Dear Yuletide author,

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Ugh, had my neuroscience exam today. I feel much the same way about neuroscience as I do about my stats class: struggling to get through it now, planning to forget everything once it's over. Also, I'm discovering that some meals just shouldn't come out of a box.
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A friend on tumblr is encouraging me to do Yuletide. I never have and there are some very appealing fandoms there (Mansfield Park! Heyer! The Hollow Crown! Emelan! She-Ra!) - and after the au_bigbang, 1k is nothing - but ... idk. I got pretty spoiled the last few years!

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I'm a little behind, but I spent seven hours at the mall yesterday, so I don't feel I'm slacking that much! These ones are both totally obvious, anyway.

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I was rather at a loss for this one - so many choices! - until I remembered one particularly glorious passage.

Day 4: What is your favourite quote from the books?

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This one's another shocker!

Day 3: What is your favourite book?( Read more... )

I'm still figuring out Day 3, so commentary on my serious business crack-premised fic.

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I'm sure this one will be super suspenseful.

Day 2: Who is your favourite male character?

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I'm going to try and do this one properly. Bless you, tumblr, and your meme-spawning ways: thirty days of Jane Austen!

Day 1: Who is your favourite female character?

This might surprise a few people (though maybe not):

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At some point, I may put up a more polished version at austenfanon. For the present, ranting! There really is nothing like tiptoeing back into an old fandom to remind you of the things that irritated you. But it's an enjoyably trivial kind of irritation and not the serious business stuff, so let's talk about social status.

Or:

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