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A Family Failing

In spite of all his earlier misgivings, Mr Darcy was pleasantly surprised with his nephew’s character.

A Pride and Prejudice ficlet. Bisexual!Darcy, homosexual!original Bennet-Darcy child.

In spite of all his earlier misgivings, Mr Darcy was pleasantly surprised with his nephew’s character as well as his determination to exert himself in the office that had once been his grandfather’s. His current steward was proving to be an excellent master, too, and Darcy found himself inclined to disregard the misfortunes of young Wickham’s parentage and trust more and more of the running of his estate to his capable hands. Elizabeth, for her part, was perfectly pleased with the success of her little scheme, and her nephew – who had expressed a preference to be addressed by his middle name within the confines of the Darcy household – was a frequent guest at her table.

A charming and handsome young man in his own right, George Thomas was naturally the object of his young cousins’ attentions; and for all that Darcy had put it in no uncertain terms to his daughters that he would not consent to their marrying for a few years yet at the least, neither Anne nor Jane appeared to be deterred in their pursuit of a young man that was everything that was amiable in their eyes. To his credit, young Wickham was always the gentleman, polite to a fault yet firm in his disinclination to do anything that might encourage his cousins’ affections.

The single exception to the high regard young Wickham was held in everywhere at Pemberley was Master Robert, Mr Darcy’s son and heir. Much to his parents’ chagrin, he could scarcely be prevailed upon extending anything beyond the barest civilities to his cousin, and was often wont to quit the residence altogether whenever Thomas was visiting his aunt and uncle. Elizabeth had taken it upon herself to lecture her son at length on the ill effects of pride, especially if not kept under good regulation; one could scarcely imagine her surprise when, for the first time in his life, Robert raised his voice with his mother, declaring that she couldn’t possibly understand his position, and announced he would be accepting aunt Georgiana’s invitation to spend the summer in her husband’s recently purchased estate in Scotland.

When informed by his wife of everything that had transpired between her and their son, Mr Darcy was furious at first, then as worried as a man of his temperament was wont to be. Ever since infancy, Robert had been the most sweet tempered boy, and had grown into a sensible young man his father could scarcely be anything but extremely proud of. With an inexplicable sense of foreboding, he determined his best course of action was to confront his son directly, hoping that the brutal honesty that was most definitely a family trait would win upon his natural reserve on this occasion.

“If you are to persuade me in Mother’s stead, I must warn you not to waste your time, Father,” Robert announced coldly as soon as he was announced into his study, a most resolute look on his face. “I shall be on my way to Scotland presently, and that is all I have to say on the matter.”

“Leaving the issue of your blatant disrespect to your affectionate mother aside, I will have the truth from you, son. You are no coward, I am sure of that, and would not part on such disgraceful terms with your family.”

The set of Robert’s jaw hardened, and he could swear his son was struggling to hide the extent of his own distress. “You do not understand, Father. The last thing I want is to cause you any grief, or to Mother for that matter. This is precisely why I – had better go away, for a while.”

Darcy stared at his son for a full minute, long-suppressed memories of his own youth coming to the surface once more. “Robert, has anything – happened, between you and your cousin Thomas?”

“No!” exclaimed Robert at once, his countenance now perfectly pale. “Surely you know, you must know I would never disgrace the family name in such a way.”

And there it was, thought Darcy, a sudden tiredness falling upon him like a cloud. He had been hoping against all hope and reason that he might be wrong in his suspicions, for he valued his children’s happiness most dearly, and would have spared his beloved son the suffering of his own youth, if only that had been within his power. As that didn’t appear to be the case, he immediately determined to do right by his own son, and be kinder to him than he had been to himself, all those years ago.

“Sit down, Robert,” he entreated him, his hand firmly clasped around his son’s shoulder. “There is something you ought to know about my past dealings with Thomas’ father.”

“I am all too aware of all the – unpleasantness between yourself and Uncle George, Father. You needn’t –”

“I most certainly do, and I shall. Tell me once and for all, are you irrevocably set on your cousin Wickham?”

Robert buried his face in his hands, his shoulders shaking with the effort of keeping a modicum of composure. “I assure you, Father, I have tried my hardest to fight it. That is precisely the reason why I behaved so abominably in his presence, and yet, no matter how much distance I strived to put between the two of us, nothing ever seemed to answer. I am hoping that a few months’ separation, as well as a change of scene, will eventually aid me in coming to my senses once more.”

“And did you ever venture to ascertain your cousin’s inclination on the matter?”

“Oh, Father, you must be aware I would never sully Thomas’ reputation so. There is hope for him yet – he does not appear to be entirely indifferent to ladies, the way I,” he let out a somewhat undignified sob, and sprang to his feet, clearly intent on quitting the room. His father prevented him with a firm grasp on his shoulders, and patiently waited out his feeble attempts to free himself, before wrapping him into a paternal embrace.

“Robert, my dear boy, let me assure you that neither your mother nor I would ever begrudge your decision to be happy in love,” he stated, most calmly. “If you are prepared to withstand the perils inherent to such an inclination, you shall have our unconditional affection and support. After all, it would be most hypocritical of me to do otherwise, considering the extent of my early acquaintance with Mr George Wickham.”

His son looked utterly appalled for a moment. “Good heavens, you did not – what about Mother? How could you –”

Darcy rolled his eyes at such an undignified insinuation, his voice taking on a sterner tone. “It was a long time before I met her, Robert. And yes, before you ask, we were lovers, George and I – but I was too cowardly to go against society’s expectation, and I ended it before rumours of anything untoward between the two of us started to spread.”

Robert appeared to be struggling to process such an unexpected revelation, and was looking at his father as if he saw him for the first time. “But you do – love Mother, don’t you?” he enquired at length, somewhat plaintively, and Darcy could not help the warm smile at his son’s concern on this particular subject.

“I do,” he replied, simply. “I have loved her since I first met her, and I will keep on loving her for as long as I shall live. And believe me, no one was as surprised as I was, for never had I ever been remotely interested in the fairer sex before – nor after, for that matter.”

His son’s gaze was trained on his own hands for quite a long time, before he spoke again. “I do not believe I could ever prevail upon myself to change who I am in this respect. I am truly sorry, Father.”

He shook his head. “I did not mean to imply I forced myself to change my own inclinations, Robert. I do not rightly know – I expect not all men are similarly inclined, but that does not mean I cannot understand your struggle.”

“You did marry, though, and produced an heir – as unworthy of the name as he might be,” his son said bitterly. “I know it is my duty to do so, yet I cannot – I would never disrespect a lady in such a way.”

Darcy heaved a sigh, and steeled himself for what he needed to say next. “Then you must be aware that Pemberley shall be inherited by one of your sisters, and her children after her.”

“They may do so with my blessing,” Robert declared with the utmost conviction. “Even if my cousin shall not have me, I am still determined to die a bachelor.”

“Then so be it,” Darcy sighed again, his gaze lingering for a moment on the charming prospect that could be seen from his study’s windows. As he was intimately acquainted himself with the inadequacy of however large and prosperous an estate to provide its owner with his desired happiness, he could not fault his son for valuing the freedom to love and be loved in return over mere ownership of land and securing offspring of his own. He could not say he rejoiced at the prospect of the Darcy name dying with his son, but on the other hand, he knew he would have done the same in a heartbeat, had it been presented to him as the condition of sharing his life with Elizabeth.

“Do I – have your consent, then, Father?” Robert dared to ask at length, and there was something so hopeful in his countenance that Darcy could scarcely suppress a light-hearted chuckle of his own.

“As much as it is in my power to give it under the circumstances, yes,” he nodded, offering a somewhat congratulatory clap on his son’s back. “Just – be careful, my boy, that is all I ask.”

“Ought we – inform Mother, as well?”

Darcy smiled. “She would never forgive you if you did not. And let me assure you, she shall be as delighted as I am – her very understandable concerns about your future wellbeing notwithstanding. But I must advise you to keep any of this from your sisters for the time being – they are very young and impressionable, and more than half in love with your young man besides.”

Robert looked rather horrified for a moment. “I hadn’t thought about them at all, to be honest. Had we better wait until they are off to London in the spring, do you think?”

“Not if you and your cousin are capable of the most basic form of discretion. Which you would be required to exert regardless, might I remind you.”

“Thank you, Father,” his son said impulsively, shaking his hand with much feeling. He watched him dash out of his study with the liveliest spring in his step, and offered a silent prayer for the continued happiness of a most beloved son, and the strength of character to carry off such a resolution to its intended conclusion.

#Pride and Prejudice #Mr Darcy #original Bennet-Darcy child #original male character/original male character #bisexual character #homosexual character #period-typical homophobia #internalised homophobia #father-son relationship #post-canon #I wrote a thing #Pride (In the Name of Love) [collection]

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Screentime For the Prince

You know how in the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, each character's true nature is revealed by what they choose to treasure?

You know, Grumpy treasures safety because his true nature is vulnerable, the Queen treasures beauty because her true nature is ugly, and Snow White is the only one who's treasure is as true as her nature: pure love?

And how the Prince only gets around 5 minutes of screentime, and in those 5 minutes, proves that he A) treasures Snow White's true nature of pure love and B) keeps his promises?

Well, I was thinking. In the new Live Action, they're basically writing in a different male character in place of the Prince and not focusing on any kind of love story. So it's not actually "Snow White." But what would a good, faithful, beautiful adaptation of Snow White look like? (You know, one that actually does adaptations correctly--like Cinderella 2015?)

What should they be doing with the Prince?

I have a general idea below.

I mean, they can't introduce him in the same way they did in the classic animation. Obviously modern people aren't used to so much nuance in their big-screen fairy tales anymore; 5 minutes of screentime isn't enough, we prefer Mr. Darcy & Lizzie Bennet-levels of couple-building interactions, at least. And that's okay.

But it means we have to fill in a lot of the blanks about where this Prince comes from and why he values Snow White's "pure love nature" so strongly.

So I figure, in my head, it might look something like:

The Prince (let's call him Walther, German for "Walt," since basically everybody who worked on the original movie agrees that it was Walt's big brain child, and the popularized "Ferdinand" is not only fan-made but makes me think of a kindhearted bull) is the heir to a neighboring kingdom's throne.

Prince Walther isn't King yet, not because his parents are still King and Queen (they're dead,) but because tradition states he can only take the throne once he's come of age. Prince Walther's like 17, turning 18. So instead, his kingdom is essentially run by this council of busybodies, with one Regent holding the throne until he's old enough to take it. Something like that.

(the picture is of Dean Stockwell who's the son of the original voice actor for the Prince, I think someone who looks like him ought to be cast.) Prince Walther experienced pure love from his parents, who treated him like a normal boy and didn't place much emphasis on courtly manners or politics when raising him. But then they died tragically, leaving their honest and innocent son to be raised by a bunch of old people who put way TOO much emphasis on those things.

Because everyone in Prince Walther's court has had to handle being next-door neighbors to the Wicked Queen's country. They're all super political, and afraid of appearing weak, and therefore, very insincere. That's what I'm saying.

Everyone he interacts with on a daily basis never comes out and says what they really want. Nobody is genuine. He lives a life of hearing words like, "good morning Your Majesty, I hope you slept well. The Grand Duke could certainly stand to sleep better; the poor fellow looked run down at breakfast." but learning that what they actually mean is, "The Duke is getting old and ineffective and when your birthday passes you should decree that he give his land and resources away to me."

And he misses the genuine love the court used to feel from his parents' kind, simple way of ruling. No political games, no complex feuds. Plus, he misses the personal love they shared as a family, genuine, uncomplicated. He missed the days when people just say what they really want, unafraid, so that their rulers can take care of their needs.

Then there's the problem of why Prince Walther's in the Wicked Queen's realm in the original movie--that's not his territory, if he has his own kingdom.

So I think it would be neat and interesting if the Queen wants Walther's land. Maybe she invited his parents, way back when, to a kind of audience to negotiate an alliance. Then she got jealous of his mother's beauty, maybe even tried to seduce Prince Walther's father, and assassinated them both when he rebuffed her. Oo, maybe even the Huntsman (her FAITHFUL Huntsman) helped her do it all those years ago.

But she didn't realize they had a young son, so she couldn't just raise her hand and say, "Hey Neighboring Kingdom, it's too bad your monarchs both mysteriously died--don't worry, I'll be your new leader" because Prince Walther's council suspected foul play (they always do, they're suspicious people) and were preemptively like "NO NO WE HAVE A PRINCE, WE HAVE A PRINCE! We're fine, we don't need help, everything's fine."

So she sort of had to stew on that. Maybe she even tried a couple more halfhearted attempts to get their throne, and they just never worked out--then eventually her attention was occupied by how much older her stepdaughter was getting, and how much prettier.

Anyway, Prince Walther asks for an audience with the Wicked Queen; he's about to become King, and he knows that the council fears their neighbor, and he sort of wants to go over and size the next-door ruler up for himself. So he rides over with a little delegation of the members of the Court he can actually tolerate the best, and is visiting.

It's not fun. They're only there for a day, but the Wicked Queen is definitely scary. For one thing, she's unnaturally beautiful and everyone he brought with him is either stupefied in her presence or terrified. He himself is very confused by her; he's an open-hearted guy, with a touch of naïveté even though he was raised with good intuition and doesn't trust the Queen. All audiences with her are full of all the formal, double-and-triple meaning conversations that he hates back home; except worse, because she makes everything seem more sinister.

So after a particularly weird conversation with the Queen where he can't decide if she was flirting with him or threatening his kingdom, he goes for a ride around the courtyard to clear his head. And what should he hear, like a breath of the freshest air since his parents died?

A pure, beautiful voice. A young girl singing--and not just singing about anything, but singing about what she really wants. Genuinely. Her heart's fondest desire--and it's not power, or land, or even freedom. Just love. She's singing loudly, like she doesn't care who might hear such a vulnerable longing.

And he climbs over the wall and sees this scullery maid. She's absolutely beautiful, even though she's dressed all in rags, and he loves the picture of her: sharing her heart with doves, who feel completely safe with her, and not having to worry about what anyone thinks of her.

He sort of eavesdrops on her for a little bit, and in this part of the movie, maybe we learn how impulsive he is. He just jumps over and tries to join in. Maybe it's even a little funny. And we can stretch out the feelings behind the part where Snow White runs from him--that feeling of her being unsure of a stranger, not because she worries about what he thinks, but because it's so surprising that anyone is taking notice of her so abruptly at all. And she doesn't know him.

Maybe he asks to extend his stay at the Queen's palace and keep negotiating or whatever, but he really just wants to get to know the scullery maid better.

Then the romance is sort of still fast, but built in a way that the audience can sink their teeth into. The Prince and Snow White have a few more mutually-agreed-upon meetings, not necessarily hiding them, but just in breaks between courtly audiences with the wicked Queen. They're both enamored with each other: she's never been treated so kindly by anyone and his whole faith in pure, innocent love and uncomplicated, genuine people is being restored just by talking to her. They bond chiefly over missing their parents.

Eventually he learns that she is the Queen's daughter--maybe from the Huntsman, maybe from Snow herself in an innocent way. He's stunned that she's treated so poorly, but the second he learns it, he confesses that he loves her and he wants to take her away from there. Plus, this solves the whole "will my kingdom go to war with the Wicked Queen or be allies even though we can't trust her" diplomacy thing--Snow White is her heir, so it would be a beautiful twist of Providence that the girl he has fallen in love with can also be the alliance of peace for the kingdoms through marriage.

Snow White accepts his proposal, but she's afraid for a moment that her stepmother won't allow it. The Prince urges her not to be afraid: he'll take her to his castle and they'll be happy no matter what: he promises it, he gives her his word, he encourages her not to worry because he won't let anything stop him. It's lovely. She finally has someone she can gift her superpower of pure love to, and someone who can treasure her like she deserves.

Problem is, the Queen overhears this last conversation, right after learning that Snow White is the new "Fairest of All" from her mirror, just like in the original film.

So while the Prince is convincing his council that he's proposed to Snow White, the Queen's largely-unknown secret stepdaughter, and is going to reveal the fact to the Queen tomorrow, the Huntsman and the Queen herself are plotting the assassination attempt that eventually leads to Snow running for her life and living with the Dwarfs before she ever gets the chance to see her betrothed again.

Then the movie unfolds largely the same way it did, but with more dialogue and nuance strengthening the original's main themes: Snow White is pure love in nature, and that's everything the Prince has been missing, and he fulfills his promise which she has total faith in. And along the way, the Dwarfs learn to care more about protecting an innocent girl than they care about protecting themselves, and treasuring a person over jewels. Grumpy in particular. And the Queen dies because she's a jealous witch who's self-love has twisted her into something ugly.

Basically, what I'm saying is, there's a way to make the Prince compelling for audiences who are now used to more fleshed-out interactions in movie couples. Just give him a background that is longing for pure, uncomplicated, innocent love. Then when he runs into Snow White, who's never been treasured and valued since her parents died, they give each other everything they've been longing for--and then they have faith in one another when circumstances, both funny and sinister, force them apart.

It's like the Notebook (just in story structure)--you build up romance in the first act through a few poignant scenes, but then the rest of the movie is about waiting for that romance to be fulfilled.

Anyway. I guess I could've said all this more succinctly, but I was kind of making it up as I went. 🤷‍♀️

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Damn Those Dog Tags - Part 2:

Hello, I Love You

AN: FYI... I cried at the likes, reblogs, and comments you all left. I didn't expect that at all! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!

A lot more of Sadie came out in this one than I expected.

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❗️18+, strong language, sexual themes, Jake being Jake, godmother reader/original female character, Original child character.

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Finding sunlight never seemed to be an issue in California.

Penny asked if you could open the bar on your day off while she ran a few errands with Amelia. After dropping Sadie off at her tutoring lesson, you had time to spare, and the beach was the perfect place to read until your shift started. 

Penny had set up a pair of Adirondack chairs under an umbrella just off the back deck of the Hard Deck. It was your favourite place to go on breaks or when you arrived early, such as today. Rummaging in your bag, you pulled out your book, eyes fixated on the cover. 

Pride and Prejudice was the go-to for Ridley and you. Whenever one of you had a bad day or couldn’t sleep, you’d huddle together on the couch and put it on the TV. You attempted to show it to Sadie last year. While she was too young to appreciate it then, she loved that all the best camera angles seemed to focus on Elizabeth Bennet, especially when she stood on that cliffside.

It had been a promise between sisters you’d read the book together, having purchased your copy the week before her death. While you couldn’t bring yourself to watch the movie again just yet, you felt you owed it to her to read the book. 

The world belonging to Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet was far more intriguing than your own. It wasn’t till you came to a part of the book that lulled, did you looked up to see an infamous game of Dogfight Football taking place on the shore. You spied a few of the Daggers mixed in with the newer Top Gun pilots. Rooster wouldn’t be there. He was running a few errands for you before picking up Sadie.  

You smiled wholeheartedly, seeing Bob lose it over at what you supposed was a touchdown. Mav attempted to explain the game to you once upon a time, something about running offence and defence simultaneously. Any explanation left you even more confused than you were before. 

Phoenix started the game again, shouting at Coyote to be open for her incoming throw. Bob lined up in front of a blonde pilot you hadn’t seen before. It wasn’t until Bob shouted at him for faking a throw did you realize you were ogling at the newly returned Dagger your friends warned you about. 

For just a moment, you understood why the bartenders before you gave in. Hangman was every girl’s hot dream come to life. The million-dollar smile. Muscles for days. A face you were sure would be perfectly symmetrical if you took a ruler to it. 

Yet, you could only focus on those damn dog tags swaying in space above his sternum—that little divet, which led down between his perfectly sculpted abs. The part of your brain with no impulse control picturing everything you could do to that divet. 

The other part reeled you in, shouting ‘in your dreams’ and ‘he’d leave you out to dry too.’ 

Startled by the alarm on your phone, you forced yourself to peel your eyes away, close your book and make your way up the back steps to open the bar. 

Ridley’s jean jacket protected you from a strong gust of wind blowing up sand as you unlocked the door. You remembered when she found it in that thrift store, losing it over the David Bowie-inspired patch on the back. It was one of the many belongings you brought from her townhouse, the rest tucked away in storage to be dealt with another day. You always made sure the first song playing on the Jukebox when you opened was something by Bowie. 

A few people trickled in from the beach once they realized the bar was open, and you did your best to handle the intake until Jimmy could relieve you of the pressure. 

A keg was giving you issues, your back facing the busier part of the bar as you crouched down to adjust a loose nozzle. 

“What’s it like being the most beautiful girl in this bar?”

Yes, Hangman was perfect on the eyes. Then he had to ruin it by opening his mouth.

You stood up, keeping your back turned, “What’s it like being the biggest liar in the world?” 

“Not a liar if it's true.” 

You turned to face him, a hand on your hip. “Does that work on all the unfortunate girls who stumble into your path, Hangman?” 

“I see my reputation precedes me.”  

A man with charm was a dangerous thing. And Hangman was indeed that man. Sitting at your bar, arms perched, the most Mona Lisa smile you’ve ever seen gracing his face. 

“Nobody,” you said, “could be so forward and expect to get away with it.” 

“What do you say about tonight? Your place or mine?” That cocky smirk was begging to be wiped off his face. 

You kept yourself busy, trying to avoid looking at his eyes as much as possible. You weren’t expecting them to be so green. 

“I have a date with a bug and some friends.” The urge to clean something with the rag on your shoulder was getting harder to ignore. You needed to do something with your hands. 

“Ditch them.” 

That made you look up, staring blankly at him, “Your friends must call you an asshole if that’s how you’d treat them.” 

A toothpick had somehow now made its way between his teeth. You weren't sure whether you wanted to pull it out of his mouth or stare at what he was doing with it. You made a note to hide the small canister under the bar the next time he showed up.

“One of the nicest assholes you could ever hope to meet.”  

You rolled your eyes. “I have a list with your name in the girl's bathroom that says otherwise.”  

“For a good time, call Hangman?” This guy didn’t know when to quit. 

You snorted, “Hardly.” 

“Come on, do you think that poorly of me? Let Hangman show you a good time.”

It was your turn to smirk. You leaned against the bar, resting your elbows on the space before him, tipping forward just enough to intrude upon his personal space. 

“You want to know what I think?” His eyes dropped to your lips. 

“I think you’ve mastered the art of your southern Texas charm,” You took the rag from your shoulder and started to wipe at part of the bar between his arms. 

“A handsome naval pilot,” keeping your eyes down, you continued, “a few pretty verses with just enough of that southern accent, making even the shyest of women hope to drop their pants for a promise of a good time.” 

 His voice was low as he spoke, “Here I am. Just say the word.” 

You couldn’t believe this guy. Any thought you had entertained of inviting him tonight or in the future vanished. Bradley and Natasha were right. He did flirt with anything within a five-mile radius.

“What else can you offer someone other than the promise of a good time, Hangman?” You pushed yourself away from him, reaching for a misplaced whiskey glass. “After all, why did all of Penny’s previous bartenders quit after being around you?” 

You reached for the bottle of sanitizer, spraying your rag. “Do you see women as a means to an end? Wham, Bam, thank you, mam? Or is the thought of forming something deeper with someone just too damn hard?” 

His mouth gaped open. 

You put your back to him as you finished, “I’m not the type of girl guys like you go to for one-night stands. Considering you won’t tell me your real name and assuming I’d ditch my friends for a guy.” 

No matter how you said it, the slight bitterness was there. “Go leave some other girl hanging, Hangman.” 

You waited a moment, gathering the courage to turn around to ask if he wanted something from the bar before a voice caught your attention.  

“Liz!” Bradley shouted, Sadie trailing on his heels with her backpack dragging behind her. 

“Hey, Bradley,” You smiled at him before looking down at Sadie, her eyes downcast and shoulders slumped. Her morning couldn’t have gone any more wrong. 

“How was tutoring, Sweetheart?” 

“Mr. Turner was mean to me again.” You frowned. 

“The numbers don’t make sense. I try to ask questions, but he either makes it more confusing or refuses to answer and tells me to figure it out myself.” 

“He doesn’t know how you learn, Bug. You’ll get it.” Rooster attempting to offer encouraging words. 

The Math Makes Sense textbooks she brought home were anything but. The pair of you spending nights tearing your hair out at the kitchen table over the most obscure questions. Amelia tried, but she had a preference for English. 

“Elizabeth,” Hangman realized, looking slightly shocked. “Penny mentioned you.”

You smiled, mocking his words before, “I see my reputation precedes me.” 

He looked down at Sadie, who firmly attached herself to Rooster’s hand, “Then you must be Sadie.” 

She narrowed her eyes, “Or Bug, that’s what they call me,” rocking her hand in Bradley’s. 

You grimaced as he raised his eyebrow, clearly figuring out Sadie was the Bug and the Daggers, the friends you were referring to. 

“Hangman.” 

“Rooster.” 

“What, they finally kicked you out of Texas?”

“Someone has to be around to save your as.. butt,” his eyes dropped to Sadie with a slight wince. 

She rolled her eyes with as much dramatic flare as a ten-year-old could muster. 

“I’m ten. I’ve heard worse,” she mumbled before climbing onto one of the bar stools and pulling her homework out of her bag. You couldn’t refute her; the swear jar in your kitchen was evidence enough. Its presence reminding the Daggers a ten-year-old was in their company.                                                                                 

“Nice,” Rooster pointed to Sadie. “I knew you were an idiot, but this just proved it.” 

Clearly, Hangman saving his life did nothing to change Rooster's attitude towards this teammate. 

You were thankful the sound of glass hitting the floor pulled you away from whatever was happening between the two, a quick ‘I’ll be right back’ to Sadie and a strict glare at Bradley before you walked over to a group of newer Top Gun pilots trying to clean up the mess. 

“You think you can handle this guy for a few minutes? I gotta run a few errands,” Rooster jerking his thumb towards Hangman. 

Sadie looked him over before sarcastically glaring back at Rooster. “You're joking, right?” 

Rooster smiled, roughing up her hair, before turning to leave. 

“Bye, Bug.” He shouted over his shoulder. 

She didn’t even look up, too focused on the cover of her textbook, when she called out, “Bye, Uncle Roo.” 

Sadie took a deep breath before finding the page she had been working on with her tutor in her textbook. The man didn’t know how to explain anything, let alone math. She tried hard to understand what he was saying, but the comments about how he’d expect this from a kid being raised by a single woman were annoying. 

She knew you and her mom would want her to bite her tongue. But she'd never own up to it if her foot accidentally strayed too far to hit his shin. 

It was a few seconds before she flipped her pencil, harshly erasing the page, before throwing her forehead down onto the bar with a thump in defeat. 

With an amused look from the pilot sitting beside her and a slight chuckle at her antics, he asked, “That bad?” 

She looked up at him, head resting on crossed arms over her textbook. “My tutor is a total idiot.” 

“Oh really?” 

“I know I don’t understand this stuff, but I would expect a math tutor would.” She felt hopeless. A few teachers at her new school wanted her to succeed and gave her chances to catch up. But math? Every teacher she ever encountered seemed like they set her up to fail. 

He leaned closer to her, staring down at the part of her textbook that wasn’t covered by her arms, “What’s the culprit?” 

“Fractions,” she was almost ashamed to admit. “Doing things with them.” 

“Could I take a look?” 

Sadie raised her head. She had no idea who this guy was. But, if he was offering to help her with her homework, Math no less, he couldn’t be that much of an idiot.

“I haven’t seen you before. Are you a pilot?” doubting he could handle something like this if four other people had already failed.

“The best there is,” he replied casually. “Dagger Squad would be lost without me.” 

She looked at him skeptically, contemplating her answer. Finally, she pushed her textbook over to him, “Okay, wow me, ‘Hangman.’” 

You occasionally glanced back at Sadie as you cleaned up the broken glass. With Bradley gone, Hangman had moved closer to her, one of her butterfly-themed pencils in his hand as the two passed her notebook back and forth, engaged in a lengthy conversation. 

You knew right away what was going on. The git was helping her with her math homework. You didn’t know whether to be pissed off at him, pissed off Rooster left her alone with him, or grateful somebody was willing to explain the damn stuff to her. 

“Are you coming tonight?” Sadie asked, punching something into her calculator. 

“I’m assuming this is the ‘date’ your Aunt mentioned,” flipping the pencil in his hand.

“Something always happens on a Saturday Night,” she wrote something down. “Whether it's dinner, game night, a movie… Rooster’s karaoke ideas.” 

She felt a shiver go through her body at the last one. While she loved her Uncle, Great Balls of Fire was getting old.  

He shrugged. “Wasn’t invited.” 

Sadie frowned, watching him glance at you laughing with the pilots apologizing for the mess.  “I thought all the Daggers came over on Saturday nights.” 

“Not me.” 

She raised an eyebrow, her lips posed, before sliding her notebook over to him, pointing to the question she had just answered with the end of her pencil. 

He glanced down, “You got it.” 

She punched the air, wiggling in her seat. Hangman smiled. 

Settling down from her mini celebration, she peered at him thoughtfully, watching him glance at her Aunt. “My Aunt said I could invite someone. Come.”

“I don’t think I’m the person she wanted you to invite.” 

“Too bad,” She was quick to answer. “Something tells me you have trouble making friends, and I need some.”

Hangman scoffed, “I do not have trouble making friends. Rooster and I just don’t see eye to eye on things.” 

“You're kidding. He’s a softy.” She realized she needed to change her tactic when he didn't react.

“Don’t worry, I’ll protect you from the chicken. And you could hang out with Coyote, he’s barbecuing something tonight. Guys seem to like that stuff.” 

Seeing his face, she knew he was coming up with a way to let her down gently. She hated when grown-ups did that. Noticing you were coming back over and her window to convince him was closing, she quickly dragged her notebook back to her. 

“Promise me you’ll at least show up,” flipping through the pages, she tore off a piece of paper, scribbling down something before placing it in front of him. 

“5 o’clock. This address.” Then one last final attempt, “Or is ‘Mr. Best there is’ scared of a little campfire?” 

Reaching the bar, you picked up your forgotten rag and stood in front of the two. Sadie staring somewhat hopefully at Hangman, who was peaking at something in the palm of his hand. 

“How’s the Math homework, Bug?” 

“Better!” She snapped her notebook shut, turning to face you. “He helped me.” 

You gave Hangman a pointed look. “Did he now? Well, thank you, Hangman.” 

He gave a tense smile and a nod. “Anytime.” 

Watching him stand, you caught him out of the corner of your eye, pocketing something into his shorts. You guessed whatever it was, it had to have come from the notebook Sadie so conveniently snapped shut the minute you spoke. 

You straighten your back, putting on your best customer service smile. “I guess we’ll be seeing you around.”

 Suddenly, the damn smirk was back to gracing his face. “Tonight. Thank you for the invite, Ms. Sadie.” 

 Your smile dropped. “Wait, what?” 

Sadie giggled loudly at your reaction, secretly pleased he gave in. “You're welcome,” She sang out. 

You gawked as he leaned down next to Sadie, whispering something in her ear before she turned her head, hand blocking her mouth to say something back, a beaming smile across her face as he stepped away. 

“Elizabeth,” he winked at you as he turned to leave. 

You watched him go, playfully tossed your rag down on the space next to her once he was out of earshot, exclaiming, “What the hell was that!?”

 Sadie only continued to smile, a dreamy look on her face as she placed her head back into her arms, watching the blonde aviator walk out the door, “He was never invited.” 

“Why do you think that might be?” 

She ignored your question. “He’s part of the Daggers. That makes him family.” 

“All families have bad eggs,” a quiet grumble on your lips. 

She looked up at you, her forehead pinched, and her stare final, “You said no questions asked.”  

Shit. 

When you told Sadie she could invite a friend to the Dagger night get-togethers, you thought she’d pick a new friend from school. Maybe one of the kids she played street hockey with, a friend from soccer. You told her no questions asked. Anyone she wanted, hoping it would encourage her to make new friends. 

You glared at her. “Sadie.” 

“Aunt Elizabeth.” 

She pinned you with her eyes, daring you to move. To blink. To make a sound. To give her an answer that was anything but what she wanted to hear. 

Life choices were being regretted. There was no way you were winning a staring contest against a ten-year-old. And you never backed out on a promise. 

“Fine! Fine!” you gave in, throwing your hands up. “But you have to break the news to Rooster.” 

With a giddy smile and a stuck-out tongue, she picked up her pencil, happy to return to the rest of her questions with a sudden newfound eagerness. 

You returned to polishing the forgotten whiskey glass, biting your bottom lip and thinking, ‘I still didn’t get his name.’

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[woodsfae]

I have so many WIPs right now....here's the ones I've been working on the most lately. Which one would you be most excited to see posted?* Expanded descriptions of fics posted below the poll!

*I make no promises about which fic will be posted first, or indeed, at all.

Mr Darcy wakes up the morning after his wedding and is astonished to discover that it is now, inexplicably, the day before he promised to join Bingley at his new estate, Netherfield. He soon decides that, as long as he is forced to relive this part of his life, he may as well woo Elizabeth Bennet without all the bumps in the road they had to overcome. But despite his best efforts, he only seems to offend Miss Elizabeth Bennet.

Mrs Bennet has hyperemesis gravidarum and so Mr Bennet is forced by circumstances to take a more active role in his older daughters' lives. Raised as an only child who loathed going away to school and took solace in his books, his idea of appropriate child rearing is a largely based on how he would have liked to be raised balanced against how much he can tolerate piping, toddler voices invading his study.

Due to a few, small shifts, Elizabeth decides to take a chance on behalf of her family and accepts Mr Darcy's first proposal. The road to love isn't any less bumpy, but the bumps are mostly different.

asioaf: it might be easier to list what hasn't been changed. The Changes Themselves are kick-started by a series of visions that come upon everyone living in the year that Aerys burns Rickard and Brandon Stark. Multi-PoV. The main PoV is meant to follow Lyarra Snow, bastard of Lord Eddard Stark. My main complaints which I am fixing include: lazy worldbuilding (winters, crops); G.R.R. Martin's obnoxious Hobbesian philosphy; G.R.R. Martin's obnoxious sexism (fewer Moms are dead in my version!); and more! Elia lives. This is already long as fuuuuuuuck and would probably take the longest for me to start posting.

In a world with retrocausality, a small change in the Original Trilogies timeline reverberates up and down history, resulting in a Mandalorian Jedi Ben Mereel meeting seven year old Anakin Skywalker on Tattooine.

When Anakin Skywalker follows his visions to Tattooine to prevent his mother's death, he gets caught in a sandstorm which spits him out twenty years earlier. Due to the Force being Insistent, he remains on Tattooine and starts several revolutions.

A sort of self insert goes to sleep by a Big Rock while out backpacking and wakes up by a recognizable Portal Stone in the middle of the Caralain Grass. Shenanigans ensue.

Why does Perrin have the trauma and reflexes of an American Vietnam War veteran? What would happen if some of the characters talked to each other a little more frequently with slightly fewer assumptions? Did you hate how branders*n flattened every structural problem into a shallow issue to be fixed with a better leader? Me too! This will likely take at least a year before I start posting.

#fandom #fanfiction #polls #woodsfae

[curiousb]

📩 Simblr question of the day: You can answer one or both parts of this question!

1️⃣ Part one: If you make Story posts, what do you do for scenes? Do you build them yourself, do you download lots from the gallery or do you download them from someone online?

2️⃣ Part two: If you make Gameplay/Legacy posts, what do you do for a house? Do you build it yourself, download a home from the gallery or do you download them from someone online? Additionally, do you build onto that home or demolish it and rebuild the house when needed? (E.G When another child enters the picture or someone moves in)

❎ If you do none of those for either half, what do you do? Do you use someone else's save file? (WIndbrook by Folking, Willow Creek + Magnolia Promenade by Theneighborhoodsave, Silent Pines by Silentpinessave... etc)

( freely share this SQOTD around, anon or not, and use the hashtag " SQOTD " ~ 💛 )

Thanks for thinking of me, @melsie-sims! I think my posts count as 'Gameplay', with maybe a bit of 'Story' thrown in?

My 'hood is pretty large, and I play each family in (not very strict) rotation, so I've needed a lot of housing for my Sims!

Some homes I've built myself from scratch: the Crawfords' beach house; Cassandra's Victorian semi; Marmaduke and Henrietta's townhouse; the retirement community; the Bennets' Victorian villa; Erasmus and Edward's, and Clara and Daniel's, compact residences; or the studio apartments for recent graduates).

I love building, but find it very time consuming, as I'm such a perfectionist and everything has to be just so! So, I'm always happy to find - preferably - CC-free/low-CC lots that fit my general aesthetic (compact, with a more European feel), which I can then customise as required.

Hence, I'm using quite a few residential lots that I've downloaded, many from my favourite builders @kayleigh-83 (Eleanor and Esther's chalet, apartments for new graduates), @deedee-sims (the family homes of the Eltons, Martins, Morlands, Wickhams and Willoughbys, Anna and Bennet's townhouse, Miles and Robert's bungalow, Jasper and Georgiana's house) and @honeywell-mts (most of the original family homes, including those of the Bertrams, Bingleys, Churchills, Darcys, Dashwoods, Knightleys, Smiths, Steeles, Tilneys and Wentworths).

I almost always make some modifications though, from simple switches of walls/floors/windows/doors/fences, right up to tweaking the footprint or completely revamping the internal floor plan, to better suit the family I have in mind. I'd say the split is about 50/50, between residential lots I've built myself (I'm just not using many of these yet), and those I've downloaded and modified. I don't use any money cheats, so if my Sims don't have the funds to decorate, furnish or expand, then the house stays as it is and they have to make do - hence my Sims' homes can look quite bare! As they go through life, and accumulate some savings, I start personalising their homes. But, I try to avoid completely remodelling the structure of a house while Sims are living in it, as I like to have a 'clean' copy of every lot (stored in the catalog), so that I can easily replace them if they become glitched, without having to rebuild from scratch. More often, I will just move a family to a more suitable home, if their circumstances change.

#sims 2 #sqotd

[npdclaraoswald]

I think one of the best things The Lizzie Bennet Diaries does is actually enforce the fact that Lizzie is also part of the problem, she is the "prejudice" in the title. Obviously the original novel shows this, but a lot of adaptations make Lizzie pretty flawless. And LBD really shows her flaws, not just by highlighting how extreme her judgements of people are, but also by having her be wrong about more people.

Collins isn't a bad person in LBD, he just struggles with social norms, and Lizzie judges him, and thus Charlotte, really, really harshly for it in a way that's totally unnecessary.

And Lydia isn't actually the irresponsible child Lizzie thinks she is, she's just a pretty insecure and lonely girl that's just doing what she thinks will make her less alone. And it's implied at one point that she was bullied and slutshamed pretty badly in high school, so she just decided to embrace it and hold her head high up about because it was the only thing she could do, but all of her confidence is a very thinly veiled performance. And Lizzie telling her what a childish slut she thinks she is is what drives her into Wickham's arms and primes her so much for his manipulation and abuse because he doesn't need to isolate her, she already believes her family won't help her when she needs it.

Which isn't at all to say that the Wickham disaster is Lizzie's fault- it's Wickham's, plain and simple. But Lizzie does hurt people, just as bad as Darcy does. It makes their story one of mutual growth rather than the one-sided story it's often portrayed as

#the lizzie bennet diaries

[kitchfit]

Year in Review: Books Pt 1

Tumblr deleted the entire first draft of this, which is cool and awesome. It was too long anyways. These aren't meant to be full on analytic reviews, just blurbs about my experience with the books and what I thought about them. I might move into more in depth stuff later on next year.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

He was pride. She was prejudice. Can I make it anymore obvious?

I started this on CD audiobook for the first half before driving my car off of a cliff. I was fine, but Elizabeth Bennet was a casualty of the accident, so I found the rest of the book on Libby with a different reader who had Very different vibes. It kind of fit how I felt about the book. Jane Austen is very good at regaling the audience from Elizabeth's point of view about how Darcy is the shittiest man alive, while turning at the halfway point to reveal he is actually the Only Good Victorian Man to exist.

I've seen this tale play out in both BBC and Keira Knightley formats, which are both fantastic in their own right, but I was significantly more invested in the characters this time around, especially the supporting cast. Elizabeth/Darcy romance was very cute, Jane and Bingley was adorable, Elizabeth's shitty cousin was hilarious. I like the glimpses of how she thinks about the rest of her family that you don't get in the movie. She hates how her dad views her mother as entertainment, she hates how her mother treats her children like products to be sold, she hates how her younger sisters make them all look silly. Damn she's really hateful, huh? Almost like she's preju-OHHHHHHHH.

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

The Funny Cat, The Spider Mom, and the Weird Door

This was a book I was excited to get into. The movie freaked me out when I was little, as did it everyone else, and I'll get to that since I watched it immediately after this. Maybe this Friday. But it isn't anywhere near as vividly horrific as the OG Evil Narnia. In a fun way. There's an implication in this book that the Other World and Other Mother are just two of many possible little horrors that live under your bed or behind the door that shouldn't be there that want to hurt and/or eat you. Kind of like real life. That's okay though, you can get through it alive. And Coraline proves it.

I like her a lot as a character. She isn't near as naive as she is in the movie, and catches on to the nature of what's happening on the end of night one, thus Other Mother kidnapping her parents to serve as motivation to come back. That gives the book freedom to explore the Other World and its nature thoroughly, and watch as it all crumbles around Coraline. I like that everything is just a bunch of bugs stretched into the visage of pleasant things by a giant spider. I also love that spider's contrary motivation. She needs to feed, but there is also a genuine desire to love Coraline, to be a mother, whatever her bizarre conception of what that means. Evil hungry desire is more pressing though. Get in my web, girl.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis

Digimon season one for 1950s British kids.

At some point I decided to reread all of the Narnia books. I got through like, 4 of them in a weird order due to how Libby works. I promise I do read physical stuff its just hard to find the time to finish them. The first book the Narnia line up was originally written for my boy Clive's real life goddaughter Lucy Barfield , who was temporarily displaced as a child during WWII, as a children's story. He even dedicated the book and maybe the whole series to her. However, by the time he finished this one she was already an adult and "too old for fairytales." Classic blunder. I'll still read your stuff, Clive.

The whole of Narnia is a wintery wonderland turned on its head, its magic and majesty suffocating under a thick sheet of ice. Jadis is a very cool antagonist. She's not super complex, but she's a very strong character and extremely threatening villain, as we see throughout the series. The Pevinsies all have a sweet relationship. Edmond's an asshole in a very realistic sense, but they all care deeply for each other in an even more realistic way. The end of the book starts a pattern Mr. Lewis likes to repeat where a quick epilogue is hamfisted into the end that blows over large swaths of time in a hurry to resolve everything. I have problem's with that in later books, but it works best here, skipping to the famous reveal that time moves much faster in Narnia, and two decades or so only equals a few minutes in our world. A little fucked up. Go through puberty again, Pevinsies, this time in BRITISH SCHOOL.

Prince Caspian by Clive

Ocarina of Time for 1950s British kids.

The second book in the series gives more context to the world Narnia lives in, while also screwing with our perception of what Narnia is in first place. A previously unmentioned country to the east invades and colonizes Narnia, oppressing its people and removing magic wherever they can. Lewis can write about the complexities of colonization as he actually comes from a country familiar with this kind of shit, believe it or not. Who are they conquered by? A country of Minotaurs? Dragons? Wayward dwarves still allegiant to Jadis? Humans??? What the hell?

Turns out Narnia is the weird magic fairytale place even within its own universe. Everywhere else is inhabited by eternally 18th century European style society. It's also 1000 years later, but a year for our dudes, so the Pevinsies get to experience how Narnia has changed physically in all that time. Like Cair Paravel, that place two whole pages mention in the first book. I like that the age reversal thing is acknowledged in this book, and how that might have affected our heroes and their development. At the end of the book, the colonizing force gets sent to Earth, and Prince Caspian is crowned as King Caspian. Aslan (or maybe one of animals, idr) says outright that Narnia is better ruled by humans than its own people. Which is. An odd note to end on a book whose main conflict is colonization. Huh.

A Horse and His Boy by C. Staples L.

He was a horse. He was his boy. Can I make it anymore-okay shut up.

This is an interesting one. Five books into the Narnia series and we are introduced to brand new protagonist, with zero connections to previous characters, in a place that is not Narnia. He's a young boy who runs away with a talking horse in their desperate attempt to both escape slavery. They meet a spunky, ass-kicking princess who's also running away, this time from an arranged marriage. Narnia in this story is more of an ideal their working towards, rather than a physical place the story spends time in. The plot is very refreshing in this aspect, especially if its the fifth, or in my case, third Narnia book you've read in a row. It could likely stand on its own outside the rest of the series, though you do get a surprise cameo from the adult Pevinsies pre-wardrobe-return, which is fun.

I do have a couple issues with it though. I'd argue against the idea that all of Narnia is a direct analogue to Christianity. Aslan is definitely furry Jesus, and C. S.'s theological beliefs are an obvious intentional aspect of the storytelling, but most of the books have themes and lessons outside of that and pose a genuinely fun fantasy world to engage with. The religious metaphors in this book specifically are pretty heavy-handed though, and not very delicately woven in. The setting of the story also pulls allusions to several real-life Middle Eastern cultures, and if you think a white British dude in the 50s wrote about that respectfully? Sorry no. There's also a lot of mention of Boy (I straight up forgot that kids name) being Special and Different for having pale skin and blue eyes. :/. At the end is another rapid-fire epilogue that blazes through Boy's life as the new prince of wherever that I think the story could have gone without. Just let it end with dignified mystery, Clive.

The Magician's Nephew by Siwel S. C.

Honestly Clive the mulitverse trope has been done to death, bro

Last Narnia book on the list as of now. Luckily, its also the best one. This is a prequel to the whole of the Narnia continuity, which details the creation of Narnia and the origins of Jadis, but the actual plot revolves around two new Brit kids Digory and Polly. Digory is described as grubby at least sixteen times throughout the story. His mom is sick and his magic uncle sucks ass and he's scared and he has no friends. Polly decides to be that friend which ultimately burns her as he's also a bit of a selfish brat. Learning to get past that brattiness and mature enables Polly to forgive him and ultimately helps him save his mother.

The plot takes place in the Wood Between Worlds, which has still stuck in my head and spurned on my imagination years later. You move outside of Earth to find the grandness of the Milky Way, you escape the Milky Way to discover the imperceivable majesty of the universe, and you find the indeterminate edge of that universe and land yourself in an idyllic forest with trees so high you cannot see the sky, the forest's floor dotted with puddles leading to other worlds. Jadis' origin is also pretty fascinating. A queen so obsessed with ultimate power she destroyed her own empire rather than let her sister take it. Aslan roars the world into existence. The whole vibes on this book are pretty stellar, ngl.

The Bell Jar by Silvia Plath

You wouldn't be cool if it weren't for the lessons that you learnt in the BELL JAR, nah, nana nah nah.

And now for a weird fucking heel turn. And also the last book I'm doing for now. I'm going to be honest, my original interest in this book came from the song "I Cut Myself" by Talkshow Boy, who mentions the book in the above lyric. Also, my college roommate said she liked it a lot. I went in with zero expectations and was surprised at how hard it hit home. I've never been personally institutionalized, but I know people who have, and I can relate to the downward depression spiral Esther goes through in this book.

Its interesting to see the thought patterns and paradigms that Esther voices in her inner monologues that partially lead to her mental break. Little observations that reveal her hyper-awareness and implicit nihilism. They're good observations too. The vivid description of the horrific image of a woman giving birth compared to a dulled animal being hooked into a machine. You can see her perspective on a lot of subjects, probably even agree with much of it. It makes sense, as this is the author famous for vivid and introspective poetry more than anything. Looking at the historical context for this book made me sad, especially given how hopeful the ending was, at least how I read it.

Going to shift into movies at the end of the week. I'll need to start doing these at least bi-weekly if I want to finish before the end of the year. Also more bisexually.

#books #bookblr #thats a tag that exists #reviews #my post #pride and prejudice #narnia #the lion the witch and the wardrobe #prince caspian #a horse and his boy #the magician's nephew #the bell jar #silvia plath #cs lewis #jane austen

[jamespotterthefirst]

Top 10 Childhood Ships

Thank you for the tag @jerzwriter 

In no particular order

 Ariel & Eric

I know I said in no order but this right here was my first ship before I knew what shipping was. It’s also self-explanatory since Prince Eric is a dream. I’d give it all up for him too. I mean, the man went back into a burning ship to save his dog.

And now I’m back on my Ariel and Eric bullshit in 2023 with the remake. They took my original OTP and made it better.

Anastasia & Dimitri

The way this movie and this ship had me in a chokehold as a kid. It seems I was always a slut for enemies to lovers. 

Lily & James

Yes, I ship Harry Potter’s dead parents. They are the first ship I ever wrote for. They are the reason I’m still writing today and the reason I found my Twin @takeharryandgo in this cruel world. Also enemies to lovers. 

Rick & Eve

I just love these two. They are GOALS.

Elizabeth Bennet & Mr. Darcy

The mother of all ships. The queen of Enemies to Lovers. There are so many things I should say about tis ship yet words fail me. Just KNOW that the fucking hand flex scene changed me. The scene where they dance and hate fuck each other with their eyes defined me. The scene in the 1995 version where Darcy is watching Lizzie distract Georgianna at the piano altered my brain chemistry. I love all versions of this forever and ever. 

Odette & Derek 

I was also a slut for these Disney Adjacent animated films. The Swan Princess owned my life. ANOTHER ENEMIES TO LOVERS OMG. I’m seeing a pattern here. 

Katniss & Gale

Shhhhhhhh. I was the only one in the world who shipped them and I’m okay with that. They were there for each other when no one else was. They deserved better. 

Tessa Gray & Will Herondale

I think I only read the first two books in the Clockwork Princess series, back when I could tolerate C****** Clare. But I shipped these two so hard. I even wrote a fic. It’s somewhere in the depths of the internet. 

Edward & Bella

I know, I know. 

Listen, I was a Twilight girlie. And I was definitely “Team Edward”. I’m adding this one for nostalgia purposes. 

Leslie & Ben 

I wasn’t a child anymore but I still went hard for these two. 

Tagging: a few people because I don’t want to double tag anyone who was tagged before!  @takeharryandgo​, @heauxplesslydevoted​, @writer-ish​ and anyone else who wants to do it!

#childhood ships

[princesssarisa]

Every Fictional Character Ask I've Answered So Far

I just thought I'd put together a complete list of all the fictional characters for whom I've answered Character Ask requests. As you can see, they're usually fairy tales, Disney movies, novels, Shakespeare, musicals, or opera.

I haven't included the links because the post wouldn't allow so many, but here are all the characters' names.

Adnan Bey (Aşk-ı Memnu)

Aladdin (Aladdin – original tale)

Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There)

Amy March (Little Women)

MY OC: Anaia (An Eternal Crown)

Anastasia (Don Bluth's Anastasia)

Anna (Frozen)

Ariel (The Little Mermaid – Disney version)

Ariel's Sisters (The Little Mermaid)

Barbara Millicent "Barbie" Roberts (the doll)

Barkley (Sesame Street)

The Bear Prince (Snow White and Rose Red)

The Beast (Beauty and the Beast – original tale)

The Beast (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version)

Beatrice and Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing)

Beauty (Beauty and the Beast – original tale)

Belle (A Christmas Carol)

Belle (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version)

Beşir (Aşk-ı Memnu)

Beth March (Little Women)

The Big Bad Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, and The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids)

Bihter (Aşk-ı Memnu)

The Bimbettes/Silly Girls (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version, 1991)

Bluebeard's Young Wife (Bluebeard)

Bob Cratchit (A Christmas Carol)

Camilla the Chicken (the Muppets)

Captain Georg von Trapp (The Sound of Music)

Captain Hook (Peter Pan)

Carmen (Carmen)

Catherine Earnshaw (Wuthering Heights)

Catherine Linton (Wuthering Heights)

Charles Bingley (Pride and Prejudice)

The Child of Good Fortune (The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs)

Chip (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version)

Christine Daaé (The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)

Cinderella (Cinderella)

Cinderella's Fairy Godmother (Cinderella)

Cinderella's Prince (Cinderella)

Cinderella's Stepmother (Cinderella)

Constantine (Muppets Most Wanted)

Cordelia (King Lear)

Cosette (Les Misérables)

Count von Count (Sesame Street)

The Cowardly Lion (The Wizard of Oz)

The Cratchit family, minus Bob and Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)

The Daughter of Buk Etttemsuch (The Daughter of Buk Ettemsuch)

Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni)

Don José (Carmen)

Donkeyskin/All-Kinds-of-Fur (Donkeyskin/All-Kinds-of-Fur)

Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz)

Elizabeth Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

Elphaba (Wicked)

Elsa (Frozen)

The Enchantress (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version)

Enjolras (Les Misérables)

Éponine (Les Misérables)

Fan (A Christmas Carol)

Fantine (Les Misérables)

Fet Fruners/Fat-Frumos (The Princess Who Would Be a Prince, a.k.a. The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy)

Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol)

Fitzwilliam Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather (Sleeping Beauty – Disney version)

Floria Tosca (Tosca)

Fred (A Christmas Carol)

Friedrich Bhaer (Little Women)

The Frog Prince (The Frog Prince, a.k.a. The Frog King)

The Frog Princess, Vasilisa the Wise (The Frog Princess)

Gavroche (Les Misérables)

Georgiana Darcy (Pride and Prejudice)

Geppetto (Pinocchio – Disney version)

Gerda (The Snow Queen)

The Ghost of Christmas Past (A Christmas Carol)

The Ghost of Christmas Present (A Christmas Carol)

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (A Christmas Carol)

Gilda (Rigoletto)

Glinda (The Wizard of Oz)

Glinda (Wicked)

Goldilocks (Goldilocks and the Three Bears)

Gonzo the Great (the Muppets)

Grantaire (Les Misérables)

Hercules (Disney's Hercules)

Hero (Much Ado About Nothing)

"Honest" John Worthington Foulfellow (Pinocchio – Disney version)

Ignorance and Want (A Christmas Carol)

Iron Henry (The Frog Prince/The Frog King)

Isabella Linton (Wuthering Heights)

Jacob Marley (A Christmas Carol)

Jane Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

Javert (Les Misérables)

Jean Valjean (Les Misérables)

Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio – Disney version)

Jo March (Little Women)

Kai (The Snow Queen)

Kermit the Frog (the Muppets)

King Lear (King Lear)

King Triton (The Little Mermaid – Disney version)

Kristoff Bjorgman (Frozen)

Laertes (Hamlet)

Leporello (Don Giovanni)

Liesl von Trapp (The Sound of Music)

Lil DeVille (Rugrats)

Little Chrissy and the Alphabeats (Sesame Street)

Little Red Riding Hood (Little Red Riding Hood)

Little Red Riding Hood's Grandmother (Little Red Riding Hood)

MY OC: Lorikeet (An Eternal Crown)

Lumiere (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version)

Madame Thénardier (Les Misérables)

Maleficent/the Old Fairy (Sleeping Beauty – original tale and Disney version)

Margaret "Marmee" March (Little Women)

Marjorie, the Trash Heap (Fraggle Rock)

Maria (West Side Story)

Maria Ranier/von Trapp (The Sound of Music)

Mario Cavaradossi (Tosca)

Marius Pontmercy (Les Misérables)

Mary Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)

Maurice (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version)

Meg March (Little Women)

Megara (Disney's Hercules)

Mercédès and Frasquita (Carmen)

Mickey Mouse (Disney cartoons)

The Miller's Daughter/the Queen (Rumpelstiltskin)

Minnie Mouse (Disney cartoons)

Miss Clavel (Madeline)

Miss Piggy (the Muppets)

Mrs. Potts (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version)

Mufasa (The Lion King)

Mulan (Mulan)

Nanny (Muppet Babies)

Nihal (Aşk-ı Memnu)

Olaf (Frozen)

Ophelia (Hamlet)

Papageno (The Magic Flute)

Peter Pan (Peter Pan)

The Phantom of the Opera (The Phantom of the Opera – Andrew Lloyd Webber musical)

Phil DeVille (Rugrats)

Pinocchio (Pinocchio – Disney version)

Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid – Disney version)

Prince Siegfried (Swan Lake)/Prince Derek (The Swan Princess)

Princess Elisa (The Six Swans/The Wild Swans)

Princess Odette (Swan Lake/The Swan Princess)

Pumbaa (The Lion King)

Puss in Boots (Puss in Boots – original tale)

The Queen (Snow White – original tale and Disney version)

Raoul, Vicomte de Chagney (The Phantom of the Opera)

Rapunzel (Rapunzel – original tale)

Rapunzel's Prince (Rapunzel – original tale)

Robin the Frog (the Muppets)

Sarastro (The Magic Flute)

The Scarecrow (The Wizard of Oz)

Scooter (the Muppets)

Sebastian (The Little Mermaid – Disney version)

The Seven Dwarfs (Snow White)

Shylock (The Merchant of Venice)

Simba (The Lion King)

Sister Anne (Bluebeard)

Sleeping Beauty/Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty – original tale and Disney version)

Sleeping Beauty's Prince/Prince Phillip (Sleeping Beauty – original tale and Disney version)

Snow White and Rose Red (Snow White and Rose Red)

Snow White (Snow White – original tale and Disney version)

Snow White's Prince (Snow White – original tale and Disney version)

The Swedish Chef (the Muppets)

Tattercoats (Tattercoats)

Theodore "Laurie" Laurence (Little Women)

Timon (The Lion King)

The Tin Man (The Wizard of Oz)

Tinker Bell (Peter Pan)

Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol)

Tony (West Side Story)

Turandot (Turandot)

The Two-Headed Monster (Sesame Street)

Ursula (The Little Mermaid – Disney version)

The Village Lasses (Beauty and the Beast – Disney version, 2017)

Wendy Darling (Peter Pan)

The Wicked Witch of the West (The Wizard of Oz)

Wilkins (Wilkins Coffee ads)

The Wizard of Oz (The Wizard of Oz)

Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner (Animaniacs)

The Yip Yip Martians (Sesame Street)

The Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was (The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was)

#character ask #ask game #fictional characters #complete list

[danielleasbureaucouk]

Writing Projects

Updated from original posting.

I thought I would do a post of all the writing projects I have in my head or on the go, that you can’t see yet as I don’t like to upload unless I’m a fair  way in, or I’ve finished them.

Here goes….

Star Wars:

Shimmer Through the Woods: Part 26 is online, I have written Part 28, part way through Part 27, with another two to go, as I did have an idea about how to shorten the story further just to get it done.

The Good Travelers: Part 1 was posted for the Obidala  Valentine Convention in 2014. Eight more parts have been written, the  end is nowhere in sight. Obi-Wan and Padmé travel back in time to  Episode I. I’m contemplating rewriting this to exclude Anakin as there are some idiots on ff.net who think its within their rights to post troll guest reviews because I trash him. He’s not a saint, so force knows why they treat him so.

Plot 8/untitled Obidala & Post Original Trilogy story:  This is probably not that far from being finished, but needs a bit of  time to be done. Astonishingly it was one of the first star wars fics that  I  wrote. Its set after ROTJ, when the New Republic opens negotiations with  Naboo. Whilst visiting Naboo, Luke Skywalker and Mara Jade discover a  prison whose inhabitants will rewrite history.

The Scarlet Jedi: Very much still an idea at present inspired by The Scarlet Pimpernel by Baronness Orczy.

Bladed Wings Upon a Star: This is still in development, but  its a time travel story that I fancy exploring, when I have the time. It  brings Obi-Wan from ROTS into AOTC and Qui-Gon from before he chose  Obi-Wan as his padawan into AOTC. I have about four parts written so  far. Again I might see if I can ignore Anakin in this as well.

Obidala Crossover with a Discovery of Witches:  first chapter  written, second in progress.  No Vampire or Witch element, but the main  plot around Ashmole 782 transported into a star wars universe.

Jane Austen:

Unititled: (This was influenced by Matthew Goode playing Wickham in Death Comes to Pemberley.) When Darcy returns to Pemberley, he reevaluates his relationship with Elizabeth, Georgiana and Wickham, who rescues Lydia Bennet in Brighton, which leads to her traumatic demise, resulting in Wickham’s service in the Peninsular War, and eventual redemption. I’m going to try and write it so it fits with Adow maybe.

Serve & Volley: A rewrite of Say Hello, Wave Goodbye, where the Bennets and others take on the world of tennis.

A Discovery of Witches:

Untitled: Just an idea which while re-watching the first  episode. Diana and Matthew meeting without the book, which is either  discovered much later or not at all.

A Star Wars crossover: first chapter written, second in  progress.  No Vampire or Witch element, but the main plot around Ashmole 782 transported into a star wars universe.  

A Once Upon a Time Crossover: An idea still in development.  Henry is a child prodigy at Oxford, Emma is there with him when she  discovers the storybook. Killian, a professor and biochemist has been  searching for the storybook for several years and learns of her  discovery.

Escaping Death Spinoff: A continuation of that oneshot, an AU of a scene in Shadow of the Night.

A Downton Abbey Crossover/Spinoff: This is a continuation of  my ideas from the previous Downton Abbey crossovers I have written,  exploring Matthew’s life as Henry Talbot in full.

Untitled: Diana has a horse ranch somewhere in America. Matthew comes to work there with, looking after the horses when his research lab at Oxford gets closed by the Congregation.

Untitled: Diana has a cafe in Oxford, near the university, in which she sells blood among the usual coffee, tea, latte, etc and food. Matthew, Miriam and Marcus meet there, whereupon he meets Diana.

Untitled: Diana has been hired to work as a librarian and archivist at Sept Tours when it opens to public tours after the news of the existence of creatures goes public and the covenant is undone

Unititled: (This was influenced by Matthew Goode playing Wickham in Death Comes to Pemberley.) When  Darcy returns to Pemberley, he reevaluates his relationship with  Elizabeth, Georgiana and Wickham, who rescues Lydia Bennet in Brighton,  which leads to her traumatic demise, resulting in Wickham’s service in  the Peninsular War, and eventual redemption. I’m going to try and write  it so it fits with Adow maybe.

Untitled: Diana and Matthew timewalk to where they were supposed to,  instead of 60 miles off course. Will their time in Elizabethan England  go more smoothly? Possibly, depends on my muse. Might incorporate the  continuation of Escaping Death into it.  

Untitled: Many years in the future, Matthew has assumed a new identity, as a woodwork teacher at a private independent school. Diana has passed, their children are all grown up. One day a woman with a young son walks into his classroom, a woman who looks very familiar...

Untitled: Juliet does not go to Madison after breaking free from Gerbert.

Game of Thrones:

Untitled Tysan: Modern Westros. Tywin Lannister is a photographer, Sansa Stark a fashion model who agrees to a weekend photoshoot away with him.

Untitled Tysan: Old Westros. Tywin Lannister endures several nightmares about the future which causes him to take the Iron Throne and change the lives of his three children, among others. Twenty years later, he goes to the North in search of the woman who was the subject of torture and abuse in his nightmares.

In Need of Some Cheer: Sansa is a Cheerleader and gymnast and Tywin has taken his granddaughter Myrcella to the championships.

Untitled Tysan: Tywin is captured and injured during the war of the five kings, before the Red Wedding. While Robb Stark becomes King of the Seven Kingdoms, Sansa is sent home to be married off to a northern ally, but ends up managing Winterfell when Bran falls into a coma, dodging marriage proposals and looking after the two Lanister prisoners of war, Jaime and Tywin.

Untitled Tysan: Tywin is famous artist, undertaking a retrospective of his pieces, in need of a new model. Enter Sansa.

Untitled Tysan: Sansa works for the most famous and reputable auction house in Kings Landing. Tywin asks them to value his collection regularly.

Untitled Tysan: Tywin has lunch on a bench in the park when notices a little girl. He then notices her mother. Sansa is a single mother who has moved to King's Landing as her daughter needs a special school. Due to her past relationship, Sansa's daughter is deaf.

Btvs:

Seasons 6 & 7 of Seasons Rewrite: Episode Guides written, but other fandoms took hold.

Charmed:

A rewrite of Seasons 4-8 to include Prue, Cole and others: I  started this and then abandoned it, but I still would like to do it,  although at the moment the existence of Paige is up for debate. I’m  currently not a fan of Rose McGowan at present. I know that’s no reason  to write out her character, so we shall see.

North and South: Mr Bell visits Helstone to inform Margaret that she will inherit his property and takes her to Milton where she accompanies him to the Thornton annual dinner and she meets the mill owner. Mr Bell names Mr Thornton as his overseer and be is required to travel to Helstone to keep Margaret informed on her property. Her father never loses his position.

The Scarlet Pimpernel: Percy overhears Chauvelin’s visit with Marguerite and her passionate defense of the Scarlet Pimpernel and how Chauvelin had her implicated in the arrest of st. Cyr.

Once Upon A Time: Emma is organising Christmas at her family’s stately home. Killian is a volunteer. Inspired by Christmas at Holkham Hall and Castle Howard.

Downton Abbey: Mary marries Richard Carlisle, who dies, leaving Mary a widow. Matthew has also died, Lavinia is alive, possibly has a son and heir. Henry Talbot arrives.

Downton Abbey: The burns patient was indeed Patrick Crawley. This changes everything for Matthew, Lavinia, Mary, Edith and others.

Whether all of these  stories will eventually go online is up to the muse.  

Re-blogged due to five new tysan and one adow ideas.

#fics #adow fics #game of thrones fics #charmed fics #btvs fics #austen fics #north and south fics #scarlet pimpernel fics #once upon a time fics #obidala fics

[natarsenic]

draco malfoy, wednesday addams, elizabeth bennet.

thank you!

draco malfoy

sexuality headcanon: gay

gender headcanon: trans man

a ship I have with said character: harry potter all the way, they have been my favorite non canon couple for over a decade

a BROTP I have with said character: pansy parkinson, they're best friends

a NOTP I have with said character: severus snape 🤢

a random headcanon: he keeps a journal since he was a kid, most of his entries were about how much he hated harry, now they are all about how much he loves his husband and their child together.

general opinion over said character: he was a complete bastard and a coward, but i still love him, his story (in my honest opinion) is so interesting and deserved more screen time/book pages.

elizabeth bennet

sexuality headcanon: straight

gender headcanon: cis woman

a ship I have with said character: mr darcy, they're an iconic and beautiful couple

a BROTP I have with said character: jane bennet!

a NOTP I have with said character: mr. collins 🤢

a random headcanon: after she marries mr darcy they never have children, they live a life devoted to each other and died at old age, one week after the other because they couldn't live without each other.

general opinion over said character: she's the original female character, so strong minded, stubborn and incredibly smart, i love her.

i haven't seen wednesday so i can't answer it, sorry love!

send me a character!

#nat answers

[ao3feed-janeausten]

Domestic Happiness

Domestic Happiness Read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/cpXQt96 by liv_meyer0507 Elizabeth is sick and Darcy is family man for a day (with kids) Words: 422, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (2005), Pride and Prejudice (TV 1995), Pride and Prejudice & Related Fandoms Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M Characters: Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Original Bennet-Darcy Child, Darcy Family (Pride and Prejudice) Relationships: Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy, Elizabeth Bennet & Fitzwillliam Darcy Additional Tags: Sick Character, Comfort, Healing, Family Fluff, Parent-Child Relationship, Father-Son Relationship, Fatherhood, Father-Daughter Relationship, Domestic Fluff, Domestic Bliss, Picnics via AO3 works tagged 'AUSTEN Jane - Works' https://ift.tt/z09eZfQ August 30, 2022 at 10:27AM

#IFTTT #AO3 works tagged 'AUSTEN Jane - Works' #Jane Austen #fanfic #fanfiction

[pennyngram]

Miss Bingley's Herbal Tea - deleted scene, chapter 13

While editing chapter 13, I realized that Elizabeth and Darcy spent too much time being awkward in the stillroom so I had to cut something. Here is that something. Enjoy this deleted scene.

[Contest: Elizabeth and Darcy are in the stillroom. Elizabeth has just swapped the tea leaves in the tea caddy]

What a pity that the night is ending so soon, she found herself thinking. While getting up from her chair, her eyes fell on a piece of paper on the table.

“This is Mrs Nicholls’ scones recipe!” She said with a startle.

“I see…?”

"It is one of the most prized possession in all of Meryton! Surely you have tasted them while at Netherfield?”

“I did. They were quite good.” More like delicious.

Her desire to not let the night end so quickly took hold of her. “Would you mind— Would you mind if I were to transcribe the recipe? It would take but a moment.”

“Miss Elizabeth, are you going to steal a scones’ recipe?”

“Well, Mrs Nicholls stole the Bennet’s recipe for the perfect Christmas pudding. It is only fair.”

Darcy stifled a laugh. “Then, by all means do as you wish.”

Casting aside Mr Darcy’s amused words (but feeling quite offended by them), Elizabeth looked for a blank piece of paper and started to transcribe the ingredients’ list.

Waiting for her, Darcy took back his place by the window, this time sitting on a chair. The fervency of the last day and night was looming over him and he found himself dozing off instead of admiring Elizabeth’s ethereal figure sitting at the desk.

In his state of almost wakefulness, her figure confused itself with the one of another woman, in another stillroom, humming with contentment.

“Mr Darcy. Mr Darcy.” He woke up to see Elizabeth bent down over him and touching his shoulder. “I have finished, we can go now.”

He stared at her in shock for a moment. “I have been in a stillroom before.” He sputtered out. “I have just remembered.”

“Really?”

“I was only a child. With my mother.” Mr Darcy looked around the stillroom, helplessly looking for more memories. “I guess… I guess she was working with lavender.”

“Maybe she was preparing scented soap.”

“Yes. Maybe.”

He looked at Elizabeth now. She was still leaning on him. It would have been so easy to put an arm around her waist, to kiss her, softly this time, and only because he wanted to, and then to whisper in her ear “I lov—”

"Would you like a copy of the recipe for Mrs Reynolds?"

And just like that, the moment was gone.

[Back to our original programming]

You can read Miss Bingley's Herbal Tea on ao3 and ff.net.

#miss bingley's herbal tea #miss b's ht #writing #fanfiction #pride and prejudice #pride and prejudice fanfiction #ao3 writer

[checkoutmybookshelf]

So, after a month of no RA treatment (long story), I am choosing to share the Austen/Regency-Inspired romances that I have been blanket burritoing with.

Starting on the far right is the original: Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. If I have to explain this one, this post is not for you.

Immediately following the OG is Regina Jeffers' The Phantom of Pemberely, a sequal. Everyone get snowed in at Pemberly, and what follows is a cross between Jane Austen and Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Next is CE Murphy's Magic and Manners, a fantasy reimagining of Austen where the Bennett girls are basically wizards. If you ever wished Lydia would come down hard on Wickham for cheating, this is very much the book.

Staying in the realm of magic but straying to Regency/Napoleonic are Chloe Neill's Kit Brightling books. Mr. Darcy is basically a spy and Elizabeth Bennet is (depending on your preferred fandom) the femme version of either William Lawrence, Horatio Hornblower, or Jack Aubrey.

On the far left is a 21st century Jane Austen meets Stephanie Meyer book (the quality is Austen, not Meyer), Beth Fantaskey's Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side. Mr. Darcy basically got merged with Edward Cullen, and Elizabeth is an only child and a mathlete.

#fiction #regency romance #pride and prejudice #fantasy

[byneddiedingo]

Emma Greenwell and Xavier Samuel in Love & Friendship (Whit Stillman, 2016)

Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel, Stephen Fry, Emma Greenwell, Morfydd Clark, James Fleet, Jemma Redgrave, Tom Bennett, Lochlann O'Mearáin. Screenplay: Whit Stillman, based on a novel by Jane Austen. Cinematography: Richard Van Oosterhout. Production design: Anna Rackard. Film editing: Sophie Corra. Music: Benjamin Esdraffo. 

Jane Austen's greatest novels -- Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, and Persuasion -- tend to run to formula. The heroines are all marriageable young women who for one reason or another are having trouble finding a mate. They are usually put in jeopardy of marrying scoundrels -- Emma to Frank Churchill, Elizabeth Bennet to Mr. Wickham, Fanny Price to Henry Crawford -- or fools -- Emma to Mr. Elton, Elizabeth to Mr. Collins -- or in Anne Elliot's case not at all, a calamitous fate in the world of the novels. Eventually, however, they find their Mr. Knightley or Darcy or Edmund or Capt. Wentworth and live happily ever after. The pattern is so familiar that it persists to this day in romance novels, but it's not why we read Jane Austen. We read her for the wit, the moral observations, the deft interplay of personalities, which is why even the best movies made from her books are slightly unsatisfying: Film can't do justice to what's on the page. And that's why Love & Friendship may be the best Jane Austen movie ever: What's on the page in its source, Lady Susan, the epistolary novella she never submitted to a publisher, departs radically from the formula. The titular heroine (played brilliantly in the film by Kate Beckinsale) is herself the scoundrel, more in the mold of Henry Crawford's sister, Mary, in Mansfield Park than any of Austen's more familiar heroines. And she winds up marrying the fool, the wealthy Sir James Martin (Tom Bennett), whom she originally planned as a husband for her daughter, Frederica (Morfydd Clark), after having courted Reginald DeCourcy (Xavier Samuel), who winds up marrying Frederica. Whit Stillman's screenplay is a brilliant transformation of what's on the pages of the source, where the point of view is limited to that of the letter writers. The freedom to manipulate point of view in the film allows him to play with inverting the formula: In the film, Reginald takes on the role usually played by Austen's heroines, i.e., almost marrying the scoundrel. With Bennett's considerable help, Stillman makes Sir James Martin into one of the funniest fools ever, so blithely out of it that he is astonished to learn that Frederica reads "both verse and poetry" and thinks that Moses delivered 12 commandments -- after being told that there are only ten, he tries to decide which two he should discard. He also winds up after his marriage to Lady Susan in a ménage à trois that includes Lord Manwaring (Lochlann O'Mearáin), but he remains apparently unaware that Manwaring is her real lover and the father of the child she is carrying. That last could never have found its way into print in Austen's day, of course, but Stillman succeeds in integrating it into a convincingly Austenian context. If there is a flaw to the film, it may be that it's "rather too light, and bright, and sparkling," which is the criticism that Austen made of Pride and Prejudice. It sometimes feels like a parody of a Jane Austen novel, but a masterly one.

#Love & Friendship #Whit Stillman #Emma Greenwell #Xavier Samuel

[fluoresensitivearchived]

beloved by toni morrison (black horror, gothic horror, historical fiction)

what’s it about?: sethe, a runaway slave woman living in exile from her community, deals with grief, trauma and loss alongside her daughter, denver, and her mysterious house guest, beloved. that is all i can say without spoiling the whole thing!

why i love it; it’s about the grief, it’s about violence and blood as a form of love, it’s about paul d looking at sethe’s back and seeing the beauty in her horrible scars, and it’s about sethe accepting that she’s her own best thing

trigger warnings: rape, violence, slavery, anti-blackness

pride & prejudice by jane austen ( classics, romance )

what’s it about; a man of means must be in want of a wife ... mr. bingley is rich and mrs. bennet wants HER daughter to marry him, but like, so does everyone else, but mr. bingley has this annoying, stuck up friend, mr. darcy, and elizabeth bennet (lizzie, as everyone knows her) does NOT like him, but yes she does. also, there’s a lot of social prejudices, like someone with only two servants is poor and weird and uncouth, and someone with a manor is the best, EVEN if he’s been known to disgrace fair ladies 😳 and it’s all complex and interesting to read

why i recommend it; it’s thee original romantic comedy, and while i get annoyed when people water down these classic plots to ‘blah blah blah short thing’, that’s literally the best way to describe it. and yes, there are tender moments, yes, there are hand-clench moments, but there’s also a lot of interesting moments that go into the social politics of the time!

sir gawain & the green knight, as translated by Burton Raffel (classics, poetry, epic fiction)

what’s it about; so imagine you’re having a christmas party, and some weird guy says ‘hey! cut off my head!’ so you do it, and then he stands back up and goes, ‘cool! in a year’s time, i’ll return the favor’, and now you have to go on an epic quest that tests your honor and chivalry and religion. also this guy is green.

why i recommend it; a) because dev patel movie, and b) it’s such an incredible piece of fiction. i read the burton raffel version, but i’ve been eyeing the j.r.r. tolkien version ... you just have to choose which one’s right for you, or! read all the versions until you settle on a favorite!

watership down by richard adams

what’s it about; the rabbits have a complex society. but, more in depth, fiver (the runt of den) sees a human-made sign and has a vision of the rabbit warren being destroyed but ALSO a vision of this promised land...watership down ... there’s power struggles, there’s two (2) rabbit cults, and so many moments that made me want to lay face down in the grass

why i recommend it; fiver is cassandra, a doomed and cursed prophet, and hazel is the chosen one with too much weight on his shoulders...there are so many moments of shock and brutality that are balanced by goodness, by love and friendship and kinship ... the rabbits befriend a bird ... prince with a thousand enemies, when they catch you, they’ll kill you...but first they must catch you

housekeeping by marilyanne robinson (domestic fiction)

what’s it about; after their mother commits suicide, two sisters go to live in a mountain town with their grandmother. when their grandmother passes, their aunt (a drifter) comes to take care of them. it’s about the family relationships, it’s about sibling bonds, it’s questioning what does it mean to be a mother? what does it mean to be a social outcast?

why i recommend it; a young lesbian grows super attached to her lesbian drifter aunt...i don’t know what else you want me to say, it’s so incredibly touching

red dragon by thomas harris

what’s it about; retired fbi profiler will graham is pulled back into the dark world of criminal investigation, and must work with hannibal lecter to catch francis dolerhyde, “the tooth fairy”

why i recommend it; it’s nothing like that show, so like ... dash that out of your head. it’s superior to the show, it surpasses the show. if you want gay shit, you will get gay shit, but the real power of this story is like, the depravity. it’s about will breaking inside because he has to bring his wife and step-child into this world, it’s about will having the potential for great violence and doing nothing with it, it’s about hannibal lecter being a full-on bitch 24/7 and coaxing/teasing that cruelty out of people for FUNSIES, it’s amazing, it’s delicious.

trigger warnings: extreme violence, mentions of cannibalism

no more descriptions underneath the cut for now! i’ll come back to this post when I have the energy! or, you can ask me specifically about the books i’ve recommended.

foundryside by robert jackson bennett

the hare with amber eyes by edmund de waal

mexican gothic by silvia moreno garcia

nothing to see here by kevin wilson

the fifth season by n.k. jemisin

severance by ling ma

oil! by upton sinclair

annihilation by jeff vandermeer

the wizard of earthsea by ursula k. le guin

the final revival of opal & nev by dawnie walton

zami: a new spelling of my name by audre lorde

ponti by sharlene tao

such a fun age by kiley reid

#🌙 #recs by yah yah #i wanted to give it a fuller post! also i wanted to edit the text more ... b/c i wanna give my reasons for loving this stuff #aND ALSO! lil summaries/twitter warnings #long post