1863-project-art:OC-tober: Day 27Steph Bases Some Of Her Characters On Double Acts: Lady Elizabeth E
1863-project-art:OC-tober: Day 27Steph Bases Some Of Her Characters On Double Acts: Lady Elizabeth Eaprick (nee Dyxsonne) and Lady Anne Dyxsonne (nee Eaprick), Unnamed 1610s ProjectThis is actually from a project that I haven’t quite gotten to yet, but it’s forthcoming once I get the other five thousand history projects out of the way, I swear. There have been occasional posts about this 1610s thing, but the fact is that it doesn’t even have a working title - here’s really all I know I want to do with it so far.Except for one thing - I figured out the dynamic I wanted between these two, and it’s because of the sudden popularity of a baking show. Before Bake-Off, Mel and Sue weren’t as well-known as a double act outside of their native UK as, say, French and Saunders were, although the latter actually had Mel and Sue on their show several times, which helped launch their careers. In the 2000s they would often be seen on their own on panel shows (especially Sue), but once Bake-Off launched in 2010 and became the global phenomenon that it is, they reached an international audience and are now utterly beloved for how they hosted the show and worked with the contestants (including swearing to ruin takes where contestants were crying so they couldn’t be used on TV). It was that overall kindness and love of double entendres that shaped this relationship here - these two are the ones who hatched the plan to ensure that everyone’s relationships would be safe and protected (see the second link above for more on that), and they also have a notable love of the current theatre trends and enjoy the way it’s written. When I have a more concrete idea of where this story is going to go, I know who’s going to be taking the lead on it. -- source link
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