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Rose is English. She joined the board in 2008 and has never looked back! She is now [[Voice of Morality|applications moderator]] along with [[Betsy]]. Her other hobbies include | Rose is English. She joined the board in 2008 and has never looked back! She is now [[Voice of Morality|applications moderator]] along with [[Betsy]]. Her other hobbies include singing very ill indeed, country walking with her petticoat six inches deep in mud and a day job of teaching teenagers Latin. Lady Catherine would not approve. | ||
Rose likes to use the phrase "special snowflake" to describe female characters with Mary-Sue tendencies. | Rose likes to use the phrase "special snowflake" to describe female characters with Mary-Sue tendencies. | ||
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* [[Debutantes for Dummies]] | * [[Debutantes for Dummies]] | ||
* [[Regency Dancing]] | * [[Regency Dancing]] | ||
* [[Regency Weddings]] | |||
Revision as of 11:21, 19 April 2015
Rose is English. She joined the board in 2008 and has never looked back! She is now applications moderator along with Betsy. Her other hobbies include singing very ill indeed, country walking with her petticoat six inches deep in mud and a day job of teaching teenagers Latin. Lady Catherine would not approve.
Rose likes to use the phrase "special snowflake" to describe female characters with Mary-Sue tendencies.
Characters
- Viola Fitzgerald: Charismatic and clever society incomparable on cusp of spinsterhood.
- Olivia Fitzgerald: Charming yet insecure debutante with a secret engagement.
- Charlie Devenish: Impoverished but optimistic younger son with a taste for blondes.
- George Hackett: Serious minded heir to Earldom in search of a wife who already has a mistress and son.
- Eleanor Clare: Shy but intelligent schoolgirl with a fortune.
- Henry Layton: Frivolous and scandal courting Earl who lives to make trouble.
- Catherine McAvoy: Bitter widow of an unpleasant husband taking advantage of her freedom with feminist tendencies.
- Diana Osbourne: Ice queen with a codependent twin brother and a secluded upbringing.
All these characters come with a host of attached NPCs, some of whom are generally playable, others not. This will be clear on their pages.
FORMER CHARACTERS
Selina Clare: Self-centred wealthy widow from Bath in search of a second husband.
Hermione Longstaffe: Bossy but inexperienced chaperone from the country.
Areas of Expertise
Feel free to ask her anything, but she is more likely to know things about the following areas:
- Literature, especially novels, of the long eighteenth century (mid 17th century to about 1830)
- Classical languages and literature (Latin and ancient Greek)
- Titles of nobility
- Italy and Italian
- Oxford and Cambridge universities
- Classical music including vocal and instrumental technique
She doesn't know anything about:
- The military
- Money
- European history in the 18th century
Fanfiction
Rose has written the following stories for LL:
- Regency Christmas[1]
How Viola and Olivia's parents got together.
- The Sadder but Wiser Girl[2]
Viola's affair with Will Devenish and the aftermath of her first season.
- What's in a name?[3]
Viola and Olivia talk boys, babies and books.
Henry and Gwen play duets in the country.
- After the Opera[5]
The meeting of George and Patrizia in Florence.
- To Us the Path of Knowledge[6]
Wallflower Lady Cornwallis gains an insight into the character of Viola Fitzgerald at a Christmas house party.
- The Heir of Morven Castle[7]
Crack fic. AU next generation. WIP.
George and Charity on their honeymoond. AU.
- This Insubstantial Pageant[9]
Viola dreams at some point during the 1811 season.
She also writes Downton Abbey fanfiction as Silvestria[10].
Articles
Rose has written the following articles: