#rationalcreatures

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The Amateur Austenite podcast is doing an entire season on Rational Creatures and the first ep is available now! Stay tuned for eps featuring our cast and crew too.

Listen here

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Better not fuck this up. Because in what world would someone like him go for someone like me? ... I don't want to feel this way with someone. I just want being myself to be enough.

Rational Creatures, Episode 11 (1.43-1.59) @rationalseries

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Only Ana

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💌 Half agony. Half hope. 💌

Stream the final episode of Rational Creatures now.

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Rational Creatures Masterpost

Just found us? Returning for Season 2? Looking for a specific extra? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

...What is it?

Inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion, Rational Creatures is a diverse, contemporary series available to watch on YouTube about second chances, finding your place in the world, and (finally) coming of age in your late 20s.

What's the elevator pitch?

After years spent working for her difficult father, Ana Elias is forced back into proximity with her first love when she's let go from the family business. Watching Fred with his amazing travel career and adoring new boyfriend makes her feel like she's achieved nothing in the last decade, but she's not the only one feeling stuck.

Do I need to know anything about Jane Austen to watch?

Not at all, it's an "inspired by" rather than a direct adaptation, so sit back and enjoy it as a soft dramedy full of bisexuals, friendship, and romance.

How do I watch?

We host the series on YouTube to watch for free.

Click here (or click play on the video above) to start watching Rational Creatures from the very start.

Click here to catch up with Season 2 of the series

More FAQs below the cut!

Are there content warnings?

You can find these in the YouTube description of each video.

Are there fun extras?

Loads! Our YouTube channel has everything from Ana and Fred's highschool vlogs to season 1 bts, to Mean Girls parodies. You can also find all the music we've used in the series.

You can also find some extra reels and behind the scenes gossip on our Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter accounts.

How long is it?

Who made it?

Rational Creatures (aka- #ratcreatures) was created and written by Anya, Ash, Jessamyn, and Hazel - 4 women from 3 different countries who met through the magic of the internet. We worked with an amazing team of actors, crew, and friends to bring the series to life.

Is It a Literary Inspired Webseries?

Each episode is between 2 and 15 minutes long. When completed, the whole show takes a little under 2 hours to watch.

It's definitely a web series inspired by a work of literature. The co-creators met and started collaborating through the LIW community and it has a big place in our hearts. However, unlike a lot of shows inspired by series like The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Rational Creatures is mostly filmed cinematically and is generally a slightly looser adaptation of the source text.

What do you mean by diverse?

We found it really important to reflect our own family and friend groups in the modern day, the same way Jane Austen included observations of hers in her time. Thus, most of our characters identify somewhere on the LGBTQ umbrella, we have a Latina lead, and only the minority of our cast are white actors.

What's with the 2 different Seasons?

Season 1 was kind of our proof of concept. We successfully crowdfunded making the rest of the show, then covid happened and we had to put off filming until it was safe, during which time a few sets and hairstyles changed. The whole series will be 18 episodes long in total (not counting bonus material) and will tell the whole story- we're not planning for a Season 3!

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Rational Creatures will be taking a mini hiatus this week before the final two episodes. A perfect time to catch up and share with friends! 💙

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“She was persuaded to believe the engagement a wrong thing: indiscreet, improper, hardly capable of success, and not deserving it. But it was not a merely selfish caution, under which she acted, in putting an end to it. Had she not imagined herself consulting his good, even more than her own, she could hardly have given him up.“

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"In another moment, however, [Anne] found herself in the state of being released from him; someone was taking him from her, though he had bent down her head so much, that his little sturdy hands were unfastened from around her neck, and he was resolutely born away, before she knew that Captain Wentworth had done it."