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Edmund leaves for his ordination, and while Fanny is relieved that he's going through with it, Mary Crawford is miserable- but her spirits lift when Henry announces his intention to marry Fanny. Yes, what started as a cruel joke at her expense has somehow morphed into a twisted white knight fantasy in Henry's mind. He laments how "friendless, neglected, forgotten" she is and reflects in self-satisfaction on how he will be her rescuer. Fucking UGH.

Lmao I love Fanny so much. The girl is going to the first party of her entire life and all we get is, "She had hardly ever been in a state so nearly approaching high spirits." Nearly approaching! We stan a self-possessed, stoic queen. ? Honestly, though, it's gonna be a banger of a night: Edmund came in clutch with his own gift so the necklace question is answered, and he engaged her for two dances. What could go wrong? (Answer: Henry Crawford.)

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Gather round, folks: Sir Thomas is throwing a ball and everyone's mad excited. Fanny has a dilemma, though: William brought her a cross which she's been wearing on some ribbon, but that imitation bling isn't gonna cut it on the big night. She goes to Mary Crawford for advice and Mary offers her an old chain of her own. But what seems a nice gesture is inappropriate as hell because the chain came from Henry and now Fanny is in a moral gray area!

Let me tell you now of my deep hatred and dripping disdain for Henry Crawford, a vile, manipulative, misogynistic manwhore who is out specifically to sow trouble for his own amusement. In today's chapter, he delightedly announces his plan to win Fanny's affection and then break her heart just because she didn't fawn over him at dinner and he feels entitled to every woman's flattery and attention. I would eat this fucker's heart in the marketplace!

I'll just say it: I despise Mary Crawford. She's entitled, superficial, materialistic, and insincere, and when I read online discourse from her fangirls, I want to claw out my own eyeballs. She's just Caroline Bingley with better jokes, and in today's chapter she continues to be flatly dismissive of Edmund, the man she's supposedly falling for, and says outright that she won't respect him if he's poor. Screw you, Mary, and the harp you rode in on.

Ngl, these two stressed me TF out. I had to take a break from their miscommunications bc it was making me so anxiousssss. I wish Julia‘d faced more consequences, and if/when I listen to the sequels, I hope they follow thru on their plans with her bc JAIL. She deserves JAIL. Anyway, hope DJ and Trisha have a long and happy life together :)

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Finally get to repost my favorite Austen meme of all time! 😂Sir Thomas is home and he is NOT pleased to discover that the kids have built a whole-ass theatre inside the house. Yates and Henry blow town, the latter making Maria livid beyond belief because isn't this man supposed to be in love with her?! Side note that I love the final moment of the whole affair when Mrs. Norris absconds with the green baize curtain like the scheming magpie she is.

Rehearsals are in full swing and stirring up jealousies like nobody's business! Henry is all over Maria, pissing off both Julia and Mr. Rushworth, and Edmund is falling for Mary more each day, which has Fanny straight-up vexed. She's also in her feelings about Mrs. Grant who took on Cottager's Wife is now loved by everyone while Fanny is increasingly ignored and isolated. But soon none of this will matter because uh-oh...Sir Thomas has returned!

Edmund remains totally disapproving of the whole home am-dram concept, but when Tom suggests bringing in some rando to join the fun, he's absolutely aghast. The impropriety! Tom also tries to get Fanny to join in, but our girl's morals are iron-clad and she refuses. The same cannot be said for Edmund who decides that joining in himself would be the lesser of two evils and in a total weaksauce move, he tries to get Fanny to absolve him. Boy, bye.