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This has multiple dates because I did a writing meme, and I figured I'd compile the responses into one post.
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Pemberley fic, Ch 7
Jul. 5th, 2019 10:41 amAnother one in two days, though this was a little easier—there was, unavoidably, a good chunk of Austen's own words.
title: tolerably well acquainted (7/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mrs Gardiner, Jane Bennet; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth and Mrs Gardiner discuss their visit at Pemberley, and Jane's letters arrive.
previous sections: one, two, three, four, five, six
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title: tolerably well acquainted (7/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mrs Gardiner, Jane Bennet; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth and Mrs Gardiner discuss their visit at Pemberley, and Jane's letters arrive.
previous sections: one, two, three, four, five, six
“Tomorrow’s dinner, of course, will be at Pemberley,” said Mrs Gardiner.
After the morning’s ordeal, Elizabeth might have dreaded it, but she did not. In fact, she looked forward to returning to the beautiful place once more, and tasting whatever Darcy’s undoubtedly excellent cook had to offer, and playing the pianoforte with Miss Darcy, and seeing—
Well, she quite looked forward to it.
After the morning’s ordeal, Elizabeth might have dreaded it, but she did not. In fact, she looked forward to returning to the beautiful place once more, and tasting whatever Darcy’s undoubtedly excellent cook had to offer, and playing the pianoforte with Miss Darcy, and seeing—
Well, she quite looked forward to it.
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Jul. 3rd, 2019 07:16 pmAgh, just realized in the very process of writing that that last chapter was the last happy one for ... a good while.
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(Not that I don't write angst—lol—but I was having fun with lalalala everything going well, and then the plot had to arrive. Really, the nerve.)
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(Not that I don't write angst—lol—but I was having fun with lalalala everything going well, and then the plot had to arrive. Really, the nerve.)
Pemberley fic, Ch 6
Jul. 3rd, 2019 01:20 pmThen I wrote this one in two days. Okay, self.
title: tolerably well acquainted (6/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mrs Gardiner, Mrs Annesley, Georgiana Darcy, Caroline Bingley, Louisa Hurst; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth and Mrs Gardiner pay their visit to Georgiana; Darcy joins them; Caroline tries to intervene in Darcy and Elizabeth's increasing rapport.
previous sections: one, two, three, four, five
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title: tolerably well acquainted (6/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mrs Gardiner, Mrs Annesley, Georgiana Darcy, Caroline Bingley, Louisa Hurst; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth and Mrs Gardiner pay their visit to Georgiana; Darcy joins them; Caroline tries to intervene in Darcy and Elizabeth's increasing rapport.
previous sections: one, two, three, four, five
“This is my companion, Mrs Annesley. Mrs Annesley, these are some of Fitzwilliam’s friends—Mrs Gardiner and her niece, Miss Elizabeth Bennet.”
Elizabeth almost started. She might have decided that she regarded Darcy as a peculiar sort of friend, but she had not expected to hear herself identified as such immediately afterwards. And while, of course, she knew that Darcy had a Christian name, and knew it well from perusing his letter so many times, he was so much Darcy to her that she never thought of him that way.
Fitzwilliam’s friend. What an idea!
Elizabeth almost started. She might have decided that she regarded Darcy as a peculiar sort of friend, but she had not expected to hear herself identified as such immediately afterwards. And while, of course, she knew that Darcy had a Christian name, and knew it well from perusing his letter so many times, he was so much Darcy to her that she never thought of him that way.
Fitzwilliam’s friend. What an idea!
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Pemberley fic, Ch 5
Jul. 3rd, 2019 12:46 pm... four months later. Oh, well.
title: tolerably well acquainted (5/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, (in absentia) Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, OCs—Mr Bromley, Mrs Bromley, Thomas Bromley, Miss Bromley; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth and the Gardiners meet their Lambton friends, and discover more about Darcy—now deliberately.
previous sections: one, two, three, four
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title: tolerably well acquainted (5/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, (in absentia) Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, OCs—Mr Bromley, Mrs Bromley, Thomas Bromley, Miss Bromley; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth and the Gardiners meet their Lambton friends, and discover more about Darcy—now deliberately.
previous sections: one, two, three, four
She spent hours concealing uncertainty and discomposure behind very unnatural reserve, reserve which must appear suspicious to the Gardiners. She could only imagine what they thought now. Well, whatever their conclusions, she would sooner or later be forced to declare them without foundation. That much was a certainty, unless—
Unless they were not without foundation, after all. Unless her feelings had changed.
Unless they were not without foundation, after all. Unless her feelings had changed.
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Austen posts, May (Tumblr)
Jun. 2nd, 2019 03:01 pmThese posts were mostly kicked off by a (very kind!) ask from an anon, in partial response to a fic writing meme.
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Pemberley fic, Ch 4
Feb. 12th, 2019 07:52 amtitle: tolerably well acquainted (4/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Georgiana Darcy, Charles Bingley; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth manages to meet with Darcy, Georgiana, and (unexpectedly!) Bingley without disaster.
previous sections: one, two, three
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verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Georgiana Darcy, Charles Bingley; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth manages to meet with Darcy, Georgiana, and (unexpectedly!) Bingley without disaster.
previous sections: one, two, three
“Once,” said Elizabeth impulsively, “when I was at Rosings, your aunt ordered him to lecture you about practising on the pianoforte. He told her, without a moment’s pause, that you did not need it.”
Miss Darcy coloured, but looked almost happy.
“I have only just met him,” remarked Mrs Gardiner, “but that is exactly what I should expect. I am not sure I would always know what to expect from him, however. I have the impression that his is a complex character—do you not think so, Lizzy?”
How could she not?
Miss Darcy coloured, but looked almost happy.
“I have only just met him,” remarked Mrs Gardiner, “but that is exactly what I should expect. I am not sure I would always know what to expect from him, however. I have the impression that his is a complex character—do you not think so, Lizzy?”
How could she not?
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Pemberley fic, Ch 3
Feb. 10th, 2019 03:42 pmtitle: tolerably well acquainted (3/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Miss Mortimer (OFC); Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth survives her Pemberley conversations, and pays very little attention to anything else.
previous sections: one, two
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verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Miss Mortimer (OFC); Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth survives her Pemberley conversations, and pays very little attention to anything else.
previous sections: one, two
Elizabeth dared a glance at him, which thankfully went unnoticed. Darcy had turned his head away, exposing little beyond a handsome profile. It seemed a softer one than heretofore—perhaps. At the moment, she felt sure of very little with him.
She would take the gesture for what it was, Elizabeth decided: a compliment of the highest order, from a man who had very little reason to offer one. The thought did not set her at ease; nothing could do that, in the circumstances. But it pleased both her rational mind and her vanity.
She would take the gesture for what it was, Elizabeth decided: a compliment of the highest order, from a man who had very little reason to offer one. The thought did not set her at ease; nothing could do that, in the circumstances. But it pleased both her rational mind and her vanity.
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Jan. 26th, 2019 11:39 amThe Pemberley fic is chugging along:
Elizabeth dared a glance at him, which thankfully went unnoticed. Darcy had turned his head away, exposing little beyond a handsome profile. It seemed a softer one than heretofore—perhaps. At the moment, she felt sure of very little with him.
She would take the gesture for what it was, Elizabeth decided: a compliment of the highest order, from a man who had very little reason to offer one. The thought did not set her at ease; nothing could do that, in the circumstances. But it pleased both her rational mind and her vanity.
She would take the gesture for what it was, Elizabeth decided: a compliment of the highest order, from a man who had very little reason to offer one. The thought did not set her at ease; nothing could do that, in the circumstances. But it pleased both her rational mind and her vanity.
Pemberley fic, Ch 2
Jan. 22nd, 2019 08:29 pmtitle: tolerably well acquainted (2/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, unnamed servants; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth doesn't have the heart to disrupt the Gardiners' time at Pemberley, with predictable results.
previous sections: one
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verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, unnamed servants; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Elizabeth doesn't have the heart to disrupt the Gardiners' time at Pemberley, with predictable results.
previous sections: one
They all exclaimed at the sight, and Mr Gardiner snatched up one of the nearer flowers and stuck it into the little bunch of blossoms on Mrs Gardiner’s hat.
“There,” he said. “Now you have a real one.”
Mrs Gardiner shook her head, but both ladies laughed. Elizabeth, nevertheless, felt a faint melancholy as they continued. She could not imagine a more happily suited couple—and to think that only by sheer chance had their paths crossed at all! How many others could expect their good fortune?
“There,” he said. “Now you have a real one.”
Mrs Gardiner shook her head, but both ladies laughed. Elizabeth, nevertheless, felt a faint melancholy as they continued. She could not imagine a more happily suited couple—and to think that only by sheer chance had their paths crossed at all! How many others could expect their good fortune?
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I managed to write a page of fic, for the first time in ... awhile!
It's not ad astra, which I feel moderately guilty about, but it's something. A Darcy/Elizabeth thing! It's been so long that I was weirdly nervous about writing Austen fic, but I did make a little progress.
Mr and Mrs Gardiner, charmed by Pemberley House, were now all the more set on touring the grounds. She had not seen them for a good eleven years, since shortly before her marriage, and Mr Gardiner never had. He said with a laugh that he’d had little attention to spare for trees and streams just then.
Elizabeth forced a smile. She would have given anything to return instantly to the inn, finest woods in the country or not. She could not, however, bring herself to diminish her aunt’s and uncle’s pleasure. Accordingly, she replied to each of their inquiries, though she scarcely knew what she said, and looked wherever they did, though she saw nothing. She could think only of Darcy.
(I've been poring over P&P all day and ... feels good, feels right. :D)
It's not ad astra, which I feel moderately guilty about, but it's something. A Darcy/Elizabeth thing! It's been so long that I was weirdly nervous about writing Austen fic, but I did make a little progress.
Mr and Mrs Gardiner, charmed by Pemberley House, were now all the more set on touring the grounds. She had not seen them for a good eleven years, since shortly before her marriage, and Mr Gardiner never had. He said with a laugh that he’d had little attention to spare for trees and streams just then.
Elizabeth forced a smile. She would have given anything to return instantly to the inn, finest woods in the country or not. She could not, however, bring herself to diminish her aunt’s and uncle’s pleasure. Accordingly, she replied to each of their inquiries, though she scarcely knew what she said, and looked wherever they did, though she saw nothing. She could think only of Darcy.
(I've been poring over P&P all day and ... feels good, feels right. :D)
the world needed another Pemberley fic
Jan. 16th, 2019 08:24 pmI can't remember if I've posted this over here (like so many things), so posting it anyway.
title: tolerably well acquainted (1/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Mrs Reynolds; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Darcy's letter altered Elizabeth's feelings about him—but Pemberley alters them even more.
title: tolerably well acquainted (1/?)
verse: Comforts and Consequences
characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy; Mr Gardiner, Mrs Gardiner, Mrs Reynolds; Darcy/Elizabeth
stuff that happens: Darcy's letter altered Elizabeth's feelings about him—but Pemberley alters them even more.
“I have always observed that they who are good-natured when children are good-natured when they grow up, and he was always the sweetest-tempered, most generous-hearted boy in the world.” She wheeled around, leading them towards the next room.
Elizabeth stood absolutely still for a moment, stunned, then had to hurry to catch up, her mind whirling. Darcy? Darcy, who … but Elizabeth looked at the housekeeper’s thin, frail form, saw her evident pride in her place in the great family, and even Darcy’s worst moments seemed to fade into insignificance. He should not have said what he did, of course, nothing could make it appropriate, but—how many other men, pleasanter in a ballroom, would have treated a Mrs Reynolds half so well?
Elizabeth stood absolutely still for a moment, stunned, then had to hurry to catch up, her mind whirling. Darcy? Darcy, who … but Elizabeth looked at the housekeeper’s thin, frail form, saw her evident pride in her place in the great family, and even Darcy’s worst moments seemed to fade into insignificance. He should not have said what he did, of course, nothing could make it appropriate, but—how many other men, pleasanter in a ballroom, would have treated a Mrs Reynolds half so well?
I'd really like to get back to tolerably well acquainted (...which I'd really like to rename), and I've even written a few scraps for the first time in years. But I have so much feedback to give my students, and then two essays to write (one of which is extremely daunting), and pretty much all fandom activity is just the break I take between Doing Things at this point.
Honestly, there are worse problems than inspiration striking at an inopportune time, but I'm really feeling like P&P fic right now, and there's this nagging feeling that if I don't write it now, I won't be able to later.
And I can't write it now. So.
Honestly, there are worse problems than inspiration striking at an inopportune time, but I'm really feeling like P&P fic right now, and there's this nagging feeling that if I don't write it now, I won't be able to later.
And I can't write it now. So.
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Oct. 4th, 2012 04:15 pmSomeday, I will once again have it in me to write longfic without deadlines and art at the end, but today is not that day.
title: The Natural Daughter of Somebody
verse: Comforts and Consequences, I guess (canon compliant, ish)
title: The Natural Daughter of Somebody
verse: Comforts and Consequences, I guess (canon compliant, ish)
notes: This, like the fic-about-Darcy-being-really-attractive, has a fairly cracky premise inspired largely by fandom, though any more details would be spoilery. Also, the protagonist here is a canon character.
( Read more... )I've looked through, and can't see that I ever posted this here, even though it's probably my favourite of my Austen fics. Though I imagine that says more about my tastes than anything else!
title: The Letters of Elizabeth Darcy (1796-1798)
verse: Comforts and Consequences (canon compliant epistolary sequel!)
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title: The Letters of Elizabeth Darcy (1796-1798)
verse: Comforts and Consequences (canon compliant epistolary sequel!)
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I was looking for my most recent stories (since I'd invented an entirely different, even-more-elaborate verse before I ran away), and realized that one was under f-lock and the other had never been posted here at all. So, here's the first:
title: Ten Facts About Elizabeth Bennet
verse: Comforts and Consequences (i.e., canon-compliant, but also an internally consistent verse, hopefully)
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title: Ten Facts About Elizabeth Bennet
verse: Comforts and Consequences (i.e., canon-compliant, but also an internally consistent verse, hopefully)
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old Austenfic
Feb. 13th, 2011 12:38 amIn Austen fandom, I have a particular fondness for next generation fic. Well, for the idea of next generation fic -- I can't say I've much enjoyed most of those I've read. But still, it's the first thing I ever wanted to read, and my personal favourite of my WIPs, Claims to Reputation, consists entirely of epistolary next-generation self-indulgence. This drabble, which I'm not sure if I ever posted anywhere or not, was my first attempt at next-gen fic and a sort of forerunner to that one.
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Title: Nor Help For Pain
Fanverse: Comforts and Consequences (proto-C&C, really, but I think it still fits)
Blurb: George Wickham, Miss Darcy of Pemberley, and falling into ... something.
Pairings/warnings: none
Length: double drabble (274 words)
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Title: Nor Help For Pain
Fanverse: Comforts and Consequences (proto-C&C, really, but I think it still fits)
Blurb: George Wickham, Miss Darcy of Pemberley, and falling into ... something.
Pairings/warnings: none
Length: double drabble (274 words)
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