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Hi, I'm Rusakko and I dabble in fandom. You can find my fics on AO3.

I also run a couple of events in the Jane Austen fandom:

JAFF Trope Inversion Bingo

Non-Canon JAFF Ship Prompt Meme

This is a side blog for content related to writing and fanfiction. My main blog (a.k.a. the source of asks and likes) is @suolakurkkutulehdus.

#housekeeping #pinned post

suomalaistenfaniteostenviikko

Suomalaisten faniteosten viikko - aikataulu ja muuta infoa

Suomalaisten faniteosten viikko (tuttavallisemmin Faniteosviikko, koska eihän tuota pitkää rimpsua kukaan jaksa sanoa) on viikon mittainen pääasiassa tumblrissa ja Ao3ssa järjestettävä internet-tapahtuma, jonka tarkoituksena on juhlistaa suomenkielistä fandom-kulttuuria ja kannustaa ihmisiä kirjoittamaan fanficcejä ja luomaan kaikenlaisia muita faniteoksia meemeistä esseeteksteihin suomeksi. Kirjoitit suomeksi sitten vähän tai paljon, niin tervetuloa mukaan!

Faniteosviikko järjestetään tänä kesänä 3.-9.8.

Faniteosviikolla tulee olemaan kaksi seitsemän aiheen listaa (yksi Suomi-teemainen ja yksi yleisempi) joita voi halutessaan käyttää inspiraationa töihinsä.

Tapahtuman järjestäjä on Erdariel ( @fangirl-erdariel, @erdariel ) joka on ensi kertaa tekemässä mitään tämmöstä, joten pahoittelut jos homma on hetkittäin vähän toilailua!

Aikataulu:

15.5.2026 - Tapahtuman säännöt postataan tälle tilille Kesäkuussa tai viimeistään heinäkuun alulla - Tapahtuman promptilistat julki Illalla 2.8.2026 - Tapahtuman Ao3 Collection aukeaa 3.8.-9.8.2026 - Faniteosviikko 12.8.2026 - Ao3 Collection sulkeutuu, tämä tili lakkaa rebloggaamasta uusia Faniteosviikkoa varten tumblrissa julkaistuja töitä

#fandom events

cogentranting

Mr. Collins would be such a fan of ai. He would love it. He would have it write scripts for him to use for complimenting people. He'd ask it what to do in social situations and then when someone would tell him "I think that's a bad idea" he'd be like "my dear madam it's so good of you to be concerned but I think the highly esteemed Grok knows a little more about this than a lady like yourself" and then he'd go humiliate himself publicly.

#jane austen #pride and prejudice

ellakas

#pride and prejudice #lotr

You told me on a reply from a comment on "Not Quite So Trifling" that you headcanon that Emma likes old man (which of course) and now that I am listening to the A Knightley Rescue I can see that.

The first time she meets Frank, she says that her heart can't be touched by him (bc she is already in love) but also talks how he took so long to do his duty to his father so she can't like that.

My girl Emma likes men who know what's due of them not boys. And you know what, good for her.

Yeah, that headcanon was definitely an influence when writing A Knightly Rescue. :) I also think it would make sense for Emma to consider bigger age differences between couples fairly normal, since her father was probably a bit older than her mother (we're told that Mr Woodhouse didn't marry young) and the Westons also likely have something of an age gap. The examples we see around us can shape our perceptions a lot!

Thanks for the ask! <3

#asks #katherinevernet

yeoldenews

A Guide to Common Regency-Era Nicknames

These nicknames are the result of a three month survey I conducted using hundreds of primary sources ranging from newspapers to period literature to murder trial testimony. I have been sitting on this research for two years due to several names I was stuck on, but when I mentioned to project in a response to an ask recently I had several people encourage me to just post it as is - so here you go...

Due to the strict social rules of the Regency era, nicknames were very rarely used in the upper classes outside of family and very close friends.

Young, unmarried women would sometimes go by a nickname publicly, but even then the rules of formal address still applied. A young woman of status would be introduced as Miss Betsey Lastname, not just Betsey. The eldest daughter would be introduced as Miss Lastname, whether or not she went by a nickname.

The same rules applied to children of a certain status that went by nicknames. Servants would refer to their young charges as Miss Sally and Master Jemmy - not just Sally and Jemmy.

Adults who went by nicknames outside of close family/friends tended to be servants (free, indentured and enslaved) or members of the lower class. A scullery maid was more likely to be a Fanny than a Frances and a stable boy was more likely to be a Jack than a John.

You do also see men in positions of authority referred to by nicknames in a "man of the people" type way - hence Ben Franklin, Sam Adams, etc.

However, this was also often used in a sarcastic manner by political opposition.

A few notes on the lists below...

Nicknames were often very regionally specific. Names with locations in parentheses were used primarily in those areas, those without locations I've found evidence of use throughout the English-speaking world.

Nicknames are listed in very rough order of popularity, starting with the most popular - (I did not actually count the hundreds of occurrences of each nickname as the sources I used were very hard to quantify, so these are based on my general observations during the project and should not be taken as academic fact.)

A general rule - Y not IE endings unless you are Scottish.

Lizzy not Lizzie, Sophy not Sophie, Charley not Charlie

IE endings were still associated with French names

Women's Names

Amelia - Am(e)y, Emily

Ann - Nancy, Nan, Nanny (northern England), Annie (Scotland)

Bridget - Biddy

Caroline - Car(r)y

Catherine - Kitty, Kate, Cat(e)y (US), Catty (Ireland), Katty (Scotland/Ireland), Katie (Scotland)

Charlotte - [see notes]*

Dorothy - Doll(y)

Eleanor - Nell(y)

Elizabeth - Bets(e)y, Eliza, Betty, Lizzy, Bess(y), Els(e)y/Elsie (Scotland/US) - NOT Beth

Frances - Fanny, Fan, Franny

Henrietta - Harriet, Hetty, Henny

Isabella - Bell(a), Tibby (Northern England/Scotland)

Jane - Jenny, Jessy/Jessie (Scotland)

Louisa/Lucy - Loo/Lou

Margaret - Peggy, Peg, (Maggy, Meggy, Moggy, Madge (Scotland))

Martha - Patty, Matty (northern England/Scotland/Ireland/US), Patsy (southern US)

Mary - Polly, Mally (northern England/Scotland), Molly (Lancashire), Pally (Yorkshire)

Rebecca - Becky, Becca

Sarah - Sally

Sophia - Sophy

Susannah - Susan, Sukey, Susy, Suckey (southern US)

Men's Names

Alexander - Allick/Ellick, Sandy - NOT Alex#

Anthony - Tony

Benjamin - Ben(ny)

Charles - Charley, Charlie (Scotland)

Edward - Ned(dy), Ted(dy) (Ireland)

Francis - Frank(y)

George - Georgey, Geordie (Northern England/Scotland)

Henry - Harry

James - Jem(my), Jamie (Scotland), Jim(my)$

John - Jack(y), Johnny, Jock(ey) (Scotland)

Joseph - Joe(y)

Richard - Dick(y)

Robert - Bob(by), Robb(y/ie) (Scotland), Robin

Samuel - Sam(my)

Thomas - Tom(my)

William - Bill(y), Will(y)

* I have found a single instance of both Lotty (in a dictionary from 1725) and Charley (a murder trial from 1735) being used as a nickname for Charlotte in the early 18th century, but none from the Regency period itself. So both nicknames pre-date the Regency era, but I, as of yet, cannot prove whether they were in use during the early 19th century or not. # "Alex." was used in the Regency era as an abbreviation for Alexander, but I have never seen it used in a period source as stand-alone nickname. Alexander Hamilton would occasionally sign his name "Alex Hamilton" without the period, but he also didn't use a period when he signed it "A Hamilton". It is possible it was also a spoken nickname at the time, however I have not come across any hard evidence of this pre-dating the 20th Century. $ Jim/Jimmy did exist as a nickname in the early 19th century, but was far, FAR, less common than Jem/Jemmy. It would not overtake Jem/Jemmy in popularity until the mid-19th century.

#writing resources #regency names

I FINALLY FOUND YOU

I need to tell you how much I love all your Emma fics, I'm obsessed with them, I re read them all the time (and leave comments all the time too) I just?? Love them and you

I wanna know, do you think you will write a fic for your Floral Follies for Emma?? I feel like Mr Knightley with the Hanahaki disease would be so f good.

(Of course no pressure, I love all your works and will love anything you are willing to write ❤️)

I also wanna thank you for your work, it's so good and I enjoy it so so so much. A Knightley rescue has to be one of my favorite, their confession on the sunlight is just so beautiful. Also Not Quite So Trifling !!! I just love how well you wrote Mr Knightley disability.

I'm seeding you lots of kisses I hope you have a great day ❤️

Aww! ❤️ I'm so happy to hear that you like my fics, and I truly appreciate all your lovely comments!

I do actually have some ideas jotted down for an Emma Hanahaki AU. I can't promise that it will get written, but I hope to get to it at some point. (I already have a flower picked out to symbolize Mr Knightley, but Emma's flower still requires some thought. 😄)

Sending you hugs and kisses back! 🥰

#asks #katherinevernet

janeaustengeeks

(original image by George Dance, "A woman handing a letter to another woman")

#happy ides of march

Fic Rec February Day 28

stay wild (plant your roots) (6409 words) by ocjones Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Colonel Brandon/Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Elinor Dashwood/Edward Ferrars Characters: Mrs. Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Eliza Williams | Colonel Brandon's Ward Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Christmas fic, this is the year I finally did it, book accurate description of Marianne, aged up Marianne because ew, Age gap relationship, light marijuana usage, Dirty Talk, Smut, but there will be yearning, oh boy will there, is yearning not THE Austenian emotion?, author unabashedly mixes British and American English Summary: Everyone always seems to know what's best for Marianne Dashwood. Marianne is getting sick of it. Isn't she more rational now?

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During February, I've been recommending some of my favourite JAFF stories from 2025 – one fic per day, all by different authors. You can find all the recs by searching for the #fic rec february tag on my blog.

#fic rec february #fic recs #JAFF #sense and sensibility

Fic Rec February Day 27

"I Will Be True" (8411 words) by Ione Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Colonel Brandon/Elinor Dashwood Characters: Colonel Brandon (Sense and Sensibility), Elinor Dashwood, Marianne Dashwood (Sense and Sensibility), Margaret Dashwood, Edward Ferrars, Lucy Steele (Sense and Sensibility), Mrs. Jennings (Sense and Sensibility), Sisters - Character, sisterhood is awesome Additional Tags: Alternate Ending Summary: Elinor, always with everyone else's happiness in mind, is determined to see her sister's courtship to completion . . .

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