#stultiloquentia

OMG American Mr. Darcy would ABSOLUTELY be one of those insufferable east coast bluebloods with A Family Name and the firm conviction that he got into the Ivy League on sheer merit.

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Also gonna count this for Podfic Bingo! Squares: Gen and Try an Accent

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[top image description: screenshot of archiveofourown podfic listing for Tensionamento by Stultiloquentia, including archive tags and fic summary.]

Fandom: Check Please! Rating: Gen Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lardo & Jack friendship Characters: Larissa “Lardo” Duan, Jack Zimmerman, Eric “Bitty” Bittle Additional Tags: Friendship, Massage, FRONDSHIP, Podfic Length: 10-20 Minutes, Audio Format: MP3 Summary: Seven hours hunched over a drafting table is bad choices.

As it was raining again— an irritating constant of the English climate, and one Elizabeth had never before had cause to hate as much as she did— her proposed plans for the afternoon were all in ruins. She could not go on the long walk with her fiancé upon which she had rested all hopes of happiness. They were trapped within Longbourne, with Mary methodically plodding through a Haydn sonata, valuing correctness more than the expression, Kitty wasting a great deal of gold foil trying to make a present for Lydia, Mrs. Bennet complaining that thunderstorms always gave her the headache, and Mr. Bennet trapped elsewhere on the estate with his steward.

Elizabeth tried not to envy her father his luck, before realizing that this left the library free. She proposed to go find a volume there, so she might entertain herself with a book. Jane and Bingley were not great readers and, at any rate, too busy trying to lose to the other at cards to have interest in anything else, but Darcy came with her. Mrs. Bennet urged him on with that, speaking of the great number of volumes Mr. Bennet had, “and all so beautifully bound! There is no greater library in the neighborhood. Netherfield boasts a larger room I am sure but as I am sure you have seen, the former owners did not have as many books and they did not have them bound to match as we do. I have always thought that a false economy.”

Darcy bowed, instead of giving his opinion, and Elizabeth loved him for it. He was not, however, shy of giving his opinion of the library. The volume of books did not impress him as much as the volumes themselves, and he entered into praise of the prize of Mr. Bennet’s colection, a first edition of Lawrence Sterne’s Tristram Shandy with as much intelligence and enthusiasm as Elizabeth could have wished.

“Truly I cannot think of a novel more aware of the possibilities of the novel as a form,” said Darcy, examining the marbled page. “Every edition is utterly unique; every individual’s experience with it cannot be replicated. I do not think I have ever opened this volume without enjoyment.”

“I am surprised,” said Elizabeth. “I fancied you might find novels silly.”

“Really? I was reading Tom Jones at Netherfield, when you came to stay.”

“I did mark that Miss Bingley was reading the second volume of what to were reading but neglected to market the title itself. What a pity! I should have taken great joy, then, in ruining the ending for you.”

Darcy could not help but be amused by her, ad after saying he was glad she hadn’t, remarked, “I had thought you a person inclined towards plays, or perhaps travelogues rather than novels.”

“A neat sweve back to Lawrence Sterne, sir, and his sentimental journey. But no, I am every moralist’s greatest fear! A woman who rereads novels instead of sermons or anything more edifying. I have read Fanny Burney’s novels— I beg pardon, Madame d’Arbley’s novels— much more often than I ever read my primer. I could probably recite sections of Evelina word for word. I have read it aloud to the captive audience of my sisters often enough, as excuse not to pick up my needlework.”

Darcy carefully returned Tristram Shandy to the shelf and went to the collection of shabbier, more well-loved books nearer the fireplace. From these he pulled Cecilia, another novel by Madame d’Arbley, and greatly surprised Elizabeth by saying, “I have always preferred Cecilia to Evelina; I prefer straight prose to the epistolary novel.”

“I am surprised to hear it!”

“We have established that I read novels. Why would I fail to read one of the most celebrated contemporary English novelists?

“No, no— I meant I was surprised considering what charming long letters you write.”

Darcy looked conscious at that, and Elizabeth came over and risked kissing him. “I find the long letter I have from you charming, at least, and if I am to be your wife, you must get in the habit of agreeing with my opinions.”

“Elizabeth—“

“I shall burn it, if you wish, but I have no other letter from you, yet. If you will promise to supply the lack—“

“Done,” said Darcy, smiling at her, “if you will agree to read Cecilia aloud this afternoon.”

Thank you, @honeysucklepink. It is never too late to submit a rec for a fic request. - HKVoyage

Untitled Clubbing Scene by Stultiloquentia

I'm supposed to say what I like in books so that people can recommend me things that fit what I like, and then if you want to you can post your own list so that you can receive recommendations too!

Five things I enjoy in fiction (not necessarily all at the same time):

Interesting world-building. (What do you eat on a spaceship? How do you communicate with aliens? What are the downsides to superpowers?)

Happy queer characters (gay, bi, trans, non-binary) or at least queer characters with happy endings. (Romantic relationships not necessary for happiness.)

Supportive friendships between people who clearly like each other, and some amount of humour and light-heartedness to break up the stressful bits.

Some mystery and discovery of something new and weird to the character or something that has to be puzzled out.

Introspection about getting used to a new perspective/body (an AI going from being a ship to a humanoid, a human integrating into an alien culture, a superhero figuring out how their powers work).

I've been reading lots of science fiction, fantasy, and young adult fiction. I'm turned off by jealousy, love triangles, and an expectation that "men and women can't be friends."

Some books I've enjoyed recently:

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie

Dreadnaught by April Daniels

Not Your Villain by CB Lee

The Martian by Andy Weir

thanks for asking!  I have way too much to say.

I’m mostly interested in gapfilling and exploring their canon interactions.Throw the canon out the window; bae deserves better.

Cause these two make a wonderful pair ;).

I don't think there's any character, ever, where the core of my interest in them isn't something about canon.  With Parse, specifically, something not exploring any of the things that interest me in canon - being a kid dealing with another kid's mental issues in a weird high-pressure environment; building your life back up in the aftermath of said bf(f) almost dying, then ghosting you, in, again, a weirdly public where you have to be private environment - either directly, or indirectly in an AU, feels like it's kind of missing the point.

But also FUCK YES throw canon out the window: give him a supportive team, either through AUing or (now that I've acclimated to canon this long, ha) through changing it; let him stop pining for his high school boyfriend (yes, even though I ship them); give him a full and wonderful life offscreen that we haven't seen on.  LET HIM BE HAPPY.  ('I’ll enjoy anything as long as they get a happy ending,' however, does not apply, cause I do want the hard parts to be acknowledged and not irrelevant.)

Gimme all the tropes.Subvert the tropes and set them on fire.

I would probably select this pair for any ship or character I care to read about at all!  I love many many tropes - all the varieties of enforced closeness, from huddling for warmth through fake dating through arranged marriage, etc. - I love AUs that fuck around with 'what is the nature of a relationship,' such as soulmates or D/s (or I guess more recently popularly A/B/O) AUs.  I'm always here for plot devices such as magical transformation, time loops, or HI HERE'S A BABY.

(I am usually not a fan of the 'total AU' type of trope, though, as opposed to 'canon with extra features,' which is a++.)

But… I prefer for the tropes to bend to the characters and canon-ish world, rather than the other way around.  I don't need them to be subverted - I've enjoyed tons of tropes played completely straight - if the tropes as-is are well suited to illuminate the character(s) and relationship(s), that's great!  But I am ALSO always a fan of a good thoughtful trope subversion.

Here is my OTP. Come between them and I will…ship and let ship, because I am a civilized fanperson, but CAN’T YOU SEE THEY’RE PERFECT TOGETHER??! (Or perfectly, fascinatingly, shippably dysfunctional, in certain cases.)

… On the one hand, my baseline is always multishippy.  But on the other hand, I have become… pretty OTPish about Jack/Parse over my years in and out of this fandom.

(come between them and I will… not read that particular fic!  Or even worse I will READ IT and SHIP THEM IN IT ANYWAY and also NOT TELL YOU.  how dare.)

Not because they're perfect together LOL NO - though I do think they ~could be~ good, better than anyone else that we know for either of them (yes reading against canon) - and I do think they were better for each other back in the Q than they weren't, no matter what Jack said.  But 'mutual lifeboats in a storm' isn't what I ultimately want for either of them.

Hello! I’m glad you don’t begrudge my nitpicking, haha.

I don’t think I’ve written about it to any significant length, unfortunately (I have half of a perpetually unfinished paper, but I doubt it will ever see the light of day). I do have some shorter posts here and here and here, however.

There’s more to say on this—I keep writing and deleting paragraphs, lol—but Donald Greene basically said it already; he wrote a couple of essays on the Whig associations of the collective Darcy-Fitzwilliam-de Bourgh family. 

I do think they are very consistently treated as a family with shared goals and interests in P&P itself, which Darcy reluctantly defies in his relationship with Elizabeth, not one with factions at odds. It’s difficult for me to see the Darcys as anything but allies to the Fitzwilliams, whatever the Fitzwilliams’ predilections, esp given Darcy’s strong association with the Fitzwilliam side. And I think the Fitzwilliams really have to be Whigs—and a lot of the dynamics in the novel take on a certain significance in that light.

Thanks! (This is a fun meme you created!)

Klaine

Do not want. Ptooey.

I am neutral, indifferent and serene. Send me a rec and change my mind.

I’ll enjoy anything as long as they’re in it.

I’ll enjoy anything as long as they get a happy ending.

Break them and make them bleed.

Swaddle them in fluff. (seriously, they are so soft they make cotton candy look rough)

I’m mostly interested in gapfilling and exploring their canon interactions.

Throw the canon out the window; bae deserves better.

Gimme crackfic.

Gimme all the tropes.

Subvert the tropes and set them on fire.

I am a simple soul: I’m here because they’re hot and sometimes naked.

Here is my OTP. Come between them and I will…ship and let ship, because I am a civilized fanperson, but CAN’T YOU SEE THEY’RE PERFECT TOGETHER??! (Or perfectly, fascinatingly, shippably dysfunctional, in certain cases.) 

I have favoured and disfavoured ships. Convince me. Seduce me.

I had an OTP once, but then this amazing author, [insert author here], seduced me. Goddammit.

Fandom bicycle, baby! \o/

I have no shippy feelings at this time.

My feelings cannot be summed up by this meme. Have a seat while I put the kettle on. - They’ve imprinted on my heart and soul and I will never be the same. 

Basically me when Klaine:

Adam

Do not want. Ptooey.

I am neutral, indifferent and serene. Send me a rec and change my mind.

I’ll enjoy anything as long as they’re in it.

I’ll enjoy anything as long as they get a happy ending.

Break them and make them bleed.

Swaddle them in fluff.

I’m mostly interested in gapfilling and exploring their canon interactions.(all of the what-could-have-beens. He was such a lovely mid-ship and I would have liked so much more. *sigh*)

Gimme crackfic.

Throw the canon out the window; bae deserves better. 

Gimme all the tropes.

Subvert the tropes and set them on fire.

I am a simple soul: I’m here because they’re hot and sometimes naked. (totally true)

Here is my OTP. Come between them and I will…ship and let ship, because I am a civilized fanperson, but CAN’T YOU SEE THEY’RE PERFECT TOGETHER??! (Or perfectly, fascinatingly, shippably dysfunctional, in certain cases.)

I have favoured and disfavoured ships. Convince me. Seduce me.

I had an OTP once, but then this amazing author, [insert author here], seduced me. Goddammit.

Fandom bicycle, baby! \o/

I have no shippy feelings at this time.