This Is Bath, Dammit! Everything's More Free And Easy In Bath...

[sophieisgod]

Picspam, full of Northanger Abbey-flavoured goodness.


This is Catherine. She is played by Felicity Jones, who is adorable. Doesn't she look young?


Catherine likes novels, because when she reads them, she has saucy daydreams:


The saucy daydreams make her swoon.


These are the Allens. They want to take Catherine to Bath, which is Full Of Scoundrels.


Catherine loves novels so much she even reads them on bumpy coach rides!


Also, it would appear Catherine has something of a scoundrel fetish. This is handy, since Bath is Full Of Scoundrels.


In addition to being Full Of Scoundrels, Bath also resembles a particularly sweaty moshpit.


Catherine is harassed by a variant of the common garden Scoundrel: The Pervy Old Man


Thankfully, Mr Henry Tilney appears. He is played by JJ Feild, and is therefore ADORABLE. He also moves his head around a lot, which makes him Difficult To Screencap.


Because he has much knowledge of muslins, there is good-natured banter and a teeny bit of flirting.






Then, dancing!


But what's this? A Scoundrel!


But Catherine, despite her scoundrel fetish, knows a good thing when she sees it, and thus continues flirting with Mr Tilney.




Catherine then has a dream involving Mr Tilney. Swordfighting. IN EYELINER.




Understandably, Dream!Catherine responds thusly:


In the daytime, Catherine is befriended by Isabella Thorpe. She is too saucy for her own good, and will be a Corrupting Influence.


See?


Turns out, the Scoundrel we met earlier is Isabella's brother, John. The dark-haired man is Catherine's brother, James. He was in Chocolat! And My Left Foot!


John proves his Scoundrel credentials by failing to maintain appropriate personal space while dancing.


Catherine is downcast because she sees Mr Tilney with another woman.


But it's okay! It's just his sister.


Because he is a Scoundrel, John abducts Catherine, forcing her to stand up Mr Tilney!






Mr Tilney shows his disappointment by looking reproachful. And HOT.




Catherine is eager to explain the situation.


Because he is lovely, Mr Tilney understands. And is embarrassed by his sister, who's totally onto him.


Country walks afford people opportunities to flirt.


Isabella is engaged to James!


John proposes to Catherine in a rather rubbish and cryptic manner.


Because Catherine is starting to see the light re: the merits of Scoudrels Vs the merits of Mr Tilney, she makes this face:


This is Henry's brother, Captain Tilney. In addition to being a Scoundrel, he is a Bastard.


Isabella is intrigued.


Catherine gets to go to Northanger Abbey in Mr Tilney's cart!


Needless to say, he is adorable.


Also, there is rather more serious flirting. Flirting with intent, if you will.




But then (perhaps with the subconscious intention of seeing Henry be hot and reproachful), Catherine does something silly, as a result of reading too many novels.


He discovers her, and is hot and repraochful.






Catherine is sad.


Meanwhile, Isabella and Captain Tilney have been having the sex.




For some reason, he doesn't want to marry her. SCOUNDREL!


Anyway, Catherine's been kicked out of Northanger Abbey by Henry's eeeevil father, so he comes to her house to make amends. They are adorable.








Then, proposal! And HOT kissing.








Owing to the veritable feast of JJ in Northanger Abbey, I think it wise to subdivide the hotness into categories. Purely for reasons of analysis, you understand.

In which Henry Tilney is smiley and/or charming


Um, I totally want to be Mrs Allen's shoulder.






Smirk O'Hotness!










Mr Tilney AND ice cream? Sweet Lord.


The man even leans adorably!


Saucy Dream Vicar!
















HOT SOUP EATING!






Oh, to be an apple...










In which Mr Tilney is angsty


















Scenes which are awesomely hot






That's a really sexy thumb.





































The End.

I'll be in my bunk.

Comments

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :D

[piscesmaiden.livejournal.com]

I couldn't help but smile at the dream sequences. It's the sort of thing you'd expect from a young teenage girl that loves Gothic novels. :D

And yes, J.J. Feild was so adorably funny, and at times impish you can't help but love Henry. Hee hee. Admittedly, the story isn't as "complex" as the other Austen novels, but I think that's what makes NA refreshing in that respect. The leading characters are very likable and being themselves.

[sophieisgod.livejournal.com]

I really like NA, because it feels a little fresher and younger than some of the others, and this adaptation really carried that across. I think the casting and the fast pace really helped this along.

You're right about the characters being likeable, there's a lot less 'drama' than P&P, because it's really just about 2 nice young people falling in love. Bless.

Also, I love your icon. Ciaran Hinds! *swoon*

[piscesmaiden.livejournal.com]

Oh yes I totally agree. It also helps that in terms of action, it's not as many events that take place so it makes it easier to do a faster paced adaptation.

I think that was a problem I had with MP. There's more stuff in the book they cut out probably due to screen time and budget constraints. So in that respect the 1999 MP movie was truer to the novel in terms of plot. However the newer MP isn't as dark and had aspects of the novel that the movie didn't have so I had a pro/con opinion of MP.

Exactly. Of course this isn't to say we don't like angsty situations. After all, life is filled with angst. But everybody has had some experience at young, innocent love and movement into adult understanding of love and sex. The casting was truly perfect. JJ was also nice in The Ruby in the Smoke. Though admittedly I first saw him in "To the Ends of the Earth" though I didn't recognize him until later. :)

Ah yes Ciaran Hinds. Persuasion was the first time I saw him. True, most of the actors are older than the original characters are in the novel, but the acting was excellent. I loved this novel.