An explanation of sorts.

Although I had already begun reading Emma, when my courier consisting Pride and Prejudice arrived, I could hardly resist. The later being Austen's most coveted book and all that, but mostly to satisfy my curiosity about the big deal that is Mr Darcy. I was confident that the charm of Mr Darcy has been exaggerated beyond and above, and that Mr Knightley's position in my dreams would remain. Whatever I expected or didnt expect, was however a moot point, because bowled over as I was by him, it was Elizabeth Bennet who caused me in finishing the book a mere 4-5 hrs after I had started it.
The world is rarely, if ever, black and white. It blends quite marveously in grey. So then, I can't ever understand the need of authors and directors to make one either a incarnation of God or of Satan. Its just not fair and its not at all realistic. Why can't a good person have evil or selfish motives? Why is a person with selfish motives decidely evil? Characterisation, for me is the most important aspect of novels and movies. I like knowing what the protaganists are all about. I like that I cannot judge them or group them into stereotypes, but love them because really they're only human.I also like being more, more than what people expect but mostly more than what I expect out of my self. The nicest thing is to be able to surpirse oneself. Which is why I love Elizabeth Bennet (and Penelope Bridgerton, if youre a Julia Quinn fan!)
She knows what she is. She knows that she's much better than what Mr Darcy first dubbed her as ("not pretty enough to tempt me"), knows that she's much more prettier and civilized than what Miss Bingley and that other married sister give her credit for, knows that she is not a commodity for sale as her mother would like her to beleive. But still does not feel the need to show it all the time, but beither does she hesitate to flaunt it when she needs to. And mostly, she is loyal to a fault. Sure she has too many airs, too many prejudices herself but seriously who doesn't?
I do love Mr Darcy, but I also think that Mr Darcy is what he is because of Elizabeth. There would have been no need to write such a strong character if the heroine was a whimsical silly shit. But Mr Darcy had to be strong, had to be proud, had to be too irrestiable to even dream of resisting, because you cannot lead Elizabeth Bennet where she does not want to be lead. And that is what I love about her the most. And that is why I choose to sign of my posts under the pseudonym Elizabethbennet.

A lot of love and thanks to The layered pancake(Its not getting tagged!)for coming up with "The purple typewriter" and for doing up this blog. Its very pretty!!
And yes, we will be blog buddies :D