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[Upcoming: A Swan Dress for Miss Meg, a Phantom of the Opera fanfic. Blurb at the end!]
With just one sentence, Alice goes from Mrs. Bennet's sweet, obedient darling to a rebellious, disobedient bad girl: she turns down the proposal of a gentleman she dearly loves, and who loves her in return.
Mrs. Bennet: "You silly girl! Couldn't you have accepted the Colonel's proposal first, then discussed going to France with him? A considerate admirer like him would never say no to you."
Alice: "The Colonel is so generous and considerate, always putting me first. How could I ignore his feelings and leave him waiting without knowing when I might return?"
Mr. Darcy looks at his friend. "Since you know why she turned you down, why don't you tell her you're willing to wait for her to come back?"
The Colonel: "Alice is a tender young bud opening in spring, ready to embrace the fragrant beauty of summer. How could I bear, in the name of love and marriage, to have her spend time with trembling yellow leaves on the branches and a sun that slowly fades away?"
Content warning:
The leads have a 15-year age gap.
[A Swan Dress for Miss Meg]
While unconscious, Meg sees a montage from her own point of view.
After the Paris Opera House closes, she not only becomes a sexy ballerina in a circus, but also lets love turn to hate and shoots her only friend dead.
She thinks it was just a nightmare, but the next day, her mother brings home a girl named Christine Daae. Looking at the girl's face, so similar to the one in her dream, Meg begins to doubt herself.
As reality starts to match the dream bit by bit, Meg finally takes the first step. She decides to find out what might cause the opera house to close, starting with the legendary Phantom...
The gears of fate turn quietly, and the gray mist gradually lifts.
Meg Giry will not become the ballerina from her dream, drifting from one guest's bed to another. Instead, she will rise like a new star and bring life back to the declining ballet company at the French opera house.
Theme: Be brave enough to love yourself.
This Marianne is so rude.
In the original work, it was a voluntary elopement, so it was reasonable to give money and get married to settle the matter. Now this is considered a kidnapping, right? They have found out where they are. Couldn't Wickham be arrested under the law at that time? It's kind of magical to have to pay off his gambling debts.
My gut tells me there is something wrong with this gentleman...
Finally it's time for the copywriting!!!!!
The male and female protagonists of the original text of the Chinese Valentine's Day are finally established, hahahaha, now it's up to Alice.
This Smith is really annoying. He is a common man who talks nonsense and is full of discrimination.
Is Eliza aware of the colonel's little affection?
The only thing that is not acceptable in the original work is that when people who are passionate about emotions cause trouble, there will always be rational people who tolerate and share the responsibility and bear the consequences. Good people will always suffer and be wronged. Let's have a new human being who does not accept the kidnapping of moral family ties to help brainwash and liberate the minds of ancient Chinese and foreign people.
I'm looking forward to Brandon's first step 😏 [let me be healthy]
It's really annoying. If you want me, I'll yell at him. What kind of self-righteousness is there? Women in that era had to pretend to be stupid and flatter these stupid pigs whose brains are weaker than parameciums.