Re: Yuletide

(Anonymous) 2018-08-09 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
NA’s spidey-senses tingled at the mention of Dorothea/Rosamond. I do not think I could attempt Middlemarch fic, but I would love to talk about it! What does the fic you’ve always wanted look like?

Re: Yuletide

(Anonymous) 2018-08-09 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Something where instead of accepting Ladislaw Dorothea decides it's her new mission in life to better Rosamond and help her reach spiritual fulfillment and Rosamond takes it as her due that of course Dorothea should devote herself to Rosamond's happiness and comfort, and they get closer and closer steadily misumderstanding each others' aims all the way, both subtly trying to use the other to fulfill needs the other doesn't understand and getting more and more codependant... I don't see it as being especially good for them, but it'd be fascinating!

I tried to write it myself once, but while the style is fun to pastiche the characterization is headache-inducing to get my head around.