Your Cruise Director ([info]cruisedirector) wrote in [info]mandc100,
@ 2004-02-10 10:58:00
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Pastoral
Title: Pastoral
Author: [info]cruisedirector
Words: 100
Rating: R
Characters: Diana (Jack, Stephen)
Rum: This doesn't really fit the challenge so I don't know if it counts, but if it does, Diana gets to drink.
Comments: Not that this ever would have happened but if it did, it would be set during Post Captain.

It is wicked even to think of it, yet Diana knows it would be simple to bring about. She must only invite them both, requesting that Aubrey come to the front door while telling Maturin to visit her privately. Stephen certainly suspects Jack already, and how could Jack be shocked to learn that she had another caller?

She has already taunted Maturin that he is all but married to the man, while Aubrey has been in the Navy all his life. A trio, she might suggest, running her fingers over their hands, a harmonious concerto, with herself as the instrument.

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[info]all_ahoo
2004-02-10 08:27 am UTC (link)
Oh, smart girl Diana! Am definitely jealous of her position.

mmmmmmmm, *drifts off to fantasy-land*

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 06:46 pm UTC (link)
...Diana is so my Mary Sue. *blush*

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[info]liars_dance
2004-02-10 09:42 am UTC (link)
Oh I like that - what a clever woman ...

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 06:48 pm UTC (link)
She's conniving and devious. I love that in a woman. Especially in that era.

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[info]liars_dance
2004-02-10 06:53 pm UTC (link)
Oh absolutely - sod assertiveness; these are qualities to be admired in any era, especially if they reap this kind of reward. *VEG*

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 07:02 pm UTC (link)
I figure, Diana's nicer than the Marquise de Merteuil, and I root passionately for the Marquise... *g*

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[info]missizzy
2004-02-10 09:50 am UTC (link)
Ooh, that I really would like to see!

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 06:49 pm UTC (link)
Me too! I hope she's in the next movie. The visuals alone will keep me happy.

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[info]all_ahoo
2004-02-10 06:51 pm UTC (link)
Who would you want to play her, though? See, my feelings on book!Diana are mixed - I love that she's all strong and independent, but she also treats my beloved Stephen like crap. I feel like I could either love or hate movie!Diana depending on the person who plays her.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 06:56 pm UTC (link)
I am sure I am going to hell for this, but Jennifer Connelly has been playing Diana in my head since I first saw M&C. *g*

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[info]dylant
2004-02-10 07:58 pm UTC (link)
Ohgod. Then we are both crazy. I have admitted this to no one but myself 'cause I can't escape the feeling it verges on Real Life circumstance. we can go to hell together!

come on: now everyone else admit they were just giving Jennifer Connelly the proper English accent and voila!

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 08:32 pm UTC (link)
Yes, the RPF possibilities are -- hold on one second.

*bashes bunnies over the head with a cannonball*

Ahem. It is simply that Ms. Connelly is a very fine actress and has nothing to do with how hot she and Mr. Crowe were in ABM, nor with how hot Mr. Crowe and Mr. Bettany were in ABM, and certainly not with how hot Mr. Bettany and Ms. Connelly were in those tabloid pictures before anyone was supposed to know they were dating

Um! The weather is great here! Much warmer than last week. How about you?

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[info]dylant
2004-02-10 11:07 pm UTC (link)
all fine here. ::whistles::

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[info]tuff_ghost
2004-02-10 01:46 pm UTC (link)
hee, she's so sly.
*turns green*
i want to strangle her.



really cleverly done fic, btw. ;)

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 06:51 pm UTC (link)
No, don't strangle her, I love her too much. If I can't have Jack and Stephen naked at the same time then I don't begrudge her having them!

Thanks. ;)

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[info]mrkinch
2004-02-10 02:03 pm UTC (link)
Beautifully played! And I'm certain she amused herself, very much.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 06:52 pm UTC (link)
On the floor, on her tiger throw...oops. Um, yes. *g* Thank you!

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[info]ladybretagne
2004-02-10 02:51 pm UTC (link)
Oh she is so naughty! Diana drabbles make me a v. happy girl, the cunning little vixen.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 06:53 pm UTC (link)
I adore Diana. Wasn't sure I would based on her advance press, but halfway through Post Captain I am smitten. Thanks!

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[info]ladybretagne
2004-02-10 07:35 pm UTC (link)
I think she's fabulous! Such dash, as the boys say. *g*

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-11 11:36 am UTC (link)
She comes to an unhappy ending, yes? I remember hearing that from somewhere and am worried!

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[info]ladybretagne
2004-02-11 12:35 pm UTC (link)
Mmm, define unhappy. By the end of the series she's not in a bad way a'tall really, but there's a great lot of angsting in the interim, on all accounts.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-11 04:00 pm UTC (link)
Isn't she, um...

...spoiler...

...dead?

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[info]ladybretagne
2004-02-11 04:18 pm UTC (link)
*boggle* Um... I haven't read the v. end of the series, but I haven't heard anything to that effect from anyone. It's certainly possible, but I know naught of it.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-11 04:32 pm UTC (link)
*hides* I'm sorry, I thought you had read most of them! And I could very well be wrong, or confused. That was the impression I got from something someone posted somewhere!

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[info]ladybretagne
2004-02-11 04:37 pm UTC (link)
*laughs* Oh dont worry, I have read most of them (at least in parts and out of order, lol), so I know it would have to be in like the last three books if something like that does happen. There's an endless amount of angst with her and Stephen, but I hadn't heard anything to the effect that she kicks it. Gah, I really hope not, as if Stephen doesn't have enough problems.

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[info]moonkitty2003
2004-02-10 04:15 pm UTC (link)
Yummy, both Stephen and Jack. 'Cause really, how could you choice between the two. And why should you if you could have both? Makes me think of a line from a Lou Reed song "It's always been my fancy, to make it with Frank and Nancy...."

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 07:00 pm UTC (link)
Hee! I have never heard that line before! Definitely my motto, though it wouldn't be Frank and Nancy -- I perv on couples though. And I love Lou Reed. Thank you!

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[info]fuschia
2004-02-10 06:21 pm UTC (link)
Yes, indeed...this is a threesome that I would love to observe!

Fuschia

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 07:07 pm UTC (link)
Ohh me too. Why didn't O'Brian write it? *pout*

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[info]fuschia
2004-02-10 07:15 pm UTC (link)
Because we weren't around to threaten him with our matching icons! :)

Seriously, though, I enjoyed the Jack/Stephen/Diana possibilities that came out of "Post Captain." Even if the three of them never had any sort of orgiastic gathering, there is still the time-honored tradition of men sleeping with each other by having sex with the same woman...the whole Arthur/Guinevere/Lance triad, played out on so many bodies before and since. :)

Thanks again for the lovely drabble,

Fuschia

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 08:38 pm UTC (link)
You, young lady, are in serious trouble.

Here.

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[info]nasturtium
2004-02-10 06:45 pm UTC (link)
*sad puppy dog eyes*

More? Please?

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 07:09 pm UTC (link)
More? You mean, like, actually write the OOC, out-of-canon scene in which Stephen, seeing his cob and figuring out that Jack is there with Diana, doesn't turn around and get all pouty but keeps right on going until he's got them both naked, sweaty and...

Um. *sweats* I can't resist puppy dog eyes, is all!

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[info]dylant
2004-02-10 08:00 pm UTC (link)
pwease. ::even sadder puppy dog eyes::

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 08:39 pm UTC (link)
I drabbled. Best I can do for you tonight. Now undoubtedly will have them all shagging in my head all night...

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[info]nasturtium
2004-02-10 08:11 pm UTC (link)
::even more puppy dog eyes::

I'll write something prettily out of canon in return if you do. ^.^

::thinks that bribing with smut isn't underhanded, and would probably make Diana proud::

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-10 08:45 pm UTC (link)
*spends half an hour rereading [info]astolat's "Five Things...#2" to quell urgent need of Jack/Stephen/Diana smut*

*glares at you*

*weighs need to do work vs. need for your smut*

Here. I am not promising any more tonight.

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[info]subtle_knife
2004-02-10 08:50 pm UTC (link)
Oh, beautiful. Absolutely stunning.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-11 11:38 am UTC (link)
Thanks so much! *g*

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FB: Pastoral
[info]julietlaw
2004-02-11 08:25 am UTC (link)
Hehe -- I don't know Diana but I already like her. :)

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Re: FB: Pastoral
[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-11 11:39 am UTC (link)
Thank you! I don't really know her well enough to be writing fic about her, but the possibilities in Post Captain are quite fabulous.

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[info]ethrosdemon
2004-02-12 06:23 am UTC (link)
I don't know why she didn't just suggest this. I mean, it's not like it's really out of character for her!

I'm glad someone else has spent time considering this scenario.

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[info]cruisedirector
2004-02-13 08:32 pm UTC (link)
Hee! I am only halfway through Post Captain and don't know exactly how naughty Diana is -- I can't tell if she's playing a game of chicken to see if one of them will leave and she'll get the survivor, or if she genuinely likes both of them.

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