tagging meme (from wyncatastrophe)
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(1) What is the crackiest fic premise you've ever written straight?
Jane and Elizabeth were kidnapped by the Bennets - well, more by a completely deranged Mrs Bennet, and enabled by a self-deluding Mr Bennet. In fact they're nieces to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Only! They are not biological sisters but cousins! Elizabeth is the daughter of Lady Catherine's younger brother. Jane is Darcy's sister! And she and Darcy vaguely half-recognize her! And Mr Bennet is dying so no iffy conflict there. But then the girls are separated after he dies! And Elizabeth was supposed to be raised by Lady Catherine, and Lady Catherine insists on taking charge of her once she turns 21!
And until then, she's stuck in Yorkshire with a bunch of relatives she's never met: her uncle the earl (distantly well-meaning), his elder son Lord Milton (witty but selfish), his younger son Colonel Fitzwilliam (kind, distracted), his daughter Lady Eleanor (haughty, abrasive), his mother (thoughtful, understanding, struggling with dementia), and his friendly, affectionate, ditzy niece Cecily (daughter of his other brother, her father's twin). Jane, meanwhile, goes to Pemberley and settles in much more easily with Darcy and Georgiana, and finds herself remembering more of her early childhood and trying very hard not to resent the Bennets for KIDNAPPING HER. (Jane <3)
Anyway, I treated the whole thing completely seriously. It's like, P&P: the gothic romance.
(2) What was the first SW fic you read?
I might have a read a few short ones, but the first thing to come to mind is
fialleril 's Anabasis. I know I read it before I saw AOTC and ROTS, because even though I knew Dooku was a villain and a Sith Lord and all, I was still disappointed by how weaksauce he was compared to hers. I was rather disappointed by canon Padmé too. And Anakin. And Obi-Wan. And, umm, okay, everyone but Palpatine, and that's probably just because he didn't show up in the fic. Hell, even Sabé was ten times more awesome in the fic.
/Anabasis stan
(3) If you got your chance with the Sorting Hat, what house would you ask for?
Ravenclaw, of course!
(4) Do you have a favourite literary critic?
John Wiltshire. If it weren't for the psychoanalytic nonsense he'd be pretty much flawless.
(5) Who's one academic you would fangirl if you ever met him/her in person?
bell hooks.
(6) What is your favourite Skywalker family moment?
Anakin killing Palpatine and Luke running to him and taking his hand when he's collapsed on the floor. :D :( ;_; :) :) :( ...ahh, emoticons cannot express my feelings
(7) If you were going to write a work of historical fiction, which real people from history would appear in it, and why?
I have written historical fiction, but I have quite a lot of lingering discomfort around RPF and haven't put any real people in (and have no particular desire to, for those). If I could simply call historical fiction into being with real people, it would be Elizabeth I and El Cid. They would have an epic romance and their children would be Time Lords.
(1) What is the crackiest fic premise you've ever written straight?
Jane and Elizabeth were kidnapped by the Bennets - well, more by a completely deranged Mrs Bennet, and enabled by a self-deluding Mr Bennet. In fact they're nieces to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Only! They are not biological sisters but cousins! Elizabeth is the daughter of Lady Catherine's younger brother. Jane is Darcy's sister! And she and Darcy vaguely half-recognize her! And Mr Bennet is dying so no iffy conflict there. But then the girls are separated after he dies! And Elizabeth was supposed to be raised by Lady Catherine, and Lady Catherine insists on taking charge of her once she turns 21!
And until then, she's stuck in Yorkshire with a bunch of relatives she's never met: her uncle the earl (distantly well-meaning), his elder son Lord Milton (witty but selfish), his younger son Colonel Fitzwilliam (kind, distracted), his daughter Lady Eleanor (haughty, abrasive), his mother (thoughtful, understanding, struggling with dementia), and his friendly, affectionate, ditzy niece Cecily (daughter of his other brother, her father's twin). Jane, meanwhile, goes to Pemberley and settles in much more easily with Darcy and Georgiana, and finds herself remembering more of her early childhood and trying very hard not to resent the Bennets for KIDNAPPING HER. (Jane <3)
Anyway, I treated the whole thing completely seriously. It's like, P&P: the gothic romance.
(2) What was the first SW fic you read?
I might have a read a few short ones, but the first thing to come to mind is
fialleril 's Anabasis. I know I read it before I saw AOTC and ROTS, because even though I knew Dooku was a villain and a Sith Lord and all, I was still disappointed by how weaksauce he was compared to hers. I was rather disappointed by canon Padmé too. And Anakin. And Obi-Wan. And, umm, okay, everyone but Palpatine, and that's probably just because he didn't show up in the fic. Hell, even Sabé was ten times more awesome in the fic.
/Anabasis stan
(3) If you got your chance with the Sorting Hat, what house would you ask for?
Ravenclaw, of course!
(4) Do you have a favourite literary critic?
John Wiltshire. If it weren't for the psychoanalytic nonsense he'd be pretty much flawless.
(5) Who's one academic you would fangirl if you ever met him/her in person?
bell hooks.
(6) What is your favourite Skywalker family moment?
Anakin killing Palpatine and Luke running to him and taking his hand when he's collapsed on the floor. :D :( ;_; :) :) :( ...ahh, emoticons cannot express my feelings
(7) If you were going to write a work of historical fiction, which real people from history would appear in it, and why?
I have written historical fiction, but I have quite a lot of lingering discomfort around RPF and haven't put any real people in (and have no particular desire to, for those). If I could simply call historical fiction into being with real people, it would be Elizabeth I and El Cid. They would have an epic romance and their children would be Time Lords.