Mr. Darcy and the art of handling a rejection.
"From favourites to muted, life goes on." Redemption arc. I'm starting to hate that term. Every other character gets a redemption arc these days and I'm tired of it. And no, Malfoy did not have a 'redemption arc' in Harry Potter. He remained a massive bully and I will not let Tom Felton and his fangirls gaslight me into feeling sorry for him. Now that that's out of the way, I can actually talk about a character who had a very good redemption arc. Mr. Darcy. There's already a ton of character analysis on Mr. Darcy and I won't even attempt to do that as there's no way I can do justice to such a fantastic character. Rather, I'll focus specifically on his reaction to Elizabeth's response when he proposed to her which is one of my favourite aspects of the book. Calling his proposal a disaster would be an understatement. No matter how genuine your feelings are, you cannot insult her family, her status in society, say that you're doing it...