Pride&Passion made a star out of Lydia Bennet

Lydia is such an annoying character!
I have to admit that I never had patience for the spoiled and silly girl. But she's oh-so-necessary for Darcy and Lizzy, right?

When I write JAFF I always leave her out, barely mention her. 
Austen did so perfectly, there's not much more to say about her fickleness, right?
Well, yes, there is!
The recreation of Austen Nation in the Brazilian soap opera Pride and Passion (Orgulho e Paixão), Lydia has been left aside for many chapters. For example, when she ran away with Wickham, the sisters barely noticed... 

And then she was obviously pregnant (although all the sisters are sexually active, she's the only one to hit jackpot) but did the family realize the reason she suddenly became very smart? Nope...
- this is actually funny, the silly Lydia starts quoting philosophers and trigonometry! LOL

But then, out of the blue, the author remembered Lydia! 
How?

With a musical!

Oh, how lovely!

Assista #OrgulhoEPaixão pelo #GloboPlay https://t.co/F4gUrhd9W1

— Moira Bianchi (@moirabianchiaut) July 31, 2018

or watch it here!

I'll translate it. Here it comes:

Soldier's room

Randolfo: I need sleep.
Lydia *in his daydream*: It's a pity I chose another soldier to marry (and he left me at the altar). But your sttutering irritates me, we'd only be happy in world where people were forbidden to speak and could only sing... like the opera.
Randolfo: groan
Otávio *singing*: Wake up, leutenant, there's something in the air, very odd, I'll tell you about it. The whole world wants to sing, and now you... will want to love madly your adored Lydia .
Randolfo: dear Otávio, what do you mean? It's too good, is it for real? 
Lydia: Is it true, I can't tell. Between the Poet (Wickham) and you, sir, who will I chooose to marry and offer my love? 
Randolfo *speaking, sttutering*: Wait, didn't you love the Poet Uirapuru?
Lydia: Sttutered, spoiled everything!
Otávio: Follow her!

Bennet/Benedito house

Elisabeta *singing*: Lydia is fickle, she's a feather in the wind.
Darcy: Changes her mind, her ideas.
Mrs. Bennet: But the man who marries her won't have anything to complain. Lydia is accomplished, delicate.
Mr. Bennet: And deep (deeeeeep) down, a good girl
Mariana (Marianne Dashwood) and Brandon: ahaha, ahaha, she's a good girl - Brandon shakes his finger.
Randolfo: ahaha, ahaha, she's a good girl
Mrs. Bennet *speaking*: You proved you can sing, but can you provide for my daughter?
Lydia *singing*: I know you want me and don't think it's a problem. I have to think it over, I have to, have to reflect.
Randolfo: For you I'll work diligently, so I'll be able to raise the baby (from another man) you'll have.
Lydia: But where's love?
Randolfo: I have for us both.
Lydia: What if it's not enough for me?
Elisabeta *speaking*: Follow her, you fool!
Mariana: What are you waiting for? And invitation?

Park Mansion 

(Northanger Abbey + Mansfield Park + Persuasion)

Lydia *singing*: The love...
Randolfo: The Poet Uirapuru is a lowlife who no one controls and never will
Lydia: But I thought he loved me and ended up offering myself to him
All characters (Tilney/Tibúrcio and Cecília/Catherine Morland + Edmundo and Fani): Offered yourself
Randolfo: That black bird flapped his wings and flew away but I'm right here and would do anything for your love
All characters: your love
Lydia: I'm not sure I can

Hartfield

previously Emma's property now owned by Julieta, first Lady Catherine in this show

Julieta (Camilo/Binlgley's mom): A furtive tear I notice in your eyes, but Lydia's baby cannot be born without a father
Randolfo *speaking, sttutering*: I want to take it, but where is she?
All characters (Jane and Camilo/Bingley + Emma and Ernesto): Lydia here, Lydia there, Lydia here, Lydia there, Lydia here, Lydia there, Lydiaaaa
Petúlia (Lady Susan's maid): What does she have that I don't.
Lydia: Love, love, love, come here!
Petúlia: Already realized, realized, that I'm a third wheel!

The Village restaurant/coffee house

All characters posed to dance, pairs aligned (even the homo couple! so cute!)
The men: A toast, a toast to love for without it there's no hope
The women: Do marry, do marry our sister who's already expecting a baby
All characters: A toast, a toast to love for without it there's no joy; do marry, do marry without delay or else you'll be a spinster
Olegário (Mr. Manwaring) *speaking*: Did you forget about my lessons (of seduction) to you? Even Otávio is dancing. Go on, invite your girl to dance
Randolfo *speaking, sttutering*: Lydia, will you dance with me?
>> She accepts.
Randolfo *singing*: Darling, it's you want to marry, respect and live all my life. Not even my sttutering was a problem, I fell in love. 
Lydia: Leutenant, I surely wanted to bring you joy, but I can't, I cannot, it cannot be hidden. Even if you don't ever sttuter again I'll still want the Poet Uirapuru. 
Poet Uirapuru/Wickham *speaking*: I only want Lydia, the child I pass
Randolfo wakes up upset.

How about that? Heartbreaking? That's Lydia, is it not?
Here, watch it again.

And... a few chapters later, she did accept his proposal.

What about ODC? In dire straits. Elisabeta was in jail caught in a scheme to tear her from Darcy who had to marry someone else to free her. Oh, dear.
Will tell you all about it nex time.

See ya!
M.

Musical post (very) special edition

hey there,
I've been away because there are too many things going on in my life, stuff too big for me to deal with.
The idea is to live one minute at a time, try to keep my shit together and don't overthink.
Hard thing to do. Very. Very hard.
Coincidentally I found this sticker I posted on my Facebook fan page ages ago... It fits perfectly.

And then, my Ipod greets me with this little pearl of sweet music while I run trying hard to hold in my tears. Mornings are particularly hard... If you have faced a moment of impending loss in the family, you may know the fear I'm dealing with... *sniffing now*

Let me down easy

Sheppard

Ohhhhhh

Let me down easy, let me down easy, woah, before you go

Ohh, let me down easy, let me down easy, woah, before you go

Ba ba ba ba-da da ba ba ba [x4]

Night and day I've been doin' the math

To calculate where we wandered off track

But I know that this love was never easy

But something's faded inside of your heart

So you're crusadin' to tear us apart

It's clear now, I know you're gonna leave me

So disappear now, I won't get in your way

Ohh, let me down easy, let me down easy, woah, before you go [x2]

Well how do I begin to convince you to love me

When you're a star in the sky up above me

And I'm too far down below

Your heavy heart has taken its toll

You've lost all the magic inside of your soul

So sell me a lie before you hit the road

Ohh, let me down easy, let me down easy, woah, before you go [x2]

Woah Yeah!

Cause I know you'd rather run than stay and try

(Ba ba ba ba-da da ba ba ba)

Cause I know it's that much easier to say good bye

(Ba ba ba ba-da da ba ba ba)

Yes I know, so if you've made your mind

Take what you want and get out of my life

But can you do this one last thing?

Leave me with my pride

Ohh, let me down easy, let me down easy, woah, before you go [x2]

Night and day I've been doin' the math

(Ohh)

To calculate where we wandered off track

(Let me down easy)

But I know, this love was never easy

(Let me down easy, woah, before you go)

Something's fading inside of your heart

(Ohh)

So you're crusading to tear us apart

(Let me down easy)

It's clear now, I know you're gonna leave me

(Let me down easy)

So disappear now, I won't get in your way

(Woah, before you go)

While not all the lyric fits, the main sense is there...

At least the editing is as lovely as the song.

It's all in God's wise hands.

Musical post 8 - Shine

Hi,

Here's another song that got me for a verse - in this case a lovely foursome of verses.

I wanna be the one you steal, you shield, 

that your love can heal. 

Aww... lovely isn't it?

I could easily write a good scene based on this.

The song is Shine by Years&years and as I own an Ipod shuffle, I never see faces or read names which prevents unnecessary prejudice. Frequently I get surprised by the artists that get my heart.

This is the case.

Here's the lyrics.

I remember us alone
Waiting for the light to go
Don't you feel that hunger
I've got, so many secrets to show
When I saw you on that stage
I shiver with the look you gave
Don't you hear that rhythm, can you
Show me how we can escape

I was biting my tongue
I was trying to hide
(Ooh oh oh oh, ooh oh oh ooh)
I'll forget what I've done
I'll be redefined

It's shaking the sky
And I'm following lightning
I'll recover if you keep me alive
Don't leave me behind
Can you see me I'm shining
And it's you that I've been waiting to find
I'm holding it all tonight
I'm folding it all tonight
You know that you make it shine
And it's you that I've been waiting to find
I'm holding it all tonight
I'm folding it all tonight
You know that you make it shine
It's you that I've been waiting to find

Now that we can hear that sound
Now that you can hold me down
You can pull me under
You can raise everything to the ground
Everything I can arrange,
Every part of me you change
Just hold me together, tell me
You'll always want me to stay

I was biting my tongue
I was trying to hide
(Ooh oh oh oh, oh oh oh ooh)
I'll forget what I've done
I'll be redefined

It's shaking the sky
And I'm following lightning
I'll recover if you keep me alive
Don't leave me behind
Can you see me I'm shining
And it's you that I've been waiting to find

I wanna be the one you steal
I wanna be the one you shield
I wanna be the one
That your love, that your love
Can heal
I wanna be the one you steal
I wanna be the one you shield
I wanna be the one
That you'll love, that you'll love

It's shaking the sky
And I'm following lightning
I'll recover if you keep me alive
Don't leave me behind
Can you see me I'm shining
And it's you that I've been waiting to find
I'm holding it all tonight
I'm folding it all tonight

You know that you make it shine
It's you that I've be waiting to find
I'm holding it all tonight
I'm folding it all tonight
You know that you make it shine
It's you that I've be waiting to find
It's you that I've be waiting to find

It's you that I've been waiting to find