crosspost: Austen timelines

salazarastark on Tumblr asked:

So I'm going through your Austen tags and I really love it. It seems like you're articulating things that I've never been able too, or making me think of things I never would have. I have a couple questions that I love to see your response to, but I either can't seem to find them or you don't have them answered. If you don't mind, what are your opinions on a.) when the novels take place and b.) what the heroines would think of each other?

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crosspost: Elrond and Isildur

An anon on Tumblr asked:

What do you think of 'Elrond should have pushed Isildur into the lava' debates? I mean obviously it's silly and people have posted all the different reasons why he wouldn't, but which was the main reason? That he wasn't inside the mountain, he and Círdan didn't know the Ring was that dangerous, they didn't want a fight between the Elves and the Númenórians, Isildur was his comrade, Isildur was his family? I'm curious what you think the characters were thinking (and also what about Círdan?)

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crosspost: on the shy Darcy theory

The idea of Darcy as shy did not originate with the 2005 P&P.

Nor the 1995 P&P.

Nor the 1980 P&P.

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crosspost: whining about RO

Sometimes I remember that Rogue One was initially proposed as a mini-series, and

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