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I’m a grown adult in my 30s, so obviously my thoughts periodically just wander off into “what if there was some AU with like, idk, combination transformations like Steven Universe, but kind of crossed with She-Ra, that create these ultra-superpowered combo/alternate selves, but only very few people are compatible enough to make it work … and obviously those people are my OTPs …”

Tagged: #i unironically amuse myself by imagining how i'd make it work for my peak otp #like there's this stealth magical society but nobody knows for sure unless they actually see someone performing magic #a lot of people genuinely don't know about it and a lot of magic folk assume the people they meet aren't magic #but they don't know #i'm thinking that the bingleys are quite genuinely non-magical and oblivious to the whole hidden magical society #some of the bennets are magical and most of them are in on it and they assume the whole netherfield party is oblivious #darcy of course is actually a mage on a par with elizabeth #but ultra-careful about not revealing it right until a major force shows up to fuck with the bennets #and bingley is incidentally injured and darcy is just like... hell with this and starts freezing people to trees #bingley: wait you're...???? #elizabeth: wait i was...wrong? #darcy: 'okay apparently i'm going to just... publicly do this... my family is NOT going to be happy #okay regrets later giant ice spikes now' #and anyway there's all this magical energy going on and elizabeth and darcy bump into each other on accident #and people have even actively tried to magically meld into a magic superbeing but they just can't #cue MAGICAL TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE. lots of sparkles and swirly lights and glowy eyes #and when it settles there's like... this incredibly tall and attractive person who runs at maximum 'FIGHT ME' at all times #like she's ... part of the joy of imagining elizabeth+darcy is just imagining how incredibly arrogant their combo self would be lol #but genuinely brilliant and powerful and charismatic! just ridiculously proud though #bonus scenario: they don't know how to revert back and jane is like ... this is ... um... my cousin. miss ... dar...net. darnet. yes. #jane: it will look strange if you do not attend the ball but you do not need to be afraid! i will talk if you are uncomfortable and- #miss darnet: i fear nothing #i don't even know how to tag this organizationally

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In response to this post, pink-fuchsia said:

yes! this!

ellynneversweet said:

I love it.

I replied (on Jan 4th):

Thank you both!! I’ve never written a word of it, but it’s lived in my head for years. :D

#miss darnet is just like ... i love her

irresistible-revolution said (on Jan 1st):

ahh I see it isn’t just my nursing home that let us have extra internet access for NYE 🤡

I replied:

haha, no! I fear for the day I turn 35, though! they might put me on a meter.

Tagged: #i don't knit i don't have children and i don't do my own taxes so god knows how i'll find purpose to existence :P

[ETA 3/23/2024: *cackles in 38*]

irresistible-revolution responded:

I hear that’s when they ban you from the internet completely 😂😂😂

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ajdfjkadf I didn’t double-check what’s on my reading list before going back to work on my third exam, and I just realized that I have discussions of several things that aren’t even on my list. Gah!

Tagged: #why. am i like this

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I finally managed to work Austen into my exam and it’s freaking Northanger Abbey. >_<

Tagged: #na is ... fine #and obviously one of the easiest to directly connect to 18th cent stuff #but also definitely not my fave and i'm sitting there like #let me talk about p&p or mp #please #we'll see if i can make it work... /sigh #i've got 10 more pgs to write in #uh #11 hours #okay

[ETA 3/23/2024: my song choice was random, but ngl the PhD exam posts certainly felt like I was blogging from the end of the world!]

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Whine whine whine:

I want to be done so badly but I also don’t want to start the next one

I’m just … ridiculously tired and it’s my fault but also … I’m tired! when will I be free

Tagged: #i just wanna go plan a campaign or something #enjoy reading again #i don't even read fanfic any more! my brain is just flat goop at this point #play a game! #just not be doing this all. the. time. #lol at first i couldn't get why someone would quit a phd after years in it unless there were financial reasons or something #NOW I UNDERSTAND

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Seven more pages to go ;_;

Tagged: #save meeee #stopped and put all my references into the works cited page #it's three pages long at this point and needs More

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I reblogged this post and added:

On the bright side, I just managed to work in criticism of Wordsworth! *\0/*

Tagged: #mood: zzzzzzzzz