Ineffably Austen

A Good Omens event inspired by the works of Jane Austen. Running March 6th - April 16th 2023

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You are most cordially invited...

For more information and posts about the prompts, click here

Ineffably Austen is a low-stress Good Omens event where contributors can be involved as much or as little as they wish.

All types of original creative content inspired by the stories of Jane Austen or the themes of her works are welcome. This includes, but is not limited to, Regency AU, Modern AU, and canon-compliant interpretations.

Let her books inspire your creations. And if that isn't quite enough, or you're unfamiliar with her work, there will be some additional prompts announced very soon.

Fanfiction, fanart, and anything else is welcome, just make sure to tag your creations #IneffablyAusten. On ao3, a collection will go live on March 6th.

You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram.

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BONUS:

GOOD OMENS | 2.02 THE CLUE

If you’re going to invoke fiction, you might as well do it properly.

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Hi, I was wondering. I started a fic inspired by the event but wasn't sure if it all gets posted, so I didn't add it to the collection. As it looks now, it will be posted completely. Can it still be added to the collection, or is it too late?

The collection remains open, so feel free to add this and any future works inspired by the event to it.

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Ineffably Austen Week 6 Prompts

It's the final week of the Ineffably Austen event, which means it's time for Austen's final and, as some argue, most sophisticated novel Persuasion. More melancholy in tone than her others, this one is a story of missed chances and reconnecting with the past. Here are our prompts inspired by it:

Getting Back Together is a staple of fanfiction for a reason. The bittersweetness of what-ifs and the thrill of getting to know someone for the second time make for wonderful dynamics between characters and instant tension.

Love Letters are a theme in many Austen novels, but the one presented in the final chapters of Persuasion is undoubtedly the most beautiful and romantic of all of them. There are so many ways this prompt can be used in fan works, from period appropriate Regency letters to modern interpretations.

If these two don't speak to you, you could always be inspired by other aspects of Persuasion:

seaside

jealousy

sick fic

persuasion (obviously)

Priest AU not this time...

And remember, anything goes for this event. Canon-compliant works and AUs alike, set in any period and place. Fanfic, fanart, and anything else that takes inspiration from Austen and turns it into a Good Omens fan work.

Don’t forget to use the tag #IneffablyAusten when you post on social media so we can find and share your creations!

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Aziraphale's temptation (I like Pears)

colouring pencils and ink

For @ack-emma 's fic, Becoming Aziraphale Eastgate. 🧡

This is also my contribution to @ineffablyausten event! Can you climb a tree in a regency dress? Sure you can! I tried a new technique with leaves, and they turned out better than I expected.

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@usergif 1 year celebration: shuffle challenge day 5: blending | single colour focused | otp

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↳ INEFFABLE HUSBANDS + Jane Austen’s EMMA

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Happy April all, no foolin’ 😙 Here’s my patron kiss-of-the-month, a little hand smooch, which I’ll be printing for the Bookshop and M25 tiers. 🥰

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Ineffably Austen Week 5 Prompts

This week we are focusing on perhaps Jane Austen's most controversial novel Mansfield Park. So different in tone and subject matter from the others, with it's Cinderella-like premise and quiet protagonist.

Our main prompts for this week are:

Working Class: In no other Austen novel is the working class as much acknowledged as in this one. The scenes in which our heroine Fanny Price visits her working class family are some of the most unique in all of Austen's work. In GO fanfiction, too, the theme of class is often not addressed. With an angel and a demon who never have to worry about money, work, or privilege, that's easily done. So this one could be an interesting challenge.

Unrequited Love: This second prompt is much more in keeping with Austen's opus in general, and there are many ways in which authors and artists can take inspiration from it. Be honest, you're not over the bandstand scene and neither are we. Unrequited love, whether real or only presumed to be unrequited, plays into so many aspects of storytelling we adore: misunderstandings, communication, the development of feelings and the act of courtship. Lots to play with.

Other ways to get inspired by the themes of Mansfield Park include:

Cinderella stories

adultery

introverts

Priest AU

And remember, anything goes for this event. Canon-compliant works and AUs alike, set in any period and place. Fanfic, fanart, and anything else that takes inspiration from Austen and turns it into a Good Omens fan work.

Don't forget to use the tag #IneffablyAusten when you post on social media so we can find and share your creations!

[worse0mens-deactivated20240701]

Just posted my next contribution to the @ineffablyausten event, which also takes place in the same storyline as my regency AU series, for the matchmaking prompt :)

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Dancing Around the Point

T, 3.3k. Written for Ineffably Austen!

While bickering at a party, Crowley challenges Aziraphale to dance with him. Horrified, Aziraphale rejects him at once. They both regret the argument, but it’s hard to move past being hereditary enemies. Will they ever get that dance?

Read on AO3

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Ineffably Austen Week 4 Prompts

This week's prompts are inspired by Emma, the book about the heroine Jane Austen herself considered most unlikable. This is a behemoth of a novel with much intrigue and romance, and many themes and tropes to choose from. Our two official prompts are:

Matchmaking, one of the biggest themes in Emma. Our protagonist famously prides herself on her matchmaking skills, while at the same time proclaiming that she is quite happy without a match for herself. The fanfic possibilities are endless, from the more traditional romcom interpretation to even perhaps a dark twist on the subject.

Friends to Lovers is particularly exciting because isn't that just what describes Crowley and Aziraphale best? Most of Austen's romances don't start off as friends, but in Emma we are presented with an old and deep friendship that starts off comfortable, often stand-offish, with much teasing and a few genuine arguments.

There are many more ways you can take inspiration from Emma other than these two prompts. How about:

age gap

picnics

secret relationship

games and riddles

Priest AU

And remember, anything goes for this event. Canon-compliant works and AUs alike, set in any period and place. Fanfic, fanart, and anything else that takes inspiration from Austen and turns it into a Good Omens fan work.

Don't forget to use the tag #IneffablyAusten when you post on social media so we can find and share your creations!

[worse0mens-deactivated20240701]

Hello! I was just wandering, have you heard of the Ineffably Austen event and will you be writing something for it? I love your writing, and your regency AU has such a cute relationship dynamic between the spouses!

I actually have not heard of that. If you (or anyone else) knows where to find more information on that then I’d definitely look into it.

And thank you for the kind words! The regency AU is very close to my heart and I’m glad people enjoy it

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There's a Tumblr page @ineffablyausten with the information

[worse0mens-deactivated20240701]

Wish granted. Thanks for the suggestion! I may do more if I spot a prompt that makes me think.

[ineffablyausten]

If we start writing a fic during a week set but we finish it much later, can we still post it under the Ineffable Austen collection or is it only for those made on time?

There's absolutely no rush. If you're inspired by the event, you can add your fic to the collection whenever it's ready. The collection will stay open for submissions after the event has officially finished, and we can't wait to see your contribution to it!

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Ineffably Austen Week 3 Prompts

It's Pride and Prejudice week! We celebrate Jane Austen's most well-known and well-beloved novel with some cracking prompts that capture some of the aspects of this most accomplished of romances:

First Impressions is such a fun idea to play with when transferred to our favourite angel and demon, who had, in canon the most iconic first meeting. "Well, that went down like a lead balloon," "I gave it away," "it's ineffable" - so many iconic lines. It's so much fun reimagining this first meeting, and making up many more for them. (First Impressions was also the working title for Pride and Prejudice, so there's a bit of trivia for you)

Enemies to Lovers had to be one of the prompts. Lizzy and Darcy are not at all keen on each other when they're first acquainted. Lots of pride and, you guessed it, prejudice getting in the way. But it's exactly this tension that makes both the novel and this particular trope so popular. A fanfiction favourite for a reason.

Don't fancy either of these? There's lots more in Pride and Prejudice you can draw inspiration from, such as:

elopement

(found) family

sickfic

dancing

Priest AU

And remember, anything goes for this event. Canon-compliant works and AUs alike, set in any period and place. Fanfic, fanart, and anything else that takes inspiration from Austen and turns it into a Good Omens fan work.

Don't forget to use the tag #IneffablyAusten when you post on social media so we can find and share your creations!

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Entailed by FeralTuxedo 1/5 chapters, rated E. Summary: Anthony Crowley, a single gentleman of seven-and-forty and guardian to two unmarried sisters, is awaiting the arrival of the young clergyman who is set to inherit his estate. A marriage between him and one of the Miss Crowleys would be advantageous for both. But Mr Fell has other plans.

It's finally up! Get ready for sexy Mr Collins. Jane Austen would be mortified, but I'm having a great time with this one.

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I am probably just passed half-way through writing my first fic (the chapters in the middle keep expanding) and at this rate it’s going to be longer than Northanger Abbey, which it’s based on.  I am still very much enjoying it, though, even though I had planned to be finished by now, and don’t really have the time to keep up the original writing rate any more.  

Chapter 5 went up earlier today, which has some of my favourite moments of the first act of the story, and in particular the moments where I have been able to repurpose original lines and scenarios of Austen’s by giving them to characters who are in different places in their lives.  Tilney’s gentle wit becomes Crowley’s biting sarcasm; Catherine’s confused indecision when presented with an unexpected situation becomes Aziraphale falling back on Doing The Right Thing.  And it’s so much fun when things line up!  I definitely haven’t made things easy for myself writing a fic based on two books at once, but damn it is good fun!

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It’s Pride and Prejudice week next for @ineffablyausten​ and I couldn’t resist.

They say you should never meet your celebrity crush. Especially when you already know what an absolute bastard he is.

So, of course, Anthony J. Crowley’s participation in a queer adaptation of Pride and Prejudice for Pride month has nothing to do with the involvement of A-lister A.Z. Fell.

Nope, Crowley just auditioned so that he had some gossip to write about in his weekly column.

He didn’t mean to be cast as Lizzie Bennet. He certainly didn’t mean to be acting opposite Fell’s Mr Darcy.

Now, if only he could work out why Fell keeps staring at him. 

This week with the addition of a long, badly edited snippet below the cut. 

Keep reading

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The first chapter is here