[ SECRET POST #3174 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3174 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

nayrt

Language. Victorian prose is, to varying degrees, more florid florid and wordy that contemporary prose tends to be. It also has a touch more formality in how phrases are structured, and "fancier" words (including now-antiquated words) are more likely to be used. At worse, it can sounded stilted and pompous to modern "ears."

Which I guess is what you mean by "style," but there are definite stylistic differences, and these would definitely be noticeable in a fanfic.

[dreemyweird]

I've already kind of answered this post when talking to the anon above, but also:

this, as that same anon has pointed out, a generalization, NOT a statement of a "definite difference" between modern and Victorian lit. There is not a distinct line between the two, which is what I was saying in the beginning.

[(Anonymous)]

da

I think the point is that when your average person thinks about Victorian lit, they associate it with stereotypes like florid prose, formal language, etc. So although there's no distinct line between normal and Victorian lit, authors who write "fic stylised as Victorian lit" are usually writing based on those stereotypes, rather than attempting to write a thoughtful or well-researched pastiche. Those fics are thusly full of clumsily executed florid prose and crude attempts at making the dialogue sound formal and old, which is likely part of why OP doesn't find them to be readable.

[dreemyweird]

Yes, I agree with this. I mean, I'm not even going to deny that there's a reason these stereotypes exist, and that there's some truth to them. But they do not accurately reflect reality or make a good basis for pastiches.

You're probably right about the OP's issues with Victorian-esque fandom stuff, too. I just flared up a little because I dislike the idea the stuffing of different literary eras into neat separate boxes. Plus, I really like good pastiches.