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Twelfth Night

Malvolio

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Deep with the First Dead by Moemachina

'She had been raised to sit up straight, play the harp, make her letters, and do a little embroidery. Her brother had learned Latin, Greek, how to hold a sword, how to do his sums, how to look over the estate. She had never envied him.' A delicate piece which makes sense of Olivia, both her grief & her inevitable recovery. The members of her household are also well drawn, as each tries to help her in their own way

[Added 04/10/2013; Character Piece; 2500-6000; Twelfth Night; Characters: Olivia, Orsino, Cesario, Malvolio, Maria, Olivia's brother, Sir Toby Belch, Feste]

The Pirate and the Puritan by Shayheyred

'Antonio spat into the murky water, glowering at the ripples he caused. Fucking Illyrians and their fucking pompous airs, like their fucking Duke Orsino and Orsino's new fucking brother-in-law, the faithless Sebas-- He spat again.' Twelfth Night lends itself to slash sequels, but this isn't a pairing I'd ever envisaged. Shayheyred renders it surprisingly believable in this noir take on the play. Great fun

[Added 19/07/2011; Romance/Erotica; 2500-6000; Twelfth Night; Characters: Antonio, Malvolio, Curio, OCs]