To call it an anticlimax would be an insult not only to climaxes but to prefixes

"I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in their concerns, as I often see done."

"My fingers," said Elizabeth, "do not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women's do. They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to be my own fault -- because I would not take the trouble of practising. It is not that I do not believe my fingers as capable as any other woman's of superior execution."
Darcy smiled, and said, "You are perfectly right. You have employed your time much better. No one admitted to the privilege of hearing you, can think any thing wanting. We neither of us perform to strangers."


The fact that I'm using a quote from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice where my bio should be isn't because I can't be bothered to write a proper one, and I'm certainly not trying to be cryptic. It's because this particular scene happens to summerize nicely some of my own personality traits and the way I view the world.

To clarify, I identify with both characters in this excerpt. Elizabeth's focus on acknowledging one's deficiencies and one's choice of whether to do something to change them (or not), which in turn entails taking responsibility for the consequences of those decisions, describes my own views rather accurately. In me, this view lives quite comfortably alongside Darcy's particular priorities as a man who, like Elizabeth, does not perform to strangers.


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You're welcome to add me if you happen to want to read my random and long-winded fandom essays. After all, those wouldn't be public if I wanted to prevent people from reading them, and you certainly don't need my permission to do so.

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Oh, and I'm also an adult who assumes she's sharing her thoughts with other adults, which means I don't censor myself, so if you're of a delicate disposition or otherwise not an adult, go away.