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The Amateur Austenite podcast is doing an entire season on Rational Creatures and the first ep is available now! Stay tuned for eps featuring our cast and crew too.

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[Image description: Top panel woman whispering in man's ear. Text, "Wentworth: But if Anne will stay, no one so proper, so capable as Anne. Bottom panel: arm with goosebumps. Text: "Anne Elliot/Me."]

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Someone on Reddit keeps getting recommended the Jane Austen subreddit despite knowing nothing about Jane Austen, so they posted an Ask Me Anything. Best response so far:

Sorry JA, no longer a truth universally acknowledged.

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None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives

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TOP 10 JANE AUSTEN ADAPTATIONS (according to my followers)

6. Persuasion (1995) with 6.46% of votes

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"... No one so proper, so capable as Anne."

   She paused a moment to recover from the emotion of hearing herself so spoken of.

Persuasion, Chapter 12

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Reading persuasion like Anne’s on facetime with me at 2pm and she’s giving me the rundown of her family history so she can tell me about her most recent crush

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Persuasion, detective AU

Your mind. My own currently addled brain is not equal to this, but a nebulous outline.

Walter Elliot, CEO of Kellynch Holdings, actually is stupid enough to do crimes without realizing it, and vain enough to presume that if he's doing it, it must be a Smart Business Decision and therefore not a crime, QED. This will become a problem, especially when he falls in with the more intentionally criminous Elliot and Clay Associates.

Admiral Croft is the grizzled detective™ pursuing the case.

Frederick Wentworth is the last person anyone (except Anne and, loyally, Sophy) expected to get a fancy law degree after getting out of the army, much less to take on the kind of work required to bring down white-collar criminals. He might love his job a little too much. Sophy occasionally mentions to him that the concept of a work-life balance has filtered into some corners of the legal profession, and even into some corners of the police.

Frederick has always presumed--allowed himself to presume--that Anne Elliot went to her conservatory, went to grad school, and vanished into the comparatively rarified* world of classical music. The last thing he expects is to find Anne teaching Beethoven to 9-year-olds and keeping the house and the accounts for her feckless family. He does not (repeat not) examine his feelings about needing to make sure that she is exonerated from any suspicion of complicity in wrong-doing.

Elizabeth runs a YouTube channel from which she attempts to influence. Mary is part of the essential oils racket. Frederick may or may not wonder if the entire damn family (Anne excepted) is stupid or criminal or both. But after telling Anne he's ready to submit his filings (if that is what I mean), he leaves a handwritten letter under the glass fruit bowl in the kitchen that only she uses.

*yes I know that tickets are exponentially cheaper than arena concerts or sportsball but it's about the cultural perception which I would argue still is kind of socially rarified. Don't yell at me, I routinely lower the average age of classical music audiences.

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Tell me not that I am too late, that such precious feelings are gone for ever.

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Me, canceling subscriptions, in the voice of Anne Elliot: I must retrench!!

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Nearly a week since we were lucky enough to be screened at the oh-so-delightful Jane Austen International Film Festival, and take hoem the award for best lgtbq+ drama! Thanks to the organisers for the great photos!

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I relate to this so much! I too occasionally find myself wondering what the original reactions of classic stories were like.

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ah shit im sorry man, my schedule for the week is all booked

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my advice to you; put a little dijon mustard in any cheesy beige food. whisk it into your cheese sauce just before u add the cooked macaroni. spread a thin layer in your cheese toasties. add a spoonful to your mashed potatoes with the butter. anything thats gonna be heavy on rich dairy and starches will benefit enormously from the hint of warmth and acidity that dijon mustard will give it, even if you don't add enough to make it Taste Like Mustard (which, ideally, you shouldnt). itll cut through the richness and stop your tastebuds getting fatigue from too much fat&starch, which is important for the overall enjoyment of a dish. ur welcome. take this knowledge and change the world