal lore that's essential to unlocking whatever they are vaguely posting about for the next several months/years

Me, playing D&D: I try to convince the guards that I'm Jane Austen. My DM: Roll for Persuasion.

I love the irony of Anne arguing that only women really know how to yearn meanwhile Wentworth is sat next to her shaking with so much yearning he can't hold a pen

It’s pretty funny how many times Jane Austen actually uses the word “persuasion” in Persuasion. All the themes are so neat and tidy and precise. Like, no one ever does a title drop that I remember in pride and prejudice or sense and sensibility, but someone’s being persuaded of something every other page in Persuasion. And then at the end, Anne looks into the camera and goes, “Sometimes it is good to be persuaded, and sometimes not. It depends. Join the navy.”

I just misread something as saying “swords and skateboards,” and I think I just accidentally invented a new subgenre of fantasy.

I had a thought while reading Persuasion - this book is SAD, and it's sad because of the juxtaposition between the past and the present. Anne is constantly (at least in chapter 8) comparing her memories of her time with Wentworth to the events happening in front of her: their affection vs. unacquantaince, her former lack of knowledge about the navy (until Wentworth informed her) vs. the Musgroves' lack of knowledge now. with all that said - I think a different film adaptation of Persuasion could actually do the Greta Gerwig Little Women flashback/vignette trope REALLY well. i just want cute little scenes of younger Anne/Frederick being affectionate and then flashing back forward to the present! the warm lighting of the past contrasted with the cold lighting of the present. and then that cold blue light turning warmer and richer as the story progresses.