Comments on: Retro Pleasures: Mr. Darcy, Colonel Brandon, and Other Hot Fictional Menz http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/ As narrated by five of the most charming and vicious women on the internet Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:20:05 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: For Your Enjoyment - The Pursuit of Harpyness http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-20560 For Your Enjoyment - The Pursuit of Harpyness Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:07:05 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-20560 [...] it’s a Mr. Darcy cross-stitch, perfectly combining my love of needlework and Fitzwilliam Darcy (particularly as played by Colin Firth). Click on the image to order you own (from Etsy, of [...] [...] it’s a Mr. Darcy cross-stitch, perfectly combining my love of needlework and Fitzwilliam Darcy (particularly as played by Colin Firth). Click on the image to order you own (from Etsy, of [...]

]]> By: greeneyedfem http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-18617 greeneyedfem Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:37:28 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-18617 @ratinski: Dean Priest?? He lies to Emily about her book and her writing so that she'll stay with him! That's totally obsessive/controlling behavior! Oh, how I hated him for that. I mean, yes, he was more interesting than Teddy, but Jesus, who wasn't? Ilse and Perry were the best romantic couple from that series. @ratinski: Dean Priest?? He lies to Emily about her book and her writing so that she’ll stay with him! That’s totally obsessive/controlling behavior! Oh, how I hated him for that.

I mean, yes, he was more interesting than Teddy, but Jesus, who wasn’t? Ilse and Perry were the best romantic couple from that series.

]]> By: Julie http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-18560 Julie Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:32:20 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-18560 Oh, Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon is just about the smoothest thing on film. Pierce shmierce. "The air ... is full of spices." Hello. Oh, Alan Rickman as Colonel Brandon is just about the smoothest thing on film. Pierce shmierce. “The air … is full of spices.” Hello.

]]> By: kristyn http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-17823 kristyn Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:33:34 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-17823 Has anyone else read The Wide Sargasso Sea? If you haven't, I suggest it, but meanwhile will give you a spoiler -- it suggests that ''Bertha'' wasn't really CRAZY, she just grew up *le gasp* in another culture. A non-Edwardian culture! Which, in Edwardian culture, made her crazy. And that she liked sex! Which was the same as being crazy. Oh, and that maybe she was not entirely white (I don't remember if Jean Rhys says this outright, but I believe it is implied; I know Bertha was described as ''dark [haired]'' in JE). Which, I don't think I need to elaborate. And all of that ''being thought of as crazy'' and ''being treated as crazy'' and ''being locked in the third-story secret room while also being vaguely aware that your abusive husband was planning to bang the governess of the child he had purchased from Martinique'' ... ultimately drove her quite crazy. Ruh-roh Mr Rochester! No-no with the racism AND the sexism, even if you did have to grow up in Edwardian England! Has anyone else read The Wide Sargasso Sea? If you haven’t, I suggest it, but meanwhile will give you a spoiler –

it suggests that ”Bertha” wasn’t really CRAZY, she just grew up *le gasp* in another culture. A non-Edwardian culture! Which, in Edwardian culture, made her crazy.
And that she liked sex! Which was the same as being crazy.
Oh, and that maybe she was not entirely white (I don’t remember if Jean Rhys says this outright, but I believe it is implied; I know Bertha was described as ”dark [haired]” in JE). Which, I don’t think I need to elaborate.

And all of that ”being thought of as crazy” and ”being treated as crazy” and ”being locked in the third-story secret room while also being vaguely aware that your abusive husband was planning to bang the governess of the child he had purchased from Martinique” … ultimately drove her quite crazy.

Ruh-roh Mr Rochester! No-no with the racism AND the sexism, even if you did have to grow up in Edwardian England!

]]> By: Lisa http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-17184 Lisa Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:19:14 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-17184 Yeah, so many of them are awful, especially Rochester and Heathcliff... but Knightly! He was old but awesome! Yeah, so many of them are awful, especially Rochester and Heathcliff… but Knightly! He was old but awesome!

]]> By: bluenose sailor http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-17119 bluenose sailor Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:50:03 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-17119 @April: Don't be too hard on Wentworth! He wasn't pretending to be in love with the Musgrove girls, he was actually trying to attach himself to them. Not less misguided, but less dishonest. And he only ignored Anne b/c his pride was hurt. He started to soften pretty quickly - he saved her from a rabid toddler for goodness sake. That's devotion. I really have nothing bad to say about Henry Tilney. He owns a Newfoundland dog and his parlour has floor to ceiling windows overlooking his garden. Of course, he is also the clergyman who never clergies - such a slacker! But it's really the lack of sailing that puts me in the Wentworth camp - not that my name gives it away or anything, ha. @April: Don’t be too hard on Wentworth! He wasn’t pretending to be in love with the Musgrove girls, he was actually trying to attach himself to them. Not less misguided, but less dishonest. And he only ignored Anne b/c his pride was hurt. He started to soften pretty quickly – he saved her from a rabid toddler for goodness sake. That’s devotion.

I really have nothing bad to say about Henry Tilney. He owns a Newfoundland dog and his parlour has floor to ceiling windows overlooking his garden. Of course, he is also the clergyman who never clergies – such a slacker! But it’s really the lack of sailing that puts me in the Wentworth camp – not that my name gives it away or anything, ha.

]]> By: April http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-17114 April Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:47:08 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-17114 YES! Finally someone mentions Henry Tilney!!! He is the only Austen hero who doesn't have anything wrong with him. He's so funny and sweet. (And reminds me of my boyfriend. *blush*) "You pierce my soul" is great and everything, but I can't get past how Captain Wentworth ignored Anne then made everyone think he was in love with one of the Musgrove girls. Bad form. YES! Finally someone mentions Henry Tilney!!! He is the only Austen hero who doesn’t have anything wrong with him. He’s so funny and sweet. (And reminds me of my boyfriend. *blush*)

“You pierce my soul” is great and everything, but I can’t get past how Captain Wentworth ignored Anne then made everyone think he was in love with one of the Musgrove girls. Bad form.

]]> By: queenieinmanhattan http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-17111 queenieinmanhattan Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:01:48 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-17111 @Rachel - I was JUST about to mention Henry Tilney. Northanger Abbey is no S&S or P&P, but it's a hilarious take-down of the Gothic novel, and Henry is swoon-worthy. @Rachel – I was JUST about to mention Henry Tilney. Northanger Abbey is no S&S or P&P, but it’s a hilarious take-down of the Gothic novel, and Henry is swoon-worthy.

]]> By: mischiefmanager http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-17110 mischiefmanager Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:00:34 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-17110 Oh, sorry, did I leave the era? That may be why no one mentioned any contemporary characters except me. But I'm hard-pressed to come up with any more, I must say. Darcy is incomparable. I myself liked the Olivier version best. Oh, sorry, did I leave the era? That may be why no one mentioned any contemporary characters except me. But I’m hard-pressed to come up with any more, I must say.

Darcy is incomparable. I myself liked the Olivier version best.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.harpyness.com/2009/10/20/retro-pleasures-mr-darcy-colonel-brandon-and-other-hot-fictional-menz/comment-page-1/#comment-17108 Rachel Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:25:57 +0000 http://www.harpyness.com/?p=11033#comment-17108 How has nobody mentioned Henry Tilney from <em>Northanger Abbey</em>?! Henry Tilney, who said, "In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes"? And "The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid"? Henry Tilney, who is kind, funny, smart, and unfailingly gracious? He is by FAR the best of Austen's heroes! I agree with elizabeth, too -- John Thornton is lovely. How has nobody mentioned Henry Tilney from Northanger Abbey?! Henry Tilney, who said, “In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes”? And “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid”? Henry Tilney, who is kind, funny, smart, and unfailingly gracious? He is by FAR the best of Austen’s heroes!

I agree with elizabeth, too — John Thornton is lovely.

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