No I Wasn’t Sitting Here Waiting to Discuss Today’s LBD, What Are You Talking About?


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02/04/13 12:01pm
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OK, yes I was. Here it is! The theories will begin in 5…4…3…2…

OKAY! A couple of things confirmed by these five minutes of web video:

1. George Wickham needs to die a slow, torturous death involving several types of corrosive chemicals and a Justin Bieber-themed mixtape.

2. Lydia did not know about the video. She enters the scene apparently trying to get ahold of George, and hasn’t been able to.

3. I am still capable of the incessant refresh several minutes before a hotly anticipated thing goes live.

4. The parent Bennets do not yet know about this tape. Will part of Darcy’s heroism be shielding it from them forever?

5. HOWEVER: At the beginning of this video Lizzie seems to think Lydia does know. That spells ass-ump-tion, and not a positive one. Sure, she says this great thing: ”Let’s face it, George has a history of convincing smart women to do dumb things.” (Oh trust me, these people exist, and they do not actually need an exterior as attractive as George’s to be convincing liars.) She did, however, conclude that Lydia has consented instead of concluding George was scamming her. That’s a little bit harsh.

I see there’s already a bit of blowback on the Internet about this: yes, this is not the worst assumption or least reasonable assumption one could make ever. It is still, however, an assumption. And the fact that when making an assumption she did not choose an assumption that favors her sister’s moral character, over one that does, is a problem between these girls that needs to be worked out. It’s in keeping with the book, because Lizzie is judgmental sometimes. However, with all other things being equal, one would hope that when one chooses between assumptions about whether or not one’s sister was on in on this dubious thing, one chooses the one that is positive for one’s sister’s reputation. Not the other. So, Lizzie and Lydia have to get through that if they are going to repair their relationship. WHICH MAKES FOR ALL THE MORE DRAMA.

5. Ashley Clements and Mary Kate Wiles are flippin’ awesome actresses.

6. Also the writers.

“Should we have seen this coming?”

“This is how we have most of our conversations now…”

Yowch.

7. It is not yet Thursday. I just checked. Thanks, life-ruiners.

All right… has this episode changed your perceptions of what’s going down in LBD land? Will the Bennets find out? What will Lydia do? Where will George pop up again? Jane shows up in the next episode, revealing she has rushed home from LA to help Lydia through this (is the most likely explanation). HOW HARD IS DARCY GOING TO POUND HIS ASS INTO THE PAVEMENT? Discuss.

PS: Also, there is this. Darcy’s probably going to buy the company out.

 

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  • DiagonAlleyCat

    I can’t believe she just assumed Lydia knew and was in on it… Not cool, Lizzie.

    OTOH, totally in keeping with BookLizzie. Yay, writers!

    Poor Lydia.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412429 Melissa Anelli

      Indeed, totally in keeping. In the book Lydia’s promiscuity before marriage and its effects would have been aware to her, but she also believed she would be married. So it’s a thinly tread line, here. Awesome.

  • aereichert

    First, I am so happy you are as obsessed as I am and have started these updates. I now have an outlet!!! Second, these women are amazing. Poor Lydia. I do think Dad Bennett needs to find out, but Ma Bennett will continue to think GW is the one Lydia let get away. I hope we get to see them both.

    I do hope for a Darcy/Wickham smackdown a la Bridget Jones. Not sure How it would get recorded, perhaps Domino will catch it somehow.

    This Lydia seems stronger than book Lydia, so I hope we see a little Lydia rage. Can’t wait for next video!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412429 Melissa Anelli

      I can’t WAIT for Lydia to get her rage on. I want Lydia to get revenge!

  • Amanda R

    My initial reaction to the sex tape was that Lydia didn’t know. I was super surprised when Lizzie started blaming Lydia, because that didn’t occur to me at all. Lydia does some stupid stuff, but not this. As for the Bennets, I really hope they don’t find out. Jane might, but I don’t think that Mr. and Mrs. Bennet will. The story so far has seldom included them. All I know is that I really hope they record Darcy murdering George. Preferably with a blunt instrument.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412429 Melissa Anelli

      I really am going to start a poll on how we think Darcy should murder George.

    • DiagonAlleyCat

      I really want GiGi to murder George. THAT would be fabulous!

  • http://twitter.com/Leah617 Leah Cornish

    Re: Lizzie assuming Lydia knew. I think it’s less “Lydia wants to sell a sex tape,” and more how could she possibly *not* know. She’s a YouTube star – people were probably tweeting, texting, FBing her since the page went up, so for her to not have seen anything means she sort of went off the grid social media wise. Or Wix hacked her accounts and changed her info.

    Also I see your corrosive chemicals and add in a catheter. Just saying.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412429 Melissa Anelli

      +1 for catheter!

      Oh, I totally get it’s instinctual and see how she went there. Still. When one is making an assumption one HOPES that the assumption favors one’s sister. Or one is being judgmental. (As Lizzie is, sometimes. So, all good. But still harsh.)

  • E.R.Rose

    Though it wasn’t what I predicted, I do understand why Lizzie thought Lydia knew.

    1) Lydia probably consented to making the tape. She most likely assumed Wickham would not use it for his own gain. So unless Wickham has some sort of spy camera system, I doubt Lydia was unaware.

    2)Lizzie hasn’t seen as much of new, submissive Lydia because she couldn’t bare to watch the videos. She only knows independent Lydia who’s in total control of her flighty, totally-physical-based relationships.

    3)While she dose believe Wick talked her into it, Lizzie didn’t see how hard Lydia fell for Wick like we did. She doesn’t realize that her sister was truly in love and had learned to trust a romantic partner (although the feelings were FAR from mutual) . As I said before, all she sees is old, immature, risk-taking Lydia from which this behavior would be totally in-character.

    Just my thoughts… Thanks for writing this recap, very well done!

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412429 Melissa Anelli

      I wouldn’t even assume Lydia consented to the tape – it seems like it’s an overhead shot, which, if you’ve seenVeronica Mars, is … easy to disguise in a ceiling fan. :P

      I understand why Lizzie went there, but it’s harsh no matter how it’s sliced.

  • Sienna

    Many people seem to be upset with Lizzie for assuming that Lydia knew, but I didn’t find this to be as much of a reflection on her opinions of Lydia as much as it’s a reflection on Wickham. As if it would have been too despicable for him to do something like posting the tape without Lydia’s consent. Lizzie knew he was horrible and manipulative, but this is sort of a whole new level, so she assumes that is is something that he has convinced her to do – it may not have crossed her mind that Lydia didn’t know, because that would be a whole new layer of sleazy from Wickham.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1412429 Melissa Anelli

      Hmmm… I don’t konw. Lizzie has had time to digest just what a snake he is. She’s had this information. She has witnessed its effect on Gigi. So really, to take the blame partially off him at all.. still harsh. These are sisters. But good drama!

  • http://twitter.com/StephWeasley Stephanie

    Lydia’s video from two weeks ago said that Jane was calling her this past weekend so maybe she finally called her younger sister?

  • http://twitter.com/themanonbnd Manon

    If you want to join us, we have a very popular ‘George Wickham is an asshole why can’t he go in Siberia already’ on Tumblr on here: http://missdarcys.tumblr.com/post/40863517748

  • http://twitter.com/19yearslater Sarah Moe

    I initially guessed Lydia was in on the tape because of the way the website looks — glitter letters, for instance. At this point (now I do feel bad for Lydia, I just want to stand up for Lizzie from one older sister to another) I think Lizzie’s making a pretty good effort. She called Lydia a smart woman, also connecting her with Gigi (a friend of Lizzie’s) and Lizzie herself in making the mistake of falling for Wickham’s crap. And she was trying to contact Lydia, which was not responded to. Months after they stopped talking over an ill-conceived birthday gift. I think Wickham is definitely poisoning Lydia’s mind about her sisters, LBD Lydia is a smarter and better person than P&P Lydia, so she isn’t entirely to be blamed. But that must be hard for Lizzie to see from the inside. And when Lydia found out, Lizzie didn’t chastise her. She tried to give comfort. I really hope that all this leads to a better relationship for the Bennet sisters.

  • lollifant

    What another emotional episode!! But wow, I am so relieved that Lydia didn’t know anything about it. I love this Lydia and okay, it didn’t seem right for her to participate in such a scheme, but they always stayed close to the book so… And yes, this proofs that they won’t end up together, wow, yes, now let’s kill Wickham!

    And Lizzie, yes, she’s flawed and she was wrong to assume her sister was in on it (she doesn’t know the story, so yes). This will take some time to heal, their friendship, at least another year, a lifetime? (there’s me hoping LBD will never stop)

  • klizabeth128

    I agree that Lizzie might have been a bit harsh, then again it give it a more realistic feel. When things go bad, epescially with someone who has been reckless, do we not assume that they were somehow part of it knowingly? (I apologize if that was not clear). It is not that I agree that how Lizzie talked to Lydia was the best, but I think it was very much in her character.

    I would like to point out that Lizzie is obviously trying. She rushed home to see if she could be of some help, she has called/texted her many times and was waiting for Lydia to get home in hopes of getting to talk with her. Basically it shows that Lizzie still has a lot to learn, but it trying her best to be there for her sister. Hopefully a postive outcome (which I have know doubt will happen) will be that each sister is able to understand and communicate better with each other.

    As for Lydia knowing or not knowing. Both sides has excellent points, I personally was on the fence before this episode. What I do know is that I honestly appreciate seeing the vulnerable side of Lydia that we have been able to see when Wick came into her life. This is something that we do not see in the book.

  • Shayla

    I think a big part of Wickham’s hold on Lydia was always relating everything back to his “love” for her. He didn’t want her to speak to her family because he “cared too much to see her treated that way”. Meanwhile, we know the true reason is so that nobody could warn her before her got what he wanted of her. I think that she may have knew that he filmed their intimate time, but I feel that he tried to explain it away, like he does with everything. I feel it’s quite likely that he told her that he “wanted to remember this moment forever”, or something to that degree. Because, of course, he “loves” her. He would only want to film it to remember such a special time, right? Which is why Lydia was taken back by the website.

    I think that the reason that Lydia didn’t know was because she’s been obsessively trying to contact Wickham. And after a few cruel comments towards the nature of her relationship with Wickham on Twitter (to which she replied), he may have advised her not to look at them to “protect her feelings”.

    I don’t believe that the Bennet’s will find out the true extent of Wickham’s nature. Neither of them are particularly technologically literate. Or if they do find out, I believe that Mrs. Bennet will take it harshly, but be quick to forgive it because of what happened on her own trip to Vegas. (Which, might I remind you, we still don’t know the details of.)

    What’s on my mind is, where will Lydia and Wickham’s relationship progress from here? Originally, they married to fix the issue. Can we really expect Lydia to stay with Wickham? Or will he, perhaps, try to manipulate her once more? Saying that he isn’t sure how the video got out? Or perhaps that he wanted the world to see what “amazing love” he holds for her? Perhaps he’ll say that he wanted to prove to everyone that Lydia is her own person and capable of “being a woman”? I don’t know. The possibilities are endless!

    • Shayla

      Also, it just occurred to me… What if Lydia gets pregnant? Then Wickham would have to stay! Gah, the drama!

      • http://leakynews.com LeakyNews

        The line about Mrs Bennet’s trip to Vegas is a nod to the line in the book where Mrs Bennet sympathizes with Lydia’s love of militia men, and going to Brighton, etc. I agree there could be details there we might need but I think it’s more for character consistency than anything else.

        Lydia and Wickham’s relationship is, I am betting, completely DONE. They married in the book because if they didn’t their lives would be ruined. Staying true to the book doesn’t mean being with Wickham forever – it’s with the stronger tenets, the idea that something has to be done to salvage Lydia’s reputation, but if there was any way to do it in the book without marrying Wickham they would have done that.

        Let’s be clear… George is an absolute douche. He walked into those videos knowing exaclty what they were and exploited the situatoin to this terrible effect. In fact, I would argue he is MUCH MORE of a scoundrel in this series than in the book. Once his debts were settled George DID marry her and be part of the instrument of her reputation’s reconstruction, in the book. They may not have had a happy wonderful life, but there’s no evidence he mistreated her or caused her undue heartache. Unless he does something along a similar vein here there’s little redemption for him. Remember his insistence that he say things on camera… he knew what he was doing.

        If he says he wanted to prove to everyone that Lydia is capable of being a woman, I cannot be held responsible for what I will do to my computer screen. -M

        • Shayla

          I truly never even considered that a future without a married and painfully oblivious Lydia was even possible.. Hmm. I have a great deal of scheming to do, now that that’s a very real possibility.

          Obviously Lydia deserves a great deal more than Wickham to make her happy, but I do wonder how the writers will end things on her part. She’s an extremely affectionate and lonely woman, and I’m not sure if they can end the series with her being alone.

          Perhaps that’s the Mrs. Bennet in me, wanting them all to frolic off into the sunset with husbands on their arms and rings on their fingers. Unless Mary’s boyfriend has a friend for her? That’d be a fortunate turn of events for everyone. ^.^

          George needs a facial reconstruction surgery, courtesy of the LBD fandom.

  • laura

    Of one thing I’m sure: Lydia consented to shoot the tape, but obviously thought it would have been kept private.
    I think it’s very clear when she says, in this video: “He said……”. For me the sentence was going to continue with “…that it was just for us”, or something like that. I think Lydia’s “he said…” is not randomly put there, it means exactly that she new about the existence of the tape, but also that George had tricked her into doing it.
    I think this fits well with Lydia’s recklessness. She is not just a victim, but by being a little immature she put herself in the power of bad people.

    • http://leakynews.com LeakyNews

      I’ll go with that. -M

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