I really should stop assuming that people spent their teen years geeking out over the Anne books like I did XD
So the quote was part of a longer conversation about Fred, the fiancé of Anne's best friend Diana. Anne is still adjusting to the idea of her BFF getting married, and has the following exchange with her foster mother Marilla and a woman, Mrs. Lynde, from the neighborhood:
“It seems funny and horrible to think of Diana’s being married,” sighed Anne . . .
“I don’t see what’s horrible about it, when she’s doing so well,” said Mrs. Lynde emphatically. “Fred Wright has a fine farm and he is a model young man.”
“He certainly isn’t the wild, dashing, wicked, young man Diana once wanted to marry,” smiled Anne. “Fred is extremely good.”
“That’s just what he ought to be. Would you want Diana to marry a wicked man? Or marry one yourself?”
“Oh, no. I wouldn’t want to marry anybody who was wicked, but I think I’d like it if he could be wicked and wouldn't. Now, Fred is hopelessly good.”
“You’ll have more sense some day, I hope,” said Marilla.
So the fandom's discussion of Finn is very reminiscent of what Anne says here about Fred, as in he's inherently good and soft-hearted etc. My point is that he's a lot more complex than that, that he made an active choice to be good when he could very easily have been anything but. And of course, I'd totally marry him if I could. I hope that helps!
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Date: 2019-02-03 05:07 am (UTC)So the quote was part of a longer conversation about Fred, the fiancé of Anne's best friend Diana. Anne is still adjusting to the idea of her BFF getting married, and has the following exchange with her foster mother Marilla and a woman, Mrs. Lynde, from the neighborhood:
So the fandom's discussion of Finn is very reminiscent of what Anne says here about Fred, as in he's inherently good and soft-hearted etc. My point is that he's a lot more complex than that, that he made an active choice to be good when he could very easily have been anything but. And of course, I'd totally marry him if I could. I hope that helps!