Rose

Rose

Portrayed by Clara Oswald
Full Name	Miss Rose
Associated Noble House(s)	The Internet
Date of Birth	13th June
Father	Papa
Father's Rank	Professor
Mother	Mama
Mother's Rank	Teacher
Town Residence	{{{residence}}}
Year of Debut	2005
Dowry	a pink car called Arrietty and an inordinate quantity of stationery

Rose is English. She joined the board in 2008 and has never looked back! She is now Global Moderator. 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 recently engaged to Blake Pritchard. Currently not seeking plots.
• Olivia Fitzgerald: Charming yet insecure debutante who's just broken a secret engagement.
• 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.
• 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. Currently not seeking plots.
• Frank Harpole: Urbane younger brother of a Duke who is actually a spy.
• Adelaide Thorne: Tragic spinster farm girl recently returned from Philadelphia. Currently not seeking plots.

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.
• Charlie Devenish: Impoverished but optimistic younger son with a taste for blondes.
• Henry Layton: Frivolous and scandal courting Earl who lives to make trouble.
• Lunete d'Aubin: Unpredictable sixteen year French emigrée with sociopathic tendencies.
• Isabella Granville: Tragically legitimate black heiress who writes wildly inventive fanfiction about everyone she meets.

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.

• A Midsummer Afternoon's Duet[4] co-written with Aida

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.

• Italian Kisses[8] co-written with Lin

George and Charity on their honeymoon. AU.

• This Insubstantial Pageant[9]

Viola dreams at some point during the 1811 season.

• Letters to a Soldier[10] co-written with Amy

George/Sukey WWII AU. WIP.

She also writes Downton Abbey fanfiction as Silvestria[11].

Articles

Rose has written the following articles:

• Titles: The Definitive and Easy Version
• Regency Novels
• Debutantes for Dummies
• Regency Dancing
• Regency Weddings