Pride & Prejudice, Potter Style

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that if there are two literary geniuses of the female sex in existence within such a short time as two centuries as one another, (J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen) they must be compared by that devotee which....is you!

I've had this idea for a long time and I keep meaning to write it. I think it would be wonderfully entertaining, especially if you use an Austen-esque style of writing.

I will relate to you the actors which I have cast in our little play of words:
Mr. Darcy - James Potter
Elizabeth Bennet - Lily Evans
Charles Bingly - Sirius Black
Colonel Fitzwilliam - Remus Lupin
Mr. Collins - Severus Snape
Mr. Wickham - Rabastan Lestrange (or someone to that effect)
Charlotte Lucas - OC ( a girl who Lily befriends, probably not in the same house. Plain & a little desperate, but very sensible)
Mary Bennet - Mary MacDonald
Jane, Lydia, Kitty - Lily's roommates

Another idea is to have Charles Bingly as Frank Longbottom and Charlotte Lucas as Alice.

OR Mr. Darcy could be Sirius Black and Elizabeth Bennet could be an O/C, with James as Charles Bingly and Lily as Jane Bennet. Characters are, of course, up to you.

I wasn't willing to tackle it alone, but I would be willing to co-author, or you can just have it and run away with it. Let me know!

[OliveOil_Med]

I don't know. I feel like the mods might see this as a cross-over, and you know how strict the site is in terms of keeping our stories canon-compliant.

[Tim the Enchanter]

Originally Posted by OliveOil_Med

I don't know. I feel like the mods might see this as a cross-over, and you know how strict the site is in terms of keeping our stories canon-compliant.

I don't think it would be rejected as a crossover. A crossover would be having Mr Darcy go to Hogwarts or something stupid like that. However, just stealing the general plot of another story and substituting Harry Potter characters seems to be fine - I've seen one or two stories like that on the main site. For instance, Schmerg_The_Impaler has a Potter-fied Pride and Prejudice story up, so they're allowed. You just have to state what your story is based on.

Tim the Enchanter

[OliveOil_Med]

Yes, but that was done with next generation characters who were all essentially OCs. With canon characters, I'm just not sure if the AU warning can stretch that far.

[Equinox Chick]

I've seen a fic based on The Great Gatsby - that wasn't classed as a crossover and featured a lot of canon characters. (Harry, Lucius, Hermione).

I think one of the problems is that you'd have to confine the Potter characters into the Austen ones and thus they'll be OOC. It might work for James or Sirius to be Darcy ... but Snape really isn't like Mr Collins. He's not at all obsequious and wouldn't switch to Lily's plain friend when Lily turns him down.

You could include elements from P&P (a lot of romances start with the couple hating each other) but I don't think you should base the whole story on it.

Carole

[OliveOil_Med]

I also believe there was a class based on the book Pride and Prejudice where the students were require to write a story based on the book. That might be something to study.