The Shades of Pemberley want cleaning...

Oh, for the love of all things Austen!

Is nothing sacred any more? Are the Shades of Pemberley thus to be polluted? This is not to be BORNE!

New and Unknown

10 years after Darcy and Lizzy got married they had a son. He is about to turn 17, but then one december night a beautiful, pale skinned girl asks for a job. What will happen when he finds out she is not really human but a vampire. OOC. Twilight cross over.


I have looked at the story in question, and there are AUTHOR'S NOTES in the text! Jane Austen is in her grave weeping at the terrible disservice this thirteen year old is doing to her text! I'm sure this girl hasn't even READ Pride and Prejudice.

I want to raise an angry mob right now. Who's with me? Grab your torches and pitchforks! Or at the very least, your flaming reviews. I know when I am in a more harmonious mood I will give this girl a piece of my mind.

Vindication

I have just heard Patrick O'Brien's Aubrey Maturin novels described as "The Novels Jane Austen would have written if she had written about her brothers in the Navy rather than her sisters."

This completely legitimizes my crossover of the two. I feel vindicated.

And in the mood to read my copy of M&C, which is currently at home. Curses.

Rocking the Regency

I have discovered a treasure.

Regency Dress Up Doll by *savivi on deviantART

This woman is AMAZING-- I have had far too much fun designing Fanny and Charlotte Aubrey--

And Georgiana, who is so much fun. I am by no means an Austen purist, and I am not ashamed to admit that I really liked Tamzin Merchant in Joe Wright's 2005 Version. She was very...impish, which is a quality that suited her, I thought.Those of you familiar with Thackeray will recognize Georgiana's title -- in my fanfic she's married to Marquess of Steyne, his second marriage and her first. I've also now only just realized that she should be a Marchioness. *shrug* The vagaries of rank and style.

I had fun doing myself, too...


But the fun didn't stop there-- she has one for our favorite heroes, too!

Regency Hero Dress Up Doll by *savivi on deviantART

Which meant, of course, that I had to do Richard Hornblower, George Darcy and Phil Norrington as well....Aren't they dashing? I gave George a dog, though he doesn't have one in my story... Perhaps he should get one now.

And you should all go read Husbands and Lovers now. It has so few reviews. Please, even unhappy reviews would be appreciated, too...

Husbands and Lovers, a Napoleonic Wars Crossover of Epic Proportions