I know I just posted a blog and everything and that's great, but then I was thinking... (scary, I do that sometimes)... what do the people want? And is it sad that the answer I came up with is Twilight?
I was thinking the other day (again with the thinking, aaah!) about The Breakfast Club and how it supposedly defined/described an era. Then I was thinking about what movie would describe my teenage era and you know the sad thought that popped into my mind? I think you can guess. Starts with 'Twi' ends with 't'. No, not Twit, Twilight. And that made me a little upset. But hey, maybe we'll continue trashing the planet so by the time we're old and people are trying to define us, they won't need to because we'll all be dead. That's a cheery thought.
Anyway, I thought I would give a shot at describing Persuasion's plot, again, only this time trying, unsuccessfully I foresee, to draw parallels to Twilight. I hope this entertains at least me.
In Twilight's version of Persuasion, Anne is Edward and Captain Wentworth is Bella. Jacob represents all of Bella's other options (Louisa Musgrove). At the end of Twilight, Bella/Wentworth declare their undying love and wish to spend eternity with Edward/Anne. In the beginning of New Moon, Bella/Wentworth gets rejected. Burn.
(this is starting to confuse me already)
The end of New Moon is where Persuasions starts, however. Edward and Bella are reunited and it should normally be awkward. For Anne and Wentworth, it is. For Edward and Bella, they fight it and pretend everything is completely normal and one of them didn't totally crush the other, basically turning them into a zombie for half a year. Meanwhile Bella/Wentworth have been toying with their options. Hey, there's always Jacob/Louisa, right? Watching all of this, Edward/Anne are kind of tied up with all the pining they've been doing. Watching from afar, stalking, listening in on conversations, it gets tiring. But then, suddenly, all is clear both parties realize that they other has not forgotten loving them and they live happily ever after. Jacob/Louisa get together with the couple's baby and... wait. No, that's a bit to disturbing for Jane Austen. Scratch that romantic relationship with a baby part.
Obviously, Anne and Wentworth are the normal ones here. And I didn't even add in that Edward/Anne are vampires.
Friday, April 30, 2010
It's kind of been a month but... Persuasion wrap-up!
Perhaps I should have written this a little bit closer to when I actually finished the book. As it is, I left it and it's been about two weeks since I finished the book and it may be a little stagnant in my mind. But I'll start with a brief summary.
Eight years before the story starts, Frederick Wentworth* and Anne Wentworth fall in love. They were going to get married but Anne is convinced by a friend that it's a bad idea because Wentworth is of little social consequence, being in the navy, and so she breaks it off. And that's all very sad but if you know Jane Austen, you know it's all going to work out in the end. So now, eight years later, Anne's family is in a bad financial state (common Jane Austen protag issue) and Wentworth has come back to England as a super awesome captain. Anne is also on the old side (twenty-seven -gasp-) and her prospects are looking grim.
They get thrown together, both staying in the vicinity of the Musgrove family and it appears that Captain Fred is over Anne because he seems to be into these other girls while, secretly, he's pining over Anne while at the same time harbouring hurt feelings since she, like, rejected him. That hurts. Imagine if Logan and Rory were thrown together eight years after the series finale of Gilmore Girls and you have the awkward quota that Anne and Wentworth feel.
Obviously she still loves him but she can't *say* anything. Don't be absurd. So gradually they both realize that the other is still possibly interested and, though it looks iffy at times, I never really questioned the end. I absolutely loved Wentworth's note to Anne at the end but I guess I always was a fan of the written word.
Persuasion is definitely a favourite. With such a winning story of how love lasts (Jeez, did that sound corny) and such charming and redeeming main characters (unlike some books I've read *coughWutheringHeightscough*) obviously I had to love it. I suppose I'm just a Jane Austen fan, through and through, no matter what the Bronte sisters had to say about her. I would choose Darcy/Wentworth over Heathcliff/Rochester any day.
*you can call him Fred. Oh, Fred. *tear*
Eight years before the story starts, Frederick Wentworth* and Anne Wentworth fall in love. They were going to get married but Anne is convinced by a friend that it's a bad idea because Wentworth is of little social consequence, being in the navy, and so she breaks it off. And that's all very sad but if you know Jane Austen, you know it's all going to work out in the end. So now, eight years later, Anne's family is in a bad financial state (common Jane Austen protag issue) and Wentworth has come back to England as a super awesome captain. Anne is also on the old side (twenty-seven -gasp-) and her prospects are looking grim.
They get thrown together, both staying in the vicinity of the Musgrove family and it appears that Captain Fred is over Anne because he seems to be into these other girls while, secretly, he's pining over Anne while at the same time harbouring hurt feelings since she, like, rejected him. That hurts. Imagine if Logan and Rory were thrown together eight years after the series finale of Gilmore Girls and you have the awkward quota that Anne and Wentworth feel.
Obviously she still loves him but she can't *say* anything. Don't be absurd. So gradually they both realize that the other is still possibly interested and, though it looks iffy at times, I never really questioned the end. I absolutely loved Wentworth's note to Anne at the end but I guess I always was a fan of the written word.
Persuasion is definitely a favourite. With such a winning story of how love lasts (Jeez, did that sound corny) and such charming and redeeming main characters (unlike some books I've read *coughWutheringHeightscough*) obviously I had to love it. I suppose I'm just a Jane Austen fan, through and through, no matter what the Bronte sisters had to say about her. I would choose Darcy/Wentworth over Heathcliff/Rochester any day.
*you can call him Fred. Oh, Fred. *tear*
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Two views yesterday. w00t.
We need to drum up the excitement here. Or maybe it's my content that needs work. If that's it I think we might as well shut down now. Oh well, it was good while it lasted.
Wait? What's that you whisper? I'm not doing this for popularity and views? Oh that's right, I did say I didn't care about views at first and I'm not about to sell out. But still... a couple more would be nice.
On a slightly related note I've started Persuasion. I'm on page 1 still but I read the first sentence and, get this, I read it on my iPod! I have this ebook thingy and Persuasion just happened to be one of the free selections. So that's awesome.
Dangit. I need to come up with some hilarious content. What do you people want from me?? Did I just sound like Adam Lambert? I hate that song.
Wait? What's that you whisper? I'm not doing this for popularity and views? Oh that's right, I did say I didn't care about views at first and I'm not about to sell out. But still... a couple more would be nice.
On a slightly related note I've started Persuasion. I'm on page 1 still but I read the first sentence and, get this, I read it on my iPod! I have this ebook thingy and Persuasion just happened to be one of the free selections. So that's awesome.
Dangit. I need to come up with some hilarious content. What do you people want from me?? Did I just sound like Adam Lambert? I hate that song.
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