- ch: anne de bourgh,
- ch: caroline bingley,
- ch: catherine bennet,
- ch: charlotte lucas,
- ch: colonel brandon,
- ch: colonel fitzwilliam,
- ch: edmund bertram,
- ch: edward ferrars,
- ch: edward gardiner,
- ch: elizabeth bennet,
- ch: fitzwilliam darcy,
- ch: frederick wentworth,
- ch: george wickham,
- ch: henry tilney,
- ch: jane bennet,
- ch: lady catherine de bourgh,
- ch: louisa hurst,
- ch: lydia bennet,
- ch: m gardiner,
- ch: maria lucas,
- ch: mary bennet,
- ch: mr denny,
- ch: mrs annesley,
- ch: mrs bennet,
- ch: triumphant servant,
- ch: william collins,
- character: sir william lucas,
- fandom: austen,
- site: tumblr
crosspost: smiles! [Dec 2013]
So, awhile back I might have counted the number of times the characters in P&P smile, or are mentioned as smiling. For general edification:
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tips for period Austenfic
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month_of_meta , but I did want to do something, preferably several somethings, as they occurred to me. A lot of this is probably familiar to my f-list (I originally did it on Tumblr), but I think it's worth repeating a few dozen times :)disclaimer: it doesn’t mean your fic is terrible badwrong if you don’t do these things or that nobody likes it or that your fic is even not good or that I am a perfect Georgian-period Austen fanwriter who has followed this to the letter from seventeen onwards, it’s just stuff that makes me (and most of my friends, but don’t worry, I’m not a BNF), more likely to read. Also, I tried to list things that are helpful for fic based on any of the novels, but the examples are from P&P since that’s like 95% of the fandom.
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- ch: amanda grayson,
- ch: anne de bourgh,
- ch: caroline bingley,
- ch: charles bingley,
- ch: elizabeth bennet,
- ch: fitzwilliam darcy,
- ch: james t kirk,
- ch: jane bennet,
- ch: lady catherine de bourgh,
- ch: leonard mccoy,
- ch: mary bennet,
- ch: montgomery scott,
- ch: mr bennet,
- ch: nyota uhura,
- ch: pavel chekov,
- ch: sarek,
- ch: spock,
- ch: t'pring,
- fandom: austen,
- fandom: star trek,
- fanverse: subsequent connections,
- picspam
Austen picspam
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- ch: anakin skywalker,
- ch: catherine bennet,
- ch: charlotte lucas,
- ch: elizabeth bennet,
- ch: fitzwilliam darcy,
- ch: han solo,
- ch: jane bennet,
- ch: leia organa,
- ch: lucy skywalker,
- ch: luke skywalker,
- ch: lydia bennet,
- ch: mary bennet,
- ch: obi-wan kenobi,
- ch: padmé amidala,
- dolls,
- fandom: austen,
- fandom: disney,
- fandom: star wars,
- fanverse: star wars/atla,
- genre: genderbending,
- genre: plotbunnies,
- picspam,
- tv: avatar the last airbender
paperdoll picspam/plotbunnies
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- ch: amy pond,
- ch: anakin skywalker,
- ch: anne de bourgh,
- ch: catherine darcy,
- ch: edward cullen,
- ch: edward gardiner,
- ch: elizabeth bennet,
- ch: fitzwilliam darcy,
- ch: han solo,
- ch: henry bennet,
- ch: jane bennet,
- ch: lady catherine de bourgh,
- ch: m gardiner,
- ch: mary bennet,
- ch: mr bennet,
- ch: william collins,
- ch: éowyn,
- character: susan pevensie,
- fandom: austen,
- fandom: doctor who,
- fandom: fandom,
- fandom: harry potter,
- fandom: middle-earth,
- fandom: narnia,
- fandom: star wars,
- fandom: twilight,
- fanverse: first impressions,
- fic: first impressions,
- gender,
- genre: fic,
- genre: genderbending,
- genre: meta
If things were different, they wouldn't be the same + FI 6 & 7
( A defense of double standards )
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Title: First Impressions (6/13, 7/13)
Fanverse: First Impressions
Blurb: Jane goes to the Gardiners' and Henry to the Collinses'; Henry meets Lady Catherine, Anne, Colonel Fitzwilliam, and (once again) Catherine; many hints are dropped.
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( Chapter Six )
( Chapter Seven )
- ch: catherine darcy,
- ch: elizabeth bennet,
- ch: fitzwilliam darcy,
- ch: george wickham,
- ch: henry bennet,
- ch: jane bennet,
- ch: lydia bennet,
- ch: mary bennet,
- ch: mr bennet,
- ch: mrs bennet,
- ch: william collins,
- fandom: austen,
- fanverse: first impressions,
- fic: first impressions,
- genre: fic,
- genre: genderbending
First Impressions (4 & 5)
Title: First Impressions (4/13, 5/13)
Fanverse: First Impressions
Blurb: Mr Collins chooses the companion of his future life, Mr Wickham tells of his tragic, tragic life, the Netherfield Ball happens, as does some minor inbreeding.
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( Chapter Four )
( Chapter Five )
- ch: anne de bourgh,
- ch: caroline bingley,
- ch: catherine bennet,
- ch: charles bingley,
- ch: charlotte lucas,
- ch: colonel fitzwilliam,
- ch: elizabeth bennet,
- ch: fitzwilliam darcy,
- ch: jane bennet,
- ch: lady catherine de bourgh,
- ch: lydia bennet,
- ch: m gardiner,
- ch: mary bennet,
- ch: mr bennet,
- ch: mrs bennet,
- fandom: austen,
- genre: headcanon
Personal canon: P&P
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Ten Utterances of the Voice of God (P&P)
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It’s a common fiction that Elizabeth Bennet is the narrator of Pride and Prejudice, or that the story is told solely from her perspective. Those arguing for a nicer, gentler Darcy (or, alternatively, a crueller and less virtuous one), often invoke the argument – e.g., “we only see what Elizabeth sees,” or “we only see him through Elizabeth’s eyes” – ignoring the many occasions when we see his thoughts – or Bingley’s, Mrs Bennet’s, Lydia’s, Jane’s, Georgiana’s, Mrs Gardiner’s, Mr Bennet’s, Caroline’s, etc etc.
Of course, Pride and Prejudice is not told (or seen through the eyes of) any one of these people. It has – in common with all the Austen novels – an omniscient narrator. She relates the story – events, thoughts, perceptions – usually as the characters themselves would see/think/perceive them. Sometimes, however, she reverts to her Voice of God authority, speaking as herself and saying This Is So.
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So You Think You Know Jane Austen? (Misc - A)
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(2) What should we read into the fact that Lydia is both the youngest and tallest of the Bennet girls?
A1: Let’s see. She’s overgrown and immature? The sisters who seem closest to her in nature are both slight and delicate - fundamentally different? Yet another parallel to tall, womanly Georgiana Darcy? I can keep going if you want.
"The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet"
[reposting from wordpress]
So, I’ve been amusing myself by reading reviews of Colleen McCullough’s ghastly sequel, and came across her own remarks. Dear Lord. Some people should be muffled from birth.
- ch: anne elliot,
- ch: caroline bingley,
- ch: catherine morland,
- ch: charles bingley,
- ch: edmund bertram,
- ch: elinor dashwood,
- ch: elizabeth bennet,
- ch: emma woodhouse,
- ch: fanny price,
- ch: fitzwilliam darcy,
- ch: frederick wentworth,
- ch: george knightley,
- ch: henry crawford,
- ch: henry tilney,
- ch: jane bennet,
- ch: lady catherine de bourgh,
- ch: lydia bennet,
- ch: marianne dashwood,
- ch: mary bennet,
- ch: mary crawford,
- ch: mr bennet,
- fandom: austen,
- genre: meta
MBTI and Austenworld
Back when I was in high school, my entire class had to take these tests for a health class – I was an INTJ, to my utter non-surprise. Then, when I went into college two years later, I took it again – INTP. Since I was always a borderline J anyway, and also a bit off my head at the time, also not surprised. The other day, I took it at work, again, and I was back to my old INTJ-ness. Which was awesome, because I get – er – more P-ish when I’m not quite well. Anyway, I took the link over to the ‘these are what INTJs are like, and these are some examples’. The RL examples were pretty cool, but not half as much as the fictional ones.
Hannibal Lecter, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and Gandalf the Grey. It just doesn’t get cooler than that.
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