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Post by snacky on Nov 9, 2014 8:29:53 GMT
I trust your judgment. Let me know if you have other thoughts! Oh, don't let me crush your dreams. If you want to to write fic with that, go for it!  Believable humor is one thing, crackfic is another - I appreciate everyone's input.  Not that I'm actually writing anything. |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 9, 2014 14:19:58 GMT
I think it's also patronizing and possessive. (If William uses it). And he might associate it with Darcy. According to the online etymology dictionary "sexy" isn't before 1905, and, if I'm reading correctly, only comes into popular use via the films of Valentino circa 1923. www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=sexyRelated term: "Sexful". Dr. Sexful? Naw. So I turned to the thesaurus. Too bad we can't have Dr. Bootylicious in 1902. "Fascinating"? Dr. Delectable ...too many syllables Dr. Desirable? (which might go with a list of Dr. Alluring, Dr. Fascinating, Dr. Charming, etc.) There is a historical term that's kind of fun, though technically it means slut: "bawdy basket" Can we do something with "vixen"? That's up there with CC's "minx" as an affectionate bad girl term. hmm, Dr. Desirable might be as close as I can get to Dr. Sexy... Dude....let it go. William is never going to call her anything like that in a million years! Unless you're writing crackfic... Are you writing crackfic?  He'll totally call her voluptuous vixen. Or magical minx. Or sugar plum. Or doll face.  Bur seriously, I don't think he ever called her anything other than Mrs. Murdoch in any of my fics. Well I suppose there was 'dear' a few times from the both of them. And of course their usual 'doctor/detective' designations but in a flirty manner. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2014 17:39:02 GMT
You're right. I had forgotten that. My problem though is it's a cumbersome word for something so strongly felt, IMO. To us, it's a bit awkward, but I think to William (and given the Song of Solomon connection and it's eroticism) I think it's one he might very well use. **still toying with the idea of writing Song of Solomon wedding night fic** Oh please do! |
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Post by snacky on Nov 9, 2014 19:10:32 GMT
Dude....let it go. William is never going to call her anything like that in a million years! Unless you're writing crackfic... Are you writing crackfic? He'll totally call her voluptuous vixen. Or magical minx. Or sugar plum. Or doll face. I can't see sugar plum or doll face at all, but cry "crackfic" all you like, I can totally see "minx" in naughty moments.  |
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Post by snacky on Nov 9, 2014 19:24:57 GMT
To us, it's a bit awkward, but I think to William (and given the Song of Solomon connection and it's eroticism) I think it's one he might very well use. **still toying with the idea of writing Song of Solomon wedding night fic** Oh please do! The more I think about it, the more I think there needs to be a fic where Julia assumed that when William said "Post-Restoration" poets he meant "stick in the mud" religious epics like Milton...whereas actually William was into all the Restoration Rakes...source of all his Dark Places. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Nov 9, 2014 21:59:46 GMT
Dude....let it go. William is never going to call her anything like that in a million years! Unless you're writing crackfic... Are you writing crackfic? He'll totally call her voluptuous vixen. Or magical minx. Or sugar plum. Or doll face. Bur seriously, I don't think he ever called her anything other than Mrs. Murdoch in any of my fics. Well I suppose there was 'dear' a few times from the both of them. And of course their usual 'doctor/detective' designations but in a flirty manner. I'd forgotten about dear...I actually could see him using that as well. |
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Post by Fallenbelle on Nov 9, 2014 22:05:20 GMT
The more I think about it, the more I think there needs to be a fic where Julia assumed that when William said "Post-Restoration" poets he meant "stick in the mud" religious epics like Milton...whereas actually William was into all the Restoration Rakes...source of all his Dark Places. I'm telling you, for a priest, John Donne was a naughty boy! That's the poet I'm currently looking at writing something that incorporates "To His Mistress Going to Bed."  www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/180683 |
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Post by randomkiwibirds on Nov 10, 2014 23:37:17 GMT
I'm in favor of m'lady/my lady.
He used these in Ku Fu Crabtree
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Post by snacky on Nov 10, 2014 23:52:39 GMT
I'm in favor of m'lady/my lady. He used these in Ku Fu Crabtree I'm liking the sound of that, too. Courtly. Channels Excalibur a bit. Another movie that rocks its style. XD |
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Post by Hodge on Nov 11, 2014 1:45:56 GMT
He's called her Mrs. Murdoch.
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Post by snacky on Nov 11, 2014 1:58:33 GMT
He's called her Mrs. Murdoch. hehe. That one is a no-brainer though. |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 11, 2014 2:50:26 GMT
He's called her Mrs. Murdoch. hehe. That one is a no-brainer though. But she didn't change her name. It's what we expected though. |
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Post by Hodge on Nov 11, 2014 2:56:33 GMT
hehe. That one is a no-brainer though. But she didn't change her name. It's what we expected though. Exactly what we were thinking. I liked her comment that it was fine for convenience when the hotel registrar called her Mrs. Murdoch and William was about to correct him. |
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Post by CosmicCavalcade on Nov 11, 2014 3:25:20 GMT
But she didn't change her name. It's what we expected though. Exactly what we were thinking. I liked her comment that it was fine for convenience when the hotel registrar called her Mrs. Murdoch and William was about to correct him. Yes, she adores it but can't show complete weakness/sentimentality, so added the bit about convenience... |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 11, 2014 3:25:26 GMT
He's called her Mrs. Murdoch. And she's proud of it! |
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