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crosspost: smiles! [Dec 2013]
Dec. 13th, 2018 12:48 amIt's not really meta, but I want to preserve it anyway.
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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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
May. 15th, 2013 03:55 pmI didn't sign up for ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
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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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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Austen picspam
Nov. 26th, 2011 03:32 pmSo, good Austen fanart is not quite so abundant as SW -- though this may be that I tend to dislike the adaptations, especially the 1995 one, so the various versions of Colin Firth or whomever don't generally make the cut. Anyway, here's some of the stuff I've found.
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paperdoll picspam/plotbunnies
Nov. 5th, 2011 10:36 pmSo I was super depressed, and decided to comfort myself by ... posting a ton of paper dolls, 'cause I like them.
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I keep running across a not-quite-trope -- an argument -- that I find immensely problematic. I'm going to talk about it now, through my own feminism, which may not be yours. Consider yourself warned for that, along with discussions of violence and sexual assault.
( 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 )
( 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 )
First Impressions (4 & 5)
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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 )
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 Five )
Personal canon: P&P
Jul. 27th, 2010 05:58 amWe all have a personal canon -- the X that exists in our heads, with all the little additions and details our minds supply. Sort of like fanon, but for one person instead of a weird fandom virus. So, for Pride and Prejudice, this is mine:
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Ten Utterances of the Voice of God (P&P)
Aug. 17th, 2009 12:58 pm[reposted from wordpress]
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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(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"
Aug. 4th, 2009 10:33 am[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.
MBTI and Austenworld
Aug. 1st, 2009 11:39 am[reposted from wordpress]
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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