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Re: The Pemberley Effect - Part Nine - Yesterday
Georgiana's not the only one wondering why they're not engaged yet. Darcy, make up your mind or get out of town! His indecision and hesitancy are getting annoying. Lizzy is also getting annoying, although I do understand why she would have a hard time believing that Ash might be genuinely interested in Kitty. Poor Kitty! Everyone still hung up on Freddie--although really, it's better for her couby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Nature of the Beast ch 23-24 - Yesterday
Well, what a difference a day makes! These two were practically drooling over each other. I was a bit surprised to see Lizzy realized that she loved him so quickly, but their relationship has been so much more in depth and complex than in canon, so I can understand it. And Darcy has changed his ways admirably. I still think they need a chance to talk about what's going on with him and Fitz. She sby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
I found this - 2 days ago
Searching in the DWG archives, in 2008, she wrote this in response to someone who asked essentially these same questions: QuoteThese are issues which have been discussed frequently in the past. It seems that I would be giving a lot of plot away if I explained it all to you now. They're all good questions though, and questions that I have researched the answers to carefully, I like to stay as truby Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: The Brighton Effect - Chapter Seventeen - 3 days ago
Good for Mary--and Kitty really owes her. It's nice to see Ash and Kitty spending time together. I'm sure he's still concerned about her age, though, and unsure where he wants to take this.by Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: intrigues me, too - 3 days ago
Yet, at the end of the story you see Darcy avoiding Elizabeth like crazy, and I think the obvious conclusion to be drawn to that is that he's realized that he's in love with her or in danger of falling in love with her, and that, of course, is bad, bad, bad. There have been frequent discussions of Darcy Sr's bad health, leading one to assume that he was to eventually die... but what then? The autby Suzanne O - Tea Room
The Family Circle - 3 days ago
I know that this is a story that has come in the Tea Room in the past, but I was rereading some of it today, and it really is one of the most intriguing stories out there, very well developed, and it seems to stop just as a point where things with Darcy (Jr) seem to be getting very interesting. Does anyone know any information on the author of this (Eleanor), and whether there is any hope of a coby Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Hoofbeats and Heartbeats - 4 days ago
I left you a comment--Lara S. Ormiston.by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: off topic question - 4 days ago
I have a daughter who just graduated from Kindergarten, which in the States is ages 5-6. They do teach reading. In fact, when you register them, they give you there pages of cut-out flash cards of letters, numbers, and sight words they would ideally like them to know when they start. Even better is if your child is already reading--and of course, some children have no trouble reading by age 4 orby Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: more replies... - 4 days ago
That would be true if Elizabeth had not also refused an offer of marriage from said man. Now that really would have been regarded as loose behavior--first succumbing to a man's seductions and then refusing to marry him. Jane knew that Elizabeth disliked Darcy. She had heard the entire story of the proposal and refusal. Could she believe that Elizabeth would have willingly been seduced by a man shby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: P&P Sims Blog - 5 days ago
I don't really know anything about Sims. How much control do you actually have over what the various characters actually do and how they act?by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Sweet Strain (2 of 2) - 6 days ago
In the Bingleys' defense it ought to be pointed out that Elizabeth had made them promise not to tell Darcy anything about what happened to her. We don't know where she was at the time this happened, but she may have already been up in the north. In that case, it's hard to imagine that anything would have changed, unless they had broken their promise to Lizzy. Even if she was still in Hertfordshirby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: I have a story idea. - 6 days ago
I have to say that it doesn't seem fair that one person gets to play Lizzy AND Darcy. They should throw in Caroline and Fitzwilliam as wild cards to mix things up. Except that Caroline couldn't end up matched with her brother. Ew. Anne de Bourgh then. Fitzwilliam and Anne--potential matches for anyone. Will one of them steal your spouse?by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Sweet Strain (2 of 2) - 7 days ago
I've been thinking about this quite a bit through the day. There's a lot of story packed in here. It makes my heart ache to think of the young Elizabeth, suffering so much, and I suspect that once Darcy gets over his shock at the evening's events, it's going to take him a long time to get past his guilt and grief over it. One of the really interesting things about this story is that it leaves mby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: this is pretty compelling - 7 days ago
I agree. Compared to her complete lack of any knowledge in the past, for Elizabeth to know her son, to be able to be around him and have the luxury of showing him affection and treating him like her son, is great richness. She might sometimes wish he could know the truth, but her own desire to conceal what happened to her in the past would not make it any great temptation to tell him, and in factby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Sweet Strain (2 of 2) - 7 days ago
"...here was justice, here was mercy, here was redemption." Beautiful!by Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Toe Wrestling - 8 days ago
If Darcy toe wrestled Elizabeth, who do you think would win?by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Nature of the Beast ch 22 - 9 days ago
I admit I didn't understand why she wouldn't tell her father more. I know she feels responsible for protecting Darcy, and is afraid that if Wickham is directly informed on, he will immediately tell on Darcy, which will get not only Darcy but all those close to him in deep trouble. But these are people's lives at stake! Lazy her father may be, but would he send his daughter off in company with a mby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Nature of the Beast ch 22 - 9 days ago
It was painful to read of Elizabeth's desperate fear of Wickham, her need to expose him and yet inability to do so for the sake of others, at the same time. What a terrible, terrible positions to be in! I hope that someday Darcy comes to appreciate what an excruciating position he put her in, telling her all while leaving her to the mercy of Wickham--begging her to be careful around him, but notby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Pemberley Effect - Part Eight - 9 days ago
Lizzy and Darcy are becoming tiresome, but it's really Darcy's fault. His uncertainty about his intentions is coming out in his behavior. He seems to have forgotten the whole part about needing to charm her--to prove that he can be better than she thought him. It's no wonder that Lizzy doesn't know her own mind, and of course, she can't do anything about it even if she did.by Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Now disagreeing with myself in part... - 10 days ago
I always think of what Darcy said about the Bingleys' situation in his letter--he said that the want of (the Bennets') connection could not be such an evil to Bingley as it was to him. This goes contrary to the way that much fanfiction writes it, where he tells Bingley that he can't marry into the Bennet family precisely because his own status wasn't high enough to take the hit. In Darcy's mind,by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Darcy's Precedence - 12 days ago
Obviously money has to do with precedence. Perhaps a minister has precedence over a mister with a comparable income? And family background was, as you say, important, but the rules there seem to be so complex that it would be impossible to codify them. What I've read is that no two people in the whole kingdom had the same precedence, there always had to be a way to determine it beyond just titlesby Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Looking for a story - 12 days ago
I'll amend that to say that it's not published yet. It's been listed on Amazon, but won't be available until October. Don't ask me what the publishers are doing, because I don't know. They've got all their wheels turning and I just do what they tell me.by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: A Dream Deferred - Prologue - 12 days ago
I'm not one to read a lot of modern stories, but you write very well and my interest is definitely caught. I'll be following to see how it goes.by Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: The Brighton Effect - Chapter Sixteen - 13 days ago
I like the fact that Kitty is still Kitty. She is more mature and expanding her interests and knowledge, but she threatens to put frogs in her sister's bed if she doesn't do what she wants. Lady Lucas's visit was amusing, seeing as it was the Lucas girls who started the whole wading thing. And Ash actually called on her! Good show!by Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Looking for a story - 13 days ago
You are most welcome! I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Looking for a story - 14 days ago
Since two of my stories have been mentioned here as possibilities, I thought I would provide excerpts so that you could see if they were what you were thinking of. From Adventures at Morecastle: Quote “I paid you pointed attentions, you know I did!” “What attentions? Staring at me from across the parlor? When did that become a part of proper courting etiquette?” She couldn’t help but look atby Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Or..... - 14 days ago
It doesn't. The trip is described as a "long drive," made longer by missing all the turns. I'm not sure how long a long drive would be, but they must have had at least an hour all told, I would think.by Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Still here and update soon! - 14 days ago
Congratulations on your new daughter! I had two two-year-old boys when my daughter was born, so I know exactly what you're talking about. I love the names you picked for them, by the way--Jamie and April. Very nice.by Suzanne O - Tea Room
Re: Inexcusable Behavior Redux - 15 days ago
Although I agree that she said it primarily to be cruel, I think it was more than just an objection to his being a werewolf. Do you remember when Darcy first "snuck up" on Elizabeth in wolf form, and then went dancing around her, wanting to play chase, etc, in a very dog like way? Even though Elizabeth probably doesn't realize yet that it was really Darcy doing that, I think he needs to think aboby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild
Re: Inexcusable Behavior Redux - 15 days ago
If I may jump in here, I agree that the signals Darcy has sent as a man have been mixed at best. There have been some times that he's shown warmth or friendliness to her, but those have been interspersed with the silent treatment. Several people have commented on the harshness of the dog comment, but I actually think it was an important thing for Elizabeth to say. Darcy has to realize that if heby Suzanne O - Derbyshire Writers' Guild