Summary:
<blockquote>"Anne had thought herself quite finished with wanting, but this want, once stumbled upon, would not quietly lay itself down in the grave with the others."
Eight years changes a person, but not beyond all recognition. Fred Wentworth and Anne Elliot, years after a final break, find that they are more alike, in some respects, than they thought before.</blockquote>
➤ a rewrite of Persuasion featuring butch 4 butch Anne/Frederick
➤ god it's so GOOD and I am so EMOTIONAL about it
➤ I love all the ways in which it is both the same and different, the ways their identities affect the things they do and the choices they make
➤ and I mentioned in an earlier post how meaningful it is to be able to see gender non-conforming people like me in historical fiction, living their lives, finding ways to be happy, finding their community. shaking hands with them across time. I see you and you see me.
➤ making Persuasion specifically be the story told is so perfect too because of how it's about getting to know yourself better when you've had time to grow up more
➤ also there's lots of excellently-researched historical content
➤ and lots of feels
➤ READ IT READ IT READ IT
➤ it's such a lovely ending and I nearly cried about it
➤ 47k words in length
