Damnation's Damsels Alternate

by The Unpredictable Muse

This is an alternate series of events in relation to Damnation's Damsels where Elizabeth and Darcy have a HEA and where Jane and Bingley do not(Sorry for the spoiler). Please refer to the other Damnation's Damsels if you would like to read a storyline without the HEA for Elizabeth and Darcy. Both are on my profile.

1. Chapter 1

Response to Reviews

This page is created because some people do not have fanfiction accounts or are not logged in when they make reviews. As an active writer who takes pride in my stories, I like to respond to the respective reviews.

Therefore, first and foremost, I research. I research a lot for stories when I am unfamiliar with the time period and customs, cultures, etc. So naturally I researched the regency period before pursuing my writing in Jane Austen's world of Pride and Prejudice.

In response to the guest who said that the judge would not make 9,000 a year. You are correct. In my not yet published chapter, I'm going to explain Mr. Markus's origins. But on a nitpicky note (Because we all get a little defensive about our work), Judges were selected from prominent landowners or people of prominence. A man who earns 9,000 a year would definitely be a prominent landowner. Futhermore, if you really want the chain of command in the legal system, it's like this. Solicitors, Barristers, JPs, Circuit Judges, etc. Judges are selected from barristers.

Individuals who are not expected to inherit must pursue a different career choice than landowner inheritor. That usually was the law, church, or military. Therefore Mr. Markus pursued a career in the law, even though he eventually did inherit 9,000 pounds (Sorry for the spoiler). A good example of this is the second son of an Earl, Colonel Fitzwilliam.

The second matter to which I felt needed answered was to why someone with 18,000 pounds for a dowry would be staying in Hertfordshire near a village of little consequence. Think about Caroline Bingley for a moment. She has 20,000 pounds dowry. Yet she is still single and unable to attract a suitor, while in London, and away from London. So I pose this – why does the size of her dowry matter when she is horribly unpleasant that most men steered clear of her anyway. The ladies in question may not be as unpleasant as her, but not all young men had made their fortunes yet, and women have the right of refusal still.

Also something of note, if you do read the book, you will read that Sir William pondered the move from Meryton to town but he neglected to do so because he feared his wife would not like it. Not everyone wanted to live in town. Therefore one could have 18,000 pounds dowry and be stuck in a nothing village like Meryton. It's completely normal, and since most of the society was not in town but in the countryside, why should 18,000 dictate that a family remove itself from its own home to live in town? It doesn't.

As for the characters being OOC (This was already addressed by Salingre (Thank you,)), they are not OOC at all. Everyone is still the same character, and would reasonably act as they do in a given situation. The only people that may be OOC are my OCs. My OCs are fleshing out the backstory characters that Jane Austen created to frame out the Bennet's existence.

For those who do have accounts with fanfiction, I am likely to respond by PM. Since these charges were laid bare to me ( Yes, I am paraphrasing Mr. Darcy's response to Elizabeth after she turned him down,) were addressed, I am now pleased to sign off on this response.

PS I have updated the chapters to remove the typos up to CH 5. Anything past that is possibly typo containing.