Re: non-canon pairings
Actually, I rather doubt if Capt Benwick felt things deeply, though he made such a show of his grief for Fanny Harville -- chap 18 --"Captain Benwick was not inconsolable. That was a point which Anne...
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Thank you, Suzanne, you are such an excellent writer that's lovely to have your support for my controversial story. I'm not offended by Adelaide or Jim or others who dislike it, I was quite aware when...
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Jim D. Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> See, Anne's the heroine who most reminds me of my> own wife, Katy (Jane B., also, though to a lesser> degree), and if...
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We pick up a piece of the reading puzzle and see that it's malleable. Moreover, we see the threads that connect it to the rest of the story, literally and subtextually, the dangling threads of...
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Lise Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Austen did not write for dull elves, after all.I would hate to be a dull elf, or even worse, have you think that I am one.So, by...
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NikkiRe your question below:> But if you like the heroine to wind up with a guy> in a potentially dangerous, uniformed service, why> would you object so much if Elizabeth Bennet> winds up...
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I am not sure I have the pleasure of understanding you in the context of fan-fiction.Certainly you are correct if you are wishing to replicate Austen's style, message, and personality. But then, if...
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Of course that's not what Austen intended. If she had intended it, she would have written it that way. But like Marks, if I wanted to read only what Austen intended, I'd read Austen, not fanfic.(And...
View ArticleAnd I'm talking about fan-fiction.
If you would like to engage in a discussion on the original book, I would be happy to do that. But the majority of fan-fiction involves writing stories about things that didn't happen in the books and...
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Suzanne,Re your comment> If you would like to engage in a discussion on the> original book, I would be happy to do that. But> the majority of fan-fiction involves writing> stories about...
View ArticleGood. I love having the last word.
Thank you for letting me know you plan to say nothing more.Austen fanfiction references. The term fanfiction by definition references an original source. So, in commenting upon fanfiction, one is...
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Marks Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I am not sure I have the pleasure of understanding> you in the context of fan-fiction.>> Certainly you are correct if...
View ArticleTo Bernadette E. - Italian words and expressions
As promised, here are my suggestions.Caldo maschioThis really has a very different meaning from the one you surely intended :) Caldo means hot, but it's never used in reference to people, not even...
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You've made your point, Lise! Whenever you'll have both time and inclination (meaning you're not too tired) to post, know that your readers will be here to rejoice :)Don't forget to get some sleep...
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*sigh* No I feel like I'm the one being taken out of context. I offered a defense of one specific story with one specific scenario that I felt had value, and does not represent such an enormous leap...
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Suzanne ,Re your comment:> *sigh* No I feel like I'm the one being taken out> of context. I offered a defense of one specific> story with one specific scenario that I felt had> value, and...
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I'm just sad my time fills up so quickly! There is so much more I would like to do.Though I'm now losing time waiting for my son to give up playing scrabble on my tablet - I would like to 'process'...
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J But if she, for example, accepted> Charles, while still having hope that Frederick> might return and once again propose, that, to me> would violate Austen's characterization, a whole>...
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Suzanne,Re your comment:> That certainly is not something I ever meant to> imply.Nor was that what I inferred. I was using that as an example of how a story in which Anne married Charles would...
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Jim D. Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I can see (and have read) scenarios in which> Austen's characters might wind up with people> other than the ones Austen...
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