To think Marianne shouldn't have married Colonel Brandon?

[squoosh]

Okay Willoughby was a cad and a bounder and took himself out of the running, but I do think that Brandon swooped in to take advantage of her rain induced fever which had left her a bit dazed and compliant.

It's a bit creepy that he falls in love with her because she reminds him of his long lost, 'fallen', dead love. Plus he's a bit intense, the laughs wouldn't be forthcoming and I'll warrant he expected her to do all kinds of dark shit in the bedroom.

Ideally she'd have had another couple of seasons in London and met lots of nice suitors or maybe even nipped across to Pride and Prejudice and married that nice Colonel Fitzwilliam.

I liked that BBC S&S. the girl who played Marianne was pretty good I think, my fave line was delivered just how I like it...

"Good God Willoughby, what is the meaning of this?"

I'm on 2nd ep of BBC P&P, Lydia really is an annoying little twerp isn't she??

Collins is currently proposing to Lizzie...it's so cringey I'm distracting myself writing this

Squoosh...NO!

Trills I bloody adore Jasper Fforde! He is so clever!
IIRC isn't the Jurisfiction HQ based in Mansfield Park?

Norland Park... S&S. Marianne asks for marmite

Don't know if you can tell I'm a ffan

schmaltzingmatilda I saw Toby Stephen in a play last week. He was quite sexy in that as well although shorter than you might think

Actors are awlays short arses, it's very disappointing. I loved Toby Stephens in The Camomile Lawn. He's got a very pleasing sneering, superior look.

:)

Matthew Macfadyen was big though. Huge hands and feet.

Keeping to the Austen theme, Anna Chancellor (P&P's Miss Bingley) was in the same play, she was gorgeous and funny, as was Anthony Calf (Colonel Fitzwilliam) who was also very funny.

And batteries IIRC!

I need to go and read them all again now! I was JurisfictionOperative in an earlier NN incarnation!

Someone out there has Thursday Next. I was so disappointed

Actually, Marianne in TEA is my fave version of her! I don't think this is in the book, but I kind of imagine her sneaking off for a fag!

Poor Jane Bennett is bing snubbed by those ghastly Bingley sisters now. Anna Chancellor is fab full stop isn't she?

Who up thread mentioned Colonel Fitzwilliam?
I've just realised what a thoroughly good egg he is.
How had I forgotten him?

It was Private Lives. Matthew Macfadyen wasn't in this one, he was in another production I saw of the same play.

But Toby Stephens, Anna Chancellor, Anthony Calf and Anna Louise Plowman were a great cast.

I love Colonel Fitzwilliam, I think in Regency times the most prudent thing would be to go for a placidly pleasant man. A Darcy would be too much of a risk, what with his moods.

Still true now!
I prefer my drama onscreen!

Very wise Thursday although at least these days if you decide the domestic drama isn't for you can bail on them and try and more sedate model!

For a second I thought you meant Joan Plowright is married to Toby Stephens! But she's about 90.

This is reminding me of my pet gripe, which is that adaptations of Emma always miscast Harriet Smith. The whole point of Harriet is that she is illegitimate and hence unmarriagable, but incredibly pretty in an obvious sort of way, (I imagine her as looking like a teenaged Holly Willoughby) and that's why Emma naively fools herself that she can achieve a good match for her. All the adaptations I've seen cast her as much less good looking than Emma, which makes Emma look just plain deluded.

Yes I was thinking the same AnyoneButLulu. Another oily character played well is Mr Elton by (I've forgotten the actor's name in the Gyn. P. version).