Title: Pride
Author: rooster dawn
Alternative Universe
Summary: Harm and Mac act out Pride and Prejudice
Disclaimer: JAG is property of Belisarius productions, no copyright infringement intended.
Pride & Prejudice is the property of Jane Austen
(First known as First Impressions)
: Warner Brothers 1940
: BBC 1979
: Arts and Entertainment Network/BBC co-production 1995
: Universal Studio 2005
no copyright infringement intended.
Please let me know what you think, it's the only way I can write better stories for you.
Cast
Harm is Mr. Darcy age 27 Sarah is Ms Elizabeth Bennett age 21
Jordan is Ms Jane Bennett age 23 Jennifer is Ms Mary Bennett age 19
Chloe is Ms Kitty Bennett age 18 Mattie is Ms Lydia Bennett age 16
Jack Keeter is Mr. Bingley age 23 Turner is Mr. George Wickham age 25
Harriet is Charlotte Lucas age 27 Bud is Mr. William Collins age 25
Allison is Caroline Bingley age 22 AJ is Sir Lucas
Renee is Anne de Bourgh
I have changed the Bennetts to Mackenzies, Gardiners to Burnetts, Hursts to Boones and Bingley to Keeter.
The ages of the characters are based on the book and the movies. I have made the assumption that Wickham is younger than Darcy, like a younger brother. Caroline Bingley, I assume to be younger sister to her brother since she was living with her brother and not her older sister.
She is also judgmental of his choice of Jane Bennett as a future wife, a trait of someone who is less mature.
It is one of the points in the movie that if the Bennetts had a son, he would have inherited the estate and would be able to take care of his mother and sisters.
Ages may change as the story does takes place over one year.
Key locations
Longbourn: The Mackenzie's home
Netherfield Park: The house rented by Mr. Keeter in Hertfordshire
Lucas Lodge: Sir Lucas, Harriet, and Maria's home
Rosings Park: Lady Catherine de Bourgh's home, in Kent
Hunsford: Mr. Collins' home, in Kent
Pemberly: Mr. Darcy's home, in Derbyshire
Grace Church Street: Where the Burnett home is located in London
Meryton: the market village near Longbourn where Sarah's Aunt Phillips lived. It is north of London
Hertfordshire: the county where Longbourn and Meryton are located
Kent: the county where Hunsford and Rosings Park are located
Brighton: Seaside town on the south coast
Lakes District: Area of many lakes in the northwest
London: is referred to as town
Prologue
Why did I write this story? One of the things I look for in any movie or television show is how the characters interact with each other. Jag was one of the all time best.
When I saw the 2005 version of Pride and Prejudice I was hook. The cast was out standing, the movie was fast pace, and the character interaction was as good as it gets.
I loved the interaction between Elizabeth with father when she showed concerned about her sisters. I like the way she protected and cared about Jane when Bingley went away. She was very supportive.
I loved the relationship she had with her older friend, Charlotte, who was much wiser about love and relationships concerning men.
I also love watching Elizabeth learn to deal with her feelings about Mr. Darcy. First there was disappointment when Darcy didn't want to dance with her. Later she gains his attention when she expresses her viewpoint on how to show affection for someone you care for.
She visits
Netherfield to tend to her sister or was it a way to get to know Darcy better and in turn for him to know her better. After all the original title of the book was 'First Impressions'.
I don't think she minded being rejected by Darcy per se, but to being rejected by him before he knew who she was, wasn't right.
I loved the way she flirted and teased him. I loved the way she challenged him and his way of thinking. "You hate everything." "You misunderstand everything." Is that not Harm and Mac?
Then how does one deal with someone who says they love you when you thought they disliked you? How do you deal with someone asking you what are you looking for in a man? How do you deal with someone when you never thought you would see them again?
I think Mac goes through this when Harm leaves to fly through their talk on the ferry.
The movie showed the maturation of a young naive girl unsure of what love was into a woman who understood that love was putting others first before yourself.
It showed a young man learning to forget about his own self importance and learning to see a person for who they really are and not for some preconceive perception base on some convoluted social status.
As for casting Rosemund Pike, portrayed Jane the best. She fulfills Bingley's idea of most beautiful creature he has ever seen. She also fulfills Jane's character the best.
Besides being beautiful, she carries herself with style, elegance, and maturity. I think it's one of the reasons Bingley's sisters like her. She also is a strong actress who is capable of displaying her emotions well.
Keira Knightly is the best Elizabeth. She's actually 20 years old, the age of the character. Jennifer Ehle was 26. While Jennifer is a very good actress, she just doesn't look 20. She also comes across much older and too mature to be playing the part of a young and naive woman.
Where as Keira comes across as young, fresh, very alive, and sometimes silly. She also gives a better performance of a young woman trying to figure out the behavior of an older man. She flirts and teases Darcy leading Darcy to believe Elizabeth likes him very much.
Even though she is beautiful, she doesn't have the maturity of her sister Jane nor the style and elegance that Rosemund displayed, thus she may not be as attractive to an older man of breeding such as Darcy.
Keira portrays Elizabeth as a highly intelligent woman who is a great thinker and can hold her own in any debate with style and humility. Where as Darcy is arrogant in his thinking.
There are four movie versions of Jane Austen's book. The first movie was made in 1940. The 1940 version is like Gone with the Wind. There is a lot of flair such as a horse race to see who can get home first between Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. Lucas.
The clothing and the mansions are similar in style to Gone with the Wind, very grandiose and overstated. Darcy aggressively pursues Elizabeth from the beginning. Wickham is there before Darcy arrives and Lydia has set her sights on him from the beginning.
It is the least realistic version of the book of all the movies as the timeline and the interaction between the characters aren't followed very closely. Also the acting is over done and unreal.
It still is a fun movie to watch.
BBC made the second version in 1978. It is a classic BBC satire of the characters. Characters are realistic and reasonably attractive except Mary who isn't very pretty.
It showcases the musical talents of the Bennett sisters as quite good. Elizabeth is an okay looking woman rather than beautiful. This version offers more of the thought processes of Elizabeth as she deals with her feelings for Darcy.
Darcy is rather stiff in this version, where as the Gardiners are cast very well. This movie is 4.5 hours long.
The third version is the perhaps the most well known of the movies. It was a miniseries done for A&E by BBC in 1995. It lasts five hours. It's long and boring if you haven't read the book.
You need to read the book to enjoy this version. It is the version that follows the book the closest. There are some missing scenes, but you can see the missing scenes in the 1978 version.
The casting of the characters was poorly done. I have never seen a movie with so many ugly people(BBC satire at work here). Charlotte is twenty seven year old spinster in the making, so she has to be ugly. Mary is the plain one, so she has to be ugly. Since when has plain looking meant you're ugly.
The Bennett sisters are supposed to be beautiful. If one of them is the plain one of the sisters, it probably means she's not as beautiful as her sisters, but it doesn't mean she's ugly.
It's why I like the 2005 version of Mary. She's the middle child trying to find her place in the family. She was trying to be more like her older sisters. She trying to show maturity, style and grace which is expected of the daughter of a gentleman.
This story I have written will follow the timeline in the book. It takes something from all four of the movies. Darcy is more proactive in his dealings with the Elizabeth/Sarah character as in the first movie. He is much older than she is. He challenges her provincial and naive view of the world.
Also included will be how Darcy/Harm deals with his growing feelings for Elizabeth/Sarah. There will be more interaction between Elizabeth/Sarah and her father and her sister Jane/Jordan.
There will be lot of discussion between Elizabeth/Sarah and Charlotte/Harriet about Darcy. Does he love her?
I also will expand on Ms Bingley and Elizabeth/Sarah relationship. I think they share a kindred spirit about how they feel about Darcy. She thinks of Elizabeth/Sarah as her friend.
As an intelligent woman of good breeding I can't believe she would ever lambaste Elizabeth/Sarah to Darcy. She might tease Darcy about Elizabeth/Sarah, but she wouldn't degrade her.
I believe she would want to share Elizabeth/Sarah happiness with Darcy.