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A Fault in Their Characters
Jane and Bingley's characters are slightly different than in canon.
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27 pages, ebook
First published November 22, 2018
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May 9, 2025
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Blurb: “Jane and Bingley’s characters are slightly different than in canon.”
>>Rating: MA: suggestive, risqué at best, sexual discussions, nothing overt or explicit, steamy one-shot story
>>Angst: slight
>>Source: Unpub FF >>Status: Complete: One-shot
>>Timeline: Kent and the DHP {Disastrous Hunsford Proposal]
“I’m tired of defending my character. I am what I am. What you see is what you get.” –Dana Plato
The story opens in Kent right when Darcy arrives at the Hunsford Parsonage. I’m fat, dumb, and happily reading as he made his horrid proposal. Elizabeth’s POV provided her thoughts about his horrid comments regarding her family. I’m thinking there is nothing new when the story turned on a dime and went on a new tangent I’ve never seen before. OMG! This was hilarious. I was bowled over by the twist the author took right in the middle of the DHP. Yeah, this took the reader on a very creative adventure we don’t usually see. I loved it. It was hilarious and yet shocking at the same time. Well, this was a side to both Jane and Bingley that I’ve never seen before. Who knew? It’s the quiet ones that you have to watch. This was highly diverting and well-written. Well done.
“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” –H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
1st read: 11-23-18
2nd read: 12-8-18
3rd read: 7-13-19
4th read: 6-15-21
5TH read: 6-6-24
6th read: 11-2-24
7th read: 5-9-25
Blurb: “Jane and Bingley’s characters are slightly different than in canon.”
>>Rating: MA: suggestive, risqué at best, sexual discussions, nothing overt or explicit, steamy one-shot story
>>Angst: slight
>>Source: Unpub FF >>Status: Complete: One-shot
>>Timeline: Kent and the DHP {Disastrous Hunsford Proposal]
“I’m tired of defending my character. I am what I am. What you see is what you get.” –Dana Plato
The story opens in Kent right when Darcy arrives at the Hunsford Parsonage. I’m fat, dumb, and happily reading as he made his horrid proposal. Elizabeth’s POV provided her thoughts about his horrid comments regarding her family. I’m thinking there is nothing new when the story turned on a dime and went on a new tangent I’ve never seen before. OMG! This was hilarious. I was bowled over by the twist the author took right in the middle of the DHP. Yeah, this took the reader on a very creative adventure we don’t usually see. I loved it. It was hilarious and yet shocking at the same time. Well, this was a side to both Jane and Bingley that I’ve never seen before. Who knew? It’s the quiet ones that you have to watch. This was highly diverting and well-written. Well done.
“Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” –H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
1st read: 11-23-18
2nd read: 12-8-18
3rd read: 7-13-19
4th read: 6-15-21
5TH read: 6-6-24
6th read: 11-2-24
7th read: 5-9-25
February 6, 2025
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. ~ Will Rogers
Darcy has an unusual friendship and a legitimate reason for moving Bingley away from Jane Bennet: protecting Jane Bennet!
We certainly see an unconventional Jane and Bingley. Will Elizabeth be able to convince Darcy that Bingley and Jane were “made for each other”?
This is a one-shot unpublished story available here:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13127795...
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
Darcy has an unusual friendship and a legitimate reason for moving Bingley away from Jane Bennet: protecting Jane Bennet!
We certainly see an unconventional Jane and Bingley. Will Elizabeth be able to convince Darcy that Bingley and Jane were “made for each other”?
This is a one-shot unpublished story available here:
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13127795...
A pure hand needs no glove to cover it. ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne
November 23, 2018
A twist in the tale on Hunsford where Lizzy is already aware that Wickham isn't quite the gentleman he portrays and some dark secrets about Bingley and Jane are shared. Also hints at a very clever Mr & Mrs. Hurst. Adult themes and dialogue, albeit Regency approved.
January 22, 2019
Oh my heavens! This Pride and Prejudice short story features Elizabeth and Darcy talking through the relationship situation between Bingley and Jane. Much is not as it seems! After much discussion they are able to solve not only their friends/relatives's situation, but also come to happy situation of their own.
November 24, 2018
Very witty.
November 26, 2018
A hilarious oneshot that had me laughing out loud. Although I did initially think that this was a lot of rehash... Stay with it because it is definitely worth it.
Recommend!
Recommend!
June 25, 2019
Very different personalities indeed!!!
February 3, 2021
A snippet variation of the Hunsford Proposal.
I appreciate when an author twists the story but allows for previous events and outward personalities to remain and even aide in supporting their character and plot tweaking, and this was a masterful example of that! Jane and Charles have more to them than one might assume!
”Two wrongs did not make a right, but two persons with a similar fault in the characters were best suited to each other”
Darcy and Lizzy being brought to a better understanding of each other by means of working out a solution to a problem was a beautiful way to remedy their pride and prejudice and bridge their divide! The language was era appropriate and Austenesque, even if the conversation was of a less delicate nature, it was spoken of with the subtlety demanded of the drawing room.
Overall a quick but charming read (really 20 minutes at most) that I heartily recommend.
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