Listening to Pride and Predujice for the first time and Mrs Bennet was JUST about to describe the lace on one of Mr Bingley's sister's dresses and Mr Bennet cut her off!!!! GODDAMN IT I WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE LACE!!!! WHAT LACE WAS IT!!!
Also don't spoil me for this book lol
Honestly never read the classics and haven't seen any of the films but I do now know this is the Mr Darcy one and I cannot remember which sister he ends up with but i think this one is seen as A Great Love Story and I'm eager to see if it is or if it's just cis nonsense tbh
If you have strong feelings about this book put them in a lil notepad and let me know when I'm done with it 😂
Dear lord do people actually want me to semi live tweet me listening to Pride and Prejudice for the first time? 😂😂 A cheeky #YubiHears as someone said?
Oh my god 😂 y'all are something else. Okay sure, block #YubiHears if you wanna nope out of these tweets.
Quick catch up... Charlotte's relationship advice regarding Jane and Mr Bingley was VERY BAD and hilarious 'better to not know their faults' GIRL NO. Lizzie is a champ!
#YubiHears I am absolutely living for Mr Darcy being like "ew god no I don't want to dance with her yucky" and then at the next ball is like "I have noticed this lady has pretty eyes and now I am consumed by lust so I'm gonna follow her around and listen to her talk to people"
#YubiHears and then when army-title Luke or w/e his name was is like "this gorgeous goddess of a lady! You must dance with her even though you are rude and hate dancing!" And she's like "LOL no get wrecked Mr 'Im not handsome enough'" LIKE GIRL YES. I am LIVING for the slight!!!
#YubiHears Mr Bennet is absolutely feral omg "if Jane dies you will be comforted knowing it was in persuit of Mr Bingley" lmao my god sir!!!!
I do like Elizabeth going for a merry 3 mile romp to see her sister though good for her
#YubiHears okay the bit about sonnets starving a thin fancy of love is very excellent and u know what mr Darcy doing a lil smile at it was very cute and Mr Bingley is very nice!!!! Lmao at Mrs Bennet being like "isn't Charlotte plain anyway not to boast but Jane??? Stunning."
#YubiHears I admire Mrs Bennet's obsession with calling Mr Darcy a dick at any given opportunity tho
#YubiHears wait a minute did Jane Austin call the prettiest bestest loveliest sister after herself because that is a POWER MOVE and I LOVE IT
DESPISE ME IF YOU DARE!!! Holy shit Elizabeth you're so much cooler than I thought you were gonna be what the fuck
I love her like "man why's he staring at me, I know he doesn't like me but it would be weirder if he was staring because he hates me. Ah well fuck him."
#YubiHears ok I understand this book so much better when it's read to me but boy howdy there's some big words here.
Mrs Bennet has STRONG OPINIONS on people and BIG FEELINGS and honestly, mood.
Mr Bennet is still feral. "Btw I invited a stranger to dinner hope u made enough."
Wickham: I really shouldn't say I don't wanna be that bitch u know
Elizabeth: ok well I think Darcy is a massive wanker so u know
Wickham: OMG RIGHT??? You are not gonna BELIEVE what he did honestly he's the worst!! Settle in I'm about to rip this man a new one!!
#YubiHears i didn't tweet at the time but i am obsessed with how Elizabeth "picked up some needlework" while staying with the Bingleys.
WHO'S NEEDLEWORK? What needlework? I'm assuming she didn't bring it with her? Was it brought to her with some fresh pants or something? --
#YubiHears Did she just pick up someone else's slip work? Or tapestry work? Or was it mending, or maybe something like tatting or knotting purses??? I am OBSESSED!! What needlework did she do??? Just finished Catherine's embroidery?? Darn Darcy's socks???? WHAT WAS IT, AUSTEN!!!
(I said pants for flippant, comedic effect, don't come for me i know exactly what the undergarments in the late 1790s/ early 1810s is)
#YubiHears ok I listened to the ball at the Bingley's house in the bath and couldn't tweet bcs I'm too vanilla for phone in bath but HOT DANG I am worried Mr Collins is going to make things terrible and I think he's AWFUL and also god the dancing with Darcy!!! Disaster humans!!!
#YubiHears I am also cringing at Mary singing can Mary not marry Mr Collins or something if he absolutely has to marry one of them
#YubiHears aww fuck off Collins this is a terrible proposal GOD I am also cringing with horror, Lizzie, dear LORD
Ok I've lost the plot slightly bcs food poisoning but just to catch up... Jane has realised what a cockwomble Caroline is, Wickham has shrewdly gone with the girl with 10 grand, Lizzie is in the country with Charlotte and Mr Collins, his patroness is very posh -
Real quick, I study and do historical sewing, lace-making, and needlework. I'm looking to go into textile conservation. I always want to know more but my tweets about textiles reflect my enthusiasm, not a lack of knowledge! 💖 Ofc if u have detailed facts lmk!
Lmao Elizabeth is SO MAD at Darcy and he's just appeared at the house where Elizabeth is hiding out with her headache and I am excited for her ripping into him for fuckin up what Jane and George had >:)
"listen I tried really hard not to like you and honestly you still piss me off but it turns out I'm into it and it sucks because you're poor and shit and you're like, so beneath me? Like, I know I can do so much better? But god here we are, so. Marry?"
i didn't get to listen to any last night because It Was A Day and i am CHOMPING at the bit for more tonight!!!
i'm genuinely mad at myself for thinking jane austen was going to be boring and rubbish??? who has done her this disservice that it was in my head??? Rude!
RIGHT I AM CLAWING 30M FROM MY DAY FOR SOME AUSTEN WHILE I STITCH MY 1780S STAYS.
Elizabeth is out walking to clear her head after Darcy's amazing confession and OH GOD he's here and he's been walking around waiting for her with a letter oh my GOD, Darcy!!!!
Ok look I did tell Bingley not to marry your sister! I reckoned her lack of dramatics meant she didn't love him bcs you can't have Feels without a big drama, right? Also I'mma be real, your mum is a fright, your dad feral, and god, your sisters???
Oh SHIT we're dishing the dirt on Wickham omg!! WOW!! Well!! GOSH. Him trying to get Darcy's sister to elope with him when she was 15 is supremely gross!!!! He had me fooled too, Elizabeth!!!
(Also lol at the 'listen the fact u and Jane are so cool is a miracle' bit)
I love how furious Elizabeth still is because like, yeah, he's still a disaster and like, the feeling of 'no! No fuckin way! I'm not reading it! ... Let me read this fuckin thing again chRIST!!'
WELL THE TITLE OF THIS BOOK MAKES A BUNCH MORE SENSE NOW.
I GUESS WE WERE PREJUDICED, ELIZABETH. WE WERE PRIDEFUL! WE WERE QUICK TO JUDGE BASED ON OUR OWN STRONG FEELINGS AND NOW WE'VE BEEN DUPED BY OUR OWN PRIDE AND PREJJDICE.
God I have to go to bed, Jane!!!! What a fuckin TWIST!!! over 200 years later and I'm gonna be lying here shook!!! Now that's good writing!!! That's excellent stories!!!
And god if it isn't all still so relevant today??? Like holy shit is this relatable!!
UM I KNOW IT WAS A THROW-AWAY SORT OF JOKE BUT I LOVE THE GUY GOING IN 'DRAG' TO THE BALL IN A FULL GOWN????
Also dear god Lydia is Sure Something but also I'm worried about her like for Wickham if he is a nasty fortune hunter with a penchant for... I mean teens tbh
"Lizzie look, Lydia's never going to chill until she publicly humiliates herself and I can't think of anything better than her being in Brighton and not my concern while she does it. Which of your boyfriends did she scare off anyway."
AWWW SHIT LIZZIE WHY'D YOU GO TO HIS DANG HOUSE MAN OF COURSE HE WAS GONNA TURN UP A DAY EARLY AND NOW YOU'RE BOTH BEING SO AWKWARD AHHHH! GOD! him asking her the same question 3 times in his distraction is so good though AH
GOD Darcy is being so NICE and POLITE and I'm loving the way it's totally throwing Elizabeth off like SAME!!! WHATS UP WHY WAS HE SO GRUMPY AT THE BEGINNING??? And now he's introducing her to his sister and inviting them all round for supper?? DESPITE THE REJECTION???
I am CONFUSION and also I did love the bit where she was cheekily thinking about how she could have been mistress of Pemberly if she'd said yes lmao like this whole thing is so relatable on the base human level of it!!! The abject horror of being known!!! The cringe!!
Oh my GOD Caroline's attempt to bitch about Elizabeth to Darcy and him being like "YEAH WELL I WAS WRONG SHES THE PRETTIEST WOMAN I KNOW, BYE." is SO GOOOOD as is the bit about forcing him to admit to something which brought no one any pain but herself AUGH!! AUSTEN!!
OH NO OH NO HAS LYDIA ELOPED WITH WICKHAM OH GOD OH NO WHAT THE FUUUUUCK WHAT THE FUCCCCCKKKKKK WHAT A FUCKER OMG SHE'S ONLY LIKE 16 OR SOMETHING JESUS CHRIST?????
HAS HE KIDNAPPED HER??? I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOUR FANCY WORDS JANE "THEY FEAR THE WORST" WHAT'S THE WORST??? IS IT KIDNAPPING??? HE'S DISAPPEARED WITH HER?? HE'S HARDLY GOING TO MURDER HER RIGHT?? HOW GRIM DOES AUSTEN GET????
DARCY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOUR WHOLE ACQUAINTANCE, GOOD FUCKING TIMING!!!!
ALSO NOW IM WORRIED AUSTEN WROTE THE ONE WHERE SOMEONE BURNS THEIR SECRET WIFE IN AN ATTIC OR SOMETHING AND LYDIA IS GOING TO GET MURDERED OR SOMETHING WHAT'S GOING ON!!!!
Oh my god I love the whole "and people suddenly discovered how much they actually didn't like or trust Wickham all of a sudden. Suddenly."
GOD I LOVE HOW RELATABLE HOW MUCH OF THIS IS LMAO
#YubiHears
Collins: "Heyo! Wow! Honestly would've been better news if she'd just died, so, yikes. Also my wife says this is your mum's fault but I think Lydia's just rotten. Also I told my bff Lady Catherine and she said ur fucked lol. Glad I dodged that bullet! Yeet that kid!"
Mr Bennet: kitty if you think I'm ever letting you leave the house again. I'll consider when you can spend just 10 minutes a day being sensible and that's never gonna happen.
Time to get into bed, stitch my stays, and listen to some JANE AUSTEN!
Also IF you are enjoying this thread and wish to toss a few £ my way, which i will almost definitely spend on fabric, i do have a ko-fi (ko-fi.com/itsyubi) but do not feel obliged!
Fellas there is NOTHING more romantic than hunting down your crush's sister who's being scammed by your childhood friend who almost destroyed your life and ensuring the fiend does right by her honour
Aunt: "Mr Darcy may have OTHER interests in this matter 😉 to do with a certain SOMEONE 😉 and I like him VERY MUCH 😉 and I think he'd do well with a VIVACIOUS WIFE 😉 and I feel he might FANCY ONE 😉 but I couldn't possibly guess as to WHO 😉 that might BE 😉😉😉"
AAAAAAAAHHHHH JAAAANE FUCK YES OH MY GOD YESSSS BINGLEY PROPOSED OH MY GODDDDD WAAAAAAHHHHHHHH I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER WAAAAAHHHH I'M SO HAPPY AAAAAAAAAAA
Mr Bennet: you two are perf. You're both so conflict adverse you'll never fight, so naive your servants will rob you merrily, and so generous you'll always overspend. You'll be very happy together, well done.
Also for those of you who are new here I did a bunch of live tweets for movies I'd never seen, like The Princess Bride, Jurassic Park, Clue, and more. If you want more of this sort of thing, here's a link 💖
GOD THERE'S NOTHING SEXIER THAN A MAN GRACIOUSLY RESPECTING BOUNDARIES AND ADMITTING HIS FEELINGS IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY AT AN APPROPRIATE TIME WHILE REMINDING YOU IF YOU TELL HIM TO NOT DO THAT HE WILL STOP
Oh my goD LMAO LADY CATHERINE YOU SHOT YOURSELF IN THE FOOT OMG
"What did you say of me that I did not deserve" AUUUUGHHH I LOVE HOW HE ADMITS WHILE SHE DIDNT KNOW WHAT WAS UP HE WAS A DICK AND IT WAS NATURAL SHE WASNT IMPRESSED WITH HIM
Dear LORD Lydia!!! What a cash-grabbing little wretch fjfjdkskfnf. God bless Jane and Elizabeth for giving them some money!! And bless Darcy for still helping them out!!! God!!!!
Tonight I'm gonna be starting Persuasion by Jane Austen, as chosen by you 😂 I have never heard of this book, and now Mr Darcy is done and dusted, I'm out of Austen characters.
I guess there'll be some persuading, both good and bad, however 👀 as always no spoilers!
ALREETY MY PALS! It's time for #YubiViews and Die Hard!
Here's what I know about Die Hard:
1) It has the bald car man in it. 2) It's apparently a christmas movie (??) 3) There's death and / or hardness (???) 4) I think this is the movie where there's lots of driving and-
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explosions??? I think? 4) I think bald car man is Jason Statham (who's name is not said stat-ham, which i know bcs my dad lost his shit when i said 'look that's jason stat-ham' when he was on a bus, except it wasn't it was another bald man and it's not stat-ham)
Now some of ye may know that I actually lived in Japan for a while and hold 2 whole degrees in Japanese language, a bachelors and a masters! I've seen a lot of Ghibli movie, but never this one.
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I don't really have a good reason why? But I've been since told it's also a book??? No idea what happens in it. I guess there's a guy called Howl (excellent name). I guess his castle moved. Did he move with his castle? Are we castle hunting? Is this all -
an extended metaphor for human destruction of wildlife and the rapidly diminishing experience of childhood in an increasingly lonely and disconnected world, Miyazaki-san???
Also if the castle moves rapidly and unpredictably, i will be scared of it. Just saying.
ALREET MY PALS! Tonight on #YubiViews we watch... THE MUMMY! (1999 version)! We will also be doing our Help tweets every 10th tweet, so please check them out and help those in need!
As per usual I've never seen the Mummy. I think I had smushed these films and Indiana Jones-
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all into one big movie, and was horrified to find out that 1) there's more than one indiana / mummy movie, and 2) Harrison Ford is not in the Mummy.
going out on a limb and guessing Brendon Frasier or whoever is in it seeing as people said that name a lot!
Now as i thought Indy/Mummy (terrible ship most likely but we'll see) was the same film I'm guessing this is a rag-tag Man and also A Lady in Another Country, Plundering Graves and Fucking Shit Up for Patriotism and Money. I guess there's also going to be a Mummy.
Tonight on #YubiViews we tackle Jurassic Park. It's old. It's a classic. It's gonna be goddamn terrifying. What do I know abt Jurassic Park? Well:
1) Dinosaurs. I fuckin HATE dinosaurs. I'm terrified of them. 2) A park. Parks are fine. Unless they're filled with dinosaurs.
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3) I'm gonna out on a limb here and say People Realise A Park Full Of Dinosaurs Is A Bad Idea. A dino probably eats someone. Whoever the kind of edgy sad man with a badboy style is will be the one who dies. Probably by dino. Rip in pieces in advance.
4) I'm 99.9% sure a T-Rex is in it. I think also a... diplodunkas? long neck one? Also probably velocoraptors. Hate them. 5) WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU BRING DINOS BACK TO LIFE I HOPE THIS IS QUESTIONED.
... idk anything else. Dinos, it's bad, we kill all of them?