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cuddyclothesThere are three new slang entries at the what ho library, a multifandom site. They cover everything from sex to crime to drinking establishments to money and beyond. One entry had to be revised when a major site closed down. But the links were found elsewhere and there should be no problems. The posts cover 1850 to present.
Don't Let Him Gazoomph You
This is general slang, including crime, flapperspeak, and polari, the secret slang of the gay world.
What's An Edwardian Word For Penis?
Self-explanatory.
Has That Salvation-Juggins Lost His Knob?
These are slang terms for race, sexuality, insanity and many other large concepts. Dating back to 1850. Translation: has that religious person gone insane?
Don't Let Him Gazoomph You
This is general slang, including crime, flapperspeak, and polari, the secret slang of the gay world.
What's An Edwardian Word For Penis?
Self-explanatory.
Has That Salvation-Juggins Lost His Knob?
These are slang terms for race, sexuality, insanity and many other large concepts. Dating back to 1850. Translation: has that religious person gone insane?
cuddyclothesAt what_ho_library , the entry "What Is An Edwardian Word For Penis?" has been updated with British and American timelines of slang for:
Breasts
Commercial Sex
Masturbation
Arse (Down And Dirty)
Defection and Urination
The Timeline slider goes from 1850-present, so it works for just about every fandom, including Jane Austen if you want to get naughty.
Atgive_satisfaction , activity will resume over the holidays.
Happy Holidays!
what_ho_library , the entry "What Is An Edwardian Word For Penis?" has been updated with British and American timelines of slang for:Breasts
Commercial Sex
Masturbation
Arse (Down And Dirty)
Defection and Urination
The Timeline slider goes from 1850-present, so it works for just about every fandom, including Jane Austen if you want to get naughty.
At
give_satisfaction , activity will resume over the holidays.Happy Holidays!
auroracloudWell, this is a Friday rather than a Thursday, but I was too tired to do recs when I got home yesterday, but thought it a lovely idea to do recs, anyway. I'll do a few on a theme: historical fics with f/f romances (or hints of romance). All but one of these (the last) have been gift fics to me in fairly recent exchanges, because I've just had that much luck with my exchange gifts. They're all at least a few months old, but I've been meaning to rec them for a while, because they deserve it.
By the author of "Laura's Dilemma" (2901 words) by El Staplador
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Original Female Character/Original Female Character, Regency Debutante/Her Sister's Governess
Characters: Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Regency, Books, Gossip, Class Differences, Age Difference, Secret Identity, Reference to illness suffered by child
Summary: There was always a fire in the schoolroom grate, even when she came home long after midnight. And Miss Cole was always there. Sometimes she would be turning over the pages of a novel (Maria was almost sure it was a novel); sometimes writing a letter; sometimes she would be dozing in the high-backed chair that had been Mamma's favourite when they lived in the country; but she would always be there when Maria looked in.
My comment: A lovely original historical story that reads delightfully like a regency novel except that it's about the love between two women.
An Example of Benevolent Selfishness (5724 words) by Alona
Fandom: Emma - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jane Fairfax/Emma Woodhouse, Jane Fairfax & Emma Woodhouse
Characters: Emma Woodhouse, Jane Fairfax
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Developing Relationship
Summary:
My comment: An incredibly beautiful canon divergence fic where Emma and Jane Fairfax become close much earlier, and develop a strong friendship - and perhaps more.
performance (1243 words) by frausorge
Fandom: Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mary Crawford/Fanny Price
Characters: Fanny Price, Mary Crawford
Summary: Fanny began going more and more often to the Parsonage.
Another case of characters becoming closer in the story than they do in the original novel, this story beautifully uses Mary's harp playing to create a connection between Fanny and Mary. While that was a suggestion from my prompt, I really liked what the author did with it, as well as how the story subtly shows more to Mary Crawford than the narration of the book would have us believe.
To Be Fond of Dancing (888 words) by penna_nomen
Fandom: Emma - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jane Fairfax/Emma Woodhouse
Characters: Jane Fairfax, Emma Woodhouse
Additional Tags: Romance, Dancing
Summary:Jane’s love for Emma has gone unrequited, until they share a dance.
This is set at a dance at the girls' school, where young women partner one another, and Jane and Emma succeed in finding a common ground.
By the author of "Laura's Dilemma" (2901 words) by El Staplador
Fandom: Original Work
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Original Female Character/Original Female Character, Regency Debutante/Her Sister's Governess
Characters: Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Regency, Books, Gossip, Class Differences, Age Difference, Secret Identity, Reference to illness suffered by child
Summary: There was always a fire in the schoolroom grate, even when she came home long after midnight. And Miss Cole was always there. Sometimes she would be turning over the pages of a novel (Maria was almost sure it was a novel); sometimes writing a letter; sometimes she would be dozing in the high-backed chair that had been Mamma's favourite when they lived in the country; but she would always be there when Maria looked in.
And Maria always looked in.
My comment: A lovely original historical story that reads delightfully like a regency novel except that it's about the love between two women.
An Example of Benevolent Selfishness (5724 words) by Alona
Fandom: Emma - Jane Austen
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jane Fairfax/Emma Woodhouse, Jane Fairfax & Emma Woodhouse
Characters: Emma Woodhouse, Jane Fairfax
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Developing Relationship
Summary:
A chance encounter between Emma and Jane leads to a drastic change in their relationship.
My comment: An incredibly beautiful canon divergence fic where Emma and Jane Fairfax become close much earlier, and develop a strong friendship - and perhaps more.
performance (1243 words) by frausorge
Fandom: Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Mary Crawford/Fanny Price
Characters: Fanny Price, Mary Crawford
Summary: Fanny began going more and more often to the Parsonage.
Another case of characters becoming closer in the story than they do in the original novel, this story beautifully uses Mary's harp playing to create a connection between Fanny and Mary. While that was a suggestion from my prompt, I really liked what the author did with it, as well as how the story subtly shows more to Mary Crawford than the narration of the book would have us believe.
To Be Fond of Dancing (888 words) by penna_nomen
Fandom: Emma - Jane Austen
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jane Fairfax/Emma Woodhouse
Characters: Jane Fairfax, Emma Woodhouse
Additional Tags: Romance, Dancing
Summary:Jane’s love for Emma has gone unrequited, until they share a dance.
This is set at a dance at the girls' school, where young women partner one another, and Jane and Emma succeed in finding a common ground.
Reccing Thursday
May. 23rd, 2019 02:20 pmthisbluespiritPeople have been trying to set up a Reccing Thursday meme (like the Reading Wednesdays) and it suddenly occurred to me that we could do that here.
To start us off, here are the five most recent historical fanworks I've bookmarked (all excellent) - four historical RPF/historical RPF-based fiction (14th C & 15th C), and one Pride & Prejudice:
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brutti-ma-buoni (14th C/Katherine - Anya Seton)
(G, 1507 words. John of Gaunt/Katherine Swynford.) It is 1398 and history is about to take a different turn. A messenger arrives for the Duke of Lancaster. A choice is made.
Intriguing post-canon AU, beautifully done.
And trewe of love thise women were echoon byLilliburlero (15th C/Shakespeare's Henry V)
(Not Rated (G), 463 words. Fluellen/Gower.) These entries were thought too recondite to include in Women in Late Medieval England and Wales: A Biographical Dictionary, eds Charlotte A. Dodd, Pamela Laredo Marlow, and Thomasine Merrick (Streweminster: Streweminster University Press, 2013). They are reproduced here in the interests of open access to research and scholarship.
I love a bit of metafiction and these historical biographical dictionary entries are lovely and much can be read between the lines.
Wrapt in a Woman's Hide byGileonnen (15th C/Shakespeare's Henry VI)
(Teen, 1144 words. Richard III/Edward of Lancaster, George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence, Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI.) The youngest child of Richard of York is a daughter--and the women of York make good use of their marriages.
Brilliant AU of Shakespeare's Richard; it's an excellent and sharp piece that's got teeth.
past imperfect byfandomsruinedmylife (15thC/16thC)
(G, 2965 words. Henry VII/Elizabeth of York, Margaret Beaufort, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I, Edward VI.)or, glimpses into eight worlds where history unfolded differently thanks to an accident of birth
What it says on the tin - a well written series of fascinating alternate history vignettes, looking at what might have happened had eight different figures of the Tudor era been a different gender. (Or the patriarchy sucks, as the author says.)
Five Sons Mr and Mrs Bennet Never Had by bybiichan
(G, 3929 words. Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy, Caroline Bingley, Mary Bennet, George Wickham, Lydia Bennet, Kitty Bennet.) ...for, of course, they were to have a son. This son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age... (A series of what-ifs exploring in turn the possibilities had any of the Bennet girls been born male.)
Great and enjoyable exploration of what would have happened had each of the Bennet sisters been boys in turn. It's really hard to even decide on a favourite segment.
(If several of these involve genderswapping, that's because I was making a rec set for a bingo square, hence that dominating my most recent bookmarks.)
What good historical fanfic, fanart, vids, podfic (etc. etc.) do you want to shout about?
Rec them here in the comments (or link to posts at your blog), whether brand new or old favourites!
P.S. Apologies for the lateness of this week's newsletter - it follows shortly and a comm update will follow before the end of the weekend!
To start us off, here are the five most recent historical fanworks I've bookmarked (all excellent) - four historical RPF/historical RPF-based fiction (14th C & 15th C), and one Pride & Prejudice:
In myn herte have hem in reverence by
(G, 1507 words. John of Gaunt/Katherine Swynford.) It is 1398 and history is about to take a different turn. A messenger arrives for the Duke of Lancaster. A choice is made.
Intriguing post-canon AU, beautifully done.
And trewe of love thise women were echoon by
(Not Rated (G), 463 words. Fluellen/Gower.) These entries were thought too recondite to include in Women in Late Medieval England and Wales: A Biographical Dictionary, eds Charlotte A. Dodd, Pamela Laredo Marlow, and Thomasine Merrick (Streweminster: Streweminster University Press, 2013). They are reproduced here in the interests of open access to research and scholarship.
I love a bit of metafiction and these historical biographical dictionary entries are lovely and much can be read between the lines.
Wrapt in a Woman's Hide by
(Teen, 1144 words. Richard III/Edward of Lancaster, George Plantagenet Duke of Clarence, Margaret of Anjou, Henry VI.) The youngest child of Richard of York is a daughter--and the women of York make good use of their marriages.
Brilliant AU of Shakespeare's Richard; it's an excellent and sharp piece that's got teeth.
past imperfect by
(G, 2965 words. Henry VII/Elizabeth of York, Margaret Beaufort, Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Henry VIII, Mary I, Elizabeth I, Edward VI.)or, glimpses into eight worlds where history unfolded differently thanks to an accident of birth
What it says on the tin - a well written series of fascinating alternate history vignettes, looking at what might have happened had eight different figures of the Tudor era been a different gender. (Or the patriarchy sucks, as the author says.)
Five Sons Mr and Mrs Bennet Never Had by by
(G, 3929 words. Elizabeth Bennet/Fitzwilliam Darcy, Caroline Bingley, Mary Bennet, George Wickham, Lydia Bennet, Kitty Bennet.) ...for, of course, they were to have a son. This son was to join in cutting off the entail, as soon as he should be of age... (A series of what-ifs exploring in turn the possibilities had any of the Bennet girls been born male.)
Great and enjoyable exploration of what would have happened had each of the Bennet sisters been boys in turn. It's really hard to even decide on a favourite segment.
(If several of these involve genderswapping, that's because I was making a rec set for a bingo square, hence that dominating my most recent bookmarks.)
What good historical fanfic, fanart, vids, podfic (etc. etc.) do you want to shout about?
Rec them here in the comments (or link to posts at your blog), whether brand new or old favourites!
P.S. Apologies for the lateness of this week's newsletter - it follows shortly and a comm update will follow before the end of the weekend!
