Clio and Mireille return to the classic romantic pairing of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The fan fictions they discuss this week place these characters in the modern day, a setting that leads to some important  questions and a little soul-searching. Corporate lawyers, half-British people, the academic job market as marriage plot, and the value of the Humanities: come for the romance, stay for the existential dread.

The fan fictions discussed are  Franchise by irislim and some say it makes the world go round, some say that's absurd by loversinfiniteness.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille take on a classic romantic pairing in the first of two episodes about fan fiction of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Is Clio proud? Is Mr Darcy boring? Is Mrs Bennet much maligned? Listen to find out, then write in to complain.

The fan fictions discussed are Fear and Fairy Tales by Drag0nst0rm, Thorough-bass and human nature by MildredMost, and In (not so silent) indignation by Rusakko.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille take on Christmas-inspired fan fiction: no need to worry (making up your mind) by scribespirare (House/Wilson), The Sound of Icicles Falling by Thamiris (Clex), and Now Is A Gift by senlinyu (Dramione). Topics include lying to your family, how great it is when someone is secretly Santa, and other staples of the holiday season. 

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille are joined by subject matter expert Sarah Ifft Decker, host of Media-eval, to discuss the pairing of Bilbo and Thorin in The Hobbit. Topics of discussion range from the sexiness of dwarfs to the sexiness of wet towels, with comprehensive attention paid to economic alternatives to arranged marriage.
 
The fan fiction discussed is A Most Sensible Idea by HildyJ.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts. 

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille and subject matter expert Sarah Ifft Decker, host of Media-eval,  just can't get enough of the pairing of Legolas and Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, with the minor exception of Sarah and Mireille. They discuss how to produce or otherwise acquire an heir, the technical details of how exactly elves become mortal, and, in a slight digression, whether Grendel's mom is sexy.

The fan fiction discussed is How to Save Your Marriage by eleveninches.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille are joined by subject matter expert Sarah Ifft Decker, host of Media-eval,  to discuss the pairing of Legolas and Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings as well as  elf incest, Soylent, and toxic relationships. Terrible secrets are revealed and allowed to fester.  What do Legolas and Aragorn talk about? Is it manipulative to die of love? And why is Clio so into this pairing?

The fan fictions discussed are And after the war (he loved you more) by stereokem, in dreams i can hear your name by osamugiris, and This Mortal Joy by lightgetsin. 

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected]. 

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille are joined by subject matter expert Sarah Ifft Decker, host of Media-eval,  to discuss the pairing of Legolas and Gimli in The Lord of the Rings. They discuss accidental marriage, riddles, allegory, and the erotics of the battlefield. They also try to do math, unfortunately. 

The fan fictions discussed are On the Cold Hill Side by marycrawford, Oh by sunday_morning, and Mithril in his Beard by determamfidd.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

In a short bonus episode marking the end of their discussion of the show House M.D., Mireille and Clio discuss an equally short fan fiction, Mars in Denim by sabinelagrande.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille take on the canonical pairing of Gregory House and Lisa Cuddy (and one pairing of  Wilson, House, and Cuddy) in the television show House, M.D.  In the process, Clio and Mireille discuss the value of raising children, the extent to which the podcast's rating system is governed by mathematical rules, and whether the content of one's purse can be seen as a guide to one's character. 

The fan fictions discussed are One Time Thing by swatkat, Jigsaw by ashe frost, and Five times House wasn't Rachel's father, and one time he was by sunflowerscoffee.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com

Clio and Mireille take on the pairing of Gregory House and James Wilson from the television show House, M.D.  What makes you not want two characters to get together? Is friendship better than romantic love? What would Carl Jung think of all this? Listen to find out!

The fan fictions discussed are The Body Found by fourteencandles and Synchronicity by copperbadge.

The podcast has a Twitter! And you can get in touch with questions, comments, or just to say hi at [email protected].

Or, if you prefer to play favorites, Mireille can be found on Twitter (https://twitter.com/pardon_mi) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@pardon_mi). Clio's other podcast, Studies in Taylor Swift,  can be found wherever you get your podcasts.

Clio/Mireille is produced by Clio Doyle and Mireille Pardon. Editing is by Clio Doyle. Cover art is by Mireille Pardon. Music is by Lesfm and SergeQuadrado. 

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cliodoyle.substack.com