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blackfemmecharacterdependency · 1 year

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Black Femme Character Dependency Dark Skin Directory || Characters Masterlist Pr. 1 (A-J)

Fanta | Farah Black | Felicia | Foxxy Love | Fringilla Vigo

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I ran out of time. LOL. I’ma work on it tho...

I got 2 jobs. Sometimes, I’m not gonna have the things I intend to bring.\

If anybody want me to tag them whenever I finish actually making this list, just leave it in the replies and I’ll tag everybody once I finish K-Z characters, hopefully before the month is over.

#BFCD Dark Skin December #Black Female Characters Masterlist #Black Female Characters #dark skinned beauty #Girl That's Queuedt #December #tags masterlist #BFCD Masterlist #neshatriumphs #blackfemmecharacterdependency #source: blackfemmecharacterdependency #List will be updated as needed #A-Z #BFCD DS Directory

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biscuitboxpink · 9 months

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I was tagged by @movrings

Tagging @deardarlingthings @mexicangela @mtfunkzoo @roamwithahungryheart @existential-labrador and anyone else who wants to do it. No pressure!

Take this test https://openpsychometrics.org/tests/characters/ and present yourself with who you got:

I definitely did this three times 😂

These are the (first 20) results of the recommended:

1. Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton): 93%

2. Valentine Wiggin (Ender's Game): 93%

3. Pam Beesly (The Office): 92%

4. Belle French (Once Upon a Time): 92%

5. Dana Polk (The Cabin in the Woods): 91%

6. Andrea Sachs (The Devil Wears Prada): 91%

7. Anastasia Steele (Fifty Shades of Grey): 91%

8. Mia Dolan (La La Land): 91%

9. Georgiana Darcy (Pride and Prejudice): 90% (awww cute!)

10. Sun-Hwa Kwon (LOST): 90%

11. Ariadne (Inception): 90%

12. Rosalind Walker (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 90%

13. Mary Margaret Blanchard (Once Upon a Time): 90%

14. Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog): 90%

15. Jane Villanueva (Jane the Virgin): 90% (yeah!)

16. Lexi Howard (Euphoria): 90% (honestly so me lol)

17. Nina Locke (Locke & Key): 90%

18. Rita Hanson (Groundhog Day): 90%

19. Egwene al'Vere (Wheel of Time): 90%

20. Beth March (Little Women): 89% (I’m definitely Beth)

The (first 20) results of the quick version:

1. Jane Villanueva (Jane the Virgin): 99% (okay fair haha)

2. Mary Margaret Blanchard (Once Upon a Time): 96%

3. Hazel Grace Lancaster (The Fault in Our Stars): 96%

4. Prairie Johnson (The OA): 96%

5. Lexi Howard (Euphoria): 95%

6. Pam Beesly (The Office): 94%

7. Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 94%

8. Belle French (Once Upon a Time): 94%

9. Mia Dolan (La La Land): 94%

10. Nina Locke (Locke & Key): 94%

11. Rita Hanson (Groundhog Day): 94%

12. Egwene al'Vere (Wheel of Time): 94%

13. Marge Simpson (The Simpsons): 93% (okaaay…I’m definitely more Lisa lol)

14. Ariadne (Inception): 93%

15. Kate Pearson (This Is Us): 93%

16. Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries): 93%

17. Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton): 93%

18. Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog): 93%

19. Manny Delgado (Modern Family): 93%

20. Jane Eyre (Jane Eyre): 93%

And the (first 20) results of the exhaustive version:

1. Emma Pillsbury (Glee): 85% (again, fair)

2. Amy Antsler (Booksmart): 84%

3. Anita 'Needy' Lesnicki (Jennifer's Body): 84%

4. Chidi Anagonye (The Good Place): 83%

5. Clare Edwards (Degrassi: The Next Generation): 83%

6. Bruce Banner (Marvel Cinematic Universe): 82%

7. Lexi Howard (Euphoria): 82% (Lexi in the top ten all three times. A pattern)

8. Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby): 81%

9. Linus Caldwell (Ocean's 11): 81%

10. Columbus (Zombieland): 81%

11. Nina Sayers (Black Swan): 81%

12. Charlie Kelmeckis (The Perks of Being a Wallflower): 81%

13. Drew Baylor (Elizabethtown): 81%

14. Hazel Grace Lancaster (The Fault in Our Stars): 81%

15. Evan (Superbad): 80%

16. Matt Saracen (Friday Night Lights): 80%

17. Timothy McGee (NCIS): 80%

18. Randall Pearson (This Is Us): 80%

19. Konstantin 'Kostya' Levin (Anna Karenina): 80%

20. Vanya Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy): 80%

#about me

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sarah-maclean-completist · 11 months

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72 Shelton Street A Rogue By Any Other Name A Scot in the Dark Adelaide Frampton Alec Stuart, Duke of Warnick Allendale House Aloysius Kingscote, Marquess of Eversley Benedick Hartwell Bombshell Brazen and the Beast Brook's Businesses Caleb Calhoun Coleford House Daring and the Duke Devon Culm Duncan West Eben James Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart Ewan Felicity Faircloth Georgiana Pearson Grace Condry Greek Mythology Heartbreaker Hell's Belles Henrietta Sedley Henry Carrington, Duke of Clayborn Heroes Heroines Homes Jacqueline Mosby James Talbott Jane Whitacre Jasper Arlesey, Earl Harlow Juliana Fiori Lady Calpurnia (Callie) Hartwell Lady Isabel Townsend Lillian Hargrove Locations Lord Gabriel St. John, Marquess of Ralston Lord Nicholas St. John Love By Numbers MacLeaniverse Wiki Madame Hebert Madame Hebert's Main Page Malcolm Bevingstoke, Duke of Haven Mara Lowe Mariana Hartwell Michael Lawler, Marquess of Bourne Minerva House Nastasia Kritikos Never Judge a Lady By Her Cover Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake No Good Duke Goes Unpunished Number Two, Wesley Street One Good Earl Deserves a Lover Penelope Marbury Philippa Marbury Punch Ralston House Rules of Scoundrels Saviour Whittington Scandal & Scoundrel Seraphina Talbot Sesily Talbot Simon Pearson, Duke of Leighton Somerset House Sophie Talbot Ten Ways to Be Adored When Landing a Lord The Bareknuckle Bastards The Day of the Duchess The Dog and the Dove The Duke of Christmas Present The Fallen Angel The Place The Rogue Not Taken The Singing Sparrow Theatre Royal Timeline Trevescan House Wicked and the Wallflower William Harrow, Duke of Lamont Worthington House

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penelopefeatherington · 5 years

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georgiana pearson:

me:

#i was gonna say ' any bridgerton kid ' but .... we all know what daphne did #georgiana pearson #sarah maclean #never judge a lady by her cover

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starry-sky-stuff · 2 years

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I was talking with @missbrunettebarbie about my favourite parent-child relationships in HR, so here's my list. For some of the parents I can't remember their names, and spoiler warning.

Georgiana Pearson and Caroline (Never Judge a Lady by Her Cover): unlike the rest on this list, the lead is the parent in the relationship. I love how much Georgiana loves her daughter and everything she does is for Caroline, but she's also allowed to be a flawed and imperfect mother.

Griffin and the Dowager Duchess (Any Duchess Will Do): I love this meddling mother, and how she really does just want the best for her son. Their relationship really grows, especially after he reveals the death of his daughter to her, and the healing of their relationship goes hand in hand with his character growth

Juliana Fiori and The Marchioness of Ralston (Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke's Heart): mother-daughter relationships are often neglected in HR and I do like how this is an example of a toxic mother who really did a number on her daughter

Annabelle Peyton and Philippa Peyton (Wallflowers series): I mean, Philippa literally resorts to sex work in order to keep a roof over her children's heads and protect her daughter from having to become a mistress. I wish they got more pagetime

Blake Vanderlin and the Duke (Confessions From an Arranged Marriage): this is a very complicated father-son relationship, filled with misunderstanding. I like how you can see that they both love each other, but there's so much hurt between them. And there's tragedy in the implication that the Duke would've been understanding if he knew of Blake's learning disability, but he never got to tell him.

Tristan Ballentine and his mother (A Rogue of One's Own): literally Tristan's entire motivation is to get enough money so he can help his mentally ill mother escape his abusive father

Sebastian St Vincent and his children (of whom Gabriel, Phoebe and Keir are leads) (The Ravenels series): I just find it hilarious that Sebastian is such a meddling mother type

#historical romance #if I was sebastian after finding out about keir I'd be tracking down all my ex lovers #and trying to find out if I had any more illegitimate children #because with him there's a very good chance he does

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missbrunettebarbie-writer · 2 years

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I am bored and don't have the energy to do anything actually productive, so here is the list of my top 10 historical romance heroines and which of my OCs they resemble:

I also realized that all the women from the new top 10 remind me in some way of at least one of my OCs. If you'd allow me to ramble for a minute:

1. Georgiana Pearson (Never judge a lady by her cover - Sarah Maclean)- She is like a mix of Rafael and Mira (it's the simultaneously burned + exploded Snake primary they all share). All three of them rage against society and refuse to bow down to expectations, finding loopholes around them. They are also intelligent and powerful people that can be really dumb when it comes to their emotions/desires. Georgiana is a sort of vampire herself, one that feeds with people's secrets and shame, so unsurprisingly, she reminds of my vampire OC Juliet too. Not to mention all 4 of them (Georgiana, Rafael, Mira and Juliet) have a flare for the dramatic and the ironic.

2. Pauline Simms (Any duchess would do -Tessa Dare) - Mira 2.0 with a happier life LOL. Any wonder she is #2 here?

3. Mara Lowe (No good duke goes unpunished -Sarah Maclean)- As a person, she's 100% an Elodie. I can see Elodie doing something like Mara if she was forced into a life she didn't want and then atoning for it by doing good (like running an orphanage xDD). Plus Mara-Cristopher is how I could see Elodie-Angelina become if Nefele wasn't there. She also reminds me of one of my newest OCs, Violet, but more bc of her circumstances than her as a person.

4. Jane Mason (A lady's guide of misconduct- Meredith Duran) - The strong political opinions that clash with her family is a very Nefele and Angelina storyline. Her personality and methods remind me more of Laura and Violet.

5. Sophie Talbot (The rogue not taken -Sarah Maclean)- She is exactly like my Elettra, except she lacks her subtlety LOL. No wonder I want to wrap her in a blanket.

6. Pippa Marbury (One good earl deserves a lover -Sarah Maclean) - Her insecurities and desire to be seen is very much like Angelina, as is her determination to keep her word.

7. Evie Jenner (Devil in Winter - Lisa Kleypas)- I feel like Christine is most like her. And would benefit from an arc like hers, but idk if I'll give it to her LOL. I can also see her as a nicer Laura, one that has had loving figure in her early childhood (Ivo Jenner) and as such does not feel the need for revenge.

8. Georgiana Lucas (When the marquess was mine -Caroline Linden) - Very much like Violet considering that I am picturing Violet's mom -who was a big influence to her- exactly like Georgiana. Her family life and general attitude, however, make her more of an Elettra.

8. Callie Hartwell (Nine rules to break when romancing a rake -Sarah Maclean) - She is most like Christine and Laura. The whole "grow into yourself" storyline is very them. (This list made me rethink a few things about Christine LOL)

10. Emma Gladstone (The duchess deal -Tessa Dare)- A much softer version of Mira. Oddly enough she reminds me of Nathaniel another new-ish OC - as well, in the way they both approach marriage and domestic life.

#my thoughts #my ocs #idk how to tag this

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cromwellharvests · 2 years

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Top 100 results from the exhaustive version of that same test. (It actually turned out fairly similar, all things considered).

Rosalind Walker (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 88% Debora (Baby Driver): 88% Belle (Beauty and the Beast): 87% Penny (Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog): 87% Anna Bates (Downton Abbey): 86% Glenn Rhee (The Walking Dead): 86% Rachel Chu (Crazy Rich Asians): 86% Deanna Troi (Star Trek: The Next Generation): 86% Hilda Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina): 86% Eliza Hamilton (Hamilton): 86% Linda Martin (Lucifer): 86% Mary Margaret Blanchard (Once Upon a Time): 86% Hernando Fuentes (Sense8): 86% Waverly Earp (Wynonna Earp): 86% Elisa Esposito (The Shape of Water): 86% Pam Beesly (The Office): 85% Samwise Gamgee (Lord of the Rings): 85% Beth March (Little Women): 85% Chien-Po (Mulan): 85% Valentine Wiggin (Ender's Game): 85% Belle French (Once Upon a Time): 85% Charlie Bucket (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory): 85% Katara (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 84% Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games): 84% Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer): 84% Maid Marian (Robin Hood): 84% Francis Mulcahy (M*A*S*H): 84% Alexis Castle (Castle): 84% Mamá Coco (Coco): 84% Annie January (The Boys): 84% Skylar (Good Will Hunting): 84% Samwell Tarly (Game of Thrones): 83% Iroh (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 83% Norma Jennings (Twin Peaks): 83% Friar Tuck (Robin Hood): 83% Marmee March (Little Women): 83% Bo Peep (Toy Story): 83% William H. 'Shakespeare' Hill (This Is Us): 83% Monty Green (The 100): 83% Mia Toretto (Fast & Furious): 83% Kara Danvers (Supergirl): 83% Doc (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs): 83% Tracy Mills (Se7en): 83% Helsinki (Money Heist): 83% Dr. Sean Maguire (Good Will Hunting): 83% Elizabeth Burke (White Collar): 83% Chuny Marquez (ER): 83% Aimee Finecky (The Spectacular Now): 83% Ginny Weasley (Harry Potter): 82% Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter): 82% Arthur Weasley (Harry Potter): 82% Georgiana Darcy (Pride and Prejudice): 82% Jane Bennet (Pride and Prejudice): 82% Aang (Avatar: The Last Airbender): 82% Dr. Ellie Sattler (Jurassic Park): 82% Mrs. Hudson (Sherlock): 82% Ariadne (Inception): 82% Esme Cullen (Twilight): 82% Rebecca Pearson (This Is Us): 82% Sara Tancredi (Prison Break): 82% Dorothy Gale (The Wizard of Oz): 82% Dr. Claire Browne (The Good Doctor): 82% Annie Porter (Speed): 82% Sam Button (The Perks of Being a Wallflower): 82% Kala Dandekar (Sense8): 82% Céline (Before Sunrise): 82% Horatio (Hamlet): 82% Angela Montenegro (Bones): 82% Marianne (Portrait of a Lady on Fire): 82% Ally Maine (A Star Is Born): 82% Molly Weasley (Harry Potter): 81% Donna Moss (The West Wing): 81% Kasidy Yates (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine): 81% Ann Perkins (Parks and Recreation): 81% Beatrice 'Beadie' Russell (The Wire): 81% Daniel Jackson (Stargate SG-1): 81% Alice Cullen (Twilight): 81% Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump): 81% Ted Mullens (Schitt's Creek): 81% Oliver Hampton (How To Get Away With Murder): 81% Ben Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy): 81% Bonnie Bennett (The Vampire Diaries): 81% Cameron James (10 Things I Hate About You): 81% Marie Kreutz (The Bourne Identity): 81% Dana Polk (The Cabin in the Woods): 81% Andrea Sachs (The Devil Wears Prada): 81% Jane Villanueva (Jane the Virgin): 81% Amy Antsler (Booksmart): 81% Penelope Garcia (Criminal Minds): 81% Juliet O'Hara (Psych): 81% Annie Reed (Sleepless in Seattle): 81% Benjamin Button (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button): 81% Hazel Grace Lancaster (The Fault in Our Stars): 81% Dobby (Harry Potter): 80% George O'Malley (Grey's Anatomy): 80% Frodo Baggins (Lord of the Rings): 80% Kaylee Frye (Firefly + Serenity): 80% Rita Bennett (Dexter): 80% The Oracle (The Matrix): 80% Meg March (Little Women): 80%

#ooc.#dash games.#|| gang I don't know most of these characters

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veryfineday · 3 years

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Tuesday 26 April 1825

6 1/2

L + L

went into the stable – gave Hotspur oat cake – read a little of Rousseau confession volume 1 and read over, and sent my letter (written yesterday) to miss Henrietta Crompton (‘micKlegate yorK’) – ‘to believe the French ladies, or the ladies of any country superior in anything to my country women is not much my creed – But, perhaps, with all my yorKshireism about me, I am not a fair judge – I grant, the palm of victory in dress must grace the temples of the gallic fair; but a well-bred, travelled Englishwoman is still my summit of perfection who has caught ‘the manners living as they rise,’ is still my summit of perfection – the style of English elegance suits me better than that of French; it is more dignified, and seems to me more purely angel-liKe, than all that finished coquetry, – that ‘charm that lulls to sleep – French mannerism, French tact at conversation are certainly striKing; but, taKen nationally, give me the manners, customs, hearts, and minds of our own country before those of every other country that the pen of Traveller has described – It would be invidious to particularize, but I have seen may girls in our YorK assembly rooms, who, after spending a couple of winters in good society in Paris, might not be deemed inferior in aught to their so vaunted rivals’ § –

[margin: e.g. miss georgiana. MarKham, miss Elizabeth Fairfax, etc.]

In answer to miss H-[Henrietta] C-’s[Crompton’s] observation that ‘the society’ at Nice ‘is chiefly composed of noblesse’, say it is not surprising on considering ‘the tons singular nature of French titles’ § – observe how they are distributable by a father to his children – (I ought to have said his sons) – say the father of my young friend was a marquis and she, tho’ having no title, bears the coronet and supporters of the marquisate de Sans – Had before mentioned her as ‘my young friend of Bordeaux, of one of the best famous in France’ – that she, too, sighed for Paris, as seemed to do all the French world – the Parisians would tell her (miss H.C-[Henrietta Crompton]) ‘Il n'y a que Paris – demeurer en province, c'est une autre chose’ –

concluded my letter with acco an account of the fashions – which my aunt seemed last night to wonder at my being able to give so well, never dreaming of my noticing these matters so narrowly – § a lady’s dress always strikes me, if good or bad – In the answer to had I read the memoirs of madame de Genlis or the Viscomte d’Arlincourt’s Ipsiboe, I said ‘no! the very little time I had for reading in Paris, was not given either to memoirs or romances; but, I thinK, the readers of the former talKed more of madame Campan than madame de Genlis; and those of the latter talKed more of sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron (translated into French, – the veriest curiosities you ever saw) than anything else’ § –

wrote the above of this morning and went down to breakfast at 9 40/60 – came upstairs again at 10 3/4 – Read my letter from mrs. James Dalton croft Rectory – 3 pp.[pages] and the ends and under the seal – very Kind letter – from 11 1/2 to 4 3/4 wrote 3 pp.[pages] and the ends to miss m-[Marsh], and 3 pp.[pages] to mrs. Belcombe thinKing it civil and attentive to inquire after Dr. B-[Belcombe]

chit-chat to miss m-[Marsh] nothing about Paris, except a slight mention of having resumed my former habits at home and that as to my ‘nearly eight month’s absence’... ‘if I remember it all, tis but as a morning dream from which one waKes without a thought of sorry or surprise’ – speaKing of the great inprove[ments ‘made, maKing, and to be made in yorK’.... ‘this gives me pleasure – I am always glad to hear of the prosperity of my own county-capital, endeared to me by a thousand associations which pass not away, but which, as Time drives off the ligher things that rest upon my memory, sinK but the deeper, to remain for ever’ – § mentioned madame Galvani’s 3 pictures – ‘they are the property of an Italian who, I believe, would taKe twelve hundred francs for them – Have the goodness to mention this to your brother..... I have seen the picture, and would buy them myself, could I consistly spare the money for such a purpose’.... ‘I pretend not to news of things hereabouts – I Know none – The vale of Shibden is racluse recluse to me; and I have less and less time to stir beyond its precincts’ –

Kind inquiries after Dr. B-[Belcombe] ‘it will never be either from forgetfulness, or want of interest, that I do not send you the written word of my anxiety for the welfare, and success of whatever concerns you’ –... ‘I have not near expect to have tidings from Mariana – I merely Know that she has been hurried about from pillar to post, – from BerKeley castle to the Lord Knows where, and that she thinKs herself better for the Cheltenham waters – mr. C. L-’s[Charles Lawton’s] plans are always so uncertain, – so liKe shifting sands the sport of every wind and tide, – that it never once occurs to me to try to calculate them at all – I Know that they are chances to which ever the doctrine of chances can hardly be applied; and my mind leaves them, liKe a parcel of stray atoms, to your own fortuitous jumble’ –

went out at 5 – met mr. Sunderland at the door come to see my aunt – He had Known gouty patients have that spasmodic motion of the diaphragm before, and so well – detained 1/4 hour – then went down the fields to Lower brea – went into the house for a few moments to arrange about having one of their carts to lead us some clay tomorrow if fine – Settled with the gardener to begin his job at the foot path on Thursday – william Green led 5 loads of stones to say from Shepherd’s – shot them at the Tilley holm style for fear of cutting Pearson’s field –

got home at 6 1/4 – dressed and sat down to dinner at 6 3/4 – In the evening wrote the last 21 lines of today – Rainy day till 2 p.m. – then fine afternoon – rain came on on again a little after 7 – liKely to be much rain again tonight – Barometer 3 1/2 degree below changeable Fahrenheit 46º at 9 55/60 p.m. at which hour came up to bed –

#anne lister code breaker #1825

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missbrunettebarbie · 2 years

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The problem with some fandom people is that they believe that female characters can either be Georgiana Pearson (only in it for power and personal satisfaction) or Justine Greene (only want to help others, even if it is in their own detriment). There is no in between.

But as amazing as the Georgianas and Justines of the world are, they are sadly few and far in between. Most female darlings of the fandom fit the mold of Evie Jenner, Jessica Mcgale or Hyacinth Bridgerton. And there is nothing wrong with that*, but there is something very wrong with trying to see a character as something she isn't just so you can love/hate her easier.

*Well, there is something wrong for me, because I love my Georgianas and Justines far more than I love the Evies, Jessicas or Hyacinths that populate most books, shows and movies.

This post was brought to you by Artemis' Historical Romance brainrot meets ASOIAF fandom wank.

#i don't think anyone but maybe two people will understand this post #but i couldn't not make it #the georgiana vs justine dichtonomy is perfect #to describe this wierd binary thinking i see everytime with female characters #my thoughts #hr thoughts #well sorta

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wasalwaysagreatpickle · 4 years

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Sunday 28 August 1831

5 55/..

10 50/..

Out at 7 at which hour Fahrenheit 67˚ and fine morning – sauntered along my walk and the new Lower Brea road to Mr Samuel Washington’s – waited 10 minutes till he was ready – then walked down to look at the slopes of the Lower Brea road which I named my intention of planting – he thought the commissioners would [want] something paying for them – no! when they had walled off the road the slopes would be mine, and I was not therefore inclined to pay anything for them – he at last acknowledged they would be mine – and there being hope of the road being opened in spring, I said I would put off the planting till afterwards – next year –

Then overtook George Robinson on the road – the footpath through Well Royde wood to be set out by Washington tomorrow morning at 8 – then along the Brighouse road till turned down to Yew Trees wood – examined the quarry and went all along the bottom of the wood – the wall on both sides the lane explained as agreed upon with Thomas Pearson junior – then from our own gates went into the Cunnery wood sent 2 men out of it – home at 10 1/2 – found 4 letters on my desk – From Mr Lawton of York with bill of charges for my will £13.13.8 –

Long kind letter 3pp. and ends and top of page 1 written across from Mrs Norcliffe, Langton dated Friday 26th instant – she and Charlotte going a little ‘tour to Rokeby, Penrith by Keswick to Cockermouth, and Whitehaven, and must be back by the 19th’ - … ‘write to me if before September 6, Post office, Whitehaven’ – my boots from Rutter to be sent off as this evening – Isabella Norcliffe has paid for them – she to be off for Croft on her way to Scotland on Thursday – Hurried letter 2 widely written pp. from Mariana Lawton Friday 26th August – Charles better than she expected ‘though sadly cut up’ – .. ‘John has literally died a beggar…. the money given for Spurfield debts is gone, and the bills yet unpaid, the entire support of widow and 6 children must devolve on Charles – but the greatest of all the disappointments is that Mr Wood has lost the living, my being absent at the time has been a most unfortunate business, and I shall for the sake of others deeply and long lament it’ – thinks advantage has been taken of Charles’s state of depressed spirits to hurry him to a conclusion – William Ford has got the living for his son - … ‘we go to Leamington on Tuesday to the Royal hotel, and remain there I know not how long or how short a time’ –

Letter too 2 half sheets full, with 1 page and 2 ends of envelope from Lady Gordon, 34 Hertford Street, Friday 26th August franked by her brother-in-law Mr Frankland Lewis – ‘this letter is just like yourself, sensible, agreeable and to the purpose my affairs are still under discussion and till Monday or Tuesday next I can say nothing decidedly’! her own feeling is that she ‘must go – but not in such haste – could you be in London about the 10th or 12th September and be ready to start by land for Spain on the 14th or 15th – If I go my idea is – to take Georgiana’ ….. and leave Alice with one of her (Lady Gordon’s) sisters – ‘to remain in Spain till next spring or summer – when once I had completed my Cadiz business I should be entirely yours as to where to go, or what to do – the blessing you would be to me is not to be told etc. etc. would like me to get in London a thorough understanding of the business she is [going] that I may better know how to help her to decide – Lady Stuart de Rothesay at the lodge – has written to her to know if Miss Hobart will go abroad or not this winter, and telling Lady Stuart de Rothesay her (Lady Gordon’s) ‘possible plans’ – the reason she seemed in such a hurry to be off in her last letter was because the man going out to buy or bid for her property at Cadiz was thought to be going by the 6th of September packet – but it seems is not going till October and this gives her a month longer – the voyage will be 8 or 10 days – no preparations required but ‘mosquito nets, and a case with a few knives and forks, sheets and towels, and a glass or 2 – a black mantilla and a few yards of black silk or fine bombazeen’ – To leave all about carriages and servants till next week when she hopes ‘to write without a doubt’ ….. ‘Should you prefer going by sea and returning by land? Taking one carriage only out in the steamer? – has let her house to Mr Vaughan from the 17th September –

I must think of all this – the one carriage taken out would be mine, which would cost £30 I should suppose i.e. one half more than my own passage – say £30 and £20 and Cameron £20 and a man servant £15 and ten days living at £10.10.0 that would = £95.10.10 Take the distance from Calais by Paris and Bayonne to Cadiz at 300 postes, at 6 1/2 from per poste, and therefore suppose postage 2000 francs, suppose 30 days for the journey at 25 francs per day self and 2 servants for living = 750 francs – then I should look after things in Paris, Travel in comfort, and see a great deal of the country for 2750 francs and £10? from London to Calais = £120 or for 20, or 25 £ more than by sea – So far, good – But the chances are 10 to one we should be robbed near Madrid or before or after or both! Il faut y purser – then I must have a passport exprès, to allow me to carry about as much and whatever money I like, to make written notes, to be armed, have an escort if I demand it, and let my carriage pass the frontiers duty free –

Breakfast at 11 – Read my aunt all my letters except Lady Gordon’s, and read extracts from that

Saying Lady Gordon had business in Spain but not saying what –

Thought of staying a day or 2 longer here – Read the whole of the morning service and 1 of Mr James Knight’s [discussion] on the parables – then slept 1/2 hour and came upstairs at 1 20/.. – looking at maps and writing the above of today till 3 1/2 – then till 5 wrote 3pp. to Mariana (rather a good deal in them) and 1 page of 1/2 sheet paper to Cameron to say circumstances had occurred which would delay my leaving here for four or five days – if she had taken her place, must lose the 1/2 fare – shall hear from me again the day before I wish her to be off, but to hold herself in readiness – glad to hear from Langton very good accounts of all the family in the minster court – to apologize for my directing to her there – do not know how to direct to her at Miss Pearson’s – Tell Mariana to tell Watson to get me the stockings ordered for Madame Galvani or I must go without them – grieved more than I can tell that Mariana has so much reason to lament our tour – ‘But, Mary, who could foresee what was in the womb of time, and coming thus speedily to the birth? nor you, nor I, dreamed of what awaited us, or both had hurried home’ –

Letter from Lady Gordon this morning who cannot fix decidedly till tomorrow or Tuesday ‘that it will still be 4 or 5 days before we can make our final arrangements’ Shall be off however as soon as I can – ‘To prolong my stay much, would now be peculiarly uncomfortable to myself as well as to Marian; and at all rates, I shall make all the haste I can’ – If they stay a week at Leamington shall hope to catch them – now think of being off from here tomorrow week, but want time [cut]. Mariana to go to Liverpool and back by steam – ‘I suppose I could do this, and still be at Leamington on Tuesday week by nine or 10 at night, at latest’ – mention Mrs Norcliffe’s having heard I was going to Paris with Lady Stuart – Charles would surely not have given the living to Mr Ford’s son, had he preferred giving it to Mr Wood – ‘as there was no Lawton for it, what strikes me as most to be regretted is, that any very young man should have it – I fear I should have thought, the next incumbent ought to be 60 at least’ –

A little at my accounts – Dinner at 6 5/.. in 25 minutes for Mr Briggs waiting with my father and the rest – then had him in for 1 1/4 hour till I had thoroughly talked over all I had to say to him – about [Kerton’s] lease – not signed – desired the man to be told that if he did not sign before the 2nd of August next, he should have notice to quit – gave Mr Briggs the estimate for cellar and 2 chambers over it at Hardcastle’s £20 and £5 already paid by Mallinson and still owing to him for the drain that is made – spoke about Lower Brea mill, and the notice to Emmet about spoiling the black brook with the [canker] water from the colliery he is making – and about Benjamin Bottomley’s farm letting and the pew at Saint James’s for Whitley – and about planting the Lower Brea slopes and Godley Road ditto and about filling up Cunnery wood with 2000 oaks, and filling up Freeman’s quarry entirely with oaks and about the willow stakes to keep up the Tilley Holm and Dolt railing -

(Came to my room at 8 5/.. – Mr Briggs went at 7 55/..) Sent off at 8 10/60 by George my letter to ‘Mrs Lawton, Lawton Hall, Lawton, Cheshire’ and to ‘Mrs Cameron, Mrs Belcombe’s, Minster-Court, York’ – wrote the last 7 lines – then a little at my accounts again and went down at 10 1/4 – came back to my room at 10 1/4 – fine day – rainy evening after about 7 1/2 and windy – Fahrenheit 68˚ now at 10 1/4 p.m. -

#Anne Lister #Anne Lister Code Breaker #Mariana Lawton #1831 #Lady Gordon #Shibden

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don’t get me wrong, i’m hella excited about the day of the duchess but a scot in the dark was even more magnificent the second time around!!

things i loved about a scot in the dark

1. mo chridhe. I don’t feel like I need to say more. it was one of the most powerful phrases in the book i s2g. 2. GEORGIANA GODDAMN PEARSON WEST. my queen, my everything only behind callie tbh. I just get super excited about her in any book ever and the fact that she was still a queen and helped lily just made it better. 3. Sesily Talbot, It’s rare that i care about secondary characters more than the mains but Sesily really brought it this book. Her strength and crassness were enlightening and I love her so so much, I hope she gets her own book. It’s only fair. 4. Lillian Hargrove, Lonely Lily. ( sidenote: karen gillian or KAREN GILLIAN??? ) boy, this lady brought out some Too Real abandonment issues and the way she’d latched onto Derek even if he was faking broke my heart just as much as it broke Alec’s. I wanted her so bad the entire book to be able to have everything she wanted. A family, children, love. It was imperative to me that she find that and be at peace with herself knowing that she was loved ( if i could send all of it that I had for her I would’ve ) I know this is no spoiler but spoiler alert, no one deserved her more than alec. 5. Alec Stuart, not a whore and not a brute. Again with these Too Real issues, this time: self worth. I think I might adopt all the heroes in this series, instead of trying to husband them. the pain both of them were in -- the different but similar experiences that made their love so much stronger. my angsty scottish son deserved so much more than a mother and father who hated him who hated him and women who used him and made him feel worthless. sometimes even heroes need to be reminded how good they are and just how very much they’re needed and lily brought that out in alec. no one deserved him more than lilly. 6. the fact that the entire plot didn’t hinge on lily’s virginity. it was barely even mentioned and for that i am eternally grateful. there was no snide remarks from alec about it when he was angry at her, even when there were bickering their worst. even when he was trying to push her away and mentioned the painting, sure it was somewhat implied but he never threw it in her face and if that doesn’t make it a winner idk what does ( sigh. such low standards. )

things I didn’t love so much

1. Cate was not in the entire book. I would have LOVED to see Lily and Alec’s sister take on his self criticisms because even though we barely meet her ( a crime ) you have to know that she loves her brother and wouldn’t just let him run from Lily. ( Maybe it was just wishful thinking? ) 2. Derek Hawkins. Like -- just swerve boy. I don’t you to ruin another life with your misogynist bullshit. i actually hate this man. I might need to take hot sauce out of beyonce’s bag and beat him with it. Even if he does get a few ‘warnings’ from Alec. 3. Sesily Talbot does not have her own book. 👏👏👏 4. while i loved my angsty son, there was a lot of repetition of JUST HOW ANGSTY AND SAD HE WAS. and yes, i love reading the angst and would do anything for my son but maybe it just dragged out the plot a little more than necessary with his back and forth and back and forth and back and forth and..i think you get it.

at first, I was a little worried i wouldn’t like this book as much as the rest of ms. maclean’s because the ward/guardian plot has scarred me in the Olden Days of romance before. So, i was a little wary but the love that alec and lily have honestly kind of makes you forget that it’s even that case because they’re kind of each other’s home and it’s kind of obvious from the beginning. ( also alec will bring it up 2394292489287328732 times but even then you just kind of side eye because -- you know what’s going on here. finally -- THE DAY OF THE DUCHESS.

a scot in the dark by sarah maclean 8/10

#a scot in the dark #scandal & soundrel #sarah maclean #the day of the duchess #book review.

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