#tda choices

[princepotatosack]

Hello one and all and welcome to the The Duchess Affair name post. This is a list of period-accurate given names you can give your MC if you need some inspiration or want to know what kinds of names ladies had back then. I've combed through the 1809 edition of Debrett's Peerage for names of noblewomen in the 1600s and 1700s in Britain, which is where I'm taking the liberty of assuming TDA is set.

As always, you can drop any questions in my inbox, I love love love playing reference librarian :-)

Most names in this period either came from the Bible or from literature. The Bible was the most common book owned and read, so Biblical names were frequently seen. Some nobles liked to show off how cultured and educated they were by naming their children after mythological figures or characters from poetry and history, but most people of all classes named children after ancestors or loved ones (which explains why it seems like it was the same dozen names getting passed around again and again.)

Very common names -- the majority of women back then had one of these names:

Anne

Caroline

Catharine (not a typo – this was the standard spelling in the 1700s!)

Charlotte

Diana

Elizabeth

Frances

Georgiana

Henrietta

Isabella

Jane

Louisa

Margaret

Maria (pronounced like “Mariah”)

Martha

Mary

Sarah

Sophia

Less common but not unheard-of names:

Agnes

Alathea

Albinia/Albina

Alicia/Alice

Amelia/ Emilia/Emily

Arabella

Augusta

Barbara

Bridget

Cassandra

Cecilia/Cecily

Clarissa

Constance/Constantia

Dorothea/Dorothy

Eleanor

Emma

Gertrude

Grace

Harriet/Harriott

Hester

Honora/Honoria

Jemima

Judith

Julia

Juliana

Lavinia

Laetitia/Letitia

Laura

Lucy

Marianna/Marianne

Matilda

Penelope

Priscilla

Rachael

Rebecca

Susan/Susanna/Susannah

Theodosia

Theresa

Thomasina/Thomasine

Rarities and oddities -- I only came across these names once or twice each, use them to add a bit of flavor and eccentricity!!!:

Abigail

Amabel/Amabella

Amantha

Anastasia

Angelica

Annabella

Antonia

Araminta

Beatrix

Camilla

Christiana/Christina

Clara

Clementia/Clementina

Dulcibella

Esme

Ethelred

Eugenia

Felicia

Flavia

Flora

Florentia

Frederica

Gabriella

Helen/Helena

Horatia

Josepha

Leonora

Madelina

Margaretta

Narcissa

Octavia

Olivia

Philadelphia

Rose

Selina

Sibella/Sibilla/Sibylla

Tryphena

Urania

Winifred

And just for fun, some extremely British sounding surnames I found that made me chuckle aristocratically:

Beckington

Cavendish

Chatham

Courtenay

Dalrymple

Darlington

Fortescue

Gainsborough

Kingscote

Lovelace

Mountstuart

Ogilvie

Pembroke

Pierrepont

Posonby

Tattershall

Twisleton

Wentworth

Willoughby

Wriothesley

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[yourqueenb]

No one:

PB writing their Inside Choices blogs:

It’s getting hot in the writer’s room… And it’s all because of our upcoming VIP release — Smut By Another Name! So book team, what can you tell us about this steamy new story?

Berry: You have just moved into a new town to start your new job. Hard-working and eager to please, you hope things go smoothly so that you can prove yourself. But what will happen when your brooding boss makes you a sexy offer you can’t refuse?

Ooooh, how interesting! I wonder what that offer could be. 🤔 Speaking of, who is this brooding boss of ours?

Jane Doe: A billionaire with an attitude, Dixon Balzac always gets what they want and has no issues with breaking a rule or two. As the CEO, they know their way around the boardroom. But as God’s gift to women, they also know their way around the bedroom. *wink wink*

Joe Schmoe: Dixon loves to throw their weight and their wallet around, which becomes very clear after they set their sights on you. But I think players will be surprised to find that there’s more to them than meets the eye. What secrets do they have? And will you be brave enough to get down and dirty in order to find out?

Wow, we’re swooning already! Are there any other characters we should be excited about or on the lookout for?

Tom: Honestly, you should absolutely get excited about your character! Don’t let her innocence and inexperience fool you! MC might need a moment to find her footing. But once she does, she’s a headstrong woman who isn’t afraid of responding with a little sass when the situation calls for it.

Dick: Be on the lookout for your new project manager! As a perfectionist and Dixon’s wife, there’s no telling when she’ll pop up with 10 pages worth of notes on your latest assignment or nosy questions about the nature of you and Dixon’s budding relationship.

Berry: I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m super excited for players to meet our crazy quirky cast of supporting characters, especially one uber prepared best friend! Dressia is always there for you whether you need relationship advice or a hot new outfit to impress a special someone.

Hot new outfits you say? What can we expect from the closet in this book? Give us the scoop!

Jane Doe: Since this book puts the “sin” in “business”, you can expect some very risqué office wear. Low-cut blouses, rising hemlines, lacy thigh highs, oh my! If Dixon Balzac were my boss, I’d definitely stock my real life closet with these outfits.

We can barely contain our excitement! Okay, last question: What did the writing team use as inspiration for this titillating title?

Berry: The team had so much fun perusing classics, modern bestsellers, and popular Wattpad stories alike! We found a little bit of inspiration in every single one, which has allowed us to create a totally original, not at all carbon copied new book for our catalogue. So we hope you enjoy it!

And there you have it, folks! Keep your eyes peeled for Smut By Another Name, releasing next Friday! 🍓

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[thebenvoliobrit]

The cast of Desire & Decorum and The Unexpected Heiress looking at The Duchess Affair

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[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by anonymous

‘I wanted to like Nat in The Duchess Affair but she’s actually really annoying and sex obsessed. MC is trying to navigate a serious crisis to protect her sister and Nat is here whining about MC not risking it all for the biscuit. Major turn off.’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

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[choices-binglebonkus]

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[becca-davenqueer]

My official predictions

#choices #playchoices #choices stories you play #choices meme #choices the nanny affair #choices tna #tna #tda #SPOILERS for TDA cover

[the-unconquered-queen]

Not another -Affair book 💀

Come up with something else COME UP WITH SOMETHING ELSE

#playchoices #the duchess affair #choices tda

[cadybear420]

PB writing hot pepper foodplay in TNA, straight up physical abuse in TCH, horsegasm in TDA, risking an air embolism during oral in Surrender, literal animals mating in TDA:

PB writing just one pegging/strap-on scene:

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[chris-mclean-has-me-by-the-neck]

Owen Depression Arc

Description:

This is an all stars rewrite where Owen actually did compete but was booted off early and soon afterwards hired as Chris’ assistant in hopes of resolving his family’s financial crisis whilst unfortunately dealing with Chris’ bullshit, island mutants, and most of all his #1 enemy, Alejandro. But it’s Owen! He can handle anything!….right?

#total drama #total drama rewrite #tdas #all stars #td #total drama au #td owen #owen mccord #Owen rethinking his life choices at the moment

[masked-alien-lesbian]

The non smutty option is sometimes better 💛💛💛

#Plus I get tired of all the smut #Especially since we've done this scenario #At least 2x off the top of my head #TDA and TNA both had a smut scene in the private theater box #choices #pixelberry #playchoices #sod #ship of dreams #theo carter #Theo #F!Theo #F!Theo carter

[princepotatosack]

ibuprofen wasnt invented yet in the 1700s

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[sciralta]

Okay but how are some of you shocked that the titular duchess in The Duchess Affair is having an affair.

#‘she’s MARRIED!?’ girl do you not know what an affair is #playchoices #choices #the duchess affair #choices the duchess affair #choices tda

[yourqueenb]

#choices tda #choices the duchess affair #choices #choices stories you play #playchoices #I’m trying to withhold judgement y’all #but it’s sounding pretty formulaic as per usual #despite how much the Q&A tries to make it seem like it’s not…

[angely-cristal]

PB...

#playchoices #pixelberry #choices #choices: stories you play #anti sam dalton #anti the nanny affair #choices anti the nanny affair #choices anti tna #Anti TNA #Anti the Dalton affair #Anti tda

[playchoicesconfessions]

Sent by @cadybear420

‘No because it is actually very hard to take TDA seriously. Like I want to take it seriously, it's the one affair story on this app where there's actually a believable sympathetic reason for it. So this could be an interesting story about how women (especially sapphic women) did not have a lot of options back in those days. But it's really hard to take the story seriously when Nat's an entitled prick, I'm forced to watch animals straight up mating, and MC gets stimulation from horseback riding. Just like with MTFL, the sexual tone is incredibly off.’

POST/CONFESSIONS DO NOT REFLECT THE MOD’S PERSONAL OPINIONS!

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[choices-binglebonkus]

With The Dalton Affair is my fear that we might get more POV-LI books... like the next thing you know we're gonna get Ethan's Heart... an alternate take on Open Heart where you play as Ethan the whole time in a story all about Ethan. It'll be so much about Ethan that they'll rename Edenbrook as Ethanbrook. I really hope they don't do that.

Thanks for the new fear, anon!

Other fears I am developing:

A Senator of Rome (ACOR, Antony’s POV)

The Tutor Affair (TDA, Nat’s POV)

Resident Advisor With Benefits (RWB, Drew’s POV)

Queen B: Under The Desk (QB, Kingsley’s POV)

Bodyguard: A Witness Romance (self-explanatory from Cassian’s POV, and YES I was cackling when I made this title)

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